ART: Check out “Nature
in Art: Selections from the Finger Lakes Chapter of the Guild of Natural
Science Illustrators,” on view through May 12 at Cummings Nature Center’s
Hurst Gallery (6475 Gulick Road, Naples). The gallery
is open 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. today, and admission is included in the Nature
Center’s fee ($3, $10 per family, free to members). For more information, call
374-6160 or visit rmsc.org.
SPORTS: The Rochester
Americans face off against the Binghamton Senators tonight, 7:05 p.m., at
Blue Cross Arena (1 War Memorial Square). Tickets are $15-$20 and can be
reserved by calling 800-745-3000 or by visiting ticketmaster.com.
MUSIC: Guitarist Michael
Musillami came on the scene in the early 1980’s
in organ trios led by Richard “Groove” Holmes and others. He expanded his
reputation as a sideman with jazz greats like Curtis Fuller, Dewey Redman, and
Junior Cook. Now with his own trio, Musillami steps
out front with commanding solos reaching from hard bop to avant-garde and
covering a lot of the territory in between. No small part of his innovative
sound stems from his excellent choice of band-mates: drummer George Schuller and bassist Joe Fonda. The Michael Musillami Trio performs tonight at Lovin’
Cup, 300 Park Point Drive. $10-$12. 292-9940, lovincup.com.
MUSIC: Take a little trip to the Emerald Isle via a stopover
in Chicago with The Tossers,
returning to Rochester for the first time in more than five years. More traditional-sounding than Celtic-rock contemporaries Flogging
Molly and the Dropkick Murphys, The Tossers have more in common with The Pogues.
The group plays drunken Irish music with the flair, flame, and fury of modern
rock and roll, but with all the fiddle, mandolin, and tin whistle you could
want. Continental and local Irish rockers 1916 help to start off your St.
Patrick’s Day week festivities. The Tossers play tonight
at Water Street Music Hall, 204 N. Water St. $12-$15. waterstreetmusic.com.
This article appears in Mar 13-19, 2013.
