All Over Albany

The week ahead

The trailer for "extended play" at EMPAC.

Here are a few things to keep in mind, look ahead to, or take care of this week -- from the weather (in between), to restaurant criticism, to Maureen Dowd, to film, to comedy, to music...

Weather

Here's the paraphrased forecast:

Monday: Colder with a chance of snow. The morning could be messy thanks to a mix of ice/sleet/snow over night. Highs in the low 30s.

Tuesday: Sunny and a bit warmer.

Wednesday: Sunny and even warmer. Highs around 40.

Thursday: Cloudy. Chance of rain. Highs in the low 40s.

Friday: About the same as Thursday.

Weekend: Sunny. Mid-40s.

We're in between seasons.

Sam Sifton

Sam Sifton, the New York Times restaurant critic, will be giving a talk at Skidmore Monday evening at 7 pm. free (Though space may be limited.)

Maureen Dowd

Pulitzer prize-winning NYT columnist Maureen Dowd will be at UAlbany's Page Hall (downtown campus) Thursday night for a talk as part of the NYS Writers Institute visiting writers series. free (Though you may want to show up a bit early -- we seem to remember her last appearance here was packed.)

Music

+ Duchess and the Afro Dub Rebels are playing a Mardi Gras show at Savannah's/The Dublin Underground Tuesday night. It sounds like a funky time. $2

+ The Leipzig String Quartet will be performing with jazz saxophonist Steve Wilson and jazz pianist Pete Malinverni at St. Rose's Massry Center Wednesday evening as part of a special Ash Wednesday concert that's a mashup (if that's the word) of Haydn's The Seven Last Words of Christ and selections from Duke Ellington. $20

+ Sgt Dunbar and the Hobo Banned is playing a tour kick-off show Wednesday evening at Valentine's with Beware! The Other Head of Science and Ashley Pond. Dunbar is heading out on a tour across the country, including a stop at SXSW. They're also celebrating a new album.

+ Composer and music theorist Larry Polansky will be at RPI Wednesday evening. Here a recent piece about Polansky at The Awl.

+ Longtime "new wave a cappella" group The Bobs is at Caffe Lena Wednesday night. $22 ahead/$24 day of

+ Looking to Friday: Mike Doughty is playing Helsinki Hudson. $25

O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?

Proctors is showing a broadcast on its "giant" screen of Romeo and Juliet from the Globe Theatre in London. There are two screenings on Tuesday, at 2 pm and 7 pm (it runs almost three hours long). $20

Proctors is also showing a Bolshoi ballet performance of Don Quixote on Monday. $20

Looking ahead to Friday: Proctors is showing two Godzilla movies. $12

Adventures in motion

The onedotzero_adventures in motion festival at EMPAC has two screenings lined up Thursday night: extended play 10, "eclectic and engrossing range of shorts"; and nightfall, which ranges "from gaming-edged horror and sci-fi weirdness to trippy psychedelia." $5 each

Also at EMPAC this week: an artist-in-residence showing of Down The Rabbit-Hole, a video/music piece inspired by Alice in Wonderland, on Monday. free

Laughs

+ Laughs on Lark is back at Elda's this Wednesday night. Six comics for $5.

+ Comedian Gabriel Iglesias is playing not one, but two, shows at The Egg Friday night. By the way: Iglesias is not fat -- he's fluffy. $37.25

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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Dowd photo: New York Times