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Stuff to do this weekend

Ready, set -- weekend!

After the jump, a big pile of stuff to do for you to jump into and roll around in -- or just, you know, choose.

Planning something you don't see here? Share it with everyone in the comment section.

And whatever you're up to, have a fantastic weekend.

Fork in the Road
Friday: The food trucks return to downtown Albany's Tricentennial Park for the last Fork in the Road event of the season. Friday 5-8 pm

Fusion
Friday: The Albany Barn and the Albany Chef's Food and Wine Festival present the annual Fusion "anti-gala." Food from some of the areas best chefs, local craft beverages, art, music and shuttle tours of the Breathing Lights exhibit. Friday 6 pm -- tickets start at $75

Drink Albany
Saturday: The Capital Region Craft Beverage Trail hosts its second Drink Albany celebration at Albany's Quackenbush Square. Sample craft beverages form all of the trail producers. Vendors, food trucks, and more. Saturday 2-6 pm (VIP happy hour from noon to 2 pm) -- $20 general admission tickets / $50 VIP tickets

Breathing Lights
Breathing Lights continues this weekend. The public art project is illuminating windows in hundreds of vacant homes in Albany, Schenectady and Troy (the slowly pulsing lights will be active from 6-10 pm each night).

Talking about public art
This Friday there's a public art discussion at Collar Works Gallery with project director Judie Gilmore and a panel of public art experts: Caitlin Butler from Mural Arts Philadelphia, Jesse Hamerman from NYC's Public Art Fund, and Barbara Schaffer Bacon from Americans for the Arts' Animating Democracy program. Friday 6:30 pm -- free but RSVP is requested

Hockey
Saturday: The Albany Devils take on the St. John's Ice Caps at the TU Center in their first home game of the season. Saturday 5 pm -- $15 and up

Stage

An American In Paris
Friday-Sunday: The national tour of the Broadway musical An American in Paris kicks off with a week of performances at Proctors. (The show continues through Sunday October 21.) Friday-Sunday various times -- $20 and up

Roscoe
Saturday: The Albany Symphony will be performing Roscoe, an opera adapted from William Kennedy's book of the same name. Soprano Deborah Voigt stars. Saturday 7:30 pm -- $19 and up

Shrek The Musical
Friday-Sunday: Saratoga's Home Made Theater presents Shrek: The Musical. The show stars some of the region's best talents including Marc Christopher, Brittany Leigh Glenn, and Michael Bellotti. Friday and Saturday at 8 pm, Sunday at 2 pm -- $26 and $29

Rapture, Blister, Burn
Friday-Sunday: Schenectady Civic Playhouse opens a production of Rapture, Blister, Burn. Friday and Saturday 8 pm, Sunday 2:30 pm -- $20

Outside Mullingar
Friday-Sunday: This is the last weekend for Capital Rep's production of John Patrick Shanley's Outside Mullingar. Tuesday-Sunday various times -- $20 and up

Confettifest #12
Friday-Sunday: Albany's Confetti Stage presents Confettifest, a slate of five new plays by local authors, at Albany's Masonic Temple. Friday and Saturday 7:30 pm, Sunday 2 pm -- $15 / $10 for students.

Peter and the Starcatcher
Saturday-Sunday: Hubbard Hall in Cambridge presents Peter and the Starcatcher, the beautifully-written backstory to Peter Pan. Saturday 7:30 pm, Sunday 2 pm -- $25 / $10 students

Time Stands Still
Friday-Saturday: This is the last weekend forCurtain Call Theater's production Time Stands Still, Donald Margulies's play about a photojournalist who comes home from Iraq torn between her career and a quiet domestic life. Friday and Saturday at 8 pm -- $24

Yours
Friday-Sunday: The Theater Institute at Sage presents Yours, a centennial celebration of Sage through "founders' letters, student poems and editorials from The Quill." Friday and Saturday 7:30 pm, Sunday 2 pm -- $15 / $12 students and seniors

The Birthday Party
Friday-Sunday: Theater Voices presents a free staged reading of Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party at the Steamer 10 theater. Friday and Saturday at 8 pm, Sunday at 3 pm -- free admission

Comedy

Pretty Much the Best Comedy Show: Zach Sherwin
Saturday: Rapper and comedian Zach Sherwin headlines Pretty Much the Best Comedy Show at Proctors. Saturday 8 pm -- $15 advance / $20 at the door.

Brad Williams
Friday-Sunday The Funny Bone at Crossgates hosts Brad Williams. Friday-Sunday various times -- $15

Music

Friday: Brand New at Glens Falls Civic Center
Rock. With: The Front Bottoms, Modern Baseball. 7:30 pm -- $27 and up

Friday: Martin Sexton at The Egg
Singer/songwriter. 8 pm -- $34.50

Friday: Jim Gaudet & The Railroad Boys at Caffe Lena at The Grove
Bluegrass. 7 pm -- $20

Friday: Daisycutter at The Linda
Roots rock, album release show. 8 pm -- $20

Friday: Big Mean Sound Machine at The Hollow
Afrobeat/dance/funk. 8 pm -- $12 ahead / $15 at door

Saturday: Savion Glover "New Soundz" featuring the James Carter Quartet
Tap dance king + jazz. Glover is also giving a talk at UAlbany earlier in the day. 8 pm -- $34 and up

Saturday: Benjamin Clementine at MASS MoCA
Poet/singer/composer. 8:30 pm -- $26 ahead / $33 day of

Saturday: Pennywise at Upstate Concert Hall
Punk. Strung Out, Unwritten Law, Runaway Kids. 8 pm -- $20 ahead / $23 day of

Saturday: Rory Block at Caffe Lena at The Grove
Blues. 7 pm -- $25

Saturday: Walter Salas-Humara
From The Silos. 7:30 pm -- $10

Saturday: Driftwood at Parish Public House
Americana. With: The Eastern Highs 8 pm -- $12 ahead / $15 at door

Saturday: Celtic Fiddle Festival at Old Songs
Three fiddlers "showcase a fascinating juxtaposition of international and individual styles." 7:30 pm -- $25

Sunday: Blue October at Upstate Concert Hall
Alt rock. With: Danny Malone. 8 pm -- $25 ahead / $28 day of

Sunday: Crystal Bowersox at Helsinki Hudson
Singer/songwriter. (American Idol runner up.) With: Jono Manson. 8 pm -- $25 ahead / $30 day of

Sunday: Listener at The Low Beat
Spoken-word rock. With: The Homeless Gospel Choir. 7 pm -- $10 ahead / $12 day of

Sunday: The O'Connor Band at The Egg
Bluegrass. With: Red Dog Run. 7 pm -- $34

Jennifer Weiner
Sunday: Best selling author Jennifer Weiner will be at Congregation Shaara Tfille in Saratoga Springs for a conversation with Yaddo president Elaina Richardson. It's a Northshire Bookstore event. Sunday 1 pm -- $34 (one seat and one book) / $44 (two seats and one book) / $29 (one seat and one book for students, seniors, active duty military)

Film

Who Killed Vincent Chin
Friday: The NYS Writers Institute's Classic Film Series is screening Who Killed Vincent Chin -- the 1987 Oscar-winning documentary about a Chinese automotive engineer who was mistaken as Japanese and murdered by a pair of autoworkers who blamed him for the competition from the Japanese auto industry. The film will be screened with commentary by director Christine Choy. Friday 7:30 pm in Page Hall on UAlbany's downtown campus -- free

Zombie Film Festival
Friday-Sunday: The Madison Theater is hosting a zombie film festival, with screenings of six zombie films -- including Night of the Living Dead -- as well as a talk by David Schmid on zombies in modern culture, and a zombie party. Friday-Sunday various times -- $15 for a day pass / $35 for the full festival

Shin Godzilla
The latest Toho Godzilla film -- Shin Godzilla -- is being screened at two theaters in the Capital Region:
+ At Proctors Saturday at noon ($9 / $6 students with ID and kids)
+ At the Spectrum Sunday at noon ($15)

Drive-in
Drive in movies are still happening. Here's what you can see this weekend:

+ Jericho Drive In: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and Bridget Jones's Baby

+ Malta: Screen 1: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Edward Scissorhands, and Beetlejuice | Screen 2: Halloween, Friday the 13th, and A Nightmare on Elm Street

Fall Festivals

Schenectady County Fall Foliage Festival
Sunday: Mabee Farm hosts the Schenectady County Fall Foliage Festival, with music, hay rides, ponies, alpacas, a petting zoo, a craft fair, donuts, cider, beer and more. Sunday 11 am to 4 pm -- free admission

Oktoberfest at Hunter Mountain
Saturday- Sunday: This is the last weekend for Hunter Mountain's Oktoberfest, with German food and music. Saturday-Sunday 11 am to 6:15 pm -- free admission

Boo!

Schenectady candlelight walking tours
Friday: Candlelight walking tours of Schenectady's historic Stockade neighborhood. Choose the Colonial or Victorian tour. (Check for availability. Fridays through October 28.) Friday 7 pm and 7:30 pm -- $12

Saratoga Scare Fair
Friday-Saturday: The Saratoga County Fairgrounds transform into a teen/adult haunted house for the Saratoga Scare Fair. Friday and Saturday 6:30 pm to 10 pm -- $10 (every weekend in October)

Field of Horrors
Saturday: The Field of Horrors returns to Brunswick. There's a Trail of Terror Hayride, a paint ball gallery, and other haunted attractions. Saturday 6:30-11 pm -- $25

Ghosts of Albany Walking Tour
Friday-Saturday: Ghosts of Albany is a historic walking tour of Albany with a paranormal twist. Tour meets at 40 Lodge Street, outside the Hilton Albany. Friday at 7:30 pm, Saturday at 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm -- $20

Double M Haunted Hayride
Friday-Sunday: The Double M Haunted Hayrides in Ballston Spa are back for the fall. Attractions include the Haunted Hayride, a Museum of Horrors, and a Schadenfreude Circus. various times and prices

The Spirits of Rensselaer: RPI's Historic Ghost Tour
Friday:RPI's Spirits of Rensselaer Historic Ghost Tour leaves from the Rensselaer Union Patio on 15th Street. Friday at 7pm -- $5, free with RPI ID

Ghosts in the Yaddo Garden Tours
Friday: Take a ghostly tour of the Yaddo Gardens in Saratoga Springs. Friday from 5-6 pm -- $10 / under 12 free

Ghost Tours at Fort William Henry
Friday-Sunday: Fort William Henry in Lake George is holding ghost tours of the fort. Friday-Sunday at 7:30pm and 9pm -- $17 / $8 kids 15 and under

Fort Ticonderoga's corn maze
Saturday-Sunday: Fort Ticonderoga's annual corn maze is in the shape of a fort. Try to find your way out while looking for history. Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 5pm -- $20 / $9 kids ages 5-12 (4 and under free)

Museums/galleries

Nick Cave Until
Saturday: MASS MoCA opens Until, a new immersive installation by artist Nick Cave. Blurbage: "Through exuberant, politically charged materials, Cave probes issues relating to gun violence, race, and gender inequality. Wrapped in bright glitter, the work is sharp and also painfully beautiful." Saturday's opening reception includes performances by soprano Brenda Wimberly and Sereca Henderson, a singer and organist who has played with Eric Clapton and B.B. King. Saturday opening reception 5:30-7 pm -- $8

More MASS MoCA
+ Explode Every Day: An Inquiry into the Phenomena of Wonder
+ Alex Da Corte's Free Roses
+ Here Comes the Sun in the Kidspace

Hudson Valley Ruins
Recently opened at the State Museum: Hudson Valley Ruins. It includes more than 80 photographs by Robert Yasinsac and Thomas Rinaldi of "forgotten historic sites and cultural treasures in the Hudson River Valley." It will be on display through the end of 2017.

The Art of Seating
The Albany Institute of History and Art recently opened The Art of Seating: Two Hundred Years of American Design. Blurbage: "The chair is experienced not only as a functional item, but as sculptural in view--the chair as art. Each of the more than forty chairs in the exhibition was chosen for its beauty and historical context with important social, economic, political, and cultural influences." (On display through December 31.)

Alexander Hamilton
The Albany Institute of History and Art exhibit on the life of Alexander Hamilton and his time in Albany continues. Hamilton, who has experienced a resurgence in popularity due to Lin Manuel Miranda's award-winning musical based on his life, married Elizabeth Schuyler at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany and visited the city often after that. The exhibit highlights objects related to Hamilton, including a portrait from the permanent collection of Union College. (On display through December 31.)

A More Perfect Union
The Tang presents: A More Perfect Union -- a new exhibit featuring Mel Ziegler's Multi-Year Project Flag Exchange. The installation includes 50 American flags collected by Ziegler, who traveled the country trading new flags for tattered ones flying at homes and public locations. (Runs through January.) free admission (suggested donations of $2-$5)

Circus
This is the final weekend to catch the Arkell Museum's exhibit of circus-themed art and vintage circus marketing materials.

Sculpture parks
Maybe you'd like to explore some sculpture parks around the region.

Stories from the Dirt - International Archaeology Day
Saturday: The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence in Albany celebrates International Archeology Day with a program that includes speakers and opportunities to help unearth and tag historic artifacts Saturday 10 am to 4 pm -- $10

Candlelight Tour of Schuyler House
Saturday: The Schuyler House in Saratoga National Historical Park is hosting candlelight tours of the house. Saturday, 6pm to 9pm -- free admission

Clean Tech Hackathon
Saturday-Sunday: The Tech Valley Center of Gravity hosts a 32-hour hackathon this weekend. "Teams of computer programmers, engineers, inventors, scientists and entrepreneurs will work in teams around the clock to devise clean technology solutions." Friday- Sunday -- free registration.

Day trips
Explore some waterfalls, head for The Berkshires, The Catskills, or Columbia County. Or check out a state park.

Farmers' markets
This is a great time of year to visit the farmers markets in the Capital Region.
+ Troy Waterfront Farmers Market is in Riverfront Park. Saturday 9 am-2 pm
+ The Saratoga Farmers' Market is outdoors at High Rock Park. Saturday from 9 am-1 pm
+ The Delmar Farmers Market is at Bethlehem Central Middle School. Saturday 9 am-1 pm
+ The Schenectady Greenmarket is at its outdoor location around City Hall. Sunday from 10 am-2 pm.
+ The Spa City Farmers' Market is outdoors to the lawn at the Lincoln Baths. Sunday from 10 am-3 pm

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