The week ahead
Ghost The Musical continues at Proctors this week.
Here are a few things to keep in mind, look forward to, or keep busy with this short week, from the weather (not bad at all), to restaurant week, to paranormal pottery making, to authors, to cool cities, to LarkFest, to all sorts of music...
Weather
Here's the paraphrased forecast for this week:Monday: Cloudy, maybe afternoon rain. Upper 60s.
Tuesday: Sunny and 67.
Wednesday: Sunny and 72.
Thursday: Sunny and 75.
Friday: Sunny and 76.
Weekend: Cloudy, maybe rain, 70s.
Not bad at all for early fall.
Troy Restaurant Week
Monday-Sunday: Troy Restaurant Week returns, and it's a little bit a different than some of the other restaurant weeks. Participating restaurants will be offering fixed-price deals at a range of price points, from $5 to $30.
Ghost
The Broadway-style stage musical based on the movie Ghost continues its run at Proctors this week, through Friday. various times - $20 and up
Stories
Monday: The Front Parlor storytelling series is back at the Olde English in Albany. This month's theme: "Gettin' Schooled." 7:30 pm
Beekman Boys
Tuesday: Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell -- AKA, The Beekman Boys -- will be at the Saratoga Springs Northshire Bookstore store to talk about their Beekman 1802 Heirloom Cookbook. Ridge and Kilmer-Purcell own Beekman 1802, a company based around their farm in Sharon Springs. They have a show on Cooking Channel, and were winners on The Amazing Race. Tuesday 7 pm, in store - free
Arts and sciences
State poets
Tuesday: The current state poets from New York and Vermont -- Marie Howe and Sydney Lea -- will be at the State Museum as part of the NYS Writers Institute visiting writers series. They will "read from their work and discuss the role of poetry in society." Tuesday 8 pm, State Museum, Huxley Theater - free
Cool neighborhoods
Tuesday: University of New Mexico scholar Chris Wilson will be at Skidmore for a talk about "what makes a neighborhood cool":
Wilson, the J.B. Jackson Professor of Cultural Landscape Studies at New Mexico, has visited a number of cool neighborhoods, and considers attributes that make them special. "Is it the condos and apartments amid the vibrant public market that is Seattle's Pike Place? Or the slow-moving stream of vehicles, people and vendors along 26th Street in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, where Mexican restaurants and quinceañera shops attest to a distinctively Latino reurbanization? Or Beach Avenue, Vancouver's vibrant harbor promenade, fronting the historic apartments and shops of the West End, an area energized by an innovative in-fill type that wraps modernist apartment towers with row houses at the sidewalk's edge?"
According to Wilson, the renewed vitality of such neighborhoods reflects reurbanization occurring across the U.S. and Canada. These neighborhoods integrate housing, jobs, shopping, and recreation, rather than separating them into single-use zones, as in suburbia.
Tuesday 6:30 pm, Palamountain Hall - free and open to the public
Restorative justice
Wednesday: Attorney Sujatha Baliga, director of the Restorative Justice Project at the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, will be at Skidmore for a talk about her on restorative justice, "characterized by an equal dedication to victims and persons accused of crime." Wednesday 5 pm, Palamountain Hall - free and open to the public
LarkFest
Saturday: The annual street festival on Lark in Albany returns. The music lineup for this year's LarkFest is headlined by Willie Nile and Bobby Long -- but there are also a bunch of good locals on the slate: Charlie Watts Riots, Molly Durnin, Rodeo Barons, Barons in the Attic, The Last Conspirators, Matt & the Bad Ideas, Grainbelt, The Chronicles.
FarmAid
Saturday: The yearly benefit concert -- featuring Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews -- is at SPAC this year. And it's sold out.
Fresh Grass
Friday-Sunday: Fresh Grass, the annual bluegrass and roots music festival at MASS MoCA -- returns. The lineup includes The Infamous Stringdusters, The Wood Brothers, Sarah Jarosz, Noam Pilkeny and Friends, and many others. three day pass: $78 / $68 students / $38 kids - single-day adult tickets from $28
It really tied the room together
Looking ahead to the weekend: It Came from Schenectady has its annual screening of the The Big Lebowski lined up at Proctors Saturday night. Contest, prizes, white russians. 7 pm - $9 / $6 students
Music
Monday: Michael Franti and Spearhead at Upstate Concert Hall
With: The Kopecky Family Band. 8 pm - $25 ahead / $28 day of
Wednesday: the Brand New show at Upstate Concert Hall is sold out and has been for a long time.
Wednesday: Yarn at Proctors
Alt-country band playing a benefit for youth programs in Schenectady. Front man Blake Christiana grew up in the city. 8 pm - $22
Wednesday: Upstart Fest at Valentine's
"The Northeast's biggest and best punk rock party." Multiple acts.
Friday: Zoogma at Valentine's
"Known for their energetic performances and retina pleasing light show, the band consistently dishes out heavy-weight beat-driven dance parties..." With: Digital Dharma, Damn Right. 9 pm - $12
Friday: The London Souls at Helsinki Hudson
Rock from New York City (not London). 9 pm - $15 ahead / $18 day of
Friday: Goldtooth and Masai at Albany Public Library
Last "Garage Bands" show of the season. The family-friendly shows are in the garage of the main branch on Washington Ave. 6 pm - free
Saturday: Electric City UkeFest at Proctors
Celebration of the ukelele returns. Daytime sessions include lessons and demos. And there's a multi-performer concert in the evening. The first 8th Step show of the season. 10 am - 5 pm (day sessions) / 7 pm (concert) - $35 head / $40 at door (everything) / $15 (concert only)
Saturday: Charlie Watts Riots at Valentine's
Album release show for power pop trio. With: John Powhida International Airport, Juston Stens. 6 pm
Saturday: Pete Francis at Valentine's
From Dispatch. With: The Ameros. 8 pm - $10
Saturday: Albany Symphony Orchestra at the Palace
The ASO starts its new season with Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, as well as a new work. 7:30 pm - $19 and up
Sunday: Hot Club of Saratoga at Caffe Lena
Gypsy jazz. 7 pm - $14
To-do list
1. Find some apples. Pick them. We're heading toward the height of the season. (And make sure you score a few cider donuts.)
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These are a just a few things for this week, not a comprehensive list. Know of something people should be looking forward to this week? Please share!
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This weekend (Sat. & Sun.) will be the 20th annual Clifton Park Farmfest. Pick your apples and score your cider donuts, plus maybe even compete in a pie eating contest, at Riverview Orchards, then visit numerous other working farms for exhibits and activities. It's all free except for food and produce. Full list of venues with activities and map at (PDF):
www.cliftonpark.org/townhall/parks-rec/pdf/FarmFest.pdf
... said chezjake on Sep 16, 2013 at 10:22 AM | link
If you like listening to The Moth, Risk! Podcast or This American Life, come out to Front Parlor Storytelling in Albany tonight! I hear they are making a big announcement!
This means AOA folks too. Come get the scoop!
... said Jamie on Sep 16, 2013 at 12:44 PM | link
Nitty Gritty Slam is back at Valentine's Tuesday, September 17 starting at 7:30 PM. Poetry slam and open mic. This will be the 54th edition of Albany's poetry slam. More info at http://nittygrittyslam.com
... said Thom Francis on Sep 16, 2013 at 1:42 PM | link
Fresh Perspective: A Dialogue with the Tutu Sisters, featuring the daughters of renowned activist Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Mon., Sept. 23, 2013 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Page Hall, UAlbany downtown campus
135 Western Ave., Albany, NY 12203
Free and open to the public.
UAlbany's 19th President Robert J. Jones, PhD hosts a conversation with race and gender activist Nontombi Naomi Tutu and HIV treatment/AIDS researcher Thandeka Tutu-Gxashe, daughters of Nobel Laureate and renowned South African social rights activist Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The sisters, who grew up in South Africa under the oppression of apartheid, are passionate actors for peace and social justice carrying on the legacy of their famous father through their work in the areas of racial reconciliation, equality, women's issues, and HIV/AIDS.
Dean Katharine Briar-Lawson of the University at Albany's School of Social Welfare will facilitate a question and answer period with the audience.
... said Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy on Sep 18, 2013 at 1:35 PM | link