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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 (June-like), to film, to Pride, to summer free concerts, to all sorts of music...

Weather

Here's the paraphrased forecast for this week:

Monday: Cloudy, rainy, low 70s.

Tuesday: Cloudy, rainy, almost 80.

Wednesday: Sunny and 82.

Thursday: Sunny and 84.

Friday: Sunny and 83.

Weekend: Clouds, maybe rain and thunderstorms. Low 80s.

Like June.

Film

Raging Bull
Monday: The AFI 100 series at Proctors is screening the Scorsese/De Niro classic Raging Bull in the GE Theater. Monday 2:30 pm / 5 pm / 7:30 pm - $5

Palace Pride Film series
Wednesday-Friday: The Palace is showing a series of films related to Pride Week -- with post-screening discussions:
+ Wednesday: Transamerica, discussion with transgender actress/activist Calpernia Addams.
+ Thursday: Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine, discussion with activist James Clementi, spokesperson for the Tyler Clementi Foundation.
+ Friday: Out to Kill, discussion with star Tom Goss.

Wednesday-Friday at 7 pm each day - $15 per film, or $30 for all three

The Search for Freedom
Wednesday: The Spectrum is showing The Search for Freedom, a documentary about some of the biggest stars in action sports (skateboarding, surfing, and so on). After the screening, there will be a Skype Q&A with wingsuit base jumpers Glenn Singleman and Heather Swan. Wednesday 6:30 pm -

Capital Pride

The annual Capital Pride celebration continues this week at various locations. The big pride parade and festival is this Saturday, June 13.

Rockin' on the River, Alive at Five

The free summer concert series in Troy and Albany start up this week:

Rockin' on the River
Wednesday: Rockin' on the River in Troy opens in the parking area near the Green Island Bridge with The BBSTREETBAND, a Bruce Springsteen tribute act. Opener is Rich Ortiz. Wednesday 5 pm - free

Alive at Five
Thursday: Alive at Five opens its season in Albany at Jennings Landing in the Corning Preserve with The Bad Plus + Joshua Redman. Opener is The Chronicles. Thursday 5 pm - free

#captureALB

This year's downtown Albany art/place exhibition -- it's called #captureALB and will include 10 large picture frames set up around downtown -- will start popping up later this week. (It's the series that had previously been called Sculpture in the Streets.) Friday evening there's an outdoor party in Federal Plaza Park to celebrate the new exhibit (Friday 5:30 pm - $60 / $40 age 30 and under)

Music

Monday: Russel the Leaf at The Low Beat
"Progressive multi-genre pop music." With: Pinegrove, Desafinado. 7:30 pm

Wednesday: The Features at the Empire State Plaza
Alt rock. With: The Vaccines, Stellar Young. 5 pm - free

Wednesday: Arkells at The Hollow
Rock. 8 pm - $10.27

Wednesday: Glen David Andrews outside The Egg
"Made in the Shade" show with New Orleans band leader. noon - free

Wednesday/Thursday: Harry Connick Jr. at The Egg
Playing a show each night. 7:30 pm - $45 and up

Thursday: K Flay at The Hollow
Hip hop. With: Panic is Perfect. 8 pm - $10.27 ahead / $15 day of

Thursday: Charlie Hunter Trio at Helinki Hudson
"The Charlie Hunter Trio brings together the famed seven-string guitar wizard Charlie Hunter with longtime collaborators Bobby Previte on drums and Curtis Fowlkes on trombone." 8 pm - $20

Thursday: Cornmeal at Parish Public House
Bluegrass jam. With: Grassroots Rebels. 8 pm - $12 ahead / $15 day of

Friday: Milo Greene at The Hollow
Indie-ish pop. 9 pm - $15 ahead / $18 day of

Friday: Stephane Wrembel at The Egg
"Django A Go-Go 2015." 8 pm - $24

Friday: Megafauna at The Low Beat
Rock. (But are they charismatic megafauna?) With: Hammer Hawk, Good Fiction. 8 pm - $10

Friday: Sarah Lee & Johnny at Caffe Lena
Folk. 8 pm - $18

Friday: The Levin Brothers at The Linda
Jazz. 8 pm - $18

Saturday: The Avett Brothers/John Prine show at Ommegang is sold out.

Saturday: The Pop Ups at MASS MoCA
"Grammy-nominated electro-acoustic kindie pop duo." 11:30 am - $8

Saturday: Battle of the Bands at Madison Theater
First place gets $1000. noon-9 pm (finals at 7:30 pm) - $5

Sunday: Paul Weller at Upstate Concert Hall
The Modfather. 8 pm - $25 ahead / $28 day of

Sunday: Andy Statman Trio at Caffe Lena
Master on the clarinet and mandolin. 7 pm - $50

To do list

1. Start watching for strawberries, both at local farm stands and pick your own.

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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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