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The week ahead

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Here are a few things to keep in mind, look forward to, or keep busy with this week, from the weather (time to rally), to bidding summer farewell, to three fairs, to very quick thoughts, to Wait, Wait, to music...

Weather

Here's the paraphrased forecast for this week:

Monday: Sunny and 76.

Tuesday: Sunny and 79.

Wednesday: Cloudy, 80. Maybe an afternoon thunderstorm.

Thursday: Cloudy and 75. 50-50 chance of rain.

Friday: Cloudy and 76..

Weekend: Some sun, mid 70s..

August, it's time to rally.

Summer, goodbye

This is the last week of August. Do all the summer things. Repeat, do all the summer things. And because next Monday is Labor Day, you might even have a three-day weekend in which to do all the summer things.

The Track

It's the last week of the season at the Saratoga Race Course. Saturday and Sunday is the Final Stretch Festival. Saturday is the Woodward Stakes, a Grade 1 stakes race. And Monday is the last day of the season.

County fairs

County fair season wraps up around the Capital Region this week with three fairs:
+ August 26-September 1: The Fonda Fair at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds
+ August 27-September 1: The Columbia County Fair at the fairgrounds in Chatham
+ August 27-September 1: The Schaghticoke Fair at the fairgrounds in (surprise) Schaghticoke.

Baseball

The last home stand of the ValleyCats season is this week -- Monday-Saturday at The Joe.

Wait, Wait...

Thursday: NPR news/comedy quiz show Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me will be at Tanglewood to record this week's episode. Thursday 8 pm - $24 and up

PechaKucha

Thursday: Tuesday: The next local PechaKucha event is at the Tech Valley Center of Gravity in Troy. The series is returning the to "Tao of Tech" theme with presentations about: intuition, mad scientists, paper boats, robots, pulling people from the marings, transforming discard wood, and sand. (PechaKucha? It's a series of short presentations delivered very quickly.) Thursday 7 pm - free

Looking ahead to the weekend...

Saturday-Sunday: The Capital District Scottish Games return to the Altamont Fairgrounds. You know, in case you want to see some lads toss some cabers. Also: demonstrations, dancers, and music (including pipe bands). Saturday $18 ($22 at the gate), Sunday $10 ($12 at the gate)

Music

Tuesday: Motley Crue at SPAC
With Alice Cooper. 7:30 pm - $25 and up

Wednesday: ZOSO at Rockin' on River
Led Zeppelin tribute. (Last Rockin' of the season.) There's one more (rescheduled) Rockin' on the River September 3. With: The Troy Music Academy All-Stars. 5 pm - free

Wednesday: Mini-Festival of Dreampop at Helsinki Hudson
Widowspeak, Hand Habits, Sleepers Bells. 8 pm - $12 ahead / $15 at door

Thursday: The Griswolds at The Hollow
Australian indie rock. 8 pm - $10.27 ahead / $12 day of

Thursday: Del McCoury Band at Helsinki Hudson
Bluegrass hall of fame member. With: Grant Gordy Trio. 8 pm - $$35 and up

Friday: Jason Aldean at SPAC
Big country star. With: Florida Georgia Line. 7 pm - $40.50 and up

Friday: Train at Tanglewood
Pop rock. 7 pm - $27.50 and up

Friday: Roomful of Teeth at MASS MoCA
Grammy-winning vocal ensemble. 8 pm - $15 ahead / $20 day of

Friday: Melli and the Sparks at The Hollow
Alt rock. 8 pm - $5

Saturday: Jorma Kaukonen at Helsinki Hudson
Blues/folk/rock guitarist. 9 pm - $35

Saturday: MaryLeigh Roohan at Caffe Lena
Singer/songwriter. 8 pm - $15

Saturday: This Renaissance + Stellar Young at Putnam Den
Album release show for This Renaissance. And Stellar Young has a Kickstarter for its next album. With: So Last Year, City Under Siege, Good Guys Bad Guys. 8 pm - free

Saturday: Corrin Campbell at The Low Beat
Also a sergeant in the US Army. With: Two Guys. 8 pm

Sunday: Tony Bennett at Tanglewood
Recently turned 88. 2:30 pm - $25 and up

Sunday: Steely Dan at SPAC
A pavilion-only show. 7:30 pm - $49 and up

Sunday: David Wax Museum at Caffe Lena
Not an actual museum. Probably not made of wax, either. 7 pm - $22
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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: Tony Nagelmann / NPR