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The week ahead

Here are a few things to keep in mind, look forward to, or keep busy with this week, from storytelling, to an intergalactic nemesis, to documentary, to music...

Weather

Here's the paraphrased forecast:

Monday: Sunny. Highs in the upper 30s.

Tuesday: Sunny. Highs around 40.

Wednesday: About the same, a little warmer.

Thursday: Rainy, warm. Highs in the mid 40s.

Friday: Cloudy. Highs in the upper 30s.

Weekend: Cloudy. Cold. Highs in the upper 20s.

Still no snow.

Storytelling

The Front Parlor storytelling series is back at the Ale House in Troy Tuesday night. This week's theme: "Do-over." Get there early to grab a table -- it usually fills up. 7:30 pm

Comedy

+ Interactive theater comedy Tony n' Tina's Wedding is at Proctors Key Hall Thursday through Sunday. The audience is treated like guests at the wedding. Hijinks ensue. $65 and $75

+ Comedian Brian Regan is at The Palace Friday night. 8 pm - $37.50

The Intergalactic Nemesis

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at Proctors: The Intergalactic Nemesis. From the blurbage:

This period-sci-fi-horror-suspense-comedy-romance is presented in a whole new format: while three actors, one Foley artist, and one keyboardist perform all the voices, sound effects and music, more than 1,000 hand-drawn, full-color, hi-rez, blow-your-mind comic-book images blast from the screen, all performed LIVE.

7:30 pm on Friday and Saturday, 2 pm on Saturday and Sunday - $15 and up

Bebe

Bebe Neuwirth -- who apparently doesn't age -- will be at Proctors Saturday night for "intimate evening of cabaret-style entertainment ... performing pop songs alongside some of the greatest Broadway hits, from Sondheim to Weill, with her signature vibrato style." 8 pm - $20 and up

Hockey

The men's hockey teams from Union and RPI face off Saturday night at Union. (Union will be coming back from playing Harvard on Friday... at Fenway Park.) 7 pm

Dark Girls

Sunday at the Palace: Dark Girls, a documentary looking at "the deep-seated biases and attitudes about skin color particularly dark skinned women, outside of and within the Black American culture." Here's a short review.

The directors of the doc will be at Palace for a Q&A following the film. 7 pm - $25

Music

Tuesday: Hamell on Trial at Valentine's
As part of Dan Johnson's Americana Club night. 8 pm

Thursday: The Lemonheads at Northern Lights
Evan Dando and some other guys. 8 pm - $15 ahead / $17 day of

Friday: Everclear at Northern Lights
Art Alexakis and some other guys. 7:30 pm - $13 ahead / $15 day of

Friday: Bassfix at Red Square
Ten DJs. 8 pm - $6 before 11 pm, $9 after

Saturday: Johnny Winter, Savoy Brown at The Egg
Blues guitar. 7:30 pm - $29.50

Saturday: Khin Maung Toe at Washington Ave Armory
Apparently one of Myanmar/Burma's most successful singer songwriters. 4 pm - $30 and $50

Saturday: Public Noise Concern at Valentine's
Punk. With Charlie Don't Surf, New Red Scare, Society High, White Trash Picnic. 9 pm

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

image: The Intergalactic Nemesis