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Stuff to do this weekend

Flip-flops? Check.

Sunscreen? Check.

Shades? Check.

Umbrella (for Sunday)? Check.

OK, you're ready for another Capital Region summer weekend. Now, what to do? We've pulled together a list of things happening in the Capital Region this weekend. You'll find it after the jump.

Doing something you don't see there? Drop it in the comments so we can all see. And whatever you're up to, have a fantastic weekend.

New York City Ballet
The New York City Ballet's week-long run at SPAC concludes this weekend. Friday's program includes Glass Pieces, with music by Phillip Glass and choreography by Jerome Robbins. Saturday night is the annual Gala Lawn Party with a "British Invasion" theme, featuring British ballets and an English-style lawn party with music, cocktails, dancing and fireworks.

Beach Party in Schenectady
Friday: Schenectady's Summer Night, with a beach party on Jay Street downtown, includes music, midway games, fair food and a sand pit with sand sculpture. Friday 5-10 pm - free admission

Delaware Avenue Street Fair
Saturday: The annual Delaware Avenue Street Festival is this Saturday in Albany with games, a bounce center, music, magic, arts craft and sales. The festival takes place on the stretch of Delaware Ave from Andy's to Mingle. Saturday 9 am to 5pm - free admission

Summerfest
Saturday: The Albany Public Library is hosting its annual Summerfest outside the Delaware Avenue branch of the library with bounce houses, music, magic, games, snacks and prizes. Saturday 1-3 pm - free

Art In The Park
Saturday: Art in the Park returns to Saratoga Spring's Congress Park on Saturday. Artists will display functional art, including drawing, painting, jewelry, photography sculpture and more. Local food, music and a kids art zone. Saturday 10 am-5 pm - free admission

Capital Region Craft Brewers Festival
Saturday: The Capital Region Craft Brewers Festival returns to The Joe. It brings together about two dozen breweries from the Capital Region and beyond to offering tastings. Saturday 2:30-6:30 pm - $25 and up presale / $32 and up at the gate / $10 designated driver

Circus Smirkus
Saturday-Sunday: Circus Smirkus, the international youth circus, makes its return to the Capital Region at the Saratoga Casino and Raceway. Shows on Saturday and Sunday at 1 pm and 7 pm

GE Kids Day At The Plaza 2013
Sunday is Kids Day at the Empire State Plaza, with a bounce house, puppet shows, crafts, animals and street performers. Sunday noon-5 pm - free admission

Saratoga Polo
This is opening weekend at Saratoga Polo. There are matches every Friday and Sunday through August 31. Gates open at 4pm and matches begin at 5:30pm. $20-$50, 12 and under - free.

Theater

Smokey Joe's Cafe
Capital Rep's new production of Smokey Joe's Cafe is in previews this weekend. The musical is based around the songs of Leiber and Stoller, who wrote 1950s hits such as "Hound Dog," "Jailhouse Rock," and "Love Potion #9."

Hands on a Hard Body
The Park Playhouse in Albany's Washington Park continues its production of Hands on a Hardbody, a musical based on the documentary about people trying to win a truck by being the last person to stop touching it. (The show features a book by Doug Wright, and a score by Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green.) The production runs through July 26. Friday-Sunday at 8 pm - amphitheater seating is free / reserved seating starts at $16

Williamstown
The Williamstown Theatre Festival continues this weekend. The production of June Moon closes on Sunday. And new this week: A Great Wilderness, which stars Jeffrey DeMunn (from The Walking Dead)

Berkshire Theater Festival
The Berkshire Theater Festival has a production of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music ("Send in the Clowns") and The Mystery of Irma Vep: A Penny Dreadful, a Gothic spoof in which two actors play eight characters.

42nd Street
A production of 42nd Street continues at the Mac Haydn this weekend. This dance-heavy musical based on the book and film tells a story of Broadway during the height of the Depression.

The Clark
The much-anticipated expansion of The Clark Art Institute -- designed by architect Tadao Ando -- is now open. The Clark is in Williamstown, about an hour's drive east of Albany. If you're headed that way, you might think about a combo ticket for The Clark, MASS MoCA, and the Williams College Museum of Art.

Film

Tootsie
The Madsion Theater is screening Tootsie this weekend. Also this weekend: A League of Their Own, Thelma and Louise, and The Muppets.

Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq
The Saratoga Film forum presents Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq, a documentary about the life of Tanaquil Le Clercq, once a principal dancer with the NYCB who was a muse to Balanchine and Jerome Robbins -- and the inspiration for Robbins' famous ballet Afternoon of a Faun. Friday and Sunday at 7:30pm. $7.

Drive-ins

Hollywood: Planet of the Apes / Transformers

Jericho: Planet of the Apes / Transformers

Malta: Screen 1 - Planet of the Apes / Transformers | Screen 2 - Tammy / Jersey Boys

Kosher Fest
Shmaltz Brewery is hosting a Klezmer and Kosher Festival at its Clifton Park brewery. Kosher pickles, kugels, chicken soup, deli, rugelach, knishes, and He'Brew Beers.Sunday 3 pm - free admission

Cherries
Cherry season has arrived in the Capital Region and it will be gone very soon. Columbia County has a handful of orchards where you can pick your own. Be sure to call ahead or check the orchard website before heading out to pick. (We were at Samascott last weekend and many of the cherries had already been picked. But there were a lot of blueberries.)

Swimming
A bunch of Capital Region pools and beaches are open for the season. Here's a collection of public pools around the area.

Beat*Shot
Friday-Saturday: The annual Beat*Shot Music Festival returns -- it's at The Hollow this year. "This two day celebration of Hip-Hop, DJs, beat boxers, vocalists, film, dance, and poetry features some of the most talented performance artists from around the country." two-day pass $20 ahead / $25 at the door / $15 per day

Music

Friday-Sunday: The Hudson Project in Saugerties
New music festival from some of the organizers behind Camp Bisco. Lineup includes: Kendrick Lamar, Bassnectar, Modest Mouse, The Flaming Lips, and many others. single day tickets $95 / festival pass $225

Friday: Snoop Dogg at Upstate Concert Hall
Or maybe it's Snoop Lion now. With: Jedi Ry, D3V, DJ Playground. 9 pm - $39.50 ahead/$42 day of

Friday: Tumbling Bones and Jean Rohe & the End of the World Show at Caffe Lena
Roots/folk. 8 pm - $16

Friday: Mini-festival of old-time American roots music at Helsinki Hudson
With: 13 Strings and a Two Dollar Bill, Intuitive Compass, and the Lost Dog Street Band. 9 pm - $15

Saturday: Countryfest at the Schaghticoke Fairgrounds
WGNA's annual festival, with: Jake Owen, Montgomery Gentry, John Michael Montgomery, Scotty McCreery, Dan and Shay. gates at 11 am - $45

Saturday: Circa Survive at Upstate Concert Hall
Alt rock. $20 ahead / $22 day of

Saturday: Otan Vargas at Helsinki Hudson
Singer/songwriter. 7 pm - $15 ahead / $18 day of

Saturday: Accents at The Low Beat
Indie rock. With: The Quick & The Dead, The Enlightened Machine. 8 pm

Sunday: Queens of the Stone Age at The Palace
Rock. 8 pm - $39.50 and up

Sunday: Boston Pops Orchestra with Jason Alexander at Tanglewood
Performing selections from The Music Man, Pippin, and Merrily We Roll Along. (Oh, and Alexander's hair has reappeared.) 2:30 pm - $22 and up

Sunday: Eileen Ivers at Music Haven
Fiddler. With: Annalivia. 7 pm - free

Sunday: The Lone Bellow at Helsinki Hudson
Alt country. 8 pm - $20 ahead / $25 day of

Sunday: Marshall Crenshaw at Caffe Lena
Singer/songwriter. 7 pm - $28

Summer Sip on the Hill
Albany Society for the Advancement of Philanthropy (the group that brings you the annual Santa Speedo Sprint) is hosting a fundraiser on Saturday for Historic Cherry Hill with food from Slidin' Dirty, beer, wine, cider, classic cocktails, tastings, music and a silent auction. Saturday 4-7 pm at Cherry Hill Mansion - $50 per person and available at the door and online

A-Town Rumble
Saturday: The A-Town Rumble is a motorcycle, scooter, moped rally at the Capital District Farmers Market in Menands. The proceeds from the rally will help fight Type 1 diabetes. Saturday 9:30 am to 1 pm

Sunday Funday
Sunday: The Pine Hills Review Sunday Funday at The Low Beat will feature writers sharing readings about Albany. "Contributors and friends share writing about Albany, Eggs, Fuze Boxes, Spray-tanned mayors, and Kegs and Eggs. Sunday 3 pm

Farmers' Markets
Outdoor farmers' markets are open for the season:
+ The Troy Waterfront Farmers Market will be on River Street in downtown Troy Saturday morning.
+ The Saratoga Farmers' Market is at the High Rock Park pavilions on Saturday.
+ The Delmar Farmers Market is at Bethlehem Central Middle School on Saturday.
+ The Schenectady Greenmarket is around Schenectady City on Sunday.
+ The Spa City Farmers' Market will be on the front lawn of the Lincoln Baths Sunday.

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