The week ahead
No one parts a sea like Charlton Heston.
Here are a few things to keep in mind, look ahead to, or take care of this week -- from the weather (springy), to holidays, to Heston, to comedy, to music...
Weather
Here's the paraphrased forecast:
Monday: Windy. Chance of rain. High around 50.
Tuesday: About the same, but not as windy.
Wednesday: Warmer, highs in the 60s. Chance of thunderstorms.
Thursday: Sunny. Breezy. Highs in the mid-50s.
Friday: Sunny, mid-50s.
Weekend: More of that, but with clouds and a chance of rain.
Remember your umbrella -- you might not need it... until you do.
Passover and Easter
Passover, the Jewish holiday commemorating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt, begins at sundown on Monday and runs through April 26.
Easter, the Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus (and the biggest holiday on the Christian religious calendar), is this Sunday. Good Friday is... Friday.
The Ten Commandments
The Palace's classic movie series is showing The Ten Commandments Monday evening. It's 3.5 hours of Chuck Heston (hey, it takes a while to part the Red Sea). 7 pm - $5
Friday at Proctors: A screening of the Billie Holiday biopic Lady Sings the Blues, starring Diana Ross. 7 pm - $12
Tax day
Yep, it's Monday -- a few days later than usual. What hasn't changed: the last chance Post Office in the Capital Region is the location on Karner Road in Colonie.
It's 4-20, roll a... burrito
Bombers will be offering free burritos on Wednesday.
Laugh
Comedian Kevin Hart is at the Palace Wednesday night. In addition to standup, Hart's appeared in a bunch of movies and TV shows. 8 pm - $49.50 ahead / $59.50 day of
Music
+ The Bing Bamboo Room burlesque group is at Savannah's Monday night. 8 pm and 10 pm - $10
+ Sweet Sourbrette, a one-woman ukulele act with "a sound like the love child of Amanda Palmer and the Magnetic Fields," is at Valentine's Monday night. With Gay Tastee. 8 pm
+ Friday at Skidmore: hip hoppers Dead Prez and electro pop orchestrator Dan Deacon. 8 pm - public tickets are $15 ahead / $20 at the door
+ Unexpected show sponsor of the week: the Bethlehem Central School District is "presenting" British dance rock group Deluka at The Egg Friday night as part of a benefit for the American Diabetes Association and the Japanese Red Cross. 7 pm - $20 / $15 (students)
+ Friday at Valentine's: an album release party for local punk rockers Public Noise Concern, with a bunch of other acts. 8 pm
+ Name of the week: bluesman Popa Chubby, Saturday at the Van Dyck. 7:30 and 10:00 - $15 ahead / $18 at door
+ Saturday at MASS MoCA: multimedia performance The Shanghai Restoration Project. 8 pm - $12 ahead/$16 day of /$10 students
+ The Rusted Root show at Putnam Den on Wednesday is sold out.
+ The Bassnectar show at the Washington Ave Armory on Saturday is sold out.
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.
The Palace and Proctors all advertise on AOA.
film still: The Ten Commandments via Wikipedia
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Live electro band Future Rock is at Red Square in Albany Thursday night. Always a good time (video, photos).
... said -S on Apr 17, 2011 at 6:30 PM | link
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Tuesday, April 19th – 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm – It’s the Bluegrass Jam at Jose Malone’s in downtown Troy. Musicians – bring your gear and some good songs! If you haven’t made it to Jose Malone’s yet, come on out and see for yourself how beautiful this venue is and how much fun we’ve been having. They also have a great menu and their chef is so very talented. They just won an award for the best ribs in the Capital District ! Peggy Lecuyer hosts this jam with Mike McMann on the 3rd Tuesday of every month.
... said Tess on Apr 18, 2011 at 2:22 PM | link