All Over Albany

The week ahead

Here are a few things to keep in mind, look forward to, or keep busy with this short week, from the weather (no snow, probably), to Halloween, to scary movies, to the future of privacy, to cooking, to music...

Weather

Here's the paraphrased forecast for this week:

Monday: Sunny and 52.

Tuesday: Sunny and 48.

Wednesday: Sunny and 51. "Slight chance of rain and snow" in the early morning.

Thursday: Cloudy, 55. Maybe rain.

Friday: Cloudy, 63. Maybe rain.

Weekend: Sunny, 50s.

No snow in October, no problem.

Halloween

It's Thursday. Carve the pumpkin/buy the candy for trick or treaters/prepare your costume accordingly.

Haunted history
The annual haunted history tours of Albany's Center Square and Hudson/Park neighborhoods led by Tim Varney continue this week. They're very popular and fill up fast. Proceeds benefit Historic Albany Foundation. Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday 6 pm - $15 (reservations required)

Film

The Birds
Monday: The Palace's classic movie series is screening Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. Look out, Tippi! Monday 7 pm - $5

Rear Window
Monday: Proctors' AFI 100 series is showing the Hitchcock classic Rear Window, starring Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly. Monday various times - $5

Silent Film Spectacular: Waxworks
Wednesday: The final film in this year's APL Silent Film Spectacular is 1924's Waxworks, with live score performed by Helicoprion. Wednesday 7 pm, APL main library - free

Halloween House of Horrors
Wednesday: At Proctors, It Came From Schenectady is screening two spooky old films: Horror of Dracula, starring Christopher Lee as the count himself; and The Curse of Frankenstein, starring Christopher Lee as the Creature. Wednesday 7 pm - $9 / $6 students

Hausu
Thursday: EMPAC is screening the 1977 "psychedelic Japanese cult horror classic" Hausu (House), "An outlandish and visually stunning spectacle that parodies horror film clichés." (The plot sounds a little bit like Cabin in the Woods.) Thursday 7:30 pm - $6

Escape from Tomorrow
Thursday: The Spectrum an encore screening lined up for Escape from Tomorrow, a horror film shot (secretly) at Disney World. The screening will also include a costume contest and prizes. Thursday 7 pm

Arts and sciences

Living Diagonally
Monday: Ecologist/artist Hayley Gillespie will be at Skidmore for a talk exploring "the ways art, science and advocacy can overlap and complement one another in the lives of modern professionals and citizens." Monday 7 pm, Palamountain Hall - free

Beauty
Monday: "National spokeswoman for a healthy body image" Stacy Nadeau will be at Union College a talk about "embracing real beauty." Blurbage: "In her talk, Nadeau will share with men and women the role they can each play in changing the message that young women receive." Monday 7 pm, Memorial Chapel - free

Douglas Bauer
Tuesday: Essayist and fiction writer Douglas Bauer will be at UAlbany as part of the NYS Writers Institute visiting writers series. Bauer will be talking about his new book, What Happens Next? Matters of Life and Death. "Rooted in Bauer's boyhood on an Iowa farm, the book explores the meaning of human existence--love, family, memory, work, food, sickness and death--in a candid and deeply personal fashion." Tuesday 8 pm, assembly hall, uptown campus center - free

Green chemistry
Wednesday: Chemist John Warner will at The Sage Colleges for a talk about "green" chemistry, and the effort to design products and materials that are environmentally benign. Wednesday 7:30 pm, Bush Memorial, Troy campus - free

The Future of Privacy and Free Speech
Friday: Well-known law professor/commentator Jeffrey Rosen will be at Skidmore for a talk titled "The Future of Privacy and Free Speech: Translating the Constitution in the Age of Google Glass and Wikileaks." Friday 8 pm, Palamountain Hall - free

Cooking

A bunch of classes this week that could be interesting:

Monday: Japanese Small Plates | Different Drummer's Kitchen
Chef Yasuo Saso and his wife Kathy Saso on making "otsumami" -- Japanese small plates. 6 pm - $60

Tuesday: Cuban Cuisine from Carmen's Restaurant | Different Drummer's Kitchen
Carmen's executive chef Chris Faraci on three of his favorite Cuban dishes. 6 pm - $65

Tuesday: Desserts on fire | Gio Culinary Studio
"Students will learn how to make three impressive and delicious desserts that are finished safely with fire! We will be using all scratch ingredients and professional techniques, that are easily duplicated at home." 6:15 pm - $65

Tuesday: Dia de Los Muertos Celebration | Honest Weight
Julianna Glassanos on the history and culture of the holiday, as well as how to make some of its sweet treats, including pan de muerto. 5 pm - free (registration required)

Wednesday: Egg-Stravaganza | Spoon & Whisk
"Chef Patrick Mannato will share poaching techniques, prepare the perfect omelet, and create a mouthwatering dinner frittata and classic mini quiche Lorraines." 7 pm - $45

Pretty Lights

Thursday: The big electronic music act Pretty Lights will be at the Times Union Center for a show. A big EDM show on Halloween night? Should be pretty tame... Thursday 8 pm - $34.75 and up

Foam 'N Glow
Saturday: Foam 'N Glow -- "the world's largest foam party" -- will be at the TU Center. (Video from a show in Providence last year.) Saturday 8 pm - $32.50 and up

Albany Ale

Looking ahead to the weekend: On Saturday the Albany Ale Project will be at the Albany Institute to tap the cask on the first batch of Albany Ale made in more than a century. The project is exploring Albany's long and textured, if not somewhat faded, brewing history. Part of that exploration: brewing beers from old recipes -- and then drinking them. Saturday 5 pm - $15 (must be purchased in advance)

Music

Tuesday: Fitz and the Tantrums + Capital Cities at Upstate Concert Hall
Indie pop double bill. With: Beat Club. 7:30 pm - $23.50 ahead / $25 day of

Thursday: Langhorne Slim and The Law at Upstate Concert Hall
Alt-country. With: Bombadil, Wild Adriatic. 8 pm - $10.27 ahead / $12 day of

Thursday: Halloween Show at Valentine's
Six bands on two floors: Eastbound Jesus, Lucky Jukebox Brigade, The Blind Owl Band, Stellar Young, Black Mountain Symphony, Olivia Quillio. 8 pm - $9

Thursday: MIRK Halloween show at Red Square
And a Halloween costume contest. With: Loyal Mindset, Stephen Babcock, Carl Daniels. 8 pm - $10

Thursday: Skeletons in the Piano at Putnam Den
Halloween show with Tentacles, Neutron Rats, New Red Scare, Bad Friends. 8 pm - $5

Friday: Blue Factory at Valentine's
Album release show. 6 pm

Friday: Mike Gent at Valentine's
From the Figgs, an album release show. With: Amazon Debutantes. 8 pm

Friday: The Manhattan Project and Dirty Paris at Red Square
Electro jam. 8 pm - $10

Friday: Meg Hutchinson at Helsinki Hudson
Folk. Also playing Caffe Lena Sunday night. 9 pm - $15

Saturday: The Big Takeover at Red Square
Reggae/ska. With: Taina Asili Y La Banda Rebelde. 8 pm

Saturday: Calder Quartet at EMPAC
String quartet playing "a concert of new and not so new music." 8 pm - $18

Saturday: Superhero Masquerade Ball at Putnam Den
With music from DJ Trumastr. "Leave your mild mannered alter ego at home and let your cape down at the masquerade event of the season. Villains welcome." 9 pm - free (21+)

Sunday: Toad the Wet Sprocket at the Massry Center
A mid-90s flashback. With: American Idol winner Lee DeWyze. 7:30 pm - $30 / $75 for "a two-hour pre-performance reception with gastro-pub fare, craft beer tasting, and food and beverage pairings"

____

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!

The Massry Center/Saint Rose and The Spectrum advertise on AOA.

Fitz and The Tantrums photo via Elektra Records | The Birds poster via Wikipedia