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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 (lots of snow to start), to Laverne Cox, to Peter Carey, to entrepreneurs, to Hannibal Buress, to cooking classes, to music...

Weather

Here's the paraphrased forecast for this week:

Monday: Lots of snow. Maybe 14 inches by the time it's over Monday night. Highs around 17.

Tuesday: Sunny and 19.

Wednesday: Cloudy, maybe some snow. Highs around 30.

Thursday: Sunny and 19..

Friday: Sunny and 16.

Weekend: Cloudy, low 20s.

There's a winter storm warning for Monday. The Capital Region is pegged for 10-14 inches.

This isn't a coastal storm, and those tend to be a bit more predictable. NWS Albany calls it "a high confidence forecast." Or, to put it another way: The NWS probabilistic snowfall accumulation map has Albany in a zone with a 95 percent chance of at least 8 inches of snow.

Laverne Cox

Tuesday: Actress and transgender activist Laverne Cox will be at UAlbany for a talk. Cox is famous for playing the role of Sophia on Orange is the New Black. Her talk at UAlbany, part of the university's sexuality week, is titled "Ain't I a Woman." Tickets for the performance hall where Cox is appearing are only available to UAlbany students, but the general public is welcome to watch a live feed in the uptown campus Lecture Centers 7 and 18 and Campus Center Ballroom. Tuesday 8 pm - free

Arts and sciences

Single payer health system
Monday: Albany Medical College's Chapter of Students for a National Health Care Program is hosting a debate at The Linda about single payer healthcare and the future of American health care. Monday 7 pm - free

Peter Carey
Tuesday: Author Peter Carey -- a two-time winner of the Man Booker Prize -- will be at UAlbany as part of the NYS Writers Institute visiting writers series. He'l be talking about his new book, Amnesia. Blurbage:

Carey's newest novel is Amnesia (2015), a cyber-terrorism political thriller that explores Australia's history and politics, and its quasi-colonial relationship with the United States, during three different periods of recent history: the 1940s, the 1970s, and the present-day era of cybersecurity, hackers, and WikiLeaks.

Tuesday 8 pm, uptown campus, Lecture Center 20 - free

Entrepreneurs
Tuesday: Albany Law is hosting a discussion about women in entrepreneurship with Colleen Costello of Vial Vio; Elizabeth Coco, entrepreneur-in-residence at UAlbany; Annmarie Lanesay of Greane Tree Technology; Rose Miller of Pinnacle Human Resources; and angel investor Christine Tate. Tuesday 5:30 pm, Dean Alexander Moot Courtroom - free

Monica Bill Hughes
Tuesday: Local visual artist Monica Bill Hughes will be at Sage's Opalka Gallery in Albany to talk about her work. From her website:

My paintings and drawings probe notions of femininity, sexuality, and vulnerability. A cast of hybrid, female characters inhabit odd, yet familiar domestic spaces. Using imagery found in cookbooks, medical textbooks, vintage porn magazines, and household catalogs, I synthesize and reimagine the female body. After extracting imagery from its original context, I knit together a new variation on the female nude. The women I create are powerful yet vulnerable, fulfilled yet unsettled, perhaps even insatiable.

Her talk is the first in the spring season of Sage's Artist Lecture Series. Tuesday 6:30 pm, Sage Albany campus, Opalka Gallery - free

Let the Fire Burn / Jason Osder
Friday: Documentary director Jason Osder will be at UAlbany as part of the NYS Writers Institute visiting writers series. He'll there for a screening of, and talk about, his film Let The Fire Burn. The doc is about the Philadelphia black-liberation group MOVE and the bombing of its headquarters in 1985 by the Philadelphia police. Friday 7 pm, downtown campus, Page Hall - free

Hannibal Buress

Thursday: Comedian Hannibal Buress will be at The Egg for a stand-up show. (Rescheduled from November.) Buress has been showing up all over TV during the last few years. He's had his own special on Comedy Central, co-stars on The Eric André Show during Adult Swim, is part of the cast of Broad City, guested on Louie, Bob's Burgers, The Mindy Project, and also made appearances on the late night shows. Thursday 8 pm - $28

Stage

How Water Behaves
Capital Rep's production of Sherry Kramer's How Water Behaves continues this week. Blurbage:

It all begins when sweet Nan and her out-of-work webmaster hubby, Steve, realize they can't afford to keep up the extravagant gift giving that has become their family's tradition. In an effort to make everyone happy, they announce that they have made a gift to a charity in everyone's name. Except it's a fictitious charity. No problem -- until the website that Steve creates to seal the deal becomes prey to cyberspace hijinks, with deliciously funny and unpredictable results.

The production runs through February 8. various times - $20 and up

From Here To Eternity: The Musical
Thursday/Friday: A touring production of From Here To Eternity: The Musical will be on the Proctors main stage. The musical is based on the James Jones novel. Blurbage: "Pearl Harbor, 1941, where the girls sing 'don'cha like Hawaii;, the men of G Company sing the blues, and where even on an army base, love and desire are never very far away." Thursday/Friday various times - $15 / $10 students

Cooking

This time of year can be a good time to take a cooking class...

Wild game
Wednesday: The Deanna Fox will be at Different Drummer's Kitchen at Stuyvesant Plaza leading a class about wild game dishes -- roasted venison, Thai red curry with duck, wild boar chile Colorado, wine-braised rabbit.
Wednesday 6 pm - $65

Gourmet burgers
Wedneday: Gio Culinary Studio has a class about gourmet burgers lined up -- fresh-ground steak burger, duck bacon, fresh-baked semolina bun, crispy french fries, roasted tomato aioli, quick pickles. Wednesday 6:15 pm - $65

Pork 102
Wednesday: Joe Marosek will be at Spoon & Whisk in Clifton Park leading a class about pig, nose to tail -- slow-roasted pulled pork shoulder, bone-in pork chops with chipotle sweet potato mash; Mediterranean braised pork shanks. Wednesday 7 pm - $45

Heron Hill wine and food pairing
Thursday: Eric Frarey of Heron Hill Winery, in the Finger Lakes, will be at Market Bistro in Latham for a wine and food pairing class -- fruit and cheese with Eclipse White, scallop fennel orange salad with Dry Riesling,
3 cheese ravioli with Chardonnay, grilled chipotle beef with Cabernet Franc, dessert. 6 pm - $50

Music

Thursday: Genevieve at The Hollow
The singer from Company of Thieves. 8 pm - $10 ahead / $12 day of

Friday: Get The Led Out at The Palace
Led Zep tribute act. 7:30 pm - $28.50 ahead / $30.50 day of

Friday: Wild Adriatic + Conehead Buddha at The Hollow
9:30 pm - $12 ahead / $15 day of

Saturday: Steve Earle at MASS MoCA
Folk/country/rock singer/songwriter. 8 pm - $22 ahead/$28 day of

Saturday: Steve Wynn + Richard Barone at The Low Beat
80s alt-rock songwriters. 8 pm -

Saturday: Linda Eder at Troy Music Hall
Started on Broadway before solo career. 8 pm - $32 and up

Saturday: Livingston Taylor at Caffe Lena
From the famous musical family. 7 pm - $50

Saturday: Jay Farrar at The Egg
Founding member of Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt. 8 pm - $24

Saturday: Awkwafina at Proctors
Rapper, Girl Code panelist. (And former UAlbany student.) 8 pm - $20

Saturday: Charlie Hunter Trio at Parish Public House
Featuring Curtis Fowlkes and Bobby Previte. 8 pm - $15

Sunday: Live and Let Die: A Symphonic Tribute to the Music of Paul McCartney and the Beatles at Proctors
Four-piece band + orchestra + Beatles/Paul McCartney music. 8 pm - $39 and up

To do list

1. Shovel.

2. If you'd like to go out on Valentine's Day, it's a good idea to get a reservation now.

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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 via Hannibal Buress website