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 (average), Rothko, local climate change, Dining Out for Life, Move, tweed, music...

Weather

Here's the paraphrased forecast for this week:

Monday: Sunny and 58.

Tuesday: Repeat.

Wednesday: Cloudy, 50 percent chance of rain, low 60s.

Thursday: Sunny and 58.

Friday: A touch warmer.

Weekend: Staring sunny, getting cloudier. Low 60s.

Very average weather for this time of year.

Restaurant week

Downtown Albany Restaurant Week runs through this Friday. Sixteen restaurants are offering three-course meals for $20.13. Monday is student night -- six restaurants will be offering college students three course meals for $15.13 (with valid college ID).

Stage

Red
Opening Tuesday at Capital Rep: Red, the Tony-winning play about by John Logan. Blurbage:

Iconoclastic Mark Rothko, the misanthropic abstract-expressionist painter, confronts his decision to accept a lucrative commercial commission. Extolling the virtues of his art as "expressing the big emotions - tragedy, ecstasy, and doom," Rothko drills his new assistant about the dangers of selling out and as they work together, the roles of student and teacher reverse, forcing Rothko to face his own demons about reality and his ultimate place in the pantheon of great artists.

Opening night is Tuesday, and there are performances through Sunday. The production runs through May 19. $20 and up

Mrs. Honey B
Tuesday-Saturday at Proctors: Ask Mrs. Honey B., Certified Life Coach, a new audience-interactive show about a "no-nonsense" life coach from Late Night Catechism star Maripat Donovan. (LA Times review from last summer.) Tuesday-Saturday 7:30 pm - $25 and up

In the next room
Thursday-Saturday: the UAlbany Department of Theatre's production of Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room ends its run. The Tony-nominated play is about the early history of the vibrator. Studio Theatre, Performing Arts Center, uptown campus - $12

Arts and sciences

Information technology
Tuesday: IBM senior vice president Steve Mills will be at Union College for a talk about the "past, present and future" of information technology. Mills is a Union alum. Tuesday 7 pm, Nott Memorial - free

Labor movements
Wednesday: Cornell professor Kate Bronfenbrenner will be at a Skidmore for a talk titled "Transnational Campaigns and the Global Labor Movement: East India Tea to Wal-Mart." Bronfenbrenner is an expert on union and employer behavior during campaigns to certify unions. Wednesday 5:30 pm, Palamountain Hall - free

Chris Bohjalian
Thursday: best-selling author Chris Bohjalian will be at UAlbany talking about his novel The Sandcastle Girls, which is about the Armenian genocide. Part of the NYS Writers Institute visiting writers series. Thursday 8 pm, Campus Center, uptown campus - free

Local climate change
Thursday: There's a panel discussion lined up at Skidmore about how climate change could affect this region. Panelists include Mark Lowery, Climate Policy Analyst NYS DEC;
Gary Kleppel, Professor of Biological Sciences at UAlbany; member of Sen. Gillibrand's Agricultural Working Group; Jodi Smits Anderson, architect; Director of Sustainability, NYS Dormitory Authority; and Rayna Caldwell, chair of Sustainable Saratoga. Thursday 7 pm, Palamountain Hall - free

Xu Bing
Friday: Chinese artist Xu Bing will be at MASS MoCA to talk about his work, including the massive Phoenix scultpure currently at the museum. 5 pm - $8

Dining Out For Life

This Thursday is Dining Out For Life -- an annual fundraiser for the AIDS Council of Northeastern New York. The way it works: you eat out at a participating restaurant and a portion of the bill goes to the AIDS Council. There are a bunch of restaurants around the Capital Region participating. AOA's designated restaurant this year is the City Beer Hall -- we'll be there for both lunch and dinner, and we'd love to see you.

Move Music Festival

The Move Music Festival is back in Albany on Saturday will a bunch of acts at a bunch of venues around the city. Here's the schedule. Noted: Sean Rowe is slated to play at the Bayou Albany at 9 pm. A festival pass is $15.

Tweed Ride

The Albany Tweed Ride is Sunday, departing at 9:30 am from All Good Bakers on Delaware Ave. There's still time to get your gentlemanly and lady-like riding attire assembled.

Music

Wednesday: The Swedish Chamber Orchestra and pianist Garrick Ohlsson at Troy Music Hall
Playing works by Beethoven and Brahms. A Troy Chromatics show. 7:30 pm - $40 and $45

Wednesday: Eric Krasno at Helsinki Hudson
Jazz/funk guitarist, founding member of Soulive and Lettuce. 8 pm - $25 ahead / $30 at door

Wednesday: Skeletons in the Piano at Caffe Lena
Psychedelic grunge played acoustically (that night). 7 pm - $5

Thursday: UK at The Egg
Featuring prog rock violinist Eddie Jobson. 8 pm - $74.50

Thursday: Orchard Lounge at Bayou Albany
Chicago-based DJ collective. 8 pm - $14 ahead / $16 day of

Thursday: Talavya at UAlbany
Percussion ensemble from India. 7:30 pm - $15

Friday: Leo Kottke at The Egg
Acoustic guitar master. 8 pm - $34.50

Saturday: Jake Shimabukuro at Troy Music Hall
Ukelele master, YouTube star. 8 pm - $24 and up (students and kids $15)

Saturday: Time for Three at The Egg
String trio, "world's first classically-trained garage band." Coverers of Kanye and Daft Punk. 7:30 pm - $29.50

Saturday: Jim Brickman at Proctors
Pop pianist. 8 pm - $20 and up

Saturday: Albany Symphony Orchestra at the Palace
"Spring for Music" -- Gershwin, Gould and Gatsby. 7:30 pm - $19 and up

Saturday: One More Time at Upstate Concert Hall
"A fully loaded salute to Daft Punk..." With: Static Groove, Mark Angelo. 8 pm - $12 ahead / $15 day of

Sunday: Opeth at Upstate Concert Hall
Swedish for progressive metal. With: Steve Wilson and Band, Katatonia. 7:30 pm - $27.50 ahead / $30 day of
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These are a just a few things for this week. Know of something people should be looking forward to this week? Please share!

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photo: Joe Schuyler