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Stuff to do this weekend

Wait, what? It's the weekend? Already.

Haven't made a plan yet? No worries.

We've pulled together our weekly (weekend-ly?) list after the jump.

Got something planned you don't see there? Drop it in the comments so the rest of us can see.

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

TNO
Friday: The last Friday of the month is Troy Night Out. This month it's Kids and Pets Night Out. Many shops will have little treats for human children and four-legged friends. A few things to check out:
+ A bike rodeo at Riverfront Park with free helmets (while supplies last).
+ The Arts Center of the Capital Region is hosting a jazz festival with local school bands. They're also hosting a street art program for kids, and an interactive art and game showcase.
+ Watch for Troybot sightings.

Freihofer's Run for Women
Saturday: The annual Freihofer's Run for Women is in downtown Albany. The race will feature "thousands of women of all ages and abilities who'll compete alongside many of the world's greatest long distance champions" in a 5k. (Last-chance registration is still open through Friday.) If you'd like to cheer on the runners, the course is different this year -- it will head up Washington Ave instead of Madison. The race begins at 9:30 am. Watch for road closures and parking restrictions.

Troy Bikefest
Saturday: Troy Bike Rescue's annual Bikefest is at the Sanctuary for Independent Media. There's a ride at 3 pm that starts at Freedom Square. At 5 pm Troy Samba will play, there's a burrito buffet and a cake auction. Proceeds benefit the Bike Rescue. Saturday starting at 3 pm - tickets are $20

Theater

Pippin
Friday-Sunday: The touring production of Pippin continues at Proctors. Blurbage:

The 2013 Tony Award winner for BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL is back for the first time since it thrilled audiences 40 years ago. With a beloved score by Tony nominee Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Wicked), Pippin tells the story of a young prince on a death-defying journey to find meaning in his existence. Will he choose a happy but simple life? Or will he risk everything for a singular flash of glory.

Friday-Sunday various times - $20 and up

The First Five Years
Friday/Saturday: Schenectady Light Opera's musical theater all-star game The First Five Years features some of the best regional performers recreating the best numbers from SLOC's first five years of shows in its downtown Schenectady home on Franklin Street. Friday and Saturday at 8pm - $20

Be Scene
Saturday: Schenectady Civic's annual Be Scene night is "An eclectic evening of individual scenes presented by local actors and directors. Assembled, the program creates a diverse evening spanning the full range of human emotions as envisioned by some of the world's finest playwrights." Saturday at 7:30pm - pay what you will

Dog Sees God
Friday/Saturday: Creative License theater company presents Dog Sees God - Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, a play that imagines the popular Peanuts characters as teenagers. Friday and Saturday at 8pm - $15

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Friday-Sunday: Christopher Durang's Tony-winning comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike continues this weekend at Curtain Call Theater. Friday and Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm - $24

Comedy

Spontaneous Broadway
Friday: The Mop & Bucket Company continues its season of Spontaneous Broadway in the Underground at Proctors. In the first act, performers improvise songs on the spot from audience suggestions. Then the audience selects one song and performers turn it into an entire improvised Broadway musical. Friday 8 pm - $14 / $6 for students & seniors

Comedy's Best Kept Secret
Friday: The Comedy's Best Kept Secret Tour comes to The Parting Glass in Saratoga Springs. A group of New York City comedians make a stop in Saratoga for a night of stand-up. This month's headliner is Simeon Goodson. Friday at 9pm - $15

Pretty Much the Best Comedy Show Ever
Saturday: The Pretty Much the Best Comedy Show Ever series at Proctors hosts NYC comedian, actress, and writer Brooke Van Poppelen. She's been been featured on @Midnight, John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, IFC's Comedy Drop, and currently hosts Hack My Life on truTV. Saturday at 8pm - $15

Roxxi Tart's Burlesque
Saturday: Roxxi Tart's 1920's Speakeasy Revue performs at Rocks in Albany. Saturday at 8pm

Lake George Elvis Fest
Friday-Sunday: The Lake George Elvis Festival returns this weekend with all things Elvis, including tribute artists, shows, collectibles, and contests. Friday-Sunday various times - various prices

Music

Friday: Christine Ohlman at Caffe Lena
"The Beehive Queen." With: Rebel Montez. 8 pm - $25

Friday: Shawn Mendes at Upstate Concert Hall
Pop. Recently opened for Taylor Swift. With: Jacquie Lee. 8 pm - $32.50

Friday: Gratefully Yours at The Hollow
"Gratefully Yours is a revolving All Star line up of Grateful Dead inspired musicians looking to make your set list come to life." 9 pm - $10 ahead / $12 day of

Friday: Big Eyed Phish at Parish Public House
"The ONLY full 7-piece Dave Matthews tribute in the country." 8 pm - $10

Saturday: Eastbound Jesus at Putnam Den
Album-release show. 9 pm - $12 ahead / $15 day of

Saturday: Uday Bhawalkar at Troy Music Hall
"Uday is a standard bearer of Dhrupad, a living & evolving North Indian classical music tradition." 8 pm - $10

Sunday: Lady Antebellum at SPAC
Country. With: Hunter Hayes, Sam Hunt. 7 pm - $30.50 and up (a GE Kids in Free show)

Film

The Room
Friday: It Came From Schenectady will screen The Room -- "The Citizen Kane of bad movies" -- in the GE Theater at Proctors.

The Room is not a movie. It's a phenomena. As with The Rocky Horror Picture Show and The Big Lebowski, in-the-know fans pack screenings armed with comic one-liners and peculiar props.

Whenever a framed photo of a spoon appears on screen, which it frequently does, audience members throw fistfuls of plastic cutlery. They also perform skits and comment loudly on the films many glaring artistic and technical faults.

Prizes, special guests, surprises and comfy couches. Friday at 7 pm - $9 / $6 for students.

They, Live
Friday/Saturday: The Madison Theater's cult film series presents They Live. Friday and Saturday at midnight

Life of Brian
Friday/Saturday: Insomnia Theater at the Saratoga Springs Bow Tie presents Monty Python's The Life of Brian. Friday and Saturday at 11pm

Here's looking at you, kid
Saturday/Sunday: Casablanca is this week's Movies and Mimosa film at the Saratoga Springs Bow Tie Cinema. Saturday and Sunday morning at 11am

Man and Superman
Sunday: The Spectrum is screening the National Theater production of Shaw's Man and Superman, starring Ralph Fiennes. Sunday at noon - $15

Drive ins
+ Jericho: Tomorrowland / Avengers
+ Hollywood: Tomorrowland / Pitch Perfect 2
+ Malta: Screen 1 - Tomorrowland / Pitch Perfect 2 | Screen 2 - San Andreas / Mad Max

Arts and sciences

Chris Hedges
Friday: Journalist Chris Hedges will be at the Sanctuary for Independent Media to talk about his new book, Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt. Blurbage:

Focusing on the stories of rebels from around the world and throughout history, Hedges investigates what it takes to be a rebel in modern times. Utilizing the work of Reinhold Niebuhr, Hedges describes the motivation that guides the actions of rebels as "sublime madness"--the state of passion that causes the rebel to engage in an unavailing fight against overwhelmingly powerful and oppressive forces. For Hedges, resistance is carried out not for its success, but as a moral imperative that affirms life. Those who rise up against the odds will be those endowed with this "sublime madness."

Friday 7 pm (5:30 pm fundraising dinner) - $10 / $5 students ($75 for fundraising dinner)

Tina Packer
Friday: Shakespeare expert Tina Packer will be at Northshire Saratoga to talk about her book Women of Will: Following the Feminine in Shakespeare's Plays. (Maybe you missed her talk as part of the NYS Writers Institute visiting writers series this past spring.) Friday 7 pm - free

Pride Week starts
Sunday: Capital Pride Week starts this Sunday with a barbecue at the Corning Preserve (2-5 pm - $5 suggested donation). Events continue throughout the next week and culminate in the Pride Parade and Festival next weekend.

Beach
The beaches at Moreau Lake State Park and Grafton Lakes State Park State are open for the season.

Thacher Park Annual Native Plant Sale
Saturday/Sunday: The Friends of Thacher State Park Annual Native Plant Sale returns to the park's overlook. "Choose from over 50 hard to find perennials, ferns, shrubs and small trees native to this region. Kid's crafts and face painting will entertain the younger visitors. Join a guided hike, talk with a beekeeper or meet staff from the Audubon Society, NYS Bluebird Society, Landis Arboretum or Friends of Thacher Park." Saturday/Sunday 10 am-3 pm each day

Museums/galleries

Fence
The latest version of the annual Fence show at the Arts Center of the Capital Region is now open for its 50th anniversary. The exhibit will be up through June 27 in the Arts Center's first floor gallery.

USS Slater
The USS Slater on the Albany waterfront is open for visits this weekend.

Triple Play
The Triple Play baseball exhibit is still running at the Albany Institute of History and Art. It includes 450 historical objects and images celebrating our passion for the sport.

The Arkell
The Arkell in Canojoharie currently has an exhibit focused on artist portraits and self portraits.

MASS MoCA
Among the exhibits currently on display at Mass MoCA:
+ Bibliothecaphilia - Art inspired by books and libraries.
+ Jim Shaw: Entertaining Doubts -- large scale paintings done on theatrical backdrops using contemporary figures from pulp novels to politics. The Boston Globe calls it "The show of the summer."

Berkshire Botanical Garden
The Berkshire Botanical Garden is open for the season. It's a nice day trip.

Farmers' markets
Capital Region farmers' markets are outdoors:
+ The Troy Waterfront Farmers Market will be on River Street on Saturday from 9 am-2 pm.
+ The Saratoga Farmers' Market will be in High Rock Park. Saturday from 9 am-1 pm
+ The Delmar Farmers Market opens for the season at Bethlehem Central Middle School. Saturday 9 am-1 pm
+ The Schenectady Greenmarket will be around Schenectady City Hall. Sunday from 10 am-2 pm.
+ The Spa City Farmers' Market will be outside the Lincoln Baths Sunday from 10 am-3 pm

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photo: Sebastien B