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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 (drippy), to film, to authors and entrepreneurs, to art, to comedy, to music...

Weather

Here's the paraphrased forecast for this week:

Monday: Sunny, mid 50s.

Tuesday: Cloudy, probably some rain, 60.

Wednesday: Repeat, mid 50s.

Thursday: And again.

Friday: And again.

Weekend: Sun, around 60.

Drippy.

Stories

Monday: The Front Parlor storytelling series returns to the Olde English in Albany. This month's theme: mistaken identity. Monday 7:30 pm

Film

Rocky Horror
Monday: The Palace's movie series is screening The Rocky Horror Picture Show with live shadowcast The Kids of Albany. Monday 7 pm - $7

Metropolis
Wednesday: The Albany Public Library's Silent Film Spectacular series will be screening the Fritz Lang classic Metropolis with live score by lastdayshining. Wednesday 7 pm, main library - free

Film Columbia

Wednesday: The Film Columbia film festival opens in Chatham. The festival runs through Sunday, and includes a bunch of films that are already getting attention because of screenings at other festivals and/or they're eagerly awaited because of stars or directors involved. (If you'd like to attend one of the screenings, try to get tickets ahead, because many screenings sell out.) individual tickets start at $12

Arts and sciences

Steve Case
Tuesday: Steve Case -- of AOL fame -- will be at RPI as part of a daylong program called "Investing in Entrepreneurship." He'll be talking with Shirley Ann Jackson for a conversation titled "Cultivating Data Driven Entrepreneurship." (We can only hope she asks whether he still uses an AOL email address.) Tuesday 3 pm, EMPAC - registration required

Poets
Tuesday: Three poets -- Edward Hirsch, Kimiko Hahn, and Marie Howe -- will be at UAlbany for a reading and discussion about "the importance and future of poetry" as part of the NYS Writers Institute visiting writers series. Tuesday 8 pm, uptown campus, performing arts center - free

Michelle Alexander
Wednesday: civil rights lawyer/advocate/legal scholar Michelle Alexander will be at Skidmore for a talk. Alexander is the author of the book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. Wednesday 7:30 pm, Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall - free

Kate Stoneman Day
Wednesday is Albany Law's Kate Stoneman Day, which honors the school's first female graduate and the first woman admitted to the bar in New York State. The keynote as this year's celebration will be from Navanethem Pillay, the former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Wednesday 5 pm, Moot Courtroom - registration required

Kiese Laymon
Thursday: Author Kiese Laymon will be at Saint Rose as part of the Frequency North series. Blurbage:

Born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, Laymon is the author of a novel, Long Division, and a collection of essays, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America. Long Division was named one of the Best Books of 2013 by Buzzfeed, Salon, Guernica, Chicago Tribune, MSNBC, Library Journal and the Crunk Feminist Collective among numerous other publications.

Laymon has also written for outlets such as Gawker and ESPN. Thursday 7:30 pm, Events and Athletics Center - free

Mike Glier
Tuesday: The Opalka Gallery at the Sage Colleges opens a retrospective exhibition of work by artist Mike Glier, "Meander, Because You Don't See Much at a March / Mike Glier 1979 - 2013."

Friday: Glier will be at the gallery for a talk and reception. Friday 7 pm - free

Looking ahead to the weekend...

Saturday: Comedian Amy Schumer will be at The Palace for a stand-up show. Schumer's Comedy Central series has gotten good reviews over two seasons. And a movie she wrote and stars in -- and directed by Judd Apatow -- is set to be released next year. Saturday 8 pm - $37.50 and up

Music

Monday: The Milk Carton Kids & Sarah Jarosz at The Egg
Bluegrass, featuring Samson Grisman, Alex Hargreaves, and Nathaniel Smith. 7:30 pm - $27.50 ahead / $30 day of

Monday: Ian McLagan at The Linda
Longtime rock organ veteran, collaborator with The Rolling Stones. Not a fan of Green Day. 8 pm - $20

Tuesday: Robin Trower at The Egg
Veteran rock guitarist. 8 pm - $34.50 and up

Tuesday: The Phuss at The Low Beat
"Fast, loud, dirty rock and roll" from Texas. With: The Fire Trail. 9 pm -

Thursday: Courtney Barnett + San Fermin at Upstate Concert Hall
Australian singer/songwriter + baroque pop band. With: Mikhael Paskalev. 8 pm - $13 ahead / $15 day of

Thursday: Allen Toussaint and Preservation Hall Jazz Band at MASS MoCA
New Orleans R&B and jazz. $28 and up, ahead / $36 and up, day of

Thursday: Cabinet at The Hollow
Bluegrass/Americana. With: Black Fox River Project. 8 pm - $12 ahead / $15 day of

Friday: Primus at The Palace
With: The Fungi Ensemble. 8 pm - $29.50 and up

Friday: Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn at Troy Music Hall
Banjo star couple. 8 pm - $25 and up

Friday: Lip Talk (nee Railbird) at The Low Beat
They'll also be at Helsinki Hudson Saturday. With: Better Pills, Alexander Turnquist. 9 pm

Friday: Less Than Jake at Upstate Concert Hall
Ska. With: The Interrupters, And We Danced, Firestarter. 7:30 pm - $16 ahead / $18 day of

Friday: Johnny Mathis at Proctors
On the main stage. 8 pm - $20 and up

Saturday: Postmodern Jukebox at Troy Music Hall
Pop song cover/re-interpretation act. 8 pm - $29

Saturday: A Night of Murder Ballads at Caffe Lena
"[A]n evening of grisly, gruesome and goofy songs about bad things happening to good people." 8 pm - $20

Saturday: You Me at Six at Upstate Concert Hall
Rock. With: Young Guns, Stars in Stereo, This Renaissance. 7:30 pm - $15 ahead / $17 day of

Saturday: Turkuaz at Putnam Den
"Nine-piece power-funk group." With: Primate Fiasco. 9:30 pm - $8 ahead / $12 day of

Saturday: The Arch Stanton Quartet at Parish Public House
Jazz, album release show. 8 pm

Saturday: Empire State Youth Orchestra at The Egg
Playing work American composers. 7 pm - $20

To do list

1. Rake the leaves.

2. Get the winter coat cleaned.

3. 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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