The week ahead
Weird Al will be at Proctors later this week.
Here are a few things to keep in mind, look forward to, or keep busy with this week, from the weather (still summer), to craft beer, to primary day, to stories, to authors, to music...
Weather
Here's the paraphrased forecast for this week:Monday: Sunny and 77.
Tuesday: Sunny and low 80s.
Wednesday: Sunny and around 80, maybe some showers.
Thursday: Sunny and 70.
Friday: Sunny and mid 70s.
Still summer.
Troy Restaurant and Craft Beer Week
Monday-Sunday: It's Troy Restaurant and Craft Beer Week. Restaurants around downtown Troy will be offering specials and there will be beer-focused events at many places.
Primary day
Tuesday is primary day, with a handful of local intra-party match-ups for various levels of government around the area. Don't know where to vote? Check with the state board of elections website.
Stories
Tuesday: The Front Parlor storytelling series is back at The Hangar in Troy. This month's theme is "Back in the Day." Tuesday 7:30 pm -- free admission
Arts and sciences
Joyce Carol Oates
Thursday: Author Joyce Carol Oates will be at UAlbany for the first event in the "Creative Life" series. She'll be talking on stage with WAMC's Joe Donahue and a Q&A with the audience will follow. Thursday 7:30 pm, Performing Arts Center, UAlbany uptown campus -- free
Strange and marvelous books
Thursday: Mark Dimunation -- chief of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress -- will be at Skidmore for a talk titled "Strange and Marvelous Books: Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press." It's this year's Fox-Adler Lecture. Thursday 5:15 pm, Palamountain Hall -- free
Albany's Rapp Road Community
Thursday: Mary DeWitt, Sara DeWitt, and Stephanie Woodard -- third and fourth-generation residents of Albany's Rapp Road Community -- will be at the Albany Institute for a talk about the historic residential area on the city's western edge that's been home to generations of African-American families after they moved to Albany during the Great Migration. Thursday 6 pm -- free
Wes Moore
Friday: Advocate/author/Army veteran Wes Moore will be at the Sage Albany campus for a talk. Moore wrote the best-selling memoir The Other Wes Moore and is host a show on OWN. Friday 7 pm, The Armory at Sage, Sage Albany campus -- free (registration required)
Outdoor movie
Thursday: The
Music festivals
Looking ahead to the weekend...
Pearlpalooza
Saturday: Pearlpalooza -- the annual day of music on Pearl Street in downtown Albany organized by WEQX -- returns. This year's headliner is Galactic. Warpaint, Maybird, Bassh, The Greeting Committee, and Rechorduroys fill out the lineup. (Here are samples of each act.) Saturday 1-8 pm -- free admission
Basilica Soundscape
Friday-Sunday: Basilica Hudson again hosts Basilica Soundscape, with music and art Friday and Saturday, and a brunch and marketplace on Sunday. This year's headliner is Explosions in the Sky. Friday-Sunday various times -- $40 day music pass / $75 weekend pass
Fresh Grass
Friday-Sunday: The alt-country/folk/bluegrass festival Fresh Grass is back at MASS MoCA. This year's headliners include Old Crow Medicine Show, Glen Hansard, Ricky Skaggs, The Devil Makes Three, and Rosanne Cash. Friday-Sunday various times -- adults day passes $39 and up /adult festival passes $99
Music
Wednesday: Rob Zombie at The Palace
With: DJ Ginger Fish. 8 pm -- $39.75 and up
Wednesday: Donovan at Troy Music Hall
Playing his hits, including "Sunshine Superman" and "Mellow Yellow." 7:30 pm -- $36 and up
Wednesday: HEARD at Albany September in the City Art Fair
Midday jazz in Tricentennial Park. 11:30 am -- free
Thursday: The Howling Hex at The Low Beat
Rock. With: Eternal Crimes. 7:30 pm -- $12
Friday: 3 Doors Down at The Palace
With: Pop Evil & Red Sun Rising. 8 pm -- $39.75 and up
Friday: John Brown's Body at The Hollow
Reggae. With: Thunder Body. 8 pm -- $15
Friday: Vieux Farka Touré at Helsinki Hudson
Malian rock guitarist. 9 pm -- $22 and up
Friday: John Mayall at The Egg
"The Godfather of British Blues." 8 pm -- $38
Saturday: Weird Al at Proctors
"The Mandatory World Tour." 8 pm -- $30 and up
Saturday: Danny Brown at Upstate Concert Hall
Rap. With: Maxo Kream, ZeeloooerZ. 8 pm -- $22 ahead / $25 day of
Saturday: The Griswolds at The Hollow
Pearlpalooza after-party show. 9:30 pm -- $10.27 ahead / $12 at the door
Saturday: Jim "Kimo" West at Proctors
Weird Al's guitarist, playing Hawaiian "slack key" music. 2 pm -- $15 ahead / $20 day of
Saturday: Les Dudek at Putnam Den
Blues. With: 518 All-Star Blues Band. 8:30 pm -- $15 ahead / $20 day of
Sunday: Elvin Bishop Band at The Egg
"One of America's great blues guitarists..." 7:30 pm -- $38
To do list
1. Apples!
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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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Lots happening this coming week!
Also would like to put on people's radars, Albany Public Library's Garage Band series will feature both my band Swamp Baby and Matt Durfee's Rattling Baddlies, next Friday, Sept. 16, from 6-8pm - more details here: http://bit.ly/2cj1Acl.
And later that same night, Zootopia for free at the Sage College campus on New Scotland Ave.!
... said Michael H on Sep 11, 2016 at 10:54 PM | link
Don't forget to vote on primary day.
I have not missed an election , since i first registered , in Albany many moons ago! My parents made me leave my summer vacation home in Schroon Lake to register so i could vote in my first election at the age of 21. Much to my dad's sadness i caught the first bus back to the high peaks , and my mother's great cooking! The voting age is 18 now. Since the Viet Nam War the age was lowered. I have worked at the polls for a while, and this November election will be a BIG GAME CHANGER! Your vote DOES COUNT, MEN DIED FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE, so just come see me, or your own polling site folks!!!!
... said mg on Sep 12, 2016 at 11:56 AM | link