Daily Choices

FILM: If you missed the first few days of the Polish Film Festival 2012, here’s one last chance to check it out. Two films will be shown at 7 p.m. Monday at the Little Theatre (240 East Ave.): “The Emperor’s Toys,” a short, and “80 Million,” a feature-length film. After the screening a reception will […]

ART: Knock off some holiday shopping this weekend at Rochester Museum and Science Center Women’s Council’s 42nd Annual Holiday Bazaar Arts & Crafts Sale. The sale runs 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sunday. With more than 200 elite fine artists and craftspeople, you’re bound to find something for even the […]

MUSIC: Don’t let the last name fool you; Joe Bonamassa is every bit an ax-slinging virtuoso like his British blues-rock contemporaries, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck. That’s heavyweight company and Bonamassa is the one-in-a-million guitar prodigy everybody wanted to be when they were growing up. The Bonamassa story reads like a dream. The Utica native […]

SPECIAL EVENT: Who will it be? Dominoes?Lite-Brite?Magic 8 Ball?Pogo stick? Our money is on Clue. Find out at 10:30 a.m. today as the National Museum of Play (1 Manhattan Square) holds its annual induction ceremony for the Toy Hall of Fame. The ceremony is included in regular museum admission ($13, ages 2 and under free). […]

MUSIC: There is no shortage of dazzling slap-happy bassists on the scene today, but I have never seen one as wedded to the instrument as Victor Wooten. In every performance, he simply becomes one with the bass and there’s seemingly nothing he can’t do. Not since JacoPastorius has there been a bassist who coaxes such […]

COMEDY: Beloved comedy great Billy Cosby will perform stand-up tonight, 8 p.m., at Auditorium Theatre (885 E. Main St.). Tickets are $52-$82 and available by calling 800-745-3000 or visiting tickmaster.com. For more information, visit rbtl.org. MUSIC: Brooklyn duo Sleigh Bells might seem, judging by name alone, like an early holiday diversion. But don’t be misled […]

MUSIC: Philly-based alt-hip-hop band G Love & Special Sauce will be grooving it up tonight at Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St., waterstreetmusic.com, $22-$25), so if you want to try its flavor yourself, check it out. Local group Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad will open up with an acoustic set, music starts at […]

SPECIAL EVENT: If you need help getting into that holiday season mood, check out George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) today, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. In addition to the current exhibit, which focuses on photography from the 1960s, GEH has the “Sweet Creations Gingerbread Houses” and Festival of Trees on display through December 12. The exhibits […]

MUSIC: I’ve seen the multi-Juno-Award-winning Tragically Hip twice before. Tonight the band will be at the Auditorium (875 E. Main St., 9 p.m., $39.50-$69.50, rbtl.org). This is one of the best-sounding “big rock” bands to grace the stage. The Canadian super group has a new platter in tow, “Now For Plan A,” it’s thirteenth in […]

KIDS: The Strong National Museum of Play (1 Manhattan Square) hosts a weekly Toddler Book Club, which is themed "Diego’s Animal Tales" this month in collaboration with the "Dora and Diego" exhibit. Drop in to story time at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., or 12:30 p.m. The event is included in museum fees ($13, free to […]

SPECIAL EVENT: Halloween festivities continue tonight through Wednesday, which is the official spooktacular day. Check out the Warehouse of Biowar(1290 University Ave.), which features a walk-through maze that simulates society’s fragmented infrastructure in a post-apocalyptic setting. The event runs 7-11 p.m., and tickets are $12. For more info, visit cayoindustrial.com. Check out City’s Halloween Guide […]