This article was scraped from Rochester Subway. This is a blog about Rochester history and urbanism has not been published since 2017. The current owners are now publishing link spam which made me want to preserve this history.. The original article was published December 18, 2014 and can be found here.
![This weekend's events include a unique worship service at Cinema Theater, a very tasty Holiday Market at Hart's, and one hilarious food drive for Foodlink. [PHOTO: M J M, Flickr]](https://senseofplace.dev/content/images/photos/cinema-theater-rochester-ny.jpg)
IT'S THE WEEEEEEEKEND! Here are a few fun things to do this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday as sent in to us by YOU RocSubway readers. We've got a unique worship service at Cinema Theater, a very tasty Holiday Market at Hart's, and one hilarious food drive for Foodlink...
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Equally Funny Comedy Open Mic Night
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First up, Friday night, get ready to laugh your butts off at the Equally Funny Comedy Open Mic Night
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at Equal Grounds Coffee House in the South Wedge. This is a holiday food drive for Foodlink
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so PLEASE bring non-perishable food to donate. And spread the word!
Date/Time:
Friday (12/19)
Show starts at 8:00pm
Place:
Equal Grounds Coffee House
750 South Avenue
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Cost:
A non-perishable food item to donate.
Notes:
If you'd like to try your hand at the funny stuff, sign up at 7:30 to take your turn at the mic.
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Hart's Grocers Holiday Market
![Second Helping Holiday Market at Hart's Grocers.](https://senseofplace.dev/content/images/photos/harts-local-grocers-rochester-01.jpg)
Next up, on Saturday afternoon, Hart's Grocers
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will host a "second helping" Holiday Market. Our favorite small grocer has pulled together 17 of its local vendors to help shoppers find the perfect last-minute gifts. Vendors will be offering samples and tastings, as well great merchandise you can buy as you check out with your groceries.
Vendors include: VonBrake Spices, CanalTown Coffee Roasters, Forge Hot Sauce, Allens Hill Farm, Seaway Trail Honey, Dollop Gourmet Frosting, Schutt's Apple Mill, Mendon Maple, Happy Earth Tea, Maggie's Mustard, and The Butter Man.
AND five breweries will also be in attendance: Brewery Ommegang, Rohrbach Brewing Co, Southern Tier Brewing Co, BlackBird Cider Works, and Anderson Valley Brewing Company.
Date/Time:
Saturday (12/20)
12:00pm - 4:00pm
Place:
Hart's Local Grocers
10 Winthrop Street
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Cost:
FREE admission
$5 per child for cookie decorating (see "Notes" below)
Notes:
Ashley Adaniya, Hart's Culinary Supervisor, will lead children in traditional holiday sugar cookie decorating. 12 p.m. $5 per child. Register online
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Holiday Fellowship and FROZEN at Cinema Theater
![Celebrate this Christmas at the historic Cinema Theater and enjoy a free lunch and screening of Frozen.](https://senseofplace.dev/content/images/photos/holiday-worship-cinema-theater.jpg)
And finally, a new local church community wants you to celebrate this Christmas at the historic Cinema Theater. On December 21st The Pillar ROC
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will hold their first worship service at the Cinema Theater
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and the public is invited to share in the festivities. Enjoy an uplifting Christmas service followed by a free catered lunch from the Highland Park Diner
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and a free screening of Disney's Frozen
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. Come celebrate with the whole family!
Date/Time:
Sunday (12/21)
10:45am
Place:
Cinema Theater
957 Clinton Avenue South
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Cost:
FREE
Notes:
This a family friendly event. Details were submitted by Devin Lyles, Pastor at The Pillar and Associate Pastor of Youth and Outreach at Rush United Methodist Church.
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Do you know about a great local event this weekend that you'd like to tell people about? Add it to the comments below. Or, if you'd like us to post about something going on in the near future, send the details to [email protected] . Now get out there and mix it up Rochester.