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Stuff to do this weekend

Well, we've made it through the holidays and into the new year, arriving at that stage where the urge to hibernate really begins to kick in. You don't have to fight it if you don't want to. You've earned a little time on the couch. Still, there's only so much binge TV watching you can handle before you start to get a little itchy.

So we've done a little foraging for stuff to do this weekend. You'll find it after the jump.

Got something planned that you don't see on our list? Drop it in the comment section. And whatever you're up to -- keep warm and have a great weekend!

1st Friday
The first 1st Friday of the year is here. Galleries and shops all over Albany are open late with art, music and other performances. The Albany Institute of History and Art is open late with free admission, The University Club hosts a performance of Mother Judge and Sonny and Perley's Jive 5 headlines the 1st Friday swing dance at 25 South Allen.

Film

Multiplexes
Sure, the holiday season is over, but the holiday movies are still in local multiplexes. DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street, the new Ben Stiller version of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Idris Elba in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, 47 Ronin,American Hustle, Anchorman 2, and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.

Vertigo
The Bow Tie Cinema's Movies & Mimosa series is screening Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo this weekend. Saturday and Sunday morning at 11am. $5.50 tickets. $2 mimosa.

Airplane!
Bow Tie Saratoga is also screening the 1980 comedy Airplane as part of its Insomnia Theater series. Friday and Saturday at 11:30 pm

"Lions and tigers and bears. Oh,my."
The Ballston Spa Film Festival's Classic Film Series is screening The Wizard of Oz on Saturday night at the Ballston Spa High School Auditorium. Saturday 6:45 pm - free

Music

Saturday: Aztec Two-Step at Proctors.
Folk/rock duo from the 70s. 7:30 pm - $28, $50

Saturday: Disposable Rocket Band at Steamer No. 10 Theater
Musical theater by the Disposable Rocket band, "You are a space traveler. Like generations before, you worship the spacecraft's navigation system. But Captain Kane has discovered an unsettling secret." With VJ We Are Architects and opening DJ set by AwakeFM. 8pm - $13

Saturday: Elvis Birthday Bash at Helsinki Hudson
An Elvis birthday bash with Capital Region rock 'n roll revival artists Mark Gamsjager and the Lustre Kings. 9 pm - $15

Saturday: Dave Mason's Traffic Jam at The Egg.
A multimedia retrospective of Dave Mason's days as a founding member of the band Traffic. 7:30 pm - $34.50 and $44.50

Sunday: Lost Radio Rounders at Caffe Lena
Exploring the catalog of Stephen Foster on the 150th anniversary of the composer's death. 3 pm - $12

Ice skating
The ice skating rink on the ESP has a very high fun:cost ratio. It's open all weekend from 11am to 8pm, weather permitting -- be sure to check before heading out. (The opening of the rink on Friday is delayed until 1 pm.) $4 adults / $3 kids / free on Friday

Hockey
The Albany Devils play Springfield Friday at the TU Center. Friday 7pm

College basketball

Saints
Saturday: The Siena men's basketball team takes on Rider at the Times Union Center. at the Times Union Center. Saturday 7 pm - $16 and up

Great Danes
Saturday: The UAlbany men's basketball team faces Hartford at SEFCU Arena. Saturday 7 pm - $5 and up

Twelfth Night - Salutations of the Season
The Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site and nearby Crailo State Historic Site are hosting a Twelfth Night festival. Schuyler Mansion will have holiday food, music, bonfires and wassail toasts. Crailo State Historic Site will have hearthside cooking, re-enactors and other 17th century holiday traditions. Saturday, 4pm to 7pm - $6 / $5 students & seniors / $1 children

The Last Five Years
Sunday: Backyard Rodeo Theater Company presents Jason Robert Brown's two person musical The Last Five Years at Steamer No. 10. The show explores the beginning and end of a relationship and has become a cult favorite. Sunday 3 pm - $13

La Traviata
Proctors is showing Verdi's La Traviata, from La Scala in Milan, projected on the giant screen in its GE Theater. Sunday at 3pm - $20, $16 students.

Museums
Museums are warm. Oh, and they also have stuff to see. The Albany Institute (see the mummies), miSci (the train exhibit is still up), the State Museum, MASS MoCA, the Arkell, and the Baseball Hall of Fame are open this weekend.

Farmers' markets
Indoor markets are open in Troy (Saturday at the Atrium), Saratoga (Saturday at the Lincoln Baths in Spa State Park), Schenectady (Sunday at Proctors), and the Spa City Farmers Market -- at the Lincoln Baths in Saratoga Springs (Sunday at the Lincoln Baths).

Capital Holiday Lights in the Park
The snow emergency has prompted an early end to this year's Lights in the Park. The last night was Thursday.

Ski, snowshoe, have a snowball fight, build a snowman
It's here -- might as well have some fun with it. Here's some stuff that's good to know before you go out in it. And few roundups from past years about places to snowshoe. The forecast for Saturday has the high at 22 degrees -- which should feel like tropical weather after the last few days.

photo: Katie Beltramo