The week ahead
The Mythbusters stage show is at Proctors Tuesday.
Here are a few things to keep in mind, look forward to, or keep busy with this week, from the weather (November-ish and not), to Thanksgiving, to turkey trotting, to mythbusting, to museums, to music...
Weather
Here's the paraphrased forecast for this week:Monday: Sunny and 40.
Tuesday: Sunny and about 40.
Wednesday: Sunny, upper 40s.
Thursday: Sunny, mid 50s.
Friday: Some sun, near 60..
Weekend: Cloudy to start, maybe some rain. 50s to start, 40s by the end.
November-ish to start and then... not November-ish.
Thanksgiving
It's Thursday (of course). Though we now regard Thanksgiving as one of the major American holidays, it wasn't an official annual holiday until 1863 when it was made so by Abraham Lincoln (with a proclamation written by New York's William Seward). And the holiday wasn't officially fixed to the fourth Thursday of November by Congress until 1942.
New York: The Empire State was the first state to adopt an annual Thanksgiving day, beginning in 1817.
Mythbusters
Tuesday: Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage will be at Proctors for a live stage show called MythBusters Jamie & Adam Unleashed. It "promises to be an unexpected evening of on-stage experiments, audience participation, rocking video and behind-the-scenes stories." (The 14th and final season of the popular TV show starts in January.) Tuesday 7:30 pm - $30 and up
Turkey Trot
Thursday: The annual Troy Turkey Trot is Thanksgiving morning. Roughly 7,500 people will be running/walking/trotting through downtown Troy. The event includes a 5k, 10k, walk, and kids' mile. Online registration closes Monday just before midnight. Last chance registration is Wednesday in-person at the packet pickup.
Capital Hills dog walk
Thursday: The annual dog walk at the Capital Hills golf course in Albany is Thanksgiving morning. Donations will be collected for the Hudson Mohawk Humane Society. Never taken your dog to Capital Hills? It's a great place to walk during the winter -- lots of dogs, lots of space. Thursday 9-11 am - free
Museums
Got people in town and need to take them somewhere? You might hit up a museum:
+ The Albany Institute has a new exhibit -- Masterworks: 225 Years of Collecting. And you can also check out The Capital Region in 50 Objects. And museum admission is free Friday-Sunday this week as part of the Home for the Holidays program.
+ MASS MoCA has a handful of current exhibits -- and, of course, there's the huge Sol Lewitt retrospective. (There's also currently a car on site for collecting LEGO for Ai Weiwei.)
+ The Clark has a good permanent collection, and there's currently an exhibit about how works have been added to it.
+ The Norman Rockwell Museum is just over the border in Stockbridge.
+ The Arkell is an easy drive out west to Canajoharie. It currently has a display of winter landscapes, and exhibit of works by William Joyce.
+ The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls has exhibits of American printmaking and works by photorealist Audrey Flack. (And there's more to do and eat in Glens Falls.)
+ Baseball fans could probably spend most of the day at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
Music
Monday: Shinedown + Breaking Benjamin at TU Center
Hard rock. With: Sevendust. 7 pm - $39.75 and up
Wednesday: Stellar Young at The Hollow
With: The Late Shift. 9 pm - $10
Wednesday: Hamell on Trial at The Low Beat
One-man storytelling, comedy, music show. 6 pm
Friday: Marianas Trench at Upstate Concert Hall
Pop rock. 8 pm - $20 ahead / $23 day of
Friday-Saturday: Annie and the Hedonists at Caffe Lena
Playing both nights. 8 pm - $20
Friday: Grainbelt at The Low Beat
As it tradition. 6 pm
Saturday: George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic at Upstate Concert Hall
Funky. 8 pm - $25 ahead / $28 day of
Saturday: The Irish Rovers at The Egg
"[I]gnited the popularity of traditional Irish music in North America..." 7:30 pm - $34
Saturday: Don Byron and Friends at Helsinki Hudson
Soul and funk. 9 pm - $25
Sunday: Ballroom Thieves at Caffe Lena
Alt-country rock. 7 pm - $18
To do list
1. Start defrosting that turkey. (Seriously, don't wait.)
2. Give thanks.
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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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After getting up at stupid o'clock in the morning to duke it out with other shoppers for Black Friday deals, GO HIKING!!
Camp Little Notch in Fort Ann, NY is hosting a Gratitude Day November 27th from 11am to 5pm. Miles of trails. 80 acre lake. Cheeping birds and babbling streams. A warm cabin with snacks and hot drinks to retreat to.
The only holiday music you will hear is that song stuck in your head. Not much we can do about that.
CLN is about 12 miles from the Exit 20 Lake George Outlets - so you can shop on your way to the woods.
FB Event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1166292126719469/
Directions: http://www.camplittlenotch.org/directions/
... said Tess on Nov 23, 2015 at 8:39 AM | link
The School in Kinderhook is showing "Winter in America" featuring over 40 artists from 15 different countries. Along with unique and powerful photographs and ephemera from the Black Panther archives. - Through Spring 2016.
The School is open Saturdays from 11am-5pm.
http://www.jackshainman.com/school/
... said Jamie on Nov 23, 2015 at 9:41 AM | link
"Capital Hills dog walk: Thursday: The annual dog walk at the Capital Hills golf course in Albany is Thanksgiving morning"
Has anyone done this in the past? Fun? Nightmare? Thanks.
... said -S on Nov 23, 2015 at 11:20 AM | link
@-S: I haven't been in the past. But, generally speaking, the dogs at the golf course tend to be well behaved (for the most part). And the place is so big that if the scene turns out to be something that doesn't work for you, there are plenty of places you could go away from other people (the back nine doesn't seem to get as many walkers as the front).
... said Greg on Nov 23, 2015 at 1:00 PM | link