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The week ahead

Here are a few things to keep in mind, look forward to, or keep busy with this week, from the weather (summer again), to spoken word, to drama, to film, to comedy, to all sorts of music...

Weather

Here's the paraphrased forecast for this week:

Monday: Cloudy, maybe some rain. Mid 70s.

Tuesday: Sunny and... 84

Wednesday: Sunny, maybe a shower or two. Mid 70s.

Thursday: Some sun, upper 60s.

Friday: Cloudy, maybe some rain. Mid 60s.

Temporary return of summer.

Words

Andrea Gibson
Monday: Poet Andrea Gibson is set for a spoken word performance at The Linda. Poets don't typically end up in the "star" category in modern culture. But Gibson's page has more than 76,000 likes on Facebook, and a Twitter stream with almost 27,000 followers. And Gibson has produced six spoken-word albums and published three books of poetry. Opener is poet Sarah Kay. Monday 8 pm -- $18

Front Parlor
Monday: The Front Parlor storytelling series is back at The Olde English in Albany. This month's theme is "Scary Stories." Monday 7:30 pm

Nitty Gritty
Tuesday: The Nitty Gritty poetry slam series is back at The Low Beat. Tuesday 7 pm

Stage

An American in Paris
Tuesday-Friday: The touring production of the Broadway musical An American in Paris continues its run at Proctors. "An American in Paris is a new hit musical about an American soldier, a mysterious French girl and an indomitable European city, each yearning for a new beginning in the aftermath of war." Tuesday-Friday various times -- $25.75 and up

Romeo and Juliet
Tuesday: The American Shakespeare Center's production of Romeo and Juliet will be at the UAlbany Performing Arts Center. Tuesday 7:30 pm (music starts at 7 pm) -- $15, $10 for students ahead / $20, $15 for students day of

Film

Hamilton's America
Monday: The WMHT preview screening of Hamilton's America at the State Museum is full.

Beetlejuice
Monday: The Palace's movie series is showing Beetlejuice. Monday 7 pm -- $5

DOOMED! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four
Monday: It Came From Schenectady presents a screening at Proctors of DOOMED! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four, about ill-fated 1990s comic book movie adaptation. A Q&A with the director of the doc, Marty Langford, will follow the screening. Monday 7 pm -- $9 / $6 kids and students with ID

Silent Film Spectacular
Wednesday: The Albany Public Library's Silent Film Spectacular series returns with a screening of 1929 Russian silent film Man with a Movie Camera, with live original score by Buttfort. At the Washington Ave branch. Wednesday 7 pm -- free

Louis C.K.

Wednesday: Louis C.K. will be at The Palace for a standup show. It looks like this show is close to being sold out. Wednesday 8 pm -- $50

Arts and sciences

Science Cafe
Monday: The State Museum's Science Cafe series returns to the City Beer Hall with a talk about the history of Albany. Michael Lucas, the State Museum's curator of historical archaeology, and Charles Gehring, director of the New Netherland Research Center, will be there for a discussion titled "Beverwijck, A 17th-c. Dutch Village, Above and Below Ground." Monday 6 pm -- free admission (food and drink not included)

Black Power of Hip Hop Dance: On Kinesthetic Politics
Monday: Dancer/choreographer/scholar Naomi Bragin will be at EMPAC for a workshop on the dance style known as the Robot, Robotting, or Botting. Blurbage:

The event will introduce the basic steps and movements of Robotting and contextualize them within the history and practice of street dance. Participants will then be invited to take part in a dance workshop featuring the freestyle circle, a collective improvisation fundamental to black expressive dance practices. Bragin will also address the complex relationship between kinesthesia, politics, and technology, and how this relationship enables our understanding of hip hop culture.

Monday 7 pm -- free

Boston's "street doctor"
Tuesday: Dr. James O'Connell -- founder of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program -- will be at Saint Rose for a talk "Reflections from the Street: 30 Years of Caring for Rough Sleepers in Boston." Tuesday 7 pm, Lally School of Education (1009 Madison Ave) -- free

Tech Valley Taste Makers
Wednesday: The Tech Valley Taste Makers cooking series at the Tech Valley Center of Gravity has Lucas Karasavidis -- owner of Honeybee Farms in Cobleskill From Our Farm to Your Table in Troy -- leading a "Fall Foliage Picnic Feast" class. Wednesday 6:30 pm -- $$37.50

Raina Telgemeier "Ghosts"
Friday: Eisner-winning graphic novelist Raina Telgemeier will be Bethesda Episcopal Church in Saratoga Springs for a Northshire author event. She'll be talking about her new YA book Ghosts. Friday 6 pm -- $17 for one seat and one book / $22 for two seats and one book / $27 for three seats and one book

Music

Monday: JoJo at Lucky Strike
Singer/songwriter. 6 pm -- free (ticket required)

Tuesday: Tommy Castro and The Painkillers at The Upper Room
Blues and rock. 7 pm -- $25 and up

Tuesday: Bob Moses at Nanola
Electronic. A band, not one guy. An EQX show. 9 pm -- free

Wednesday: Drums of India at Troy Music Hall
"An electrifying evening of drums and vocals!" 7:30 pm -- $30

Wednesday: Hammell on Trial at The Low Beat
Back for another series of happy hour shows. 6 pm

Thursday: The Record Company show at The Hollow is sold out.

Thursday: Nothing But Thieves at Lucky Strike
Alt rock. 8 pm -- free (ticket required)

Thursday: Attila at Upstate Concert Hall
Metalcore. With: Chelsea Grin, Emmure, Sylar. 7:30 pm -- $18 ahead / $20 day of

Friday: The Suitcase Junket at Helsinki Hudson
One-man band. With: Dupont Brothers. 9 pm -- $15 ahead / $18 day of

Friday: David Scheel in: Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player at Proctors
"With David Scheel's speciality of having fun at the expense of classical music, you'll laugh yourself silly while enjoying beautiful piano music." 7:30 pm -- $27.50

Saturday: Rufus Wainwright at Basilica Hudson
A fundraiser for the venue. 8 pm -- $50 and up

Saturday: Eric Johnson at Cohoes Music Hall
Texas blues. 8 pm -- $42 and up

Saturday: Dirty Heads at Upstate Concert Hall
Reggae. With: New Beat Fund, RDGLDGRN. 8 pm -- $23 ahead / $25 day of

Saturday: Shana Falana at The Hollow
Shoegaze. With: Black Ships, Jouska. 9 pm -- $8

Saturday: Aztec Two-Step at Caffe Lena at The Grove
Folk rock. 7 pm -- $27

Saturday: George Winston at The Egg
"[S]easonal favorites performed in his melodic folk style, as well as some New Orleans R&B, stride piano, and more." 8 pm -- $34.50

Saturday: Harry White, Around the World in 80 Minutes at Massry Center
Saxophonist. 7:30 pm -- free

Sunday: The Lonely Heartstring Band at Universal Preservation Hall
Bluegrass. 7 pm -- $22
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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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