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Rochester is known as "Festival City," with festivals almost every weekend from late spring through the fall.  Plus, everyday there is something to do-from performing arts to museum exhibits to musical recitals-and of course, if it's Rochester-there's plenty of PLAY! Be sure to check the calendar for daily activities.

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01/29/2012 - 02/04/2012

Ongoing Events

Family Climbing

  • Date(s): 06/01/2010(No End Date)
  • Recurring monthly on the 1st
  • Times: Various; Call our office
  • Location: RockVentures, 1044 university avenue
  • Contact: office
  • Phone: (585) 442-5462
  • Admission: $35

Introduction to Rock Climbing. Ages 2-92 are successful. If you can climb a ladder, you can climb with us. Learn valuable climbing and rope holding skills. Under 18 years requires your parent sign our waiver. All ages climb; must be 12 years and older to be rope holder.

Going for Baroque

  • Date(s): 10/03/2010(No End Date)
  • Recurring weekly on Sunday
  • Times: Every Sunday at 1pm & 3pm
  • Location: Memorial Art Gallery, Fountain Court
  • Contact: Donna DeFord
  • Phone: (585) 276-8900
  • Admission: free with gallery admission

mini-recital on the Italian Baroque Organ at 1 & 3pm

Cameras from the Technology Collection

  • Date(s): 06/01/2011(No End Date)
  • Recurring daily
  • Times: Museum Hours
  • Location: George Eastman House
  • Phone: (585) 271-3361
  • Admission: Museum admission

From the world’s largest collection of cameras, the evolution of photography is illustrated, -- including the camera that shot the flag-raising at Iwo Jima, the only complete NASA Lunar Orbiter, and a Technicolor movie camera that filmed many MGM classics … plus many cameras that you and your family used to own!

THE UNSEEN EYE: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE W.M. HUNT COLLECTION

  • Date(s): 10/01/2011 - 02/19/2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Times: Museum Hours
  • Location: George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film
  • Contact: Dresden Engle
  • Phone: (585) 271-3361
  • Admission: Adults: $12, Seniors: $10, Students: $5, Children 12 years and younger: Free

All eyes will be on George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film this fall as it presents one of the largest exhibitions in its history -- The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the W.M. Hunt Collection. More than 500 photographs by the masters of the medium will be on view. Hunt describes the collection as “magical, heart-stopping images of people in which the eyes cannot be seen.” The photographs of The Unseen Eye have a common theme — the gaze of the subject is averted, the face obscured, or the eyes firmly closed. The images evoke a wide range of emotions and are characterized, by what, at first glance, the subject conceals rather than what the camera reveals.

Canandaigua Wine Walk

  • Date(s): 11/05/2011 - 10/06/2012
  • Recurring monthly on the 1st Saturday
  • Times: 4-7 p.m.
  • Location: Downtown Canandaigua Main and Side Streets
  • Contact: Don Stevens
  • Phone: (585) 694-8108
  • Admission: $5 Gets you all the wine and food tastings, plus a commemorative wine glass.

Enjoy sampling the finest Finger Lakes wine in while walking historic Canandaigua! Merchants, including apparel, gift stores, art galleries and restaurants are proud to introduce you to Canandaigua Wine Walk. Grab a commemorative wine glass for $5 at any participating merchant, sample wines from Finger Lakes Wineries, and explore historic Canandaigua. All participating merchants are scheduled tentatively, this list may change.

Founders of American Studio Glass: Dominick Labino

  • Date(s): 11/17/2011 - 01/06/2013
  • Recurring daily
  • Location: The Corning Museum of Glass
  • Phone: (607) 937-5371
  • Admission: Free

Founders of American Studio Glass: Dominick Labino presents documents selected from Labino’s extensive archive, held by the Rakow Research Library, and glass from the Museum’s collection. Materials range from copies of photographs of Labino’s “smallest engine” to samples of the Johns Manville #475 marbles that studio artists melted in their furnaces. Free. At the Rakow Research Library. Call (607) 937-5371 for more information.

Founders of American Studio Glass: Harvey K. Littleton

  • Date(s): 11/17/2011 - 01/06/2013
  • Recurring daily
  • Location: The Corning Museum of Glass
  • Phone: (607) 937-5371
  • Admission: Included in Museum Admission

In celebration of the 50th anniversary, in 2012, of the “birth” of the American Studio Glass movement, this exhibition features works by one of the founders of the movement, Harvey K. Littleton. The objects on display–19 vessels and sculptures and five vitreographs (prints made from glass plates)–span the arc of Littleton’s career in glass from the 1960s through the 1980s. Works are drawn both from the Museum’s collection and the artist’s personal collection. The exhibition recognizes Littleton, born and raised in Corning, for his achievements in developing glass as a material for artistic expression. It is the first solo exhibition of the artist’s work at the Museum. Included in Museum admission. Call (607) 937-5371 for more information.

Extreme Mammals Exhibition

  • Date(s): 12/23/2011 - 04/15/2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Times: Monday–Saturday: 9am–5pm Sunday: 11am–5pm
  • Location: Rochester Museum & Science Center
  • Phone: (585) 271-4320
  • Admission: Various—see www.rmsc.org

A thrilling adventure, Extreme Mammals: The Biggest, Smallest, and Most Amazing Mammals of All Time brings Rochester Museum & Science Center visitors face-to-face with a wondrous array of extraordinary creatures. Featuring spectacular specimens from the American Museum of Natural History, the exhibition examines the ancestry and evolution of numerous species through fossils, skeletons, vivid mammal reconstructions as well as objects from Rochester Museum & Science Center collections. Species range from huge to tiny, from speedy to sloth-like, and display characteristics such as over-sized claws, fangs, snouts and horns. Explore the surprising and extraordinary world of extinct and living mammals. After all, they are YOUR relatives! Presented by: ESL Federal Credit Union. Support from: Harris Beach PLLC. Media sponsor Time Warner Cable.

Perfect Wedding

  • Date(s): 01/10/2012 - 02/12/2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Times: Various. Visit www.gevatheatre.org for details
  • Location: Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd
  • Contact: Box Office
  • Phone: 232-4382

On the morning of his wedding, Bill wakes up in his honeymoon suite with a dreadful hangover and an unknown and unclothed woman in his bed. It’s a race against time as he has to either get her out or make up a plausible story before his fiancée and future mother-in-law arrive. Desperate times call for desperate measures in this hysterical romp.

Max at the Gallery Tapas Night

  • Date(s): 01/12/2012 - 12/27/2012
  • Recurring weekly on Thursday
  • Times: 5 pm to 9 pm
  • Location: 500 University Avenue
  • Phone: (585) 276-8900
  • Admission: $6.00 Gallery Admission, tapas and beverages for purchase

Every Thursday night, you’re invited to visit the Gallery (half price admission from 5 to 9 pm), listen to live music, and enjoy wine, beer and tapas plates for purchase. No reservations necessary!

Shrek The Musical

  • Date(s): 01/31/2012 - 02/05/2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Location: Rochester Auditorium Theatre, 885 East Main Street
  • Phone: (800) 745-3000

SHREK THE MUSICAL, based on the Oscar®-winning DreamWorks film that started it all, brings the hilarious story of everyone’s favorite ogre to life on stage. In a faraway kingdom turned upside down, things get ugly when an unseemly ogre –not a handsome prince –shows up to rescue a feisty princess. Throw in a donkey who won't shut up, a villain with a short temper, a cookie with an attitude and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you've got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there’s one on hand… and his name is Shrek. Featuring a terrific score of 19 all-new songs, big laughs, great dancing and breathtaking scenery, WWOR-TV proclaims SHREK THE MUSICAL, “Far, Far and away the funniest new musical on Broadway!”. SHREK THE MUSICAL is part romance, part twisted fairy tale and all irreverent fun for everyone!

“Triptychs, Evolving Acts and Gestures”

  • Date(s): 02/03/2012 - 03/02/2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Times: Opening Reception Friday, February 3rd, 6pm – 10pm; Closing Reception Friday, March 2nd, 6pm – 10pm; Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday 9am – 5pm, Saturday 12 pm – 5 pm
  • Location: Black Radish Studio Village Gate - D Entrance 274 N. Goodman St., Suite 501
  • Contact: Sean DeChalais
  • Phone: (585) 413-1270
  • Admission: Free

Stu Chait’s most recent series is his introduction of watercolor on canvas and the limitless potential that it holds as a medium. This unique collection of abstract watercolors is being presented together for the first time.

Jamey Leverett’s The Blood Countess featuring the Grammy Award winning Ying Quartet and pianist Elin

  • Date(s): 02/03/2012 - 02/05/2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Times: 7:30pm Friday and Saturday 2:00pm Sunday
  • Location: Callahan Theatre at Nazareth College 4245 East Avenue
  • Contact: Deborah Tretter
  • Phone: (585) 461-5850
  • Admission: $50.00-$65.00

Age recommendation: 13+ with parent discretion advised. After rave reviews and sold out performances last season, The Blood Countess returns ~ this time with live music performed by the Grammy Award winning Ying Quartet and pianist Elinor Freer. History is twisted in this visually stunning original production ~ throwing the Blood Countess into the path of Count Dracula and asking us to contemplate... Who is the Predator, Who is the Prey? For ticket information please call the Box Office at 585-389-2170 Web site: boxoffice.naz.edu (tickets)

Modern Icon: The Machine as Subject in American Art

  • Date(s): 02/03/2012 - 05/06/2012
  • Recurring weekly on Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
  • Times: Wed - Sunday 11-5pm and until 9pm on Thursdays
  • Location: Memorial Art Gallery
  • Contact: Donna DeFord
  • Phone: (585) 276-8900
  • Admission: included in gallery admission

The American lifestyle and landscape are continuously altered by innovations in technology, and artists have responded with both awe and ambiguity to the machines in our midst. This exhibition includes works from the permanent collection by such 20th-century masters as Charles Sheeler, Louis Lozowick, Charles Burchfield and John Marin.

RPO Pops: Let's Dance!

  • Date(s): 02/03/2012 - 02/04/2012
  • Recurring weekly on Friday, Saturday
  • Times: 8 p.m.
  • Location: Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
  • Contact: RPO Box Office
  • Phone: (585) 454-2100
  • Admission: Tickets start at $15.

Gear up for Valentine’s Day with Lindy Hop Champion—and "So You Think You Can Dance" choreographer—Carla Heiney. Even the legs on your seat will be dancing as Jeff Tyzik and the RPO bring you the best in swing music and onstage energy you won’t want to miss.

Bo Burnham at the UofR

  • Date(s): 02/04/2012 - 02/04/2012
  • Times: 9:00pm
  • Location: University of Rochester, Strong Auditorium
  • Contact: Common Connection
  • Phone: (585) 275-5911
  • Admission: $17 general public

You tube star turned stand up comedian graces Rochester with his unique style.

Harlem Globetrotters at Blue Cross Arena

  • Date(s): 02/04/2012 - 02/04/2012
  • Times: 2:00pm
  • Location: Blue Cross Arena
  • Contact: Paul Marranca
  • Phone: 8006414667x152
  • Admission: Tickets start at just $15.50

The World Famous Harlem Globetrotters are bringing their 2012 North American to Rochester, NY on February 4th. Now in their 86th consecutive season of touring the world, this new generation of stars carry on the storied tradition of showcasing a captivating assortment of trick shots, high-flying dunks and ball handling wizardry…with a side-splitting array of comedy guaranteed to entertain both the young and the young at heart

Literature Live : Mama Bear

  • Date(s): 02/04/2012 - 02/05/2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Location: The Strong's National Museum of Play
  • Phone: (585) 263-2700
  • Admission: Included with museum admission

Beloved literary characters jump off the pages of favorite books at this weekend series featuring story book character appearances. Meet Mama Bear from the Berenstain Bears.

Native American Winter Games & Sports

  • Date(s): 02/04/2012 - 02/04/2012
  • Times: 10 am - 4 pm
  • Location: Ganondagan State Historic Site, 1488 State Route 444
  • Contact: Jeanette Miller
  • Phone: (585) 742-1690
  • Admission: free; hot food available for purchase

Lovers of winter, outdoor activities, or those just intrigued by traditional Native American ways of celebrating the long winter season have a full day planned for them at Ganondagan'S Native American Winter Games and Sports event. This day offers spectators and participants alike the opportunity to take part in the game of snowsnake (one of the most popular traditional Seneca winter pastimes), try walking in snowshoes, watch a dogsled team in action, observe traditional winter craft demonstrations, listen to traditional storytelling over a warm fire in the bark longhouse, or view an educational video. Additional children's activities will take place in the Visitor Center. Admission is free, but a donation of $5 per family is gratefully accepted. Local lodging packages are available.

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