All Over Albany

The week ahead

Here are a few things to keep in mind, look forward to, or keep busy with this week, from the weather (May-ish), to Bond, to Birbiglia, to cooking, to extinct parrots, to what happens when we're under, to Final Cut, to all sorts of music...

Weather

Here's the paraphrased forecast:

Monday: Sunny and low 60s.

Tuesday: Rainy and 60.

Wednesday: Sunny and 72.

Thursday: Cloudy, but 75.

Friday: Sunnier, mid 70s.

Weekend: Sunny and about 70.

Typical.

May

It starts this week. In much of Europe, May 1 (or thereabout) is a holiday, with maypoles and whatnot. In the United States, it's... Tuesday. In Mexico, May 5 is a regional holiday celebrating an unlikely victory by the Mexican army over the French in 1862. In the United States, it's... largely an excuse to drink to a lot of margaritas.

Bond

The Palace's movie series is showing Dr. No -- the first James Bond film, starring Sean Connery and Ursula Andress -- Monday night. 7 pm - $5

My Girlfriend's Boyfriend

Mike Birbiglia's comic one-man show about a "lifetime of romantic blunders and miscues that most adults would spend a lifetime trying to forget" is at The Egg on Tuesday Wednesday. Here's a review from its Off Broadway run. And here's a recent interview with Birbiglia with Ethan Ullman on WCDB. 8 pm - $35

Cooking classes

Monday: An Epicurean Dinner with Dominique at Different Drummer's
Dominique Brialy, chef at The Epicurean in Latham, on making an elegant French meal: salmon tartare, chicken roulade stuffed with spinach and brie with mustard sauce, sauteed potatoes and cabbage, chocolate pot de creme. 6 pm - $69

Wednesday: Comfort Foods... Flavor Forward at Spoon & Whisk
Rory Moran from the upcoming Comfort Eats Kitchen in Saratoga on how to "to buy, grind, and grill outstanding burgers, make Mac & Cheese to order,and whip up some spectacularly simple desserts." 7 pm - $45

Wednesday: Fresh Ravioli at Gio Culinary Studio
How to make three types of ravioli -- Mushroom Ravioli, Three Cheese Ravioli, Lobster Ravioli -- from scratch. $45

Saturday: Sushi Hands-on at Different Drummer's
With ace sushi chef Yasuo Saso and his wife Kathy Saso (formerly of Saso's). California roll, cucumber roll, smoked salmon and asparagus roll, make-your-own sushi roll. 3 pm - $65

Arts and Sciences

Nanomaterials
MIT physics professor Mildred Dresselhaus will be at Union College Tuesday to give the annual Steinmetz Lecture. She'll be talking about "the opportunities and challenges for using nanomaterials for energy applications." She's known for her work on carbon nanotubes. (By the way: Dresselhaus is 81 -- she got a PhD in physics from the University of Chicago in 1958. The probability of this woman being a badass is extraordinarily high.) Nott Memorial 7:30 pm - free

What we sense during surgery
Two researchers -- Lisa Cartwright and Christine Lammer -- will be at EMPAC Wednesday evening talking about what people sense during surgery. "Touch, sounds, and smells in the surgical theater, as well as engagement with others and the intersubjective experience of the senses during medical procedures are the focus of this intimate conversation." 6 pm - free

New York's extinct parrot
State Museum curator of birds Jeremy Kirchman will be giving a talk Saturday at the museum about the extinct Carolina Parakeet, the only parrot species native to the eastern United States. 1 pm - free

Final Cut

Talented local filmmakers Roman Jacquez and Kevin Craig West are teaching a day-long intensive how to use Final Cut Pro X Saturday at the Arts Center of the Capital Region. 9 am-5 pm - $155

Music

Tuesday: Time for Three at the Zankel Center
"Category-shattering" string trio. 8 pm - $7

Thursday: Frankie Rose at Valentine's
A 'Fork fave. 9 pm - $10

The Trailer Park Boys show at The Egg on Thursday is sold out, and has been for a while.

Friday: Rosary Beard at Steamer 10
An album-release celebration for the Matthew Loiacono/Hunter Sagehorn duo. With: Winterpills. 8 pm - $13 ahead / $15 at door

Friday: Big Head Todd and the Monsters at The Egg
It's more sweet than bitter, bitter than sweet. Apparently. 8 pm - $28

Friday: Tift Merritt at Helsinki Hudson
Alt country. 9 pm - $16 ahead / $18 at door

Friday: Gladys Knight at Proctors
Empress of Soul, with out Pips. 8 pm - $20 and up

Friday: Jim Keller Band at Valentine's
Former singer for Tommy Tutone (the "867-5309/Jenny" band). And he handles licensing for Philip Glass. 8 pm -

Friday: Downtown Albany Blues Music Competition
Thirteen acts at venues around downtown. 5-9 pm - free

Friday: Behemoth Music Festival at Putnam Den
With: Rawhead, Babe City, Black Ships, Goldtooth, Mr. Complex. 7 pm - $8

Friday: Tony Trischka at Caffe Lena
Ace banjo player, was Bela Fleck's banjo teacher.Ppart of the Caffe Lean's "Banjo Summit." 8 pm - $24 ahead / $26 at door

Friday: Gabriela Montero at Troy Music Hall
Improvisational virtuosa pianist. 8 pm - $30 and up

Saturday: Future Islands at Valentine's
Synth pop. 8 pm - $8

Saturday: Lea Salonga at Troy Music Hall
Broadway star who originated the role of Kim in Miss Saigon. 8 pm - $50 / $20 students

Saturday: ASO "Simply Sinatra" at The Palace
Featuring "modern Sinatra" Steve Lippia. 7:30 pm - $20 and up

Saturday: Peter Yarrow at Proctors
Of Peter, Paul and Mary. 7:30 pm - $28

Sunday: Suzy Bogguss at Cafe Lena
Country/western/folk. 7 pm - $35 ahead / $37 at door

Sunday: Christina Perri at Northern Lights
Mentioned if only because the video for one of her songs has been played 27 million times on YouTube (because of Twilight). 8 pm - $22

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.

Proctors and the Troy Music Hall advertise on AOA.

photo: Joan Marcus