SPECIAL EVENT: The 2nd annual Buccaneers’ Ball will take place Saturday starting at 6 p.m. at
Rochester Airport Marriott Hotel (1890 Ridge Road West). The 21+ event features
casino-style gambling, grazing stations, music, dancing, prizes for best
costumes, and raffles and auction items. The cost to attend is $65; for tickets
and more info, call 271-5519 or visit PirateToyFund.org.
MUSIC: Dress to the nines and clip on those bowties,
Rochester’s own The Bowties will be
bringing its brand of a cappella to Lovin Cup (300
Park Point Dr., lovincup, $5) Saturday night with a
CD release party. Doors open up at 7 p.m. and music starts at 8 p.m., which
gives you time to grab some of Lovin Cup’s wonderful
food, and the $5 admission also goes toward the new disc.
SPECIAL EVENT: Celebrate amateur movie making with Home Movie Day, which takes place in
the Hawkins-Carlson room at Rush Rhees Library
(University of Rochester, River Campus) on Saturday noon-4 p.m. The event is
free to attend, and will feature 16mm, 8mm, Super8, and VHS works provided by
Rochester residents. There will be sandwiches, bingo, and live music. For more
information, contact ZacHobert
Thompson at zhthomps@gmail.com or visit homemovieday.com.
MUSIC: Ithaca-based triple threat (roots/rock/reggae) the Sim Redmond Band will be playing Saturday
night at Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St., waterstreetmusic.com). The
band will also bring Ithaca mates The Gunpoets. If
you want to get down grooving and jamming, this is the place to be. Music
starts at 9 p.m., tickets run $10-$12.
FESTIVAL: The Sierra Club will host a Halloween Fun and Fall Festival Saturday starting at 5 p.m. The
event takes place at King’s Bend Park (170 West Jefferson Road, Pittsford), and
will feature a scavenger hunt for hidden Antarctic animals and birds, a prize
for the best Antarctic animal/bird costume, and a slide show of the amazing
scenery and wildlife by naturalist Peter Debes, who
traveled to the Antarctic peninsula last March. There is a suggested donation
of $12 per adult and $5 per child, with a $25 maximum per family. For more
information, email phdebes@frontiernet.net.
MUSIC: Saturday night is also songwriter night, with Brian Coughlin’s Songwriters in the Round
Series hitting Tango Cafรฉ (389 Gregory St., tangocafedance.com, $8). This
show will feature the likes of Tom Smith, Nick Young, and of course, Coughlin
himself, all for just $8. Music starts at 8 p.m.
MUSIC: Take in two back-to-back concerts to give you that
weekend fill of musical goodness Saturday night at Dubland
Underground (315 Alexander St., 232-7550). First up is Diamond Youth, with Daylight and Pentimento
opening up. Tickets will run you $10, and the rock starts at 5 p.m. After them
hip-hop artist/rapper Mammoth will
be putting on a CD release show, starting at 9 p.m., entry running $5-$10.
RECREATION: The Great
Pumpkin Walk will take place Saturday 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the Ontario County
Fairgrounds (County Road 10, Canandaigua). Enjoy refreshments and a magical
evening stroll along the trail lined with hundreds of artistic Jack-o-Lanterns.
The event is free to attend. For info, call 315-462-3546 or visit
ontariopathways.org.
RECREATION: The Third
Annual Rochester Tweed Ride will take place Sunday, meeting at Java’s at
the Public Market at 10:30 a.m. Don your dapper duds and join the two-hour
ride, which returns to Java’s for food, games, and prizes. The event is free to
attend; more info can be found at rochestertweedride.blogspot.com.
FESTIVAL: The New
Moon Psychic Festival & Holistic Healing Expo takes place Saturday and Sunday,
10 a.m.-6 p.m. at The Fair & Expo Center (2695 E. Henrietta Road,
Henrietta), and will feature more than 60 international readers, healers, and
vendors of spiritual & new age items. The cost to attend is $5-$7, or $10
for two-day pass. For more info, call 224-8657, or visit newmoonforyou.com.
MUSIC: While some things are naturally hand-in-hands, like
jelly and peanut butter, milk and cookies, and tacos and happiness, others
might seem at first like a stretch. Spaghetti
Opera XIII, presented by the Ontario County Arts Council, will be taking
place Saturday night at the Inn on the Lake (770 S. Main St., Canandaigua,
theinnonthelake.com, $35). And if you can get a full belly of pasta and fill
your ears with opera, maybe you’ll agree the two should go together more often.
RECREATION: Learn about the trees in Highland Park (171
Reservoir Ave.) Saturday at 9 a.m., when you join Kent Millham’sHighland
Park Tree Tour. Meet in front of the Conservatory, and wear comfortable
shoes. The event is free to attend; for info: 244-2900.
MUSIC: Have some talent you want to share with the Rochester
community at large? Or just love going out to talent shows and seeing what
everyone else has to offer? Either way, you should head down to Why Not: A Talent Show, Saturday night
at Bernunzio’s Uptown Music (122 East Ave.,
bernunzio.com) at 6:30 p.m. It’s only $5 to get in or to register as a talent,
and there’s also a raffle with a whole bunch of cool things you can win, with
all proceeds benefiting Mutual Aid.
FESTIVAL: Enjoy a free community Harvest Fest Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., at Conkey
Corner Park. The event features arts & crafts, kids’ activities, and food.
For info, visit geneseelandtrust.org.
SPECIAL EVENT: Rochester Museum and Science Center (657 East
Ave.) will host National Archaeology Day on Saturday starting at 11 a.m. with keynote lecture, “Building Roma Aeterna: Structural Engineering In Imperial Rome” by
Dr. Renato Perucchio. The event is free to attend.
For information, visit rmsc.org.
This article appears in Best of Rochester 2012.
