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 (spring!), to restaurant week, to theater, to the White House, to the Underground Railroad, to sushi, to hockey, to music...

Weather

Here's the paraphrased forecast for this week:

Monday: Cloudy, rain later in the day. Upper 50s.

Tuesday: Rain, then sun. Windy. Low 60s.

Wednesday: Sunny and 50.

Thursday: Sunny and 60.

Friday: Cloudy, maybe some rain. 60.

Weekend: Sunny, 50s.

Spring!

Downtown Albany restaurant week

Monday-Friday: Downtown Albany restaurant week continues -- it runs through Friday. Seventeen downtown restaurants will be offering special three-course menus during that span. Restaurant week tends to be popular, so reservations are a good idea.

Film and stage

Classic film series

+ The Palace is showing The Odd Couple Monday. 7 pm - $5

+ Proctors is showing Tootsie Monday. various times - $5

Tyler Perry's Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned
Tuesday: A production of the Tyler Perry play Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned is at the Palace. It stars Cheryl Pepsii Riley and Patrice Lovely. Tuesday 7:30 pm - $45.50

Gypsy
The Sondheim/Arthur Laurents musical based on the life of Gypsy Rose Lee finishes its run this week at Capital Rep (TU review, Nippertown review). The show features Broadway veterans and a number of talented actors from the Capital Region, including Benita Zahn and George Franklin. various times - $20 and up

Arts and sciences

Dulles
Monday: Journalist Stephen Kinzer will be at UAlbany as part of the NYS Writers Institute's visiting writer series. He'll be talking about his new book The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War. Monday 7:30 pm, uptown campus, Science Library - free

Behind the camera at the White House
Wednesday: Arun Chaudhary, the first official White House videographer, will be at Skidmore for a talk about his work. Wednesday 7 pm, Palamountain Hall - free

Failure
Thursday: Journalist Megan McArdle will be at Skidmore for a talk about her book The Up Side of Down. "Drawing on interviews, academic research, and her own experience with catastrophic life events, she'll discuss why failure is an inevitable- and beneficial - part of life, and how to make failure a learning experience instead of a catastrophe." Thursday 8 pm, Palamountain Hall - free

Slavery and the Underground Railroad
Friday-Sunday: The Underground Railroad History Project 2014 conference "Slavery and the Underground Railroad: The Larger Context, The Lingering Legacy" runs through the weekend with speakers, workshops, and exhibits at multiple locations. various event prices

Miele
Friday: Novelist and screenwriter Francesca Marciano will be at UAlbany as part of the NYS Writers Institute visting writer series for a screening her film Miele, and a discussion afterward. Friday 7 pm, downtown campus, Page Hall - free

A year with no sugar
Friday: Author Eve. O. Schaub will be at Northshire Saratoga to talk about her memoir Year of No Sugar, about her family "kicking the sugar addiction." Friday 7 pm - free

Classes

Sushi for beginners
Monday: Yasuo and Kathy Saso will be at Different Drummer's for a hands-on class about how to get started making sushi. (The Sasos previously ran a very well-regarded sushi restaurant in Albany.) Monday 6 pm - $65

Home dairy
Tuesday: The From Scratch Club's Christina Davis will be at the Arts Center of the Capital Region for a hands-on class about making dairy products at home. "[S]tudents will learn to make homemade yogurt, quick and easy mozzarella cheese, ricotta cheese and paneer, an Indian frying cheese." Tuesday 6:30 pm - $65

Tomato seedlings
Wednesday: Master gardener Doug Pratt will be at Honest Weight leading a class about how to start tomato plants from seed. "We will work from station to station as we fill plug cells; seed; cover; and water - and you'll take home your seeded tray." Wednesday 6 pm - $5

Frozen Four

Thursday: The Union men's hockey team will be playing in the NCAA tournament national semifinals against Boston College in Philadelphia at 5 pm. The game will be on ESPN 2.

Looking ahead to the weekend

A quick mention of few things this weekend:

+ The Hudson Valley Hops event returns to the Albany Institute Saturday.

+ Comedian Kathy Griffin will be at Proctors for a stand-up show on the main stage Saturday night.

+ A live stage show of the popular PBS program America's Test Kitchen will be at the Palace Sunday afternoon.

Music

Wednesday: Dirty Heads at Upstate Concert Hall
Reggae/ska. With: The Burning of Rome, Mirk. 8 pm - $18 ahead / $20 day of

Thursday: Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons at The Palace
Jersey boys before Jersey Boys. 7:30 pm - $39 and up The Frankie Valli show at the Palace as been postponed until October 9.

Thursday: Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line at The Linda
Bluegrass/Americana. 8 pm - $15

Friday: Chick Corea at The Massry Center
Famed jazz pianist. 7:30 pm - $40 / $20 students

Friday: The Hold Steady show at The Hollow is sold out.

Friday: Gospel Jubilee at Proctors
Third annual gospel music show on the main stage. 7 pm - $20

Friday: Hard Soul at The Low Beat
An album release show. With: Carl Daniels Band, The Strange Neighbors. 8 pm

Friday: Mister F at Red Square
Album release show for local jam band. With: Tauk. 8 pm

Saturday: Sean Rowe at Troy Music Hall
Playing a hometown show, a benefit for the Rensselaer Land Trust. With: MaryLeigh Roohan. 8 pm - $20 and up

Saturday: Albany Symphony Orchestra at The Palace
With violinist Simone Porter. Playing a program that includes Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade" and Barber's "Violin Concerto." 7:30 pm - $19 and up

Saturday: Wild Adriatic at Putnam Den
Album release show. With: Swear & Shake, Maggie Goble. 9 pm - $10

Sunday: The Stray Birds at Caffe Lena
Americana. 7 pm - $16
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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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photo: Annelie Rosencrantz