SPECIAL EVENT: Celebrate all things glamorous and support
local businesses during Rochester
Fashion Week, which kicks off tonight and continues through Sunday. Events
including shows, a shuttle-bus tour, and art & music celebrations take
place at a variety of venues, and some require tickets. For more information,
visit fashionweekofrochester.org.
LITERATURE: Learn about creating settings that have a real
presence at “Cities as Supporting
Characters,” a talk with authors Bill Peters and Nathan Larson to be held
tonight at 7 p.m. at Writers & Books (740 University Ave.). The cost to
attend is $3-$4; for more information, visit wab.org.
FILM: The final film in the Dryden Theatre’s Class Clowns
series, “Animal House,” will be
shown tonight at 8 p.m. and again at 5 p.m. on Sunday at 900 East Ave.
Admission is $6-$8; for more info, call 271-3361 or visit
dryden.eastmanhouse.org.
THEATER: ‘Tis the season: “44 Plays for 44 Presidents,” a
comical and non-partisan look at the lives of the 44 Commanders-in-Chief who
have run this country, plays at 7 p.m. tonight at Geva
Theatre (75 Woodbury Blvd.). The show continues through October 6, and tickets
start at $18 ($15 for Geva subscribers). For more
information, call 232-4382 or visit gevatheatre.org.
LECTURE: Get educated on the money sitch
in Rocha-cha at Rochester Downtown Development Corporation’s State of Rochester’s Economy, held
today, 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m., at Hyatt Regency Rochester (125 E. Main St.). The
cost to attend is $45-$50, and registration is required: 546-6920, rddc@rddc.org.
MUSIC: Don’t be green with envy that everyone else is out
having a good time tonight and you’re stuck at home. Head on down to Lemoncello (137 W. Commercial St., East Rochester,
lemoncello137.com) to check out the Jon
Green Jazz Trio. The music is free, show starts at 6 p.m., but why don’t
you grab some dinner and make a whole night out of it?
MUSIC: Looking for some south-of-the-border grub and music
ready to blast you off? How about making your way down to
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (99 Court St.,
dinosaurbarbque.com) and get ready to take in the jam rock of Count Blastula. The show is
free, starts at 9 p.m., and hey, you can get some good ribs out of it, too.
MUSIC: With her percussive, finger-style attack and lonesome
wail, the now 62-year-old Rory Block has remained true to the sound and visceral energy of blues and folk, incorporating
her own story and femininity for added fire and intensity. Block burns blue,
and you will too. Check her out tonight at the Stuart Steiner Theatre at
Genesee Community College (1 College Road, Batavia, genesee.edu) at 7:30 p.m.,
only $5-$10.
MUSIC: A true love story of two star-crossed lovers who met
through their music, Elenowen will be playing tonight at St. John Fisher College (Campus Center Mainstage, 3690 East Ave., sjfc.edu). The duo has been on
NBC’s “The Voice” and will take the stage at 9:30 p.m., for more information
contact the Student Activities Board at sab@sjfc.edu.
This article appears in Sep 26 – Oct 2, 2012.
