UofR on the Fringe

Thursday, September 19

Rochester Playwrights
The Geriactors present short plays by playwrights living and working in the Rochester area. They vary from comedies to dramas and are all likely to be new to you.
7 p.m. Writers & Books, 740 University Avenue
Admission: $15

Arild Remmereit conducts the Rochester Chamber Orchestra: "Remembering Frederick Douglass"
The concert, led by artistic director Arild Remmereit, will feature a variety of orchestral works by Afro-American and European composers, commentary given by local leaders, and narration by retired Eastman School Professor of Voice, Thomas Paul. Notable instrumentalists who are ESM alumni include concertmaster David Brickman, violinist Tigran Vardanyan, violinist Janet Milnes, violist Marc Anderson, cellist Ingrid Bock, among others. David Fetler, founder and current music director of the Rochester Chamber Orchestra (RCO), formed the RCO fifty years ago while he was a graduate student conducting at the Eastman School. The event is sponsored by prominent philanthropist Betty Strasenburgh, who graduated from Eastman School of Music in 1952 with a degree in harp.
8 p.m. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Admission: $15

Friday, September 20

Grey Light
Grey Light is a rock band merging elements of pop, jazz and classical music. The group comprises two current Eastman School of Music students, a University of Rochester KEY program scholar, and two recently graduated Eastman alumni.
6:30 p.m. Java's Cafe, 16 Gibbs Street
FREE admission

Cello Show
What do you get when you combine six saucy lady-cellists, a slick drummer, and sock-rocking vocals? The answer: Cello Show.
7:30 p.m. Java's Cafe, 16 Gibbs Street
FREE admission

Saturday, September 21

UR Arts Bus
The University of Rochester is proud of its commitment to the arts and sustainability. The UR Arts Bus will showcase both all day as a free, Fringy venue on Sept. 21! Parked by the Spiegel Tent, audiences can visit the bus and might catch a preview of any one the almost 30 UR-affiliated Fringe shows - music, dance, theatre, visual arts and multi-disciplinary arts will surprise and delight!
11 a.m. - 8 p.m. outside Spiegel Tent
Free admission

Jazz Time Review: Featuring Groove Juice Swing and the Flower City Follies
This Swing-Era-themed production is a collection of authentic jazz dance performances by the lindy-hopping swing dancers of Groove Juice Swing and Rochester's newest all-girls jazz dance troupe, the Flower City Follies.
12:30 p.m. RAPA’s East End Theatre, 727 East Main Street
Admission: $10

The Human Library
Organized by the River Campus Libraries, A Human Library is a way for people to reach out and connect with individuals in their community that they might not normally engage with. Visitors to a library have an opportunity during a planned event to borrow Human Books and to engage in conversation with the books. Human Libraries promote tolerance, celebrate differences and encourage understanding of people who come from varied cultural or lifestyle backgrounds. To participate or to learn more, contact Mari Tsuchiya. Read more ...
1 p.m. Cominsky Promenade, Eastman School of Music
FREE admission

A Thousand Dreams Within Me Softly Burn
Presented by Rochester harpist and Eastman alumna Caroline Reyes in collaboration with Rochester artist Allie Hartley. The concert will use this power of the harp to transport audiences to the realm of dreams and nightmares through the pairing of acoustic harp music with visual art.
1 p.m. George Eastman House
FREE admission

Almighty God Bierce
Civil War veteran, political satirist, writer, and journalist Ambrose Bierce tells tales of his life on the eve of his departure for “the battlefields of his youth, and Mexico.” University of Rochester professor and local actor Roger Gans brings Bierce to life in this one-man show by local author Ed Scutt.
2 p.m. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd.
Admission: $16

Oliver Brown & His Extra-Ordinary Ukuleles
Oliver Brown & His Extraordinary Ukuleles blends this mystical sea-shanty instrument with humorous song topics ranging from Shakespeare to the wonders of the peanut-butter sandwich. Oliver is an assistant director of alumni relations. He has also had a song appear on Sesame Street, and is featured in the ukulele rockumentary, Rock That Uke.
6 p.m. Bernunzio Uptown Music
Admission: $7

ANOMALY: featuring BIODANCE, Sound ExChange, and W. M. Harris
Testing the boundaries between audience and performer in the Strasenburgh Planetarium, the fusion of contemporary chamber music, contemporary dance, and media projection has never been more surprising. The artistic director of BIODANCE, Missy Pfohl Smith, is also the director of the Program of Dance and Movement at the University of Rochester. W. Michelle Harris is a media artist and professor at Rochester Institute of Technology. Sound ExChange is a student-run ensemble based at the Eastman School of Music.
6:30 p.m. Rochester Museum & Science Center
Admission: $7 children and students; $10 general admission

The Daughter of Capulet
Thomas Pasatieri's monodrama for soprano and piano focuses on Juliet's point of view in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Recent alumnae of the University of Rochester Katie Lewis, junior Devin Goodman, Eastman graduate student Kurt Galvan, and Take-5 scholar Cassandra Donatelli have partnered together to premier this staged performance.
7 p.m. Multi-use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC), 142 Atlantic Avenue
Admission: $8

Dupre on Krol
Dupre on Krol is a piano trio comprised of students from the Eastman School of Music. As a group, they strive to re-imagine songs from the American songbook in unconventional and compelling ways.
8:30 p.m. Java's Cafe, 16 Gibbs Street
FREE admission

Same Sex Shakespeare
Suzanne Bell, librarian of Business and Government Information at the University, performs with The Rochester Shakespeare Players in these gender-bending takes on the Bard.
10 p.m. The TheatreROCS Stage at Xerox Auditorium
Admission: $9

Music of David Temperley
Temperley is a professor of music theory at Eastman School of Music, and has written over 100 songs. The style is a unique blend of rock, classical, and cabaret, with engaging melodies, witty and touching lyrics, and intricate piano accompaniments. The songs will be sung by Joel Dyson, a talented Eastman student studying with Robert McIver, with Temperley at the piano.
10 p.m. Sproull Atrium, Miller Center, Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street
Admission: $10

Sunday, September 22

The Lonely Ones
The Lonely Ones (featuring students Levi Gangi, Samantha Thomas, and John Muoio) play original roots folk that combines compelling songwriting and tight harmonies. Their sound is resonant of the American countryside, wide open and rich with storytelling.
3 p.m. Writers & Books, 740 University Avenue
Admission: $8

Mounafanyi
Rochester’s only PanAfrican performing group, Mounafanyi Percussion and Dance Ensemble, features musicians and dancers from Guinea, Ghana, the Congo, the Ivory Coast and the United States. Vibrant rhythms of West Africa’s iconic djembe hand drum inspire dancers, who embody the evolving creative spirit of Africa and the African diaspora. Their performances weave incredible drumming sequences together with high-energy dance, creating a spectacular tapestry of movement and sound.
5 p.m. MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Avenue
Admission:$10

Almighty God Bierce
6 p.m. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd.
Admission: $16

Eggs Benedict
Eggs Benedict is a funk band hailing from the groovy Eastman School of Music, serving up hard-boiled funk eight days a week. They bring the funk through covers and originals, mixing their influences of New Orleans funk, rock and the blues.
6:30 p.m. Java's Cafe, 16 Gibbs Street
FREE admission

ANOMALY: featuring BIODANCE, Sound ExChange, and W. M. Harris
6:30 p.m. Rochester Museum & Science Center
Admission: $7 children and students; $10 general admission

Incandescence: Zell Spring/Summer 2014
New York City-based fashion designer Zell presents Incandescence, his Spring/Summer 2014 women’s formal wear collection. Zell’s designs bring to life the stages of fire with sweeping lines and smoldering colors. Students from the Eastman School of Music will pair the designs with their favorite combustible works as models show off this fierce collection.
8 p.m. RAPA’s East End Theatre, 727 East Main Street
Admission: $5 for students, $8 general admission

Monday, September 23

Irrera Brothers Piano & Violin Duo
Currently completing their doctor of musical arts degrees at the Eastman School of Music, pianist Joseph and violinist John have captivated audiences across the globe with concerts throughout Italy, France, Costa Rica and Bulgaria.
8 p.m. Multi-use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC), 142 Atlantic Avenue
Admission: $12

Eastman Jazz Band
The Eastman Jazz Band, composed of undergraduate and graduate students, performs a full range of repertoire including works by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Woody Herman, Thad Jones, Bill Holman and more, as well as arrangements by Eastman alumni and students.
10 p.m. Sproull Atrium, Miller Center, Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street
Admission: $10

Tuesday, September 24

Almighty God Bierce
8 p.m. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd.
Admission: $16

Wednesday, September 25

Grey Light
6:30 p.m. Java's Cafe, 16 Gibbs Street
FREE admission

Rochester Playwrights
7 p.m. Writers & Books, 740 University Avenue
Admission: TBA

Low Standards with Candy Janes
Come for an intimate encounter with Low Standards, featuring burlesque bombshells of NYC's only rock n' roll comedy cabaret show, Candy Janes. Together since 2010, Kim Abell, Jason Cornwell and Boris Mihjailov deliver authentic renditions of familiar rock and pop covers and aim to get your juices flowing. Kim Abell is a family physician employed by URMC Center for Primary Care at Penfield Family Medicine and a clinical instructor in the Department of Family Medicine.
9 p.m. RAPA’s East End Theatre, 727 East Main Street
Admission: $8

Thursday, September 26

Present Tense Dance and Friends presents “Make ‘Em Laugh/Make ‘Em Cry”
“Make ‘Em Laugh/Make ‘Em Cry,” is a concert of dance that will make your eyes tear from laughter or poetic beauty. Enjoy the offbeat humor and kinetic charge of “Ten Pin Alley” or the elegiac grace of “Sic Gloria Transit Mundi.” Director Anne Wilcox is on the faculty of the Program for Dance and Movement at the University of Rochester, where she teaches dance techniques, world dance, and pedagogy classes.
7 p.m. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Admission: $15

Red Inc. LIVE
Red Inc. is an alternative rock quartet formed in 2011 by students of Rochester’s School of the Arts. In addition to their dynamic and progressive original works, they have been known to include searing cover versions of songs by Tool, Karnivool, Foo Fighters and System of a Down. Red Inc. is a familiar name in local clubs including Water Street, the Montage and Tala-Vera Cantina.
7:30 p.m. RAPA’s East End Theatre, 727 East Main Street
Admission: $5

Cello Show
7:30 p.m. Java's Cafe, 16 Gibbs Street
FREE admission

Rhythm and Color: Organ Music 1962-2012
An Organ Recital by Martin Herchenroder
RHYTHM AND COLOR is the opening public concert of the annual Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative (EROI) Festival featuring critically-acclaimed organist and composer Martin Herchenroder. At the hands of this authority on contemporary music, seminal organ works of the last 75 years come to life on Eastman’s Craighead-Saunders Organ at Christ Church.
8:30 p.m. Christ Church, 141 East Avenue
Admission: $15

Incandescence: Zell Spring/Summer 2014
9 p.m. RAPA’s East End Theatre, 727 East Main Street
Admission: $5 for students, $8 general admission

Peter Ferry with Audrey Q. Snyder
Peter Ferry has been praised by the Democrat and Chronicle as “an artist of vision” and “a percussion genius ... presenting percussion in a stunning, thoughtful way.” His performance at last year’s Fringe was called “breathtaking ... all that such festivals are supposed to be: funny, boundary-pushing, thought-provoking.” This year, Ferry welcomes cellist Audrey Q. Snyder to the stage for another exciting journey through contemporary classical music.
10 p.m. Sproull Atrium, Miller Center, Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street
Admission: $10

Friday, September 27

Dupre on Krol
5:15 p.m. Gibbs Street Main Stage
FREE admission

ANOMALY: featuring BIODANCE, Sound ExChange, and W. M. Harris
6:30 p.m. Rochester Museum & Science Center
Admission: $7 children and students; $10 general admission

Michael Burritt and Friends
Internationally-renowned percussion virtuoso and Eastman Professor of Percussion Michael Burritt presents a whole new world of sound, from the intoxicating rhythmic nature of the drums and the lush sonorous qualities of the marimba to the exotic sounds of the kalimba and tambourine. Burritt will be joined by Eastman Professor Emeritus of Percussion John Beck, as well as percussionists Ivan Trevino, son Zachary Burritt, and Eastman saxophone professor Chien-Kwan Lin.
7 p.m. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Admission: $10

Fringe Festival A Cappella Jam
Two of the University of Rochester’s popular student-run a cappella groups, the Midnight Ramblers and After Hours, will join forces for a night of supreme vocal talent.
8 p.m. Bernunzio's Uptown Music, 122 East Avenue
Admission: $10

Eggs Benedict
7:30 p.m. Gibbs Street Main Stage
FREE admission

Bending and Breaking: A Collaboration of Composers, Musicians, and Dancers
Eastman graduate Aaron Staebell’s band Bending and Breaking performs new works by Eastman School alumni Jennifer Bellor, Dave Chisholm, Colin Gordon, and Staebell. Joining Bending and Breaking are Eastman student dancers Keenan McKoy and Ainsley Kilgo in addition to dancers courtesy of the Rochester City Ballet and Nazareth College.
10 p.m. Miller Center Atrium, Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street
Admission: TBA

Low Standards with Candy Janes
11 p.m. RAPA’s East End Theatre, 727 East Main Street
Admission: $8

Saturday, September 28

Heart and Soul: Medicine and Life
Doctors write, then read! Colleen Fogarty, a local family physician and published poet and narrative writer, leads a team of colleagues reading from their creative work. Representing a variety of forms, including narrative, poetry, and 55-word stories, these personal stories tell of the heart and soul of the work of healing in the twenty-first century.
12:30 p.m. Writers & Books, 740 University Avenue
Admission: $6

Day of Dance

This energetic and entertaining showcase includes a wide variety of dance: acclaimed tap artists Bill Evans and Cheryl Johnson, featuring a solo by Evans accompanied by Johnson’s jazz vocalizations; Chicago’s Aquarian Exposition; Rochester Dance Project, under the direction of Kathy Diehl and Leanne Rinelli; Articulated Vulnerability; Diverse Dance from the University of Rochester; Lindy Hop from Groove Juice Swing; the all-female jazz troupe, Flower City Follies; and Punjabi dance team, Geneseo Bhangra.
12:30 p.m. RAPA’s East End Theatre, 727 East Main Street
Admission: $10

Macbeth: Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair
The Monarch Players are a troupe of actors with and without disabilities from CDS Monarch in Webster. After a sold-out house for HAMLET at Blackfriars Theatre at last year's Fringe, the troupe is back with MACBETH. Using spoken word, dance and music to tell Shakespeare's stories for everyone, the Monarch Players invite you to come and be amazed.
2 p.m. Blackfriars Theatre, 795 Main Street East
Admission: $11

Rochester Playwrights
2 p.m.Writers & Books, 740 University Avenue
Admission: TBA

Fringe Fingers Piano Spectacular
Students of Eastman Professor of Piano Tony Caramia promise to dazzle audiences with the dexterity and speed of their more-than 100 fingers, explaining that they plan to submerge listeners “in sophisticated soundscapes showcasing surprisingly scintillating student subtleties.”
3 p.m. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Admission: $10

Almighty God Bierce
5:30 p.m. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd.
Admission: $16

The Lonely Ones
6 p.m. Writers & Books, 740 University Avenue
Admission: $8

Transient Being
Transient Being is a multi-media performance art solo created under the artistic direction of Eran David P. Hanlon, a local freelance artist and faculty member in the Program of Dance and Movement, in collaboration with visual artist Joseph Tarantelli and dance artist Alaina Olivieri, and with the assistance of Asuka Hiraoka.
6 p.m. Gallery R, 100 College Avenue
FREE admission

Celestial Journey with the Finger Lakes Flute Circle
The Finger Lakes Flute Circle, dedicated to the Native American flute and world flutes, takes you on an emotive and transporting journey of the heart, carried by the living sounds of world flutes, drums, cello and harp. Performers include Flute Circle founder Jefferson Svengsouk (Native American flute) and Sandy Gianniny (harp). Jefferson Svengsouk is associate professor of emergency medicine and a palliative care consultant with the palliative care program at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Sandy Gianniny is a therapeutic musician and harpist with the URMC palliative care program, providing live harp music at the patient's bedside.
6 p.m. Bernunzio Uptown Music, 122 East Avenue
Admission: $9

ANOMALY: featuring BIODANCE, Sound ExChange, and W. M. Harris
6:30 p.m. Rochester Museum & Science Center
Admission: $7 children and students; $10 general admission

Spirits Within
Stephen Kennedy, Christ Church director of music, organist, and Eastman School of Music instructor of sacred music performs spellbinding abstract improvisations on Eastman’s Craighead-Saunders pipe organ. This mysteriously enchanting music is accompanied by improvised projections of fantastically beguiling, psychedelic imagery by RIT professor Marla Schweppe and her 3D Digital Design students.
7 p.m., 8 p.m., 9 p.m., and 10 p.m. Christ Church, 141 East Avenue
Admission: $10

Fringe Festival A Cappella Jam
7:30 p.m. Bernunzio's Uptown Music, 122 East Avenue
Admission: $10

Peter Ferry with Audrey Q. Snyder
10 p.m. Sproull Atrium, Miller Center, Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street
Admission: $10

As a presenting venue, the Eastman School of Music is hosting 14 shows featuring 12 different acts. From music by Eastman composers and performances by Eastman percussionists, pianists, and jazz musicians, to dance by award-winning troupes, Fringe-goers will find something to their liking at Eastman.

Thursday, September 19

Arild Remmereit conducts the Rochester Chamber Orchestra: "Remembering Frederick Douglass"
The concert will feature new director and conductor Arild Remmereit as well as narration by Thomas Paul, retired tenured professor of voice at Eastman, who serves as RCO president and artistic advisor. Notable instrumentalists include concertmaster David Brickman, violinist Tigran Vardanyan, violinist Janet Milnes, violist Marc Anderson, cellist Ingrid Bock, among others. David Fetler, founder and music director of the Rochester Chamber Orchestra (RCO), formed the RCO fifty years ago while he was a graduate student conducting at the Eastman School. The event is sponsored by prominent philanthropist Betty Strasenburgh , who graduated from Eastman School of Music in 1952 with a degree in harp
8 p.m. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Admission: $15

Saturday, September 21

The Human Library
1 p.m. Cominsky Promenade, Eastman School of Music
FREE admission

PUSH Physical Theatre
Award-winning PUSH Physical Theatre was a huge hit at least year’s Fringe. Now, fresh from working with members of Pilobolus in California, as well as touring the U.S. and Guatemala, PUSH presents another awe-inspiring show that includes the Rochester premiere of “Red Ball” featuring PUSH + iPads. Also on the program: fan favorite from the company’s recent ARC OF AGES, “The Trials of Job,” featuring PUSH + a giant, steel (cyr) wheel. Don’t miss these masters of physical storytelling.
4 p.m. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Admission: $15

Róisín Dubh
The popular young Irish band Róisín Dubh has performed more than 250 times, released three albums, and shared the stage with some of the top Irish musicians from our region and the world.
7 p.m. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Admission: $15

Music of David Temperley
Temperley is a professor of music theory at Eastman School of Music, and has written over 100 songs. The style is a unique blend of rock, classical, and cabaret, with engaging melodies, witty and touching lyrics, and intricate piano accompaniments. The songs will be sung by Joel Dyson, a talented Eastman student studying with Robert McIver, with Temperley at the piano.
10 p.m. Sproull Atrium, Miller Center, Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street
Admission: $10

Sunday, September 22

Bill Evans Dance
Award-winning contemporary choreography and live music from the Eastman School of Music combine to create an experience that is eloquent, poetic, dynamic and highly entertaining. World-class artists perform Evans’ “Trio for Jamie” and “Octet for Jacquie” to Brahms’ piano quartet and string sextet; “Willow Bay” to David Sannella’s haunting commissioned score for strings; and “Field of Blue Children,” choreographed for Evans and the great American Ballet Theatre star Cynthia Gregory, performed to virtuoso flute improvisations. Brief commentary by Bill Evans.
2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Eastman East Wing (rehearsal hall), Eastman School of Music

Monday, September 23

Eastman Jazz Band
The Eastman Jazz Band, composed of undergraduate and graduate students, performs a full range of repertoire including works by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Woody Herman, Thad Jones, Bill Holman and more, as well as arrangements by Eastman alumni and students.
10 p.m. Sproull Atrium, Miller Center, Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street
Admission: $10

Tuesday, September 24

Bernie Woma – Saakumu Dance Troupe
The award-winning Saakumu Dance Troupe is one of the leading traditional/contemporary dance and music groups in Ghana, West Africa. Led by the master of the Ghanaian xylophone, Bernard Woma, the group’s repertoire includes a range of spiritual, ceremonial, recreational and contemporary African dance forms. SDT has performed at major government functions and festivals throughout West Africa, and Woma has shared the stage with such renowned artists as Maya Angelou, Yo Yo Ma, and Glen Velez.
8 p.m. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Admission: $15

Thursday, September 26

Present Tense Dance and Friends presents “Make ‘Em Laugh/Make ‘Em Cry”
“Make ‘Em Laugh/Make ‘Em Cry,” is a concert of dance that will make your eyes tear from laughter or poetic beauty. Enjoy the offbeat humor and kinetic charge of “Ten Pin Alley” or the elegiac grace of “Sic Gloria Transit Mundi.” Director Anne Wilcox is on the faculty of the Program for Dance and Movement at the University of Rochester, where she teaches dance techniques, world dance, and pedagogy classes.
7 p.m. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Admission: $15

Peter Ferry with Audrey Q. Snyder
Peter Ferry has been praised by the Democrat and Chronicle as “an artist of vision” and “a percussion genius ... presenting percussion in a stunning, thoughtful way.” His performance at last year’s Fringe was called “breathtaking ... all that such festivals are supposed to be: funny, boundary-pushing, thought-provoking.” This year, Ferry welcomes cellist Audrey Q. Snyder to the stage for another exciting journey through contemporary classical music.
10 p.m. Sproull Atrium, Miller Center, Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street
Admission: $10

Friday, September 27

Michael Burritt and Friends
Internationally-renowned percussion virtuoso and Eastman Professor of Percussion Michael Burritt presents a whole new world of sound, from the intoxicating rhythmic nature of the drums and the lush sonorous qualities of the marimba to the exotic sounds of the kalimba and tambourine. Burritt will be joined by Eastman Professor Emeritus of Percussion John Beck, as well as percussionists Ivan Trevino, son Zachary Burritt, and Eastman saxophone professor Chien-Kwan Lin.
7 p.m. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Admission: $10

Same Sex Shakespeare
Suzanne Bell, librarian of Business and Government Information at the University, performs with The Rochester Shakespeare Players in these gender-bending takes on the Bard.
6:30 p.m. The TheatreROCS Stage at Xerox Auditorium
Admission: $9

Bending and Breaking: A Collaboration of Composers, Musicians, and Dancers
Eastman graduate Aaron Staebell’s band Bending and Breaking performs new works by Eastman School alumni Jennifer Bellor, Dave Chisholm, Colin Gordon, and Staebell. Joining Bending and Breaking are Eastman student dancers Keenan McKoy and Ainsley Kilgo in addition to dancers courtesy of the Rochester City Ballet and Nazareth College.
10 p.m. Sproull Atrium, Miller Center, Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street
Admission: $10

Saturday, September 28

Fringe Fingers Piano Spectacular
Students of Eastman Professor of Piano Tony Caramia promise to dazzle audiences with the dexterity and speed of their more-than 100 fingers, explaining that they plan to submerge listeners “in sophisticated soundscapes showcasing surprisingly scintillating student subtleties.”
3 p.m. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Admission: $10

PUSH Physical Theatre
7 p.m and 10 p.m. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Admission: $15

Same Sex Shakespeare
Suzanne Bell, librarian of Business and Government Information at the University, performs with The Rochester Shakespeare Players in these gender-bending takes on the Bard.
5 p.m. The TheatreROCS Stage at Xerox Auditorium
Admission: $9

Peter Ferry and Audrey Q.
10 p.m. Sproull Atrium, Miller Center, Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street
Admission: $10

A Cappella Jam

Friday, September 27, 8 p.m.
Saturday, September 28, 7:30 p.m.
Bernunzio's Uptown Music, 122 East Avenue
Admission: $10

Almighty God Bierce

Saturday, September 21, 2 p.m.
Sunday, September 22, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, September 24, 8 p.m.
Saturday, September 28, 5:30 p.m.
Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd.
Admission: $16

ANOMALY: featuring BIODANCE, Sound ExChange, and W. M. Harris

Saturday, September 21, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 22, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, September 27, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 28, 6:30 p.m.
Rochester Museum & Science Center
Admission: $7 children and students; $10 general admission

Bending and Breaking: A Collaboration of Composers, Musicians, and Dancers

Friday, September 27, 10 p.m. Miller Center Atrium, Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street
Admission: TBA

Bill Evans Dance

Sunday, September 22, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. New Rehearsal Room – 415, Eastman School of Music

Cello Show

Friday, September 20, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, September 26, 7:30 p.m. Java's Cafe, 16 Gibbs Street
FREE admission

The Daughter of Capulet

Saturday, September 21, 7 p.m. Multi-use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC), 142 Atlantic Avenue
Admission: $8

David Temperley

Saturday, September 21, 10 p.m. Sproull Atrium, Miller Center, Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street
Admission: $10

Dupre on Krol

Saturday, September 21, 8:30 p.m. Java's Cafe, 16 Gibbs Street
FREE admission

Friday, September 27, 5:15 p.m. Java's Cafe, 16 Gibbs Street
FREE admission

Eastman Jazz Band

Monday, September 23, 10 p.m. Sproull Atrium, Miller Center, Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street
Admission: $10

Eggs Benedict

Sunday, September 22, 6:30 p.m. Java's Cafe, 16 Gibbs Street
FREE admission
Friday, September 27, 7:30 p.m.
Java's Cafe, 16 Gibbs Street
FREE admission

Finger Lakes Flute Circle

Saturday, September 28, 6 p.m. Bernunzio Uptown Music, 122 East Avenue
Admission: $9

Fringe Fingers Piano Spectacular

Saturday, September 28, 3 p.m. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Admission: $10

Grey Light

Friday, September 20, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, September 25, 6:30 p.m. Java's Cafe, 16 Gibbs Street
FREE admission

Heart and Soul: Medicine and Life

Saturday, September 28, 12:30 p.m. Writers & Books, 740 University Avenue
Admission: $6

The Human Library

Saturday, September 21, 1 p.m. Cominsky Promenade, Eastman School of Music
FREE admission

Incandescence: Zell Spring/Summer 2014

Sunday, September 22, 8 p.m.
Thursday, September 26, 9 p.m. RAPA’s East End Theatre, 727 East Main Street
Admission: $5 for students, $8 general admission

Irrera Brothers Piano & Violin Duo

Monday, September 23, 8 p.m. Multi-use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC), 142 Atlantic Avenue
Admission: $12

Jazz Time Review: Featuring Groove Juice Swing and the Flower City Follies

Saturday, September 21, 12:30 p.m. RAPA’s East End Theatre, 727 East Main Street
Admission: $10

The Lonely Ones

Sunday, September 22, 3 p.m.
Saturday, September 28, 6 p.m.
Writers & Books, 740 University Avenue
Admission: $8

Low Standards with Candy Janes

Wednesday, September 25, 9 p.m.
Friday, September 27, 11 p.m. RAPA’s East End Theatre, 727 East Main Street
Admission: $8

Macbeth: Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair

Saturday, September 28, 2 p.m. Blackfriars Theatre, 795 Main Street East
Admission: $11

Michael Burritt and Friends

Friday, September 27, 7 p.m. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Admission: $10

Oliver Brown & His Extra-Ordinary Ukuleles

6 p.m. Bernunzio Uptown Music
Admission: $7

Peter Ferry with Audrey Q. Snyder

Thursday, September 26, 10 p.m.
Saturday, September 28, 10 p.m.
Sproull Atrium, Miller Center, Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street
Admission: $10

PUSH Physical Theatre

Saturday, September 21, 4 p.m.
Saturday, September 28, 7 p.m and 10 p.m,

Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

Present Tense Dance and Friends presents “Make ‘Em Laugh/Make ‘Em Cry”

Thursday, September 26, 7 p.m. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Admission: $15

Red Inc. LIVE

Thursday, September 26, 7:30 p.m. RAPA’s East End Theatre, 727 East Main Street
Admission: $5

Rhythm and Color: Organ Music 1962-2012
An Organ Recital by Martin Herchenroder

Thursday, September 26, 8:30 p.m. Christ Church, 141 East Avenue
Admission: $15

Rochester Chamber Orchestra: Arild Remmereit conducts "Remembering Frederick Douglass"

Thursday, September 19, 8 p.m. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Admission: $15

Rochester Playwrights

Thursday, September 19, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, September 25, 7 p.m.
Saturday, September 28, 2 p.m. Writers & Books, 740 University Avenue
Admission: $15

Róisín Dubh

Saturday, September 21, 7 p.m. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

Saakumu Dance Troupe

Tuesday, September 24, 8 p.m. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

Spirits Within

Saturday, September 28, 7 p.m., 8 p.m., 9 p.m., and 10 p.m. Christ Church, 141 East Avenue
Admission: $10

A Thousand Dreams Within Me Softly Burn

Saturday, September 21, 1 p.m. George Eastman House
FREE admission

Transient Being

Saturday, September 28, 6 p.m. Gallery R, 100 College Avenue
FREE admission

UR Arts Bus

Saturday, September 281 11 am.m - 8 p.m. outside Spiegel Tent
FREE admission