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The week ahead

Here are a few things to keep in mind, look forward to, or keep busy with this week, from the weather (Octoberish), to cat videos, to authors, to maps, to chowder, to music...

Weather

Here's the paraphrased forecast for this week:

Monday: Sunny and 68.

Tuesday: Cloudy, maybe some rain, upper 60s.

Wednesday: Some sun, maybe some rain, upper 60s.

Thursday: Sunny and 60.

Friday: Cloudy, maybe some rain, low 60s.

Weekend: Sun, low 60s.

Well, it is October now.

Film

The Gold Rush
Monday: The AFI 100 series at Proctors is showing a newly-restored version of the Charlie Chaplin film The Gold Rush. Monday various times - $5

Cat videos
Tuesday: The First (and Probably Last) Annual Capital Region Feline Film and Video Festival for Humans will be at The Spectrum. The fest was co-created by Albany native Mike Keegan in San Francisco and the event at the Spectrum is part of a national tour. Tuesday 7 pm - $10

Silent Film Spectacular
Wednesday: The Albany Public Library hosts the first of its new slate of silent films with live scores: The 1926 F.W. Murnau version of Faust, with live score by Blacklight Lighthouse. Wednesday 7 pm, main library - free

Visitors
Friday: EMPAC will be hosting a screening of Visitors, a collaboration between filmmaker Godfrey Reggio (Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi and Naqoyqatsi) and composer Philip Glass, with filmmaker Jon Kane. Blurbage: "Presented by Steven Soderbergh , Visitors reveals humanity's trancelike relationship with technology, which connects humans in extreme emotional states to experiences far outside themselves. Beyond simply relaying information about the historical moment in which we live, the film is a visceral exploration of the senses and the kinds of machinery we've built to expand them." Followed by a discussion with Geodfrey Reggio and RPI professor Langdon Winner. Friday 7 pm -

Other Desert Cities

Capital Rep's production of Other Desert Cities, a comedy-drama by Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright Jon Robin Baitz, continues. It got a good review from the TU. Other Desert Cities will be at Cap Rep through October 19. various times - $20 and up

Arts and sciences

The College of the Future
Tuesday: Chronicle of Higher Education editor at large Jeffrey Selingo will be at Saint Rose for a talk titled "The College of the Future." Blurbage: "As costs continue to rise, more and more students are looking for alternatives to the conventional undergraduate experience. Hybrid learning, three-year degrees and no-frills colleges are going mainstream. Even for traditional students, the college of tomorrow will be much different than the undergrad days their parents fondly recall." Tuesday 7:30 pm, Lally School of Education - free

David Finkel
Thursday: Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author David Finkel will be at UAlbany as part of the NYS Writers Institute visiting writers series to talk about his book Thank You for Your Service, about veterans coping with life after war. Thursday 8 pm, uptown campus, Performing Arts Center - free

Chloe Caldwell
Thursday: The Frequency North series at Saint Rose starts its fall season with writer Chloe Caldwell. Blurbage: "A native of Hudson, NY, Chloe Caldwell is the author of the forthcoming novella Women(SF/LD Books, 2014) and the essay collection Legs Get Led Astray (Future Tense Books, 2012). Her nonfiction has appeared in Salon.com, The Rumpus, Thought Catalog, Nylon, The Nervous Breakdown, xoJane, The Frisky, The Sun, SMITH, Jewcy, Mr. Beller's Neighborhood, Freerange Nonfiction, The Faster Times, The Fix, and Men's Health, and has also appeared in the anthologies Goodbye To All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving NYC (Seal Press), GIRLS? (Thought Catalog), and True Tales of Lust and Love (Soft Skull Press)." Thursday 7:30 pm, Events and Athletics Center - free

Maps
Thursday: University of Delaware professor Martin Brueckner will be at Skidmore for a talk about "American map wars." Blurbage: "This presentation describes the rise of wall maps, in particular map giants measuring five by six feet and more, in the United States during the 1840s and 1850s. Drawing on an archive consisting of nearly five hundred wall maps, Martin Brückner (U. Delaware) will use representative maps from an "industrial" map era --by individual mapmakers, such as Samuel A. Mitchell, Jacob Monk, and teams such as Timothy Ensign & B. W. Thayer--putting special emphasis on map design, materiality, and intertextuality." Thursday 7 pm, Palamountain Hall - free

Looking ahead to the weekend...

Sunday: The Troy Chowderfest is on Sunday. More than 30 restaurants will be set up at booths in Riverfront Park selling samples. Sample tickets are $1 each. Also: music and kids activities. Sunday noon-4 pm - free admission

Music

Monday: Walter Salas-Humara at The Low Beat
From The Silos. 8 pm - $10

Tuesday: Hugh Masekela & Vusi Mahlasela at The Egg
South African music icons. 7:30 pm - $34

Thursday: John Hiatt at The Egg
Multi-genre singer/songwriter. 7:30 pm - $34.50

Thursday: Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons at The Palace
Rescheduled from this past spring. 7:30 pm - $39 and up

Thursday: Mikaela Davis at Parish Public House
Prog-pop harpist/singer/songwriter. With: Bear Grass, Olivia Quillio. 8 pm - $10 ahead / $12 at door

Thursday: Heavy Trash at Helsinki Hudson
Rockabilly band with Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray. With: Bloodshot Bill. 8 pm - $19 ahead / $23 day of

Thursday: Carlene Carter at Caffe Lena
Daughter of June, grand daughter of Maybelle. 7 pm and 9 pm - $40

Thursday: Il Sogno Del Marinaio at The Low Beat
Includes Mike Watt. 8 pm - $15

Friday: Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer at Troy Music Hall
All stars on their instruments -- Thile on the mandolin, Meyer on the bass -- and collaborators with seemingly everyone. 8 pm - $27 and up

Friday: Martina McBride at The Palace
Pop country star. 8 pm - $41.75 and up

Friday: The Hello Strangers at The Linda
Roots rock/alt-country duo. 8 pm - $12

Friday: Ashley Bathgate at The Tang
Cellist, Bang on a Can All Star, and Saratoga Springs native. 7 pm - free (reservation required)

Saturday: Chance the Rapper at Skidmore
The fall Big Show. With: Sweater Beats, Young & Sick. 8 pm - $25 (on sale to public Oct 8)

Saturday: Richard Thompson at The Egg
Folk rocker. With: The Mastersons. 8 pm - $39.50

Saturday: Lacuna Coil at Upstate Concert Hall
Italian gothic metal. With: Devil You Know, Starset, Syka. 7 pm - $25 ahead / $28 day of

Saturday: An Evening of A Cappella with VoicePlay at EMPAC
Also featuring RPI student a cappella groups. 8 pm - $20 / $15 students

Saturday: Dead Winter Carpenters at Parish Public House
Alt-country string band. With: Ragliacci. 8 pm - $10 ahead / $12 at door

Saturday: Wild Adriatic at The Hollow
With: The Titanics. 9 pm - $10 ahead / $12 day of

Saturday: Professor Louie & the Crowmatix at Caffe Lena
"A night of rompin', stompin' roots rock, sweet ballads, and roadhouse blues." 8 pm - $20

Saturday: TriBeCaStan at The Linda
World music. 8 pm - $15

Saturday: Gary Lucas: The Goddess at MASS MoCA
"Magical" guitarist playing original live score to 1934 Chinese film The Goddess. 8 pm - $12 ahead / $18 day of

To do list

1. Think about getting a flu shot.

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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: The First (and Probably Last) Annual Feline Film and Video Festival for Humans