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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 (familiar), to small town conspiracies, to sushi, to the Warehouse Districts, to hidden gardens, to music...

Weather

Here's the paraphrased forecast for this week:

Monday: Sunny and 75.

Tuesday: Cloudy, probably rain, maybe thunderstorms. Mid 70s.

Wednesday: Sunny and 64.

Thursday: Sunny and 70.

Friday: Sunny and 72.

Weekend: Sun and 70s.

Very familiar.

Welcome to Night Vale

Monday: A live stage show from the popular Welcome to Night Vale podcast will be at The Egg. The podcast is about the ongoing strange happenings in a small town:

WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE is a twice-monthly podcast in the style of community updates for the small desert town of Night Vale, featuring local weather, news, announcements from the Sheriff's Secret Police, mysterious lights in the night sky, dark hooded figures with unknowable powers, and cultural events. Turn on your radio and hide.

Monday 8 pm - $30

Front Parlor

Monday: The Front Parlor storytelling series is back at The Olde English in Albany. This month's theme is "untold stories." Monday 7:30 pm

Cooking

Sushi
Monday: Yasuo and Kathy Saso will be at Different Drummer's Kitchen leading a hands-on class about making sushi. "Every student will have their own work station to learn the art of sushi." Monday 6 pm - $65

Bacon
Tuesday: Gio Culinary Studio has a class about making bacon. "Students will learn how to create 3 different types of delicious cured bacon, using readily available ingredients!" Tuesday 6:15 pm - $65

Warehouse District tour

Wednesday: Historic Albany Foundation's "Walkabout Wednesdays" series has a tour of Albany's Warehouse District lined up. Blurbage:

From a piano factory to Nipper, from a Silk City Diner to a utilitarian warehouse with Italian Renaissance flourishes designed by Marcus T. Reynolds, from the longest-surviving iron and steel company in Albany to an automobile-age International Harvester truck showroom, join us for a tour of industrial buildings in the area that separates downtown Albany from the North Albany neighborhood.

Wednesday 5:30 pm at Broadway and North Ferry - $10 (reservations required)

Hidden garden tour

Thursday: The annual hidden garden tour returns to Troy. The self-guided walking tour offers a look into backyard gardens in the neighborhoods around Washington Park. Proceeds benefit the Friends of Prospect Park. (There's also be a dinner benefit for the org at Carmen's that evening from 6-8:30 pm -- it's $33 for a prix fixe menu.) Thursday 4-7:30 pm - $10 (rain or shine)

Music

Monday: Brit Floyd at The Palace
"The World's Greatest Pink Floyd Show." 8 pm - $25 and up

Monday: Davy Knowles at The Low Beat
Blues-y rock. With: Sly Fox and The Hustlers. 7 pm - $9.77

Tuesday: Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Show at The Palace
What it says on the label. 8 pm - $29.50 and up

Tuesday: Montgomery Gentry at Upstate Concert Hall
Country. With: Back 40 Band. 8 pm - $10 ahead / $15 day of

Wednesday: Whitehorse at The Low Beat
Folk rock. 6 pm - $10

Wednesday: Quiet Company at The Hollow
Alt-rock. 9 pm - $7

Wednesday: The Story So Far at Upstate Concert Hall
Pop punk. With: Four Year Strong, Terror, Souvenirs. 7:30 pm - $20 ahead / $22 day of

Thursday: Steven Wilson at The Egg
From Porcupine Tree. 8 pm - $31.50 and up

Thursday: Bryan Thomas at The Low Beat
Along with Dan Tedesco, The E Block. 8 pm

Friday: Jason Isbell at The Egg
From the Drive By Truckers. 8 pm - $34.50 and up

Friday: Tech N9Ne at Upstate Concert Hall
Rap. With: Krizz Kaliko, Chris Webby, Murs, King 810, Zuse, Ishad Overdrive. 8 pm - $22.50 ahead / $25 day of

Friday: Jocelyn Arndt at The Hollow
Maybe you saw her at Tulip Fest. 8 pm - $10

Saturday: Brandi Carlile at The Palace
Alt-country. 8 pm - $29.50 and up

Saturday: The Lone Bellow at MASS MoCA
Alt-country. With: Arc Iris. 8 pm - $18 ahead / $24 day of

Saturday: Buffy Sainte-Marie at Proctors
Folk. With: Samantha Crain. 7:30 pm - $25 and up

Saturday: Annual Phil Ochs Song Night at The Linda
Lineup: Kim & Reggie Harris, Dom Flemmons, Greg Greenway, Sharon Katz, Colleen Kittau. 8 pm - $18

To do list

1. Summer is almost here -- next Monday is Memorial Day -- so it's a good time to get together some plans for trips or whatnot, even just a list a fun things you want to make sure to do this summer.
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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 Welcome to Night Vale FB