The week ahead
Blue Man Group is at Proctors this week.
Here are a few things to keep in mind, look forward to, or keep busy with this week, from the weather (not cold!), to documentaries, to Blue Man, to urban revitalization, to authors, to music...
Weather
Here's the paraphrased forecast for this week:Monday: Cloudy, upper 30s.
Tuesday: Cloudy, mid 40s.
Wednesday: Sunny, mid 40s.
Thursday: Repeat.
Friday: Sunny, low 40s.
Weekend: 40s.
It's like spring is out there somewhere.
Film
Matisse
Monday: The Spectrum is showing Matisse, a documentary based on the popular exhibit ""Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs" that ran at the Tate and MoMA. Monday 7 pm - $15
Ballet 422
Tuesday: Proctors is showing Ballet 422, "an unembellished vérité portrait" that follow Justin Peck's work to create a new ballet for the New York City Ballet. Tuesday various times (including 7:30 pm) -
The Throwaways
Wednesday: Local filmmakers Bhawin Suchak and Ira McKinley will be at Skidmore for a screening of their doc The Throwaways, with a discussion following. (Earlier on AOA: Four ideas for changing things for the better in marginalized communities.) Wednesday 7 pm, Palamountain Hall - free
Blue Man Group
Tuesday-Wednesday: A touring production of Blue Man Group will be at Proctors to two shows on the main stage. The Blue Men will presumably be doing Blue Man things. Tuesday-Wednesday 7:30 pm - $25 and up (looks like it's close to being sold out)
Souvenir
Tuesday-Sunday: Capital Rep continues its new production of Souvenir. The comedy with music is based on the story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a wealthy amateur soprano... who couldn't sing. The production runs through March 22. Tuesday-Sunday various times - $20 and up
Stories
Front Parlor
Tuesday: The Front Parlor storytelling series returns to the Ale House in Troy. This month's theme: "family affair." Tuesday 7:30 pm
Storytime Time
Wednesday: Storytime Time -- a series of stories that are both funny and true -- is back at Cafe NOLA in Schenectady. Wednesday 7 pm - $5
Arts and sciences
Surfaces
Monday: Harvard professor Giuliana Bruno will be at EMPAC for a talk about surfaces. Blurbage:
Arguing against the prevailing association of surfaces with shallowness and superficiality, Bruno uses examples such as faces and facades, as well as screen surfaces, to suggest that surfaces are carriers of information, history, and politics.
Monday 7 pm - free
Majora Carter
Tuesday: Urban revitalization strategist Majora Carter will be at Skidmore for a talk. Blurbage:
Carter has based her career on the idea that quality of life and poverty alleviation are at the root of solutions to most problems that individuals and societies face. How we address those challenges is open for debate, and her work has continually challenged assumptions of what is possible.
Carter is also a real estate developer and Peabody Award-winning broadcaster. She is responsible for the creation and successful implementation of numerous green-infrastructure projects and policies, and job training and placement systems.
Tuesday 5:30 pm, Palamountain Hall - free
Caryl Phillips
Tuesday: Award-winning British novelist Caryl Phillips will be at UAlbany as part of the NYS Writers Institute visiting writers series to talk about his new novel The Lost Child. Blurbage:
The Lost Child (2015), intertwines the life of Heathcliff, the dark-skinned orphan of Emily Brontë's classic Victorian novel, Wuthering Heights, with the modern tale of a young woman struggling to raise her interracial sons in the wild moors of northern England after she is cast out by her family for marrying a Caribbean man.
Tuesday 8 pm, uptown campus, Performing Arts Center - free
Cheryl Strayed
Thursday: Author Cheryl Strayed will be at HVCC to talk about Wild, her memoir about her 1,000-mile solo hike along the Pacific Coast trail. It was a best seller, part of Oprah's book club, and was made into a movie starring Reese Witherspoon that was released last year. (Strayed also wrote the popular Dear Sugar column for the Rumpus.) Tuesday 7 pm, Bulmer Telecommunications Center Auditorium (doors open at 6:15 pm) - free, but seating is limited and first come, first sit
Kent Russell
Thursday: Kent Russell, "author of adventurous first-person journalism," will be at UAlbany as part of the NYS Writers Institute visiting writers series to talk about his essay collection I Am Sorry to Think I Have Raised a Timid Son. Blurbage:
Essays in the new collection profile National Hockey League "enforcers"; the devoted followers of the cult "horrorcore" band, Insane Clown Posse; a businessman-turned-hermit who lives on a crocodile-infested island; a "self-immunizer" who subjects himself frequently to venomous snakebites; preeminent Hollywood horror movie make-up artist Tom Savini, known as the "Sultan of Splatter"; and the scrappy players who inhabit the cloistered world of "Amish baseball".
Thursday 8 pm, uptown campus, Science Library Standish Room - free
Looking ahead to the weekend
+ St. Patrick's is next week, so this weekend will be St. Patrick's Day (observed) at many places around the Capital Region. Example: The Albany St. Patrick's Day parade is Saturday.
+ Genericon returns to RPI Friday evening. Blurbage:
Genericon is a weekend-long, general convention run by the students of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. We feature a wide variety of attractions that run the gamut of geeky hobbies, including science fiction, gaming of all forms, and anime. Our events include panels by guest speakers, video gaming tournaments, role-playing games of both the pen-and-paper and live-action variety, and twenty-four hour showings of both science fiction classics and modern anime fresh from Japan.
It runs Friday evening through Sunday. Tickets are $30.
Music
Monday: Idlehands + Happy Body Slow Brain at The Low Beat
Alt rock / groove rock. With: Blokes, The Machina. 7 pm - $10
Tuesday: Les Violons Du Roy at Troy Music Hall
Chamber ensemble playing works by Haydn and Mozart. 7:30 pm - $40 and up
Wednesday: Caladh Nua at Troy Music Hall
Irish music. 7:30 pm - $20 and up
Thursday: Eric Church at the TU Center
Country star. 7 pm - $23 and up
Thursday: Melvin Seals at Putnam Den
Hammond B-3 organist, played in Jerry Garcia Band. 9 pm - $20
Friday: Talea Ensemble at EMPAC
Performing "Speicher," an evening-length concert work by German composer Enno Poppe. 8 pm - $18
Friday: New Riders of the Purple Sage at The Egg
"Cosmic psychedelic country-rock." 8 pm - $29.50
Friday: Snowapple at Caffe Lena
Dutch folk group. With: Fish & Bird. 8 pm - $16
Saturday: Terrance Simien at Massry Center
Grammy-winning Zydeco musician. 7:30 pm - $20 / $10 students
Saturday: Channel 3 at The Low Beat
Old-school SoCal punk. With: Aggressive Response, Capitle, Scuzz, Teenage Shred. 8 pm
Sunday: Taking Back Sunday at Upstate Concert Hall
Pop punk. The Menzingers, Letlive. 7 pm - $27.50 ahead/$30 day of
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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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Friday: Beppe Gambetta and Rushad Eggelston at Old Songs
A duo extraordinaire focusing on new original compositions inspired from traditions as well as revival pieces from European and American music. Acoustic guitar and cello. 8 pm - $23
... said Dan Roesser on Mar 8, 2015 at 6:15 PM | link
Chris Williamson is playing at Cafe Lena at 2PM on March 15th!
... said Cafe Lena on Mar 9, 2015 at 9:01 AM | link
The Women's 2015 America East Championship Game will be played Friday, March 13 at 4:30 p.m. at Albany’s SEFCU Arena.
http://www.americaeast.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=14000&ATCLID=209935626
The men are up the next day. Albany and Stony Brook will decide the 2015 league title on Saturday, March 14 at 11 a.m. on ESPN2. The winner will earn a trip to the NCAA tournament, where America East teams have eight wins, including two in the last three years.
http://www.americaeast.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=14000&ATCLID=209935625
... said Ron on Mar 9, 2015 at 9:25 AM | link
The musical comedy "The Marvelous Wonderettes" will be coming to the Albany area later this month. The show, which uses pop songs from the '50s and '60s to tell its story, pays homage to the high school songleader squads of the 1950s and includes colorful costumes, lots of humor and four-part harmonies on the songs.
In the play, Springfield High's Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and Suzy rally together to entertain their classmates when called upon to perform at their senior prom as a last minute replacement. They get together again at their high school reunion ten years later to reminisce and catch up. Some of the many songs they sing during the course of the musical include: "Lollipop"; “Dream Loverâ€; “Stupid Cupidâ€; “Lipstick on Your Collarâ€; “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Meâ€; "It’s My Party"; and "It’s In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)".
Presented by Our Own Productions, the play recently played off-Broadway. This show will be held at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 64 Mountain View Drive, Colonie, NY 12205. Show dates are March 20-22 and 27-29. Friday and Saturday shows are a 8 pm, and Sundays are at 2 pm. General admission tickets are $15.
For more information and tickets, go to ourownproductions.com, or call Susan Eliashuk at (518) 466-7159.
... said Al on Mar 9, 2015 at 6:18 PM | link