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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 the weather (the slow slide), to Sleeping Beauty, to a ton of maybe-interesting talks, to werewolves and zombies, to cult classics, to music...

Weather

Here's the paraphrased forecast for this week:

Monday: Sunny and 65.

Tuesday: Sunny and low 70s.

Wednesday: Cloudy, maybe rain in the afternoon. Upper 60s.

Thursday: Cloudy, maybe rain. Low 60s.

Friday: Sunny, but maybe some rain. 60.

Weekend: Sunny, but cooler -- upper 50s.

Not bad, but the slow slide begins.

A bigger boat

Monday: Proctors' AFI 100 classic film series is showing Jaws in the GE Theatre. The fish story is generally regarded as the first summer blockbuster movie. (Yes, the predecessor of all those giant robots and alien spaceships of summer was an often-malfunctioning, sort-of-believable mechanical shark.) And, of course, John Williams' score for the movie is great. Monday various times - $5

Sleeping Beauty

Tuesday-Sunday: A production of the ballet Sleeping Beauty, choreographed by Matthew Bourne, will be on the Proctors main stage. Production blurbage:

Perrault's timeless fairy tale, about a young girl cursed to sleep for one hundred years, was turned into a legendary ballet by Tchaikovsky and choreographer, Marius Petipa, in 1890.

Bourne takes this date as his starting point, setting the Christening of Aurora, the story's heroine, in the year of the ballets first performance; the height of the Fin-de-Siecle period when fairies, vampires and decadent opulence fed the gothic imagination. As Aurora grows into a young woman, we move forwards in time to the more rigid, uptight Edwardian era; a mythical golden age of long Summer afternoons, croquet on the lawn and new dance crazes. Years later, awakening from her century long slumber, Aurora finds herself in the modern day; a world more mysterious and wonderful than any Fairy story!

performances Tuesday-Sunday, with matinees on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday - $20 and up

Also on stage...
This is the last week for Cap Rep's production of Venus in Fur. Reviews: Times Union | Daily Gazette | Nippertown. $20 and up

Soccer

Tuesday: The US Men's National Team plays its final World Cup qualifier at Panama (the team has already qualified). And the game is on BeIN Sport -- which most people don't get. Want to watch, and with people as into soccer as you are? The American Outlaws: Albany Chapter will be at Wolff's to watch the game together. 9:30 pm

Words

Stories
Update: It's now next Monday (October 21) Monday: The Front Parlor storytelling series is back at the Olde English in Albany. This month's theme: "things that go bump in the night." 7:30 pm

Nitty Gritty
Tuesday: The Nitty Gritty Poetry Slam is back at Valentine's for its "2nd Annual Inappropriate Slam." sign up at 7 pm, slam at 8 pm - $5 / $3 students

Derrick C. Brown
Thursday: Performing poet Derrick C. Brown will be at Proctors. Blurbage:

Brown is a former weatherman and gondolier. He is currently the founder of Write Bloody Publishing, an independent book publisher in Austin, TX. Write Bloody's concept is that poets should tour and promote themselves like rock bands, and that the publisher should be the source of energy for the revitalization of live poetry in America.

Thursday 7:30 pm - $20

Arts and sciences

The Olympics and the World Cup
Tuesday: Wonk-famous Smith College economist Andrew Zimbalist will be at Union for talk titled "The Olympics and the World Cup: Who Wins? Who Loses? The Political Economy of Hosting Sport Mega Events." Tuesday 6:45 pm, Nott Memorial - free

Architecture and design
Wednesday: Architect/fashion and product designer Elena Manferdini will be at RPI for a talk about her work. Wednesday 6 pm, EMPAC - free

Labor and the locavore
Thursday: Adelphi University political scientist Margaret Gray will be at UAlbany to talk about the local food movement and the rights and lives of farmworkers. Her new book, Labor and the Locavore: The Making of a Comprehensive Food Ethic, focuses on the local food economy of the Hudson Valley. Thursday 5:15 pm, Husted Hall, downtown campus - free

The Antibiotic Apocalypse
Thursday: Kevin Outterson -- co-director of the Health Law Center at Boston University -- will at Skidmore for a talk about the growing problem of antibiotic resistance and policy options to prevent the "antibiotic apocalypse." Thursday 7:30 pm, Palamountain Hall - free

National Day on Writing
Thursday: Poet and Chicano/Latino activist writer Rigoberto González will be at Saint Rose for a National Day on Writing event as part of the Frequency North series. Thursday 7:30 pm, events and athletics center - free

Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Friday: Ishmael Beah -- author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, about his childhood in Sierra Leone -- will be at Sage for a talk. Friday 7 pm, Kahl Center, Sage Albany campus - free

My Journey from the Barrio to Capitol Hill
Friday: US Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-Illinois) is scheduled to be at UAlbany as part of the NYS Writers Institute visiting writers series. Gutierrez will be talking about this autobio Still Dreaming: My Journey from the Barrio to Capitol Hill. Friday 7 pm, performing arts center - free

Anne Rice

Thursday: Anne Rice -- the popular author famous for her novels about vampires and werewolves -- will be at the Saratoga Hilton for an "authors in conversation" event, organized by the Northshire Bookstore. Rice will be interviewed by WAMC's Joe Donahue on stage. Rice will also be signing books. And Rice's son, author Christopher Rice, will also be making an appearance. Thursday 7 pm - tickets are $30 each (includes one copy of The Wolves of Midwinter), or $37.50 for two seats (and one book)

Max Brooks

Thursday: "Pre-eminent zombie expert" Max Brooks -- author of World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide -- will be at RPI for a talk. Brooks will be addressing "the perils of the zombie apocalypse and precautions to be taken in protecting self and family."

The talk is free and open to the public, but you'll need a ticket -- they're available in person at the EMPAC box office and the University Union administration office. Thursday, 7:30 pm, EMPAC concert hall - free (advance ticket required)

Cult classic

Friday: C. Amanda Boutahorse's Cult Classics returns to The Hangar in Troy with a burlesque tribute to The Rocky Horror Picture Show. 9 pm - $10

Music

Tuesday: The Jonas Brothers show at the Palace has been cancelled.

Wednesday: APL Silent Film Spectacular: The Adventures of Prince Achmed
1926 silent about the Arabian Nights story with live original score by lastdayshining. main branch, 7 pm - free

Wednesday: 3OH!3 at Upstate Concert Hall
Pop band. With: Summer Set, Wallpaper, New Beat Fund. 7 pm - $20 / $22 day of

Thursday: Shel at Helsinki Hudson
Folk pop. 8 pm - $15

Thursday: Ben KN at Valentine's
You know, Ben Karis-Nix. With: Barkeater. 8 pm

Friday: Over the Rhine, Tift Merritt at The Egg
Folk/Americana/alt-country. 8 pm - $24

Friday: Wolfgang Gartner + Tommy Trash at Upstate Concert Hall
Two house DJs from different continents. 9 pm - $35

Friday: J-Plus + Sin-City at Red Square
Album release party for two local hip hop albums, with a bunch of guests. 7 pm - $10 ahead / $13 day of

Friday: Conehead Buddha at The Hollow
Still kicking. 8 pm - $10 ahead / $12 at door

Friday: Ensemble ACJW at the Zankel Center
Ensemble of rising classical professional musicians. 8 pm - $8 / $5 students and seniors

Saturday: Talib Kweli at MASS MoCA
Hip hop. With: Rebel Diaz. 8 pm - $22 ahead / $25 day of / $18 students

Saturday: Peter Wolf at The Egg
From the J. Geils Band. 8 pm - $38.50

Saturday: Albany Symphony at Troy Music Hall
"A charming selection of works from Ravel, Fauré, and the supremely talented composer Aaron Jay Kernis around the gorgeous melodies and picturesque scenery of Schumann's Third Symphony, inspired by the Rhenish countryside." Another performance on Sunday at 3 pm.. 7:30 pm - $19 and up

Saturday: Fred Eaglesmith's Traveling Steam Show at Helsinki Hudson
Canadian bluegrass/folk. 9 pm - $20 ahead / $25 day of

Saturday: Consider the Source at Valentine's
"SciFi Middle Eastern fusion." With: Fikus. 8 pm - $12

Saturday: Grandpa Jones' 100th Birthday Show at Caffe Lena
"Humor and banjos a-plenty," with the Ramblin Jug Stompers and Lost Radio Rounders. 8 pm - $18

Saturday: The Piano Guys show at The Egg is sold out. Blame PBS.

Sunday: Cory Chisel at Helsinki Hudson
Roots/soul. With: The Candles, INVISIBLEMAN, Adriel Denae, and guests. 8 pm - $15 ahead / $18 day of

To do

1. Apples, apples, apples.

2. Think about getting a flu shot. We're heading into that time of year.

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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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Sleeping Beauty photo: Simon Annand | Max Brooks photo via Max Brooks website