Art Exhibits Through Mar 21: “Great Impressions: The Print Club of Rochester Turns 80” in Lockhart Gallery. | “What’s Up” lecture, First Sundays, 2 p.m. | Ongoing exhibits: “At the Crossroads,” “Seeing America,” “Italian Baroque Organ,” “Brunswick Armor,” “Judaica.” | Wed-Sun 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Thu until 9 p.m., $4-$10. Thu night reduced price: $6 from 5-9 p.m. 276-8900, mag. rochester.edu. Mill Art Center & Gallery, 61 N Main St, Honeoye Falls. Through Apr 23: “Relevant: An HF-L Alumni Art Exhibition.” 6247740, millartcenter.com. Mon-Fri & Sat 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Fri 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Free My Sister’s Gallery The Episcopal Church Home, 505 Mt. Hope Ave. Through Apr 7: “Things in a Row, and More,” paintings by Jeanette Musliner. Daily 10 a.m.-8 p.m. 546-8439. Nazareth College Arts Center Gallery 4245 East Ave. Mar 18-Apr 23: “Nazareth College Department of Art Undergraduate Student Exhibition.” Tue-Thu 1-4 p.m., FriSat 1-8 p.m. 389-5073, naz.edu. Nazareth College Casa Italiana LeChase Lounge 4245 East Ave. Through Apr 22: “Toscana Toscana”, photography by George Wallace. Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 389-2469, casa@naz.edu. NTID Dyer Arts Center 52 Lomb Memorial Dr. Mar 17-Apr 23: “Pamela Witcher, 2001-2011, A Retrospective,” “Gary Mayers, Sculpture,” and “Bernard Bragg, A Personal Collection of Memorabilia.” Mon-Thu 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; Fri 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat 1-3:30 p.m. 475-6884, ntid.rit.edu/dyerarts. Oxford Gallery 267 Oxford St. Through Apr 9: “Anticipating Spring,” group exhibition. Tue-Fri Noon-5 p.m; Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 271-5885, oxfordgallery.com. Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery 71 S Main St, Canandaigua. Mar 18-Apr 30: 6th Annual Studio II Faculty/ Student Exhibit. Mon-Tue 10 a.m.6 p.m.; Wed-Fri 10 a.m.-8 pm.; Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun 12:30-4 p.m. 394-0030, prrgallery.com. Penfield Arts Center repARTee Gallery 2131 Five Mile Line Rd. Through Mar 25: “Thaw: Before the Flow.” Wed-Sat 1-5 p.m. 5865192, penfieldartscenter.com. Pieters Family Life Center Café 1900 E. Henrietta Rd. Through Mar 29: Steven and Robert Tyron. Mon-Fri 6:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat 6:30 a.m.- 5 p.m. 487-3500, heritagechristianservices.org. Record Archive 33 1/3 Rockwood St. Through Mar 31: “A Mess of New Paintings” by Richard F. Storms. Mon-Sat 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun noon-5 p.m. alayna@ recordarchive.com. Renaissance Art Gallery 74 St. Paul St. Through Mar 26: Taylor Woolwine. Tue-Sat 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 423-8235, rochesterrenaissanceartgallery.com. Roberts Wesleyan B.T. Roberts Memorial Hall Art Gallery 2265 Westside Dr. Through May 16: “Kathleen Nicastro: Painting Spiritual Geometry.” Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Roberts.edu. Roberts Wesleyan Davison Gallery 2265 Westside Drive.
March 31. For more information, visit film360365.com or call 2798307. 63rd Annual Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition. Deadline March 31. Seeking entries from regional artists for major juried exhibition opening July 24 at Memorial Art Gallery. Apply at mag.rochester. edu/rochester-finger-lakes/. Call for Applications for 55th Clothesline Festival. Deadline March 25. Festival to be held September 10-11 at Memorial Art Gallery. Apply online at clothesline.rochester.edu. DANCE | Viver Brasil
Forget the northern hemisphere this weekend and get transported to Brazil for one night as Viver Brasil brings its stunning and award-winning “Feet on the Ground” to Nazareth College Arts Center (4245 East Ave.) Sunday, March 20. Meet an array of African orixás (deities), witness ceremonial celebrations as well as the graceful Brazilian martial arts/dance form of Capoeira, and be dazzled by the flash and intrigue of Carnaval. The show takes place at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $25-$55 and may be purchased by calling 389-2190 or visiting artscenter. naz.edu. A pre-performance lecture by Dr. Hilda Chacon, Nazareth College professor of Spanish and the Rosemarie Beston Chair for International Studies in Foreign Languages and Literature, will take place at 6 p.m. in room A-14 of the Arts Center. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY Through Mar 28: “THAW: Painting Confluence & Influence,” featuring Dave Berry, Immanuele Cacciatore, Aaron Gosser, Janet McKenzie, Kathleen Nicastro, and Rachael Van Dyke. Mon-Fri 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat 1-4 p.m. Roberts.edu Rochester Contemporary Arts Center 137 East Ave. Through Mar 13: “Mentors & Makers” new sculpture by Wendell Castle and Nancy Jurs and their former students Tom Lacagnina and Bethany Krull. | In the LAB Space: “Charlie Arnold: Pioneer of Electrostatic Art.” Wed-Sun 1-5 p.m., Fri 1-10 p.m. 461-2222, rochestercontemporary.org. $1. Rochester Medical Museum & Archives Through Mar 18: “Military Dress” by Philip G. Maples. Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 922-1847, viahealth.org/archives. Rochester Regional Community Design Center Hungerford Complex/E. Main Business Park. Door 3B. Through Jun 3: “Build it Right and They Will Come.” Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. 271-0520, rrcdc.com. Roz Steiner Art Gallery 1 College Rd., Batavia. Through Apr 5: GCC Fine Arts Student Show. Call for hours. 343-0055 x6448, genesee.edu. Rush Rhees Library Rare Books and Special Collections University of Rochester River Campus, Rush Rhees Library, Wilson Blvd. Through Apr 6: “The Theatres of Memory: New Perspective on Edward Curtis’ The North American Indian.” Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Fat 11 a.m.-3 p.m. 475-6766. The Shoe Factory Co-op 250 N. Goodman St., Studio 212. Through Mar 26: “A Lynn Tate Retrospective.” Wed-Sat 12-5 p.m. studio212@shoefactoryarts. com, shoefactoryarts.com SPAS Gallery Rochester Institute of Technology, Gannett Bldg, 1
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Lomb Memorial Dr. Mar 17-Apr 7: “Automobiles: Photographs by Michael Furman.” Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-6 p.m. 475-2616, rit.edu The Strong National Museum of Play One Manhattan Square. Through May 22: “Whimsical Art Trail” with Gary Carlson, Meredith Schreiber, and Raphaela McCormack. MonThu 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Fri-Sat 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sun 12-5 p.m. 2632700, thestrong.org. $10-12. SUNY Geneseo Lockhart Gallery McClellan House, 26 Main St., Geneseo. Mar 21-May 5: “Paolo Fidanza and the Reproductive Print.” Mon-Thu 12:30-3:30 p.m.; Fri-Sat 12:30-5:30 p.m. geneseo.edu. Tower Fine Arts Center @ SUNY Brockport 180 Holley St. Through Apr 1: “E. E. Cummings: Painter and Poet.” Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 395-ARTS, brockport.edu. Visual Studies Workshop 31 Prince St. Through Mar 27: “Shedding Light” by Pamela Vander Zwan. Thu 5-8 p.m., Fri-Sun noon-5 p.m. 442-8676, vsw.org. West Side Gallery SUNY Brockport, 180 Holley St., Brockport. Mar 23-Apr 8: “Divination of Bones,” Ceramic Installation by Natalie Thompson. Mon-Fri 5-7 p.m. 395-ARTS, brockport.edu. Williams Gallery 220 S Winton Rd. Through Apr 4: “Something Old, Something New” by Arena Art Group. Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 271-9070, rochesterunitarian.org. Williams-Insalaco Gallery 34 at FLCC, 3325 Marvin Sands Dr., Canandaigua. Through Mar 18: “All about Trains and Graphite” by Sam Ferrara. Mon-Thu 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat-Sun noon-5 p.m. 3943500 x7369, gallery34@flcc.edu. [ CALL FOR ARTWORK ] 360|365 Shorts Contest Announces Theme: “Mini Musical.” Deadline
Art Events [ Wednesday, March 16 ] “Nothing New” Artists Talk. Booksmart Studio, 250 N Goodman St. erich@1975ish. com. 7-8 p.m. Free. [ Thursday, March 17 ] MAG Highlights Tour. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900, mag.rochester.edu. 6:30 p.m. Included with gallery admission: $5-10. Docent-led tour of the collections. Workshop: Understanding and Using Camera RAW. Genesee Center for the Arts & Education, 713 Monroe Ave. 271-5920, geneseearts.org. 7-9:30 p.m. $35-45, register. [ Friday, March 18 ] “Wine and Spirit” Exhibition Tours. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900, mag. rochester.edu. Fri 2 p.m. Included with gallery admission: $5-10. Watercolor Class with Peggy Martinez. A Different Path Gallery, 27 Market St., Brockport. kwestonarts@gmail.com. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $120, 5 week class. [ Saturday, March 19 ] Creative Workshop Open House. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900, mag.rochester.edu. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Palladium Printing. Genesee Center for the Arts & Education, 713 Monroe Ave. 271-5920, geneseearts.org. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $140-150, register. Persepolis: Culture Carved in Stone. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900, mag. rochester.edu. 1:30-5 p.m. Free. Lectures, Nowruz celebration, tea and treats, music. Surface: Slip, Stamps, and Sprigs. Genesee Center for the Arts & Education, 713 Monroe Ave. 2715183, geneseearts.org. 1-5 p.m. $65-75, register. [ Sunday, March 20 ] Craft and Zine Fair. Flying Squirrel, 285 Clarissa St. 4425432, flyingsquirrel.rocus.org. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $2 donation. Vendors and workshops. [ Monday, March 21 ] Local Visionaries: Artists Unplugged. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester. localvisionaries.weebly.com. Sign up at 6:30 p.m. Free.
Comedy [ Thursday, March 17Saturday, March 19 ] Walter Gause. Comedy Club, 2235 Empire Blvd, Webster,
NY 14580. 671-9080, thecomedyclub.us. Thu 7:30 p.m., Fri-Sat 7:30 & 10 p.m. $9. [ Saturday, March 19 ] Village Idiots Improv Comedy “Director’s Cut.” Village Idiots Comedy Improv, 274 N Goodman St, VIP Studio D312. vip@improvVIP.com, improvVIP. com. 8 p.m. $8.
Dance Events [ Thursday, March 17 ] Irish Dancing by the McLaughlinGoodwin-O’Shancey Academy of Irish Dance. Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave. 7845300, brightonlibrary.org. 10 a.m. Free, register. [ Sunday, March 20 ] Park Avenue Dance Company’s Dance, Wine, and Good Company. Artisan Works, 565 Blossom Rd. 461-2766, parkavenuedancecompany. org, padco@rochester.rr.com. 1-4 p.m. $25 advance, $30 at the door. Performances by The Park Avenue Dance Company, Faculty, and students, tour of ArtisanWORKS, swing dance lesson; silent auction. Viver Brasil in Feet on the Ground. Nazareth College Arts Center, 4245 East Ave. 389-2170, boxoffice.naz.edu, artscenter.naz. edu. 7 p.m. $25-55. [ Wednesday, March 23 ] Rochester City Ballet “Downtown Dance-off.” Nazareth College Arts Center, 4245 East Ave. 4615850, rochestercityballet.com, downtowndancoff.blogspot.com. 7 p.m. $10, kids 12 and under free.
Dance Participation [ Thursday, March 17 ] Argentine Tango Dance with Jan Bares. Upstairs Hall, 4657 Culver Rd. 323-1040, midnighttango.com. 7-8 p.m. new to tango lesson, 8-9 p.m. guided practice/advanced class, 9 p.m.-midnight dance. $4. Dance ‘60’s Style. Henrietta Public Library, 455 Calkins Rd. 359-7092. 7-8:15 p.m. Free, register. Sky Baby Productions presents: House of Love. Decibel Lounge, 45 Euclid St. 754-4645. 9 p.m. TBA. Always 21+, $1 Off-Street parking available. With Hector, Flex, Our Baby, and Mark. [ Friday, March 18 ] Every Friday is a Good Friday with DJ Reign. Spenders, 1600 Lyell Ave. 458-1040. 10 p.m.-2:30 a.m. $10 cover, 2 for 1 admission before 11 p.m. [ Saturday, March 19 ] Dance Lovers St. Patty’s Dance. Inikori Dance Studio, 1100 University Ave. 746-3290 or 325-3873. 7-11 p.m. $10-13. An evening of ballroom dancing featuring a mix of foxtrot, waltz, Latin, and swing. Dance Hosts available. Handicapped accessible. Attire is After 5 Fashion. Optional attire is green and white. Fundraiser Extraordinaire Music & Square Dancing. Summerville Presbyterian Church, 4845 St. Paul Blvd. 734-6005. 7 p.m. $10, ages 16 and under free. Helps
fund volunteers from Summerville Presbyterian Church and Irondequoit Presbyterian Church to travel to Nashville and assist those affected by the flooding. [ Sunday, March 20 ] Inikori Dance Studio’s Latin Dance Social. Inikori Dance Studio, 1100 University Ave. 271-6840, frontdesk@inikoridance.com. Lesson 615-7 p.m., dance 7-9 p.m. $5, $20 with lesson. Salsa, Tango, Cha Cha, Merengue, Bachata, and Mambo. [ Saturday, March 19Sunday, March 20 ] Special Weekend LivingDance intensive. Kinections, 718 University Ave. 573-5050, kinectionsinfo@kinections.com. Sat 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun 9 a.m.-2 p.m. $285; register. [ Tuesday, March 22 ] Stardust Ballroom Dance Series: Dick Stacy. Edgerton Community Center, 41 Backus St. cityofrochester.gov/edgerton. 7:30 p.m. $1.50-3.
Kids Events [ Wednesday, March 16 ] Stuck in the Middle Book Discussion Group: “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” by John Boyne. 5263 Parkside Dr., Canandaigua. 394-1381, jgoodemote@pls-net.org. 6:30 p.m. Free. Grades 6-8. Discuss a book over a homemade dessert and hot drinks. [ Thursday, March 17 ] American Girl Club: “A Smart Girl’s Guide to Money!” Barnes & Noble Greece, 330 Greece Ridge Center Dr. 227-4020, barnesandnoble. com. 7 p.m. Free. Ages 7+. Anime Club Film: “Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple.” Canandaigua YMCA, 32 N. Main St. 394-1381, jgoodemote@pls-net.org. 6-8 p.m. Free. Ages 13+. [ Saturday, March 19 ] Latinas Unidas 2011 Rally: Living Healthy and Healthy Choices. University of Rochester, Wilson Blvd. 256-8900, latinasunidas.org. 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free, registration required. For Latinas ages 718. Children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult. [ Saturday, March 19 ] Autism Council of Rochester Soccer Camp. Al Sigl Center Gym, 1000 Elmwood Ave. 413-1681, info@theautismcouncil.com. 10-11:00 a.m. $35 per family, scholarships available, register. Challenger Learning Center: Mission to Mars. Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. 697-1942, rmsc. org. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $13-16, reservations required. Ages 7+, Ages 7-10 must be paired with adult. Dinner Theater. Twelve Corners Presbyterian Church, 1200 S. Winton Rd. education@ twelvecorners.org. 5-8 p.m. $10 per adult, $6 per child, max: $30 per family. Game Day. Lift Bridge Book Shop, 45 Main St, Brockport. 637-2260, liftbridge.com. 11 a.m. Free. ages 8-12. Practice ACT Test. Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood