Events

Rochester Tour

• Date(s): 08/19/2008 - 12/31/2008
• Recurring daily
• Times: 11AM - 2 PM
• Location: Washington Square
• Contact: Vessy jivkova
• Phone: (585) 461-8336
• Admission: Walking Tour $30, Van Tour $50; Seniors and Students Pay Half

Rochester guided tour is offered daily. The script is developed in conjunction with the 175th anniversary of Rochester. Some of the tour stops are: Jazz musician Cab Calloway childhood home, Suffragist Susan B Anthony house, US Ambassador and politician Frederick Douglass's Editorial Office, George Eastman Estate, Abolitionist Austin Steward Site, City founder Nathaniel Rochester home site, First Mayor Jonathan Childs mansion.

Live Music

• Date(s): 08/28/2008(No End Date)
• Recurring weekly on Thursday
• Times: 8pm-11pm
• Location: 175 N. Water St
• Contact: Ted
• Phone: 232-6090
• Admission: Free

Check our web site or call 232.6090 to find out who's playing.

Downtown Historical Walking Tour

• Date(s): 08/30/2008 - 10/10/2009
• Recurring weekly on Saturday
• Times: 11:30 am
• Location: TBA
• Contact: Peter Hahn
• Phone: 442-8299
• Admission: $10

Historical walking tour of downtown Rochester. Approximately 2hours in length. $10 per person. Call for reservations to Peter at 585-442-8299.

Going for Baroque;

• Date(s): 09/07/2008 - 12/28/2008
• Recurring weekly on Sunday
• Times: 1 and 3 p.m.
• Location: Memorial Art Gallery Herdle Fountain Court, 500 University Avenue
• Admission: Free with Gallery admission

mini-recital on the Italian Baroque Organ

John Wood Retrospective

• Date(s): 09/10/2008 - 01/11/2009
• Recurring daily
• Location: George Eastman House, 900 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14607-2298
• Phone: 585-271-3361
• Admission: $8 for adults; $6 for senior citizens (60 and older); $5 for students; $3 for children (5-12); and free for children 4 and under and museum members.

This retrospective will be the most extensive presentation of John Wood’s work to date, with more than 210 works from the late-1950s to the present. The exhibition will include photographs, prints, drawings, collages, and artist’s books.

Curious George™: Let’s Get Curious!

• Date(s): 09/20/2008 - 01/04/2009
• Recurring daily
• Times: M–T 10-5; Fri. 10-8; Sat 10-5; Sun. Noon-5
• Location: Strong National Museum of Play
• Phone: 585-263-2700
• Admission: Adults $9.50; Seniors $8.50; Children (2–17) $7.50; Children under two free;

Get up close with Curious George, the inquisitive little monkey with an insatiable taste for adventure. Follow his lead, engaging in math, science, and engineering activities modeled after his own adventures.

Giant Insects

• Date(s): 10/03/2008 - 01/04/2009
• Recurring daily
• Times: 9am–5pm Mon–Sat. 12pm–5pm Sundays and New Year's Day. Closed Dec. 25.
• Location: Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Avenue
• Contact: Debra Jacobson
• Phone: (585) 697-1944
• Admission: $11 adults, $10 seniors/college students, $9 ages 3–18.

A towering mantis, a giant locust, and a pair of enormous beetles! Kokoro, creator of those awe-inspiring robotic dinosaurs, invites you to explore the natural science of the amazing insect world in this awesome exhibition. In addition to the huge robotic creatures, you can examine specimens from the RMSC's collection of 5200 mounted insects. A selection of actual live specimens will also be on display, compliments of Ward's Natural Science. A "Bee Hive" eight feet tall will delight young children who can come inside and have fun finding out about honeybee life.

Russian Icons in the Age of the Romanovs

• Date(s): 10/05/2008 - 01/09/2009
• Recurring daily
• Times: All Day
• Location: Memorial Art Gallery
• Contact: Larissa Masny
• Phone: (585) 276-8900
• Admission: Gallery Admission

Tradition in Transition: Russian Icons from the Age of the Romanovs brings together 43 icons that span 300 years of Romanov rule (1613-1918). These sacred images range from humble wooden icons from the peasant class to luxurious examples embellished with gold, pearls and precious jewels. On tour for the first time ever, they come from three major private collections, including that of heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post. Presented as part of the community collaboration Across Borders Rochester.

Subverting the Sacred: The Face of Lenin

• Date(s): 10/05/2008 - 01/09/2009
• Recurring daily
• Times: All Day
• Location: Memorial Art Gallery
• Contact: Larissa Masny
• Phone: (585) 276-8900
• Admission: Gallery Admission

Paintings and artifacts from the David M. Rittenhouse collection demonstrate how the image of Lenin was used in Russia after 1917 to displace religious icons in both public and private settings. Offered in conjunction with Tradition in Transition: Russian Icons in the Age of the Romanovs and presented as part of the community collaboration Across Borders Rochester.

Dinosaurs Alive! —Giant-Screen Film

• Date(s): 10/08/2008 - 03/31/2009
• Recurring daily
• Times: Various. Check www.rmsc.org for show schedule.
• Location: RMSC Strasenburgh Planetarium, 657 East Avenue
• Contact: Debra Jacobson
• Phone: (585) 697-1944
• Admission: $9 adults, $8 seniors/college students, $7 ages 3–18.

Dinosaurs Alive! is a captivating adventure of science and discovery that enthralls audiences with its unique look at the entire age of dinosaurs. Narrated by Michael Douglas, the film features spectacular animation and a live-action story that joins renowned paleontologists from the American Museum of Natural History in the field as they uncover new fossils—including the remarkable discovery of what may be the oldest dinosaur ever found in North America. Length: 40 min. For all ages.

O. Winston Link Retrospective

• Date(s): 10/11/2008 - 01/25/2009
• Recurring daily
• Location: George Eastman House, 900 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14607-2298
• Phone: 585-271-3361
• Admission: $8 for adults; $6 for senior citizens (60 and older); $5 for students; $3 for children (5-12); and free for children 4 and under and museum members.

Dramatic photographs documenting the last days of steam railroading by artist and historian O. Winston Link.

Tracks: The Railroad in Photographs from the George Eastman House Collection

• Date(s): 10/11/2008 - 01/25/2009
• Recurring daily
• Location: George Eastman House, 900 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14607-2298
• Phone: 585-271-3361
• Admission: $8 for adults; $6 for senior citizens (60 and older); $5 for students; $3 for children (5-12); and free for children 4 and under and museum members.

A survey of railroad images from around the world, covering more than 160 years of photographic history including works by Lewis W. Hine, Aaron Siskind, William Henry Jackson, and Alvin Langdon Coburn.

Passing Time: Film by Andrew Cross

• Date(s): 10/25/2008 - 02/08/2009
• Recurring daily
• Location: George Eastman House, 900 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14607-2298
• Phone: (585) 271-3361
• Admission: $10 for adults; $8 for senior citizens (60 and older); $6 for students; $4 for children (5-12); and free for children 4 and under

A “trainspotter” since childhood, Andrew Cross creates films that slow down typical views of high-speed train travel into games of suspense and anticipation.

Rochester Chorus Sweet Adelines Holiday Chorus

• Date(s): 11/06/2008 - 12/18/2008
• Recurring weekly on Thursday
• Times: 7-9:15 p.m.
• Location: St. John's Home Auditorium 150 South Ave. @ Highland
• Contact: Marietta
• Phone: (585) 621-5759
• Admission: Free

Rochester Chorus of Sweet Adelines announces a special Holiday Chorus for women singers. Participants will experience the unique ‘buzz’ of a cappella harmonies, learn different vocal techniques, enhance their performance abilities, and have FUN!

Artisan Works features the Evolution of Ross Rider’s Wooden Model A Ford

• Date(s): 11/07/2008(No End Date)
• Recurring weekly on Sunday, Friday, Saturday
• Times: Friday and Saturday, 11am - 6pm; Sunday 12pm-5pm
• Location: Artisan Works, 565 Blossom Rd. Ste L
• Contact: Victoria Benz, Executive Director
• Phone: (585) 288-7170
• Admission: $12 Adults, $8 Students and Seniors, members free

For over a decade, Artisan Works resident woodworker Ross Rider has masterfully engineered and carved sculptures that immortalize everyday objects. Rider’s sculptural tributes compare the intricate architecture of the carved work to the industrially manufactured. His latest project, a Model A Ford, is situated at the “Highway Entrance” of the building, next to the real truck. Viewers can observe Mr. Rider diligently sanding and installing wooden nuts, bolts, and automotive parts during public hours. Exhibit is ongoing; projected completion in 2010.

18th Annual Miniature and Dollhouse Exhibit

• Date(s): 11/18/2008 - 02/22/2009
• Recurring daily
• Times: Monday Through Sunday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
• Location: At the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum
• Contact: The Curtiss Museum, 8419 State Rout 54, Hammondsport NY
• Phone: (607) 569-2160
• Admission: $7.50 Adults, $6.00 Seniors, $4.50 Students (7-18), Children 6 and under are free. Family rate (2 adults and 2 or more children) is $20.00

More than 70 displays include doll houses of all styles and ages, from Victorian to farm to modern, including Barbie, and all themes, from Country Store to Barnyard to Home Improvement. There will be operating miniature machinery, train layouts, model ships, and military figures. A large collection of Possible Dream Santas and hand-made wooden fire trucks will also be on display. There are many theme room boxes, shadow boxes, unusual and one-of-a-kind dollhouses       

Heresies: A Retrospective by Pedro Meyer

• Date(s): 11/18/2008 - 01/25/2009
• Recurring daily
• Times: 10 to 5 Tuesday through Saturday; until 8 p.m. Thursday; 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday
• Location: George Eastman House 900 East Ave
• Contact: George Eastman House
• Phone: (585) 271-3361
• Admission: House is $10 adults; $8 seniors (60+); $6 students (with ID); $4 children 5–12; and free to children 4 and under

Sixty museums worldwide, including George Eastman House, will simultaneously exhibit Heresies starting in October 2008, showcasing the artist’s five decades of photographic work using only electronic media. Museums will display selections from Meyer’s digital gallery of 300,000 images. A goal of the exhibition is to prompt analysis of photography from the perspective of its constant technological development and social impact.

John Wood: On the Edge of Clear Meaning

• Date(s): 11/18/2008 - 01/11/2009
• Recurring daily
• Times: 10 to 5 Tuesday through Saturday; until 8 p.m. Thursday; 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday
• Location: George Eastman House 900 East Ave
• Contact: George Eastman House
• Phone: (585) 271-3361
• Admission: House is $10 adults; $8 seniors (60+); $6 students (with ID); $4 children 5–12; and free to children 4 and under

Organized by Nathan Lyons, this unique collaboration between George Eastman House, the Memorial Art Gallery, Visual Studies Workshop, the International Center for Photography, and the Grey Art Gallery will be the most extensive presentation of John Wood’s work to date, encompassing the full range of his productive career from the late-1950s to the present, in more than 210 works. This comprehensive study of Wood’s work will include photographs, prints, drawings, collages, and artist’s books. The Eastman House portion of the exhibition is titled “Quiet Protest.”

Tracks: The Railroad in Photographs from the George Eastman House Collection

• Date(s): 11/18/2008 - 01/25/2009
• Recurring daily
• Times: 10 to 5 Tuesday through Saturday; until 8 p.m. Thursday; 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday
• Location: George Eastman House 900 East Ave
• Contact: George Eastman House
• Phone: (585) 271-3361
• Admission: House is $10 adults; $8 seniors (60+); $6 students (with ID); $4 children 5–12; and free to children 4 and under

A survey of railroad images from around the world, covering more than 160 years of photographic history including works by Lewis W. Hine, Aaron Siskind, William Henry Jackson, and Alvin Langdon Coburn. This exhibition is sure to please a variety of audiences, including historians, lovers of the American West, and train enthusiasts.

What We're Collecting Now: Marvels of Modernism

• Date(s): 11/18/2008 - 01/04/2009
• Recurring daily
• Times: November 15th through January 4th during regular hours.
• Location: 900 East Ave
• Contact: George Eastman House
• Phone: (585) 271-3361
• Admission: $10 Adults; $8 seniors (60+); $6 students (with ID); $4 children 5-12; free to children 4 and under

This second collaboration between George Eastman House and The Cultural Landscape Foundation looks at twelve important modernist landscapes through the lens of nine photographers. Kidney-shaped pools, boomerang curves, floating cantilevered decks, adventure playgrounds, sculptural Japanese maples, revolutionary new materials, the melding of Modern forms and classic sensibilities. Often experimental and innovative, these gardens and landscapes possess subdued transitions between indoors and outdoors, yet they have often been misunderstood and under appreciated.

Eastman School Symphony Orchestra: Music of Ravel, Vivaldi, and Gershwin

• Date(s): 11/21/2008 - 11/21/2008
• Times: 8 p.m.
• Location: Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibs St. (corner of Main Ave.)

Neil Varon, conductor

Holiday Bazaar Arts & Crafts Sale

• Date(s): 11/21/2008 - 11/23/2008
• Recurring daily
• Times: 11/21 5–9pm; 11/22 9:30am–5pm; 11/23 11am–4pm.
• Location: Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Avenue
• Contact: Debra Jacobson
• Phone: (585) 697-1944
• Admission: $4; under 12 free.

More than 150 exhibitors of original art and unique crafts fill the Rochester Museum & Science Center galleries and Eisenhart Auditorium. Discover one-of-a-kind gifts and enjoy food and beverages on site.

Rochester Americans Home Game

• Date(s): 11/21/2008 - 11/21/2008
• Times: Game starts at 7:35pm
• Location: Blue Cross Arena
• Contact: Nathan Snyder
• Phone: 454-5335x3006
• Admission: Tickets range from $14.25-22.25, group discount tickets available for 10 or more

Rochester Americans take on the Manchester Monarchs at the Blue Cross Arena. Season tickets and group discount tickets are available. For more information contact Nathan Snyder at (585) 454-5335 x3006.

RPO - Symphony 101 Series 1816-1826

• Date(s): 11/21/2008 - 11/21/2008
• Times: 7:30 p.m.
• Location: Performance Hall at Hochstein, Plymouth Avenue
• Contact: RPO Box Office
• Phone: (585) 454-2100

Benton Hess, conductor Rossini: The Barber of Seville Weber: Der Freischutz Boieldieu: La dame blanche A 50-minute concert followed by a question and answer period with the conductor.

40th Annual Holiday Fair Show & Sale

• Date(s): 11/22/2008 - 11/22/2008
• Times: 9 am - 3 pm
• Location: Bloomfield Elementary School, Maple Avenue (Rt. 444)
• Contact: Marcia
• Phone: (585) 657-7504
• Admission: free

Will feature more than 80 vendors exhibiting handmade gifts for the holidays, such as: homemade pies & candies; jewelry; gift baskets;wooden, glass and fabric items; decorations & ornaments. A luncheon featuring homemade soup, chili, hot roast beef and assorted cold sandwiches, pies and beverages will be sold. Parking and admission free. Handicap accessible.

Bark, Whine, and Brew

• Date(s): 11/22/2008 - 11/22/2008
• Times: 7:00 p.m.
• Location: Locust Hill Country Club
• Contact: Judy Andrychuk
• Phone: 5852231330x240
• Admission: $100 - register by November 7 and save $20 on ticket!

Lollypop Farm Hosts 5th Annual Bark, Whine & Brew November 22, 7:00 p.m. at Locust Hill Country Club FAIRPORT, NY − Shake, rattle and roll back to 1950’s for Lollypop Farm’s 5th Annual Bark, Whine & Brew on Saturday, November 22, at Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford. Over 300 guests are expected to show their support for Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester. Tickets can be purchased up until the start of the event for $100, and early bird pricing is available through November 7. All proceeds will benefit the animals at Lollypop Farm. This 1950’s-themed bash will be a swell time with upscale diner food, wine and beer tastings, and vintage cars set to the beat of – what else – rockin’ fifties music. Live and silent auctions feature an impressive selection of items, including a stay at a Cape Cod vacation home and a John Grieco Iron table. For information on the event or to purchase tickets, call Judy Andrychuk at (585) 223-1330 x240 or visit www.lollypop.org

Friends of Eastman Opera Voice Competition

• Date(s): 11/22/2008 - 11/22/2008
• Times: 3 p.m.
• Location: Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs Street
• Admission: Free

Holiday Songs and Skies with Mr. Jack Frost

• Date(s): 11/22/2008 - 01/04/2009
• Recurring daily
• Times: Various. Check www.rmsc.org for show schedule.
• Location: RMSC Strasenburgh Planetarium, 657 East Avenue
• Contact: Debra Jacobson
• Phone: (585) 697-1944
• Admission: $9 adults, $8 seniors/college students, $7 ages 3–18.

Planetarium Laser-Light Show: Mr. Frost delights families with colorful lasers, holiday songs, winter stargazing tips, and corny jokes. Hear and sing along with well-loved holiday songs of broad appeal, choreographed to colorful laser light. Hear about the significance of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Chinese New Year, and Ramadan. Unique family entertainment—a holiday must-see! Length: 45 minutes. For all ages.

RPO Passionate Piano

• Date(s): 11/22/2008 - 11/22/2008
• Times: 8:00 p.m.
• Location: Eastman Theatre
• Contact: RPO Box Office
• Phone: (585) 454-2100

Andrew Grams, conductor; Andrew von Oeyen, piano Virtuoso pianist Andrew von Oeyen joins the RPO for the furious, ferocious Totentanz of Franz Liszt and the Orchestra brings its amazing virtuosity to one of Bela Bartok's best-known, most accessible works, the Concerto for Orchestra.

Stuart Little

• Date(s): 11/22/2008 - 11/22/2008
• Times: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
• Location: Nazareth College Shults Center
• Phone: (585) 389-2170
• Admission: $12

Nazareth College Arts Center and Rochester Children's Theatre present Joseph Robinette's delightful dramatization of E.B. White's classic story of the many adventures and maneuverings of the endearing Stuart Little. This charming story-theatre production follows the mild-mannered mouse as he strives to survive in a "real people's" world.