All Over Albany

The week ahead

Here are a few things to keep in mind, look forward to, or keep busy with this week, from the weather (cool start), to words, to cities, to classes, to comedy, to music...

Weather

Here's the paraphrased forecast for this week:

Monday: Some sun, upper 50s. Windy.

Tuesday: Some sun, small chance of rain, mid 60s.

Wednesday: Repeat.

Thursday: Sunny and low 70s.

Friday: Sunny and 73.

Weekend: Sun and 70s.

Cool start.

Words

Front Parlor
Monday: The Front Parlor storytelling series returns to the Olde English in Albany. This month's theme is "working." Monday 7:30 pm

Nitty Gritty
Tuesday: The Nitty Gritty Poetry Slam series is at The Low Beat. Tuesday 7 pm

Cities

Troy For Rent
Tuesday: The annual Troy For Rent event will be showcasing properties in downtown Troy. "A historic walking tour hosted by P. Thomas Caroll of the Burden Ironworks Museum, will showcase many unique properties currently for rent, while giving a brief history of properties in downtown Troy." Tuesday 9-11 am -- free (registration required)

Walk [Your City]
Wednesday: Walk [Your City] founder Matt Tomasula will be the featured speaker at the Albany Roundtable annual meeting at the University Club. Tomasula is an expert at conducting "DIY urbanism" projects. Wednesday 6 pm -- $40

Warehouse District architecture tour
Wednesday: The Historic Albany Foundation has a walking tour of Albany's Warehouse District. It will touch on some of the anchor buildings of the neighborhood, including the Nipper Building, the Argus Press Building, Adam Ross Cut Stone, and others. Wednesday 5:30 pm -- $10

Classes

Sushi
Monday: Yasuo and Kathy Saso will be at Different Drummer's Kitchen leading a hands-on intermediate class about making sushi. Monday 6 pm -- $65

Maximizing your garden
Wednesday: Capital Roots has a class about planning a successful garden in limited space. "Topics covered will include preparing your soil, creating an optimal garden layout, selecting space-saving and easy to grow plant varieties, trellising and vertical growing methods, and succession planting to maximize your growing season." Wednesday 6 pm, Eddy Village Garden in Cohoes -- $5

Fresh pasta
Thursday: Gio Culinary Studio has a hands-on class about making fresh pasta from scratch. "Students will learn all about making a no-fail perfect past dough, and create various pasta shapes, some by hand, and some with the assistance of a pasta machine attachment. Each pasta will be paired with its own unique sauce. We will be using all scratch ingredients, professional and traditional techniques, that can be easily duplicated at home." Thursday 6:15 pm -- $60

Rickey Smiley

Thursday: Comedian Ricky Smiley will be at The Palace for a stand-up show. Thursday 8 pm -- $35

Music

Tuesday: Dark Star Orchestra at The Egg
Grateful Dead tribute. 7 pm -- $32.25 ahead / $36.25 day of

Wednesday: Justin Hayward at The Egg
From The Moddy Blues. With: Mike Dawes. 8 pm -- $49.50 and up

Wednesday: Rhapsody & Rhythm - The Gershwin Concert Experience at Proctors
"Rhapsody & Rhythm is the official multimedia concert event celebrating the ingenious music and legacy of George and Ira Gershwin." 7:30 pm -- $20 and up

Wednesday: Whitechapel at Upstate Concert Hall
Metal. With: Fit For A King, The Plot In You, Enterprise Earth. 6:30 pm -- $20 ahead / $25 day of

Thursday: The Milk Carton Kids at Troy Music Hall
Folk. With: Margaret Glaspy. 7:30 pm -- $29 and up

Thursday: Roger McGuinn at The Egg
From The Byrds. 7:30 pm -- $35

Thursday: Dreamers at The Upper Room
Rock. (The Upper Room is the new venue in the old Jillian's building.) 7 pm -- $10.27 ahead / $15 day of

Thursday: Normal Instruments at The Hollow
Jam. With: Solaris. 10 pm -- $12 ahead / $15 day of

Friday-Sunday: Rock'n Derby at Schaghticoke Fairgrounds
Lineup includes Five Finger Death Punch, A Day to Remember, Halestorm, Shinedown, Coheed and Cambria, and many others. Friday-Sunday -- day passes from $56

Friday: The Figgs + The Upper Crust at Helsinki Hudson
Power pop + guitar-heavy rock. 9 pm -- $18 ahead / $22 day of

Friday: Sultans of String at Proctors
"Acoustic strings meet with electronic wizardry to create layers and depth of sound..." An 8th Step show. 7:30 pm -- $24 and up

Friday: Hammer Hawk at The Low Beat
Album release show. With: Victory Soul Orchestra, Veneer, Slaughterhouse Chorus. 8 pm

Friday: Jim Gaudet and The Railroad Boys
Album release show. 8 pm -- $15

Friday: Jimkata at The Hollow
Electro rock. With: The Hornitz. 9:30 pm -- $12 ahead / $15 day of

Saturday: Caffe Lena Anniversary Concert at the Zankel Center
Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys, Sean Rowe, Anna & Elizabeth, The Suitcase Junket. 7 pm -- $25 and up / students $15

Saturday: Golden Oldies Spectacular at Proctors
Charlie Thomas' Drifters, Shirley Alston Reeves' Shirelles, The Coasters, and others. 7 pm -- $35.75 and up

Saturday: Empire State Youth Orchestra at The Palace
The youth orchestra, wind orchestra, and CHIME. 7:30 pm -- $23 / $13 students and seniors

Saturday: Commander Cody at The Hangar
With: The Lustre Kings. 8 pm -- $20

Saturday: Phil Ochs Song Night at The Linda
Annual event, hosted by Sonny Ochs and Wanda Fischer. 8 pm -- $18

Sunday: Joywave at The Hollow
Indie rock. With: Cheerleader. 8 pm -- $15 ahead / $18 day of

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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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