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Stuff to do this weekend

Welcome to another edition of Stuff to Do This Weekend -- the weekly post where we enumerate for you all sorts of, well, stuff you can do this weekend. The name is very apt.

This weekend's possibilities include jazz, cider, winter festivals, Tiffany glass, and butterflies -- and that's not even half of it.

Are we missing something you have planned? Tell us about it in the comments. And whatever you're up to, have a fantastic weekend.

Troy Night Out
Friday: This month's Troy Night Out celebrates the city's Tiffany windows.
+ Historian Tom Carroll will give a talk on Louis Comfort Tiffany and Troy's Tiffany windows.
+ St.Paul's Church will celebrate Louis Comfort Tiffany's birthday with cupcakes and a tour of its Tiffany widows.
+ The Arts Center for the Capital Region hosts a modern dance concert and an interactive gaming showcase by Tech Valley Game Space.

Here's the full schedule.

Gathering of the Farm Cideries
Saturday: Nine Pin Cider Works in Albany hosts the 2nd annual Gathering of the Farm Cideries. Eleven farm cideries will be offering cider made from New York apples. Sample unique batches and purchase ciders by the glass, growler, or bottle. two event sessions: Saturday from noon to 2pm and 4pm to 7pm --$15 ahead (and they're limited)

Schenectady Restaurant Week
Friday-Sunday: Restaurant week wraps up this weekend in Schenectady. Participating restaurants are offering $25-per-person prix fixe menus that include an appetizer, entree and dessert.

Saratoga Home and Lifestyle Show
Friday-Sunday: The annual Saratoga Rotary Home and Lifestyle Show is at the Saratoga City Center. More than a hundred exhibitors, along with prizes and special events. Friday 5 pm to 9 pm / Saturday 9 am to 7 pm / Sunday 10 am to 4 pm -- free admission

Deconstructing the Beatles
Saturday: Composer/producer Scott Freiman is at Proctors this weekend for a pair of his popular "Deconstructing The Beatles" lectures -- first about Rubber Soul and the other A Trip through Strawberry Fields. (Freiman's talks are pretty popular and usually sell out, so double check before you head out.) Saturday at 1:30 pm and 7:30 pm -- $35 / $10 students

Winter Carnival
Friday-Sunday: The Lake George Winter Carnival continues every weekend through the month of February. This weekend's events include a chicken wing cook-off, fireworks, helicopter rides and marshmallow toasting on the beach. Saturday and Sunday various times -- free admission

#BlackLivesMatter co-creator Alicia Garza at Skidmore
Saturday: Activist Alicia Garza will be giving a talk about the Black Lives Matter movement at Skidmore. Garza, along with Opal Tometi and Pattrisse Cullors, created #BlackLivesMatter on Twitter following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin. Saturday 5 pm, Palamountain Hall - free and open to the public

Stage

Glengarry Glen Ross
Friday-Sunday: Curtain Call Theater continues a production of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross -- the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a cutthroat world in which real estate salesmen vie for success. Leave the kids home for this one -- there's lots of adult language. Friday and Saturday 8 pm / Sunday 3 pm -- $24

Agnes of God
Friday-Sunday: Confetti Stage opens a production of Agnes of God in the theater at the Albany Masonic Hall. Friday & Saturday 7:30 pm / Sunday at 2 pm -- $15 / $10 students

I Am My Own Wife
Friday-Sunday: Creative License presents the Tony-winning one-man show I Am My Own Wife at the Albany Barn. The play explores the true story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, "a transvestite and celebrated antiques dealer who successfully navigated the two most oppressive regimes of the past century-the Nazis and the Communists-while openly gay and defiantly in drag." Friday and Saturday 7:30 pm -- $15

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Friday-Saturday: Home Made Theater in Saratoga presents a production of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Friday and Saturday at 8pm -- $24 / $27

Comedy

Paula Poundstone
Friday: Comedian Paula Poundstone brings her stand-up act to the Charles Wood Theater in Glens Falls. Friday 8 pm -- $59.50

Rory Albanese
Friday-Saturday: Rory Albanese -- executive producer of the The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, and a former Daily Show writer/executive producer -- is playing a string of stand-up shows at The Comedy Works in Albany. Friday and Saturday 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm - $15 ahead / $20 day of (show only)

Theatersports
Friday: It's the final round of the Theatersports season Proctors this week. Two teams compete against each other creating scenes and songs based on audience suggestions. Think Whose Line is it Anyway?. Friday 8 pm -- $14 / $6 students and seniors

Film

Missing People
Friday: Director David Shapiro will be at Page Hall on UAlbany's downtown campus for a NYS Writers Institute screening of his film Missing People. The film is a nonfiction mystery about a woman investigating her brother's unsolved murder. Friday 7 pm -- free

Classics
+ The Saturday and Sunday morning Movies and Mimosa classic at the Bow Tie is the Elvis movie Love Me Tender.

+ The Friday and Saturday late night Insomnia Theater at the Saratoga Bow Tie is The Breakfast Club.

Pecha Kucha
Friday: The Opalka Gallery on the Sage Albany campus is hosting another PechaKucha night. A lineup of speakers each present 20 slides and talk about each slide for 20 sections. Among the speakers: Andrew Kyrstopolski performing a 6 minute and 40 second set of music improvisation alongside his slide show, an improvised talk by artist and performer Gregor Wynnyczuk, and talks by Jon Turo of Druthers Brewing, artist Michael Oatman, novelist Elisa Albert, and writer Michael Janeiro. Friday 6:30 pm (doors), talks at 7 pm -- free

Roller derby
Saturday: The Albany All Stars take on the Rock Coast Rollers at the Washington Ave Armory. Saturday 7 pm - $10 ahead / $12 at the door / $4 kids 12 and under

Hoops

UAlbany men
Saturday: The UAlbany men's basketball team is at SEFCU arena for its last game of the regular season, against Hartford. Saturday 7 pm - $12 and up

UAlbany women
Sunday: The UAlbany women's basketball team takes on Hartford at the SEFCU Arena in its last game of the regular season. Sunday 2 pm - $5

Siena men
Sunday: The Siena men's basketball team faces Quinnipiac at the TU Center in its final regular season game. Sunday 2 pm - $8 and up

The Bridge Jazz Festival
Friday-Saturday: The Bridge Jazz Festival returns to the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall (Friday) and the Massry Center at Saint Rose (Saturday). This year's lineup includes Nnenna Freelon, Pierre Bensusan, the Tim Olsen and Eric Walentowicz Duo, Ellis and Delfeayo Marsalis, The No BS!Brass Band, and the Arch Stanton Quartet. Friday 7:30 pm and Saturday 7 pm - festival pass $60 / Friday only $28 and up / Saturday only $40

Music

Friday: The African-American History Celebration featuring the Gospel Gala Choir at The Palace
"Bringing the historical figures from the African-American experience back to life is the centerpiece for this years presentation." 7 pm - free

Friday: Thruway: A Sing Off! at Proctors
"Six a cappella groups will compete in a family friendly atmosphere, but only one will win." 7:30 pm - $15

Friday: Kaki King at The Egg
Guitarist with a multi-media performance "that uses an innovative projection mapping technique as her guitar seemingly takes on a living, breathing existence of its own." 8 pm - $25

Friday: Twiddle at Upstate Concert Hall
"[T]all tales over an intricate soundscape of hi-def shred." With: Formula 5. 8:30 pm - $17 ahead / $20 day of

Friday: Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez at Caffe Lena
Rock 'n soul. 8 pm - $25

Friday: Sarah Borges at Helsinki Hudson
"[P]unk-inflected noir-rock." 9 pm - $15 ahead / $18 day of

Friday: Dennis Stroughmatt et l' Esprit Creole at Old Songs
"[A] musical odyssey not so different from his own musical journeys into upper-Louisiana Creole culture." 7:30 pm - $23 / $5 kids 12 and under

Saturday: Dar Williams at Helsinki Hudson
Folk singer/songwriter. 9 pm - $25

Saturday: Sounds of Blackness at UAlbany
"[T]he ensemble's repertoire encompasses the stylings of jazz, blues, rock & roll, R&B, gospel, spirituals, hip hop, reggae and soul, and its message is one of hope, unity, love and peace for all humankind." 7 pm - free (registration required)

Saturday: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony at Upstate Concert Hall
Hip hop from back in the day. 9 pm - $25 ahead / $28 day of

Saturday: 518 Songfest at The Egg
Bryan Thomas, Ashley Sofia, Benjamin John, and Rhiannon's Lark (featuring Alyssa Yeager). 7 pm - $10

Saturday: Lucky Jukebox Brigade at The Hollow
Show celebrating the release of a new EP. With: Candy Ambulance. 8 pm - $10

Saturday: Mirk's 7th Bandiversary at Parish Public House
With: Good Fiction. 8 pm

Saturday: Kevin McKrell and company at Caffe Lena
With Kate McKrell, Brian Mellick, John Kirk. Opener: Kate MacLeod. 8 pm - $18

Saturday: Cabinet at Putnam Den
Bluegrass. With: Banshee Tree. 9 pm - $12 ahead / $15 day of

Saturday: From Broadway to the Concert Hall at Troy Music Hall
Albany Pro Musica show celebrating Broadway favorites. 7:30 pm - $25 and up

Sunday: Altan at Troy Music Hall
Traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm - $24 and up

Sunday: Woody Pines at The Low Beat
"Nashville troubadour." With: Tim Vee. 7 pm

Sunday: Dylan Perrillo Orchestra at Caffe Lena
With: Banshee Tree. 7 pm - $18

Russian Winter Festival
Saturday: The Polish Community Center on Washington Ave Extension hosts the annual Russian Winter Fest. A day of Russian music, food, crafts, dances, costumes exhibits and children's activities. Saturday noon to 6 pm -- $6 / children 5-12 $3 / under 5 free

Cooking

British Isles
Friday: Deanna Fox leads a Best of the British Isles cooking class on at Different Drummer's Kitchen. Friday 6 pm -- $65

Winter baking
Saturday: Caroline Barrett leads a hands-on winter baking class at Different Drummer's Kitchen. Saturday 1 pm -- $55

Sausage
Saturday: Hickory Hill Smoke House is offering an introductory sausage making class. Participants can take home 5 pounds of sausage they make. (Class size is limited so call ahead.) Saturday 9 am to noon -- $99

Road Trip
Spend a winter day in the Pioneer Valley or Saratoga Springs.

Museums
Winter weekends are great times to wander through one of the Capital Region's museums.

Butterflies
Saturday-Sunday: MiSci's butterfly house is now open. "Discover hundreds of brilliantly colored native butterflies." The exhibit continues through April 19. free with museum admission

Shakers
This is the next to last weekend to see the exhibit The Shakers: America's Quiet Revolutionaries at the State Museum. It closes on March 6.

Collecting and 50 Objects
You can check out the Masterworks: 225 Years of Collecting exhibit at the Albany Institute. And there'a also The Capital Region in 50 Objects exhibit.

Rockwell
The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls recently opened Norman Rockwell in the 1960s, featuring 21 illustrations and original magazine covers "created by the beloved artist during a decade of change and turmoil." (And while you're there, here are some fun places to eat in Glens Falls.)

+ If you're interested in more Norman Rockwell, you can head over to Stockbridge for the Norman Rockwell Museum.

Eye for Excellence
The Clark has a good permanent collection, and there's currently an exhibit about how works have been added to it.

Anachronism & Inaccuracy: The Challenges of Writing Historical Fiction
Saturday: The Schenectady Public Library hosts historical mystery writer Eleanor Kuhns talk on Anachronism & Inaccuracy: The Challenges of Writing Historical Fiction. Saturday 10:30 am -- free (the library does ask that you pre-register)

Skating
There are a bunch of places around the Capital Region for ice skating, both outside (maybe) and inside -- we recently updated our listing and map of ice skating spots.

Farmers' markets
Stop by a farmers market for something local and delicious:
+ Troy Waterfront Farmers Market is inside the Atrium. Saturday 9 am-2 pm
+ The Saratoga Farmers' Market is indoors at the Lincoln Baths. Saturday from 9 am-1 pm
+ The Schenectady Greenmarket is at its indoor location at Proctors. Sunday from 10 am-2 pm.
+ The Spa City Farmers' Market is inside at the Lincoln Baths Sunday from 10 am-3 pm

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