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Stuff to do this weekend

Far be it from us to jinx it, but it may actually feel like spring this weekend.

Shhhhh!

Temperatures will approach the 70 degree mark, and if you take a walk, you may even come across some crocuses. Croci? Whatever. They're pretty.

After the jump, a few other things you might want to try this weekend. Got other plans? Share them in the comments so everyone can see.

And whatever you're up to, have a lovely spring weekend.

Grown Up Egg Hunt
Sunday: The 4th annual Capital District Grown Up Egg Hunt is in Troy's Prospect Park. More than 3,000 eggs will be hidden throughout the park, stuffed with gift certificates for restaurants, shops, jewelry, beer vouchers, and more. Proceeds from this year's hunt will benefit Pints for Prostates and the Col. Albert Pawling Memorial Statue Project. Sunday 2:30-4:30 pm - $15

Come on down!
Friday: The Price is Right Live returns to The Palace. It's a live stage version of the long running TV game show. Friday 7:30 pm - $32.75 and up

Saratoga Tattoo Expo
Friday-Sunday: Saratoga City Center hosts the annual Saratoga Tattoo Expo, with local and international tattoo artists, contest, entertainment, awards and giveaways. Friday-Sunday: $10 day pass / $25 weekend pass

Albany All Stars Roller Derby
Sunday: The Albany All Stars take on the Central New York Roller Derby All Stars in a doubleheader at the Washington Avenue Armory. Sunday 1 pm - $12 / $4 for kids under 12

Downtown Albany Restaurant Week
Downtown Albany Restaurant Week starts Saturday. Fifteen restaurants will be offering three-course menus for $20.15. It runs through April 17. (Reservations are a good idea.)

Comedy

Improvapalooza
Friday: This week the women of MopCo perform an all-female Improvapalooza with songs, skits and games all created in the moment from audience suggestions. Friday at 8 pm - $14 / $6 for students and seniors

Theater

Little Women: The Musical
Friday-Sunday: Not So Common Players presents Little Women: The Musical, based on the classic novel, at the Clifton Park Halfmoon Library. Friday and Saturday at 8 pm, Sunday at 2 pm - free

Dancing at Lughnasa
Friday-Sunday: Troy Civic presents Dancing at Lughnasa, the award winning memory play about a family of sisters growing up in pre-WWII Ireland. Friday and Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 2pm - $15

Music

Friday: Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad at The Hollow
"[K]nown for folding the aesthetics of the jamband scene into the structures of reggae." With: Black Mountain Symphony. 9:30 pm - $12 ahead / $15 day of

Friday: Sweet Plantain Quartet at Troy Music Hall
"[B]rings classical training and instruments to bear on jazz & Latin composition, with virtuoso percussion & a touch of hip-hop." 8 pm - $27 and up

Friday: Gregory Alan Isakov at The Egg
"[C]ompositions that tell a story of miles and landscapes, and the search for a sense of place." 7:30 pm - $34.50

Friday: 4th Annual Gospel Jubilee at Proctors
"[S]ure to bring great joy and uplifting music to all in attendance." 7 pm - $20

Friday: Charlie Watts Riots at The Low Beat
With: The Sidd Finch Project. 8 pm

Friday: Christine Lavin, Don White & Bill Harley at Proctors
An 8th Step show. 7:30 pm - $28 ahead / $30 day of

Saturday: Golden Oldies Spectacular at Proctors
Featuring The Letterman, Darlene Love, The Duprees, The Marcels, Jay Siegel's Tokens. (Maybe you saw Darlene Love in 20 Feet from Stardom, or her annual Christmas appearance on The Late Show. The lady's got a voice.) Saturday 7 pm - $39.75 and up

Saturday: Robbie Krieger at The Egg
You know, from The Doors. 8 pm - $35.50 and up

Saturday: Pianoply at EMPAC
"Four accomplished pianists, four acoustically distinct venues and five grand pianos." 7:30 pm - $18

Saturday: Alice Stuart + Melissa Ferrick at Caffe Lena
"Two generations of powerful female guitarists." 8 pm - $28

Saturday: Ryan Montbleau Band at Helsink Hudson
"[B]luesy, soulful rock." 9 pm - $18 ahead / $20 day of

Saturday: Moon Boot Lover at Parish Public House
Jam. With: Bump. 8 pm - $10 ahead / $12 day of

Saturday: The Chubby Checker show at Vapor is sold out.

Sunday: Joan Armatrading at The Egg SOLD OUT
Longtime singer/songwriter. With: Melissa Ferrick. 7:30 pm - $38

Sunday: Tal National at Sanctuary for Independent Media
"Niger's most popular band." 7 pm - $10

Sunday: Anton Baranov at The Massry Center
Prizewinning Russian guitarist. 7:30 pm - $20 / $10 students

Sunday: Wild Ponies at Caffe Lena
"[U]nflinching country songs." 7 pm - $16

Film

Much Ado About Nothing
Friday: The NYS Writers Institute presents Kenneth Branagh's 1993 version of Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing. Friday 7:30 pm, Page Hall on UAlbany's downtown campus - free

Shakespeare's King John
Sunday: The Spectrum is screening the Stratford Festival's newest production of King John. Sunday at noon - $15 / $12 for kids

Stella Dallas
Saturday-Sunday: The Saratoga Springs Bow Tie Cinema's Movies & Mimosa film this week is the 1937 Barbara Stanwyck classic Stella Dallas. Saturday and Sunday at 11 am

"That rug really ties the room together"
The Saratoga Springs Bow Tie Cinema's Insomnia Theater flick this weekend is The Big Lebowski. Friday and Saturday 11:30 pm

The Seussical Family Fun Festival
The Saratoga Children's Theater presents a Seussical Family Fun Festival with games and entertainment for the whole family at the Saratoga Music Hall. Face painting, a cake walk, music, a dance party and more. Friday 6-8 pm - $5 kids / $15 adults

Accidents in a Very Busy Place: Kurt Vonnegut in Schenectady
Saturday: Mabee Farm and the Schenectady Historical Society will host a discussion on Kurt Vonnegut's time in Schenectady. Vonnegut worked in public relations for GE and spent some time as a volunteer firefighter in Schenectady. K.A. Laity, author and professor of medieval literature, film, gender studies, new media and popular culture at The College of Saint Rose, will discuss Vonnegut's time in Schenectady and how the Capital Region figured into his work. Saturday 2 pm -

Flowers
Saturday-Sunday: Flowers are coming soon to the Capital Region (assuming spring actually happens), but if you need some now, there's the 60th annual African Violet Show and Sale at St. Matthew's Church in Voorheesville. Saturday 1-4 pm / Sunday noon-4 pm - $3

Museums

Butterflies
There's only one more week to check out miSci's butterfly exhibit. It's an indoor butterfly house with brilliantly colored native butterflies. free with museum admission

Hart-Cluett house tour
Saturday: The Rensselaer County Historical Society is offering tours of the Hart-Cluett House on Saturday 2 pm - $10.

Black baseball entrepreneurs
Sunday: As part of the Triple Play baseball exhibit at the Albany Institute of History and Art, Michael E. Lomax will be talking about his book Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1902-1931: The Rise and Fall of the Negro National and Eastern Colored Leagues. Sunday 2 pm - free with museum admission

Canstruction
This is the last weekend for the Canstruction exhibit at the State Museum.

Earlier:
+ Day trip: Glens Falls and the Hyde Collection
+ Day trip: Williamstown and the Clark

Farmers' markets
Winter farmers' markets continue indoors:
+ The Troy Waterfront Farmers Market will be in the Troy Atrium in downtown Troy Saturday from 9 am-2 pm.
+ The Saratoga Farmers' Market will be at the Lincoln Baths on Saturday from 9 am-1 pm.
+ The Schenectady Greenmarket will be inside Proctors on Sunday from 10 am-2 pm.
+ The Spa City Farmers' Market will be in Lincoln Baths Sunday from 10 am-3 pm.

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