All Over Albany

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This week was brought to you by rain boots, garden plans and the scent of lilacs.

And, here at AOA, the week was brought to you by advertisers. There's no way any of this would be possible without them, so we hope you'll visit them and thank them in person.

This week we send out special thanks to Nine Pin Ciderworks, offering cheese and charcuterie in their tasting room, Wednesday through Saturday evenings and Sundays from 1pm to 6pm.

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Food and Drink

Snacks and movies
Tierra Coffee Roasters and the Madison Theater.Tierra treats are available at their Madison Avenue shop and at the Madsion Theater.

New World
New World Bistro Bar's new spring menu features seasonal specials like chicken fried quail and waffles, plus New World favorites.

Local, healthy, delicious
Honest Weight Food Coop. Eat healthy, eat local.

Catering
New World Catering, bringing small dinners, big parties and weddings to you.

Fine wine
Capital Wine at the corner of State and Lark Streets, with a wonderful supply of wines from around the world.

Ways to get where you're going

CDTA: whether it's work or play, CDTA can get you where you're going and safely back home again.

Capital Car Share. Share cars for just $8 an hour.

Stuff to do

Make stuff
Tech Valley Center of Gravity. This maker space in a renovated historic Troy building currently has co-working available for just $50 per month. The Center of Gravity also offers space, equipment, education and camaraderie to makers, hackers, crafters, tinkerers and artists.

Learn to dance
Fred Astaire Dance Studio. Learn to dance in 2016.

Music
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, presenting The Milk Carton Kids, this spring.

Museums
The Albany Institute of History and Art, mummies, art, history and now the home of Cafe Crisan.

Laughs
Mop & Bucket Improv Company, performing every Friday night at Proctors and at your special event.

Films
Spectrum 8 Theaters.

Places to Live

The Capital Team
Brian Brosen and Reggie Monroe at The Capital Team at Realty USA. Brian and Reggie can help out with your residential and commercial real estate needs in the Capital Region.

Harmony Mills
Harmony Mills Lofts in Cohoes -- Manhattan style loft living in the Albany area.

Helpful stuff

Staff Ciampino & Company, P.C.. Staff Ciampino can help you with your business and personal tax needs. They're also the sponsors of the All Over Albany Start Up Grant business contest, so they're not only good at what they do, they're awesome too.

Banking
Berkshire Bank, providing the $1,500 prize money for this year's AOA Startup Contest. Great rates on home equity loans.

Libraries
The Albany Public Libraries. Their mobile app helps you find library locations and hours, check your library card account, learn about upcoming events, download eBooks, audiobooks, music and more. You can even check ISBN bar codes on books, DVDs and CDs to see if the library owns what you need.