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The week ahead

Here are a few things to keep in mind, look ahead to, or take care of this week -- from the weather (eh), to authors, to design, to cooking, to 99 problems...

Weather

Here's the paraphrased forecast:

Monday: Chance of snow in the afternoon, increasing into the evening -- 2-4 inches possible. Highs in the mid-30s.

Tuesday: More chance of snow. Blustery. Temps in the high 20s.

Wednesday: Sunny, but colder. Highs in the low 20s.

Thursday: About the same, but cloudier

Friday: Sunny is back. Highs still in the low 20s.

Weekend: Warmer. Highs in the 30s.

Eh.

Bookish

The New York State Writers Institute visiting writers series brings novelists Julie Orringer and Karen Russell to UAlbany on Thursday. Orringer is the author of The Invisible Bridge, one of 2010's notable books according to NYT. Russell's 2006 book of short stories, St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, landed her a spot on many best-young-writers lists. She has a new novel, Swamplandia.

Design-ish

+ Michael Carrabetta -- the creative director of Chronicle Books, an "independent publisher of distinctive books" -- will be giving a talk at the Sage College's Albany campus Monday night.

+ An exhibit called "Graphic Design--Get the Message!" is now open at the Albany Institute of History and Art. From the blurbage:

Graphic Design--Get the Message! looks at graphic design from four themed areas: typography and early printing; commerce and graphic design; political and social messages; and the creative process. Through the use of posters, broadsides, package designs, paintings, decorative arts, historical photographs, and computer interactives, these four themes will address topics such as technology and innovation; manufacturing and commercial growth; changing aesthetics; typography; designers and the growth of the design profession; and social and political expression in graphic work.

How to, dinner for two

Chef Larry Shepici will be teaching a cooking class at Different Drummer's Kitchen at Stuyvesant Plaza Tuesday night. The topic: "Valentine's Day Dinner for Two." $69

The secret's out

This week is your last chance to see the Post Secret exhibit at UAlbany (it closes Friday). Post Secret founder Frank Warrens two talks on Tuesday are both sold out.

Swine and Dine

The re-scheduled Cooking the Tree of Life series starts this Wednesday at the New York State Museum with a talk about pork.

Film

EMPAC is showing Prospero's Books, Peter Greenaway's film adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest, Thursday night. The narrative includes dance, opera and... mime. $5

Music

+ Woody Pines and his "a ragtime rhythm and a swinging good time" is at Valentine's Tuesday night (video embedded above). $5

+ Hugo -- he of the banjo cover of "99 Problems" -- is playing Jillian's Tuesday night. (By the way: the backstory on that cover -- Beyonce connected Hugo with Jay-Z.) $7

+ Jimmy Cobb, the former drummer for Miles Davis, and his band will be playing their interpretations of songs from "Kind of Blue" at The Egg Thursday night. $34.50

These are a just a few things for this week. Know of something people should be looking forward to this week? Please share!

Look for our "Stuff to do this weekend" post on Friday.

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