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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 (crazy nice), to YouthFX, to the Arctic ice, to geoengineering, to tulips, to music...

Weather

Here's the paraphrased forecast for this week:

Monday: Sunny and 84.

Tuesday: Cloudy and 75. Maybe some rain.

Wednesday: Sunny and 75.

Thursday: Sunny and 78.

Friday: Sunny and 77.

Weekend: And so on.

The nicest weather of the year so far.

Film

Blade Runner
Monday: The AFI 100 series at Proctors is showing Blade Runner on the GE Theater's very large screen. Monday various times - $5

YouthFX
Wednesday: The Spectrum is hosting an encore screening of the new slate of films produced by the YouthFX program, in which teens learn the skills of digital filmmaking and media. (The first screening sold out.) The filmmakers will be there for a Q&A following the screening. Wednesday 6:30 pm - $11 adults / $7 students

Singin' in the Rain
Thursday: The Palace will be screening the Gene Kelly classic Singin' in the Rain. The screening will also include an intro and Q&A with Patricia Ward Kelly, Gene Kelly's wife. Thursday 7 pm - $7

Stage

Hamlet
Tuesday-Sunday: Capital Rep's new production of Hamlet continues. The TU calls the production "Vivid, brisk, emotionally resonant and achingly tragic." Tuesday-Sunday various times - $20 and up

The Fortunetellers
Thursday: Artist Ellie Ga will be at EMPAC to perform The Fortunetellers, a narrative performance about her time on a research boat frozen in the Arctic ice. Blurbage:

The work mixes live storytelling, recorded sound, still images and film to bring new insight and intimacy to Ga's Polar adventure. Combining her memories with a curious mix of photographs, videos, annotated sketches, maps, and travel logs she archived along the way, Ga conjures up the rituals of daily life in the Arctic night. The Fortunetellers tells an eclectic mix of stories, from the history of the yoyo to the evolution of oceanic currents and their impact on planktonic life, all framed against a study of ancient and modern forms of fortune telling, which Ga uses as a metaphor for the past and future of the Arctic landscape.

Thursday 8 pm - $18

Arts and sciences

Low-power radio
Monday: Rutgers ethnologist Christina Dunbar-Hester, author of Low Power to the People: Pirates, Protest, and Low-Power Radio Activism, and and low-power community broadcasting activist Pete Tridish will be at the Sanctuary for Independent Media for a talk. Blurbage:

These radio activists consciously cast radio as an alternative to digital utopianism, promoting an understanding of electronic media that emphasizes the local community rather than a global audience of Internet users. Dunbar-Hester focuses on how these radio activists impute emancipatory politics to the "old" medium of radio technology by promoting the idea that "microradio" broadcasting holds the potential to empower ordinary people at the local community level.

Monday 7 pm - $10 suggested donation / $5 students

Geoengineering
Tuesday: Rutgers climatologist Alan Robock will be at UAlbany for a talk about geoengineering -- that is, attempting to influence the climate through intentional intervention. Robock sounds like a skeptic -- his talk is titled "Geoengineering (climate engineering) is not a solution to the global warming problem." Tuesday 8 pm, CESTM building (on Fuller Road) - free

Old valleys
Wednesday: State Museum geoarchaeologist Julieann Van Nest will be at the museum giving a talk about the origins of distinctive landforms in the North Country that were formed by enormous floods. Wednesday 7 pm - free

Tulip Festival

Looking ahead: This coming weekend is the annual Tulip Festival in Albany, with events Friday-Sunday in/around/near Washington Park, including traditions such as street scrubbing and the crowning of the Tulip Queen. And, as usual, there will be music on two stages, both national and local acts.

Mother's Day

It's Sunday. Your mom is the best, so if you don't have already have plans, you should make them now. (That's especially true if you're hoping to go out to eat somewhere that day -- if you don't have reservations, stop this very moment and make them.)

Music

Monday: William Tyler at The Lowbeat
From Lambchop and Silver Jews. With: Century Plants, Andrew Joseph Weaver. 7:30 pm - $10

Tuesday: Halestorm at The Palace
Re-venued from the Washington Ave Armory. With: Starset, The Pretty Reckless. 7:30 pm - $29.50 and up

Tuesday: Ari Hest at Caffe Lena
Singer/songwriter. With: Chelsea Berry. 7 pm - $22

Wednesday: Big Sean at Upstate Concert Hall
Rap star. With: Casey Veggies, Justine Skye. 8 pm - $35.75 ahead / $38 day of

Wednesday: The Sawyer Fredericks "The Voice" show at The Palace is sold out.

Thursday: Chelsea Grin + The Word Alive at Upstate Concert Hall
Deathcore + metalcore. With: Like Moths to Flames, Sylar, The Alaskan. 6:30 pm - $18 ahead / $20 day of

Thursday: Hal Ketchum at The Egg
Touring for a new album. 7:30 pm - $28

Thursday: Dangermuffin at Parish Public House
Jam. 9 pm - $10 ahead / $12 day of

Friday: Postmodern Jukebox at Upstate Concert Hall
New takes on covers. 8 pm - $25 ahead / $28 day of

Friday: Moonalice at The Linda
"A psychedelic, roots-rock band of seasoned musicians." With: Doobie Decibel System. 8 pm - $15

Friday: Heather Maloney at Helsinki Hudson
Singer/songwriter. With: Will Dailey. 8 pm - $15 ahead / $18 day of

Friday: Zuill Bailey at Troy Music Hall
"[A] stunning program from the cello repertoire." 8 pm - $25 and up

Saturday: Kopecky at The Hollow
Indie rock. With: Best Good Friends. 8 pm - $15 ahead / $20 at door

Saturday: John Pizzarelli + Jessica Molaskey at Helsinki Hudson
Jazz + Broadway. 9 pm - $75

Saturday: Peter Yarrow at Proctors
Of Peter, Paul, and Mary. 7:30 pm - $30 ahead / $35 day of

Saturday: Crown the Empire at Upstate Concert Hall
Metalcore. With: Volumes, Dark Matter, Adhara. 7:30 pm - $15 ahead / $17 day of

Sunday: In Flames at Upstate Concert Hall
"[W]orld-renown as one of the forefathers of Melodic Death Metal." (It's obviously the spring migration for metal bands.) With: All That Remains, Periphery. 7:30 pm - $20 ahead / $23 day of

To do list

1. Watch for tulips. The warm weather this week should be pushing a bunch of them into bloom. And if you want to check out the Washington Park tulips, it's a good idea to go a few days ahead of the Tulip Festival.

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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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