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Food and Drink

+Capital City Gastropub has some great Sunday through Thursday specials like $9 pizzas and $3 select drafts Sunday through Tuesday, Half-price burgers all night on Wednesday and $9 pizzas and $3 select drafts from 5 to 7 p.m. every Wednesday through Friday. Every Friday select microbrews are just $2. And don't forget Sunday Brunch.

+ The Wine Bar and Bistro on Lark has a new fall menu with yumminess like grilled short ribs au poivre with balsamic and mushroom confit and mussels in lobster broth with white wine and applewood bacon.

+ The Schenectady Greenmarket. Sundays from 10am to 2pm around City Hall in Schenectady.

+New World Bistro Bar stellar specials this weekend include Fall Spiced Porkbelly Confit Taco with a brussels sprout slaw, local apple and a coriander crema. Bluepoint oysters abound and they're roasting those with a quinoa and speck stuffing for an awesome app. They're also spicing things up with Dogfish Au Poivre finished in a sherry-pepper cream sauce or our Latin Steak Frites with yucca 'tots' and a charred tomatillo cream sauce. They're also open every Sunday for brunch from11-3.

+ The folks at City Beer Hall are now doing Saturday and Sunday brunch starting at 11AM. On Saturday they're hosting a Halloween costume contest where the winner gets free beer for a year.

+ Our Daily Eats -- serving up fresh basil pesto, roasted nuts and seeds. They also have four granolas. Available at the Delmar Farmers Market, Schenectady Greenmarket and the Empire State Plaza Wednesday Farmers Market. Local retailers are listed on their website.

+ Capital Wine on State and Lark in Albany. They've got tastings every Friday night, so stop by on your way out to dinner. And they've got great tips on wine and food pairings.

+ Honest Weight Food Coop has all the best flavors of the season.

Stuff to do

+Melissa Etheridge, performing October 26 at The Palace Theater in Albany.

+The Breathing Room yoga space, classes in yoga, dance, pilates and more 399 Kenwood Ave Delmar.

+ The Mop and Bucket Improv Company -- where making stuff up isn't lying, it's a gift for fiction. Every Friday at 8pm Underground at Proctors. Shows are based on audience suggestions, so every week there's something fresh and fun.

+Troy Savings Bank Music Hall presents the Ricky Nelson Remembered tribute show Friday night at 8p.m and The Metropolitan Opera Brass Ensemble on Sunday afternoon at 3p.m.

+ The Hellions of Troy Roller Derby Herculadies will face the Battery Brigade on Saturday, November 10 at Rollarama in Schenectady. Doors open at 7pm. Bout at 8pm.

+ The Albany All Stars start their new roller derby season on January 19th.

+The Aids Council of Northeastern New York's Beaujolais Nouveau wine tasting event, November 15th at Troy's Hilton Garden Inn.

Helpful stuff

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