Comedy/Music: We love mash-ups. Whether it’s chocolate and
peanut butter or Jay-Z and The Beatles, the end result is usually more
wonderful than weird. Blanket Fort
Festival is a mash-up of sorts. This event combines an evening of music and
comedy under a massive blanket fort held indoors at The Yards collaborative art
space on the grounds of the Rochester Public Market. Imagine a night out that
actually feels like a night in, or maybe vice-versa. Featuring
stand-up by Mikey Heller, Colin Burgess, Lucas
Gardner, Jon Schuta and more.Music by Josh Netsky Band and Evan Van Kouwenberg. Check it tonight at 7:30 p.m. at The
Yards, 50-52 Public Market. $3.
www.facebook.com/events/147628082063583.
Theater: The Jewish Community Center (1200 Edgewood Ave.)
will present darkly comedic play “August:
Osage County” tonight at 7 p.m. Read City’s review of the show here. The
show continues through March 24. Tickets are $18-$26. For more info, call
461-2000 or visit jcccenterstage.org.
Lecture: Attend a Focus 45 Lunchtime Lecture today at George
Eastman House (900 East Ave.). Joe Struble will speak
on “Daguerreian
Studios of Rochester” 12:15-1 p.m. The cost to attend is $3-$6, and
visitors may bring a lunch or purchase a boxed one. For more information, call
271-3361 or visit eastmanhouse.org.
Theater: Geva Theatre (75 Woodbury
Blvd.) will present a reading of Bertolt Brecht’s “The Exception and the Rule” 12:15-1 p.m. today as part of its Lunch Hour Play Reading Series. The play follows
a merchant as he races across the desert to close a deal ahead of his
competitor, and begins to suspect that his guide and porter are conspiring to
kill him. Admission is $8, or $15 with a boxed lunch. For more information or
to register, call 232-4382 or visit gevatheatre.org.
Music:
Get a jump start on St. Patrick’s Day weekend with the first night of the St. Patty’s Massacre, running tonight
through Sunday at the Montage Music Hall (50 N. Chestnut St.). The four-day
hard rock/metal fest includes bands like Vanity Strikes, Burial Harbor,
Aggressive Betty, Ghost Feeder, Hate Machine, The Dead Catholics (thematically
appropriate for the holiday!), and Keaton, among others. Tickets cost $8/day or
$25 for a four-day pass. For more info check out
themontagemusichall.com.
Music: Burlington, Vermont-based group Gang of Thieves makes an in-store performance at the House of
Guitars (645 Titus Ave.) at 6 p.m., and then heads to Sticky Lips Juke Joint (830
Jefferson Road) at 8 p.m. (with AudioInflux, $8-$10).
For more details visit http://stickylipsbbq.com/stickylips/.
Music: As the Bee Gees told us, you should be dancing. So head to Brickwood Grill (250 Monroe
Ave.) for Dance Madness tonight featuring
DJ Skanntron. The set starts at 10 p.m. Click here for details.
This article appears in Mar 13-19, 2013.
