Quality events for this weekend
Friday November 7
First Friday: A night of art, music and more.
Storied Playthings: Toy Portraits by Jennifer Maher: First Friday opening up in Ballston Spa.
Public House 42 Grand Opening: Celebrating their first day in business.
Many Trails at Parish Public House: With Linear North, William Hale and Sun Voyager.
DJ Qbert at the Putnam Den: Jeremy Ellis, Paul Nice, J5k & $@LT, Bad Manners
It’s Space, Weird Owl, Moon Magick: Fun night of music in New Paltz.
Psymon Spine at Skidmore: Psych tunes. With Zula.
Warren Miller’s No Turning Back at the Palace: Extreme ski video, brah.
The Indobox & lespecial at the Hollow: Dance rock.
Art at APL Opening Reception: In collaboration with The College of Saint Rose’s MFA Program in Creative Writing.
Bobby Long at the Linda: With MaryLeigh Roohan.
HOME BODY and Aleister Mraz at the Hudson Disco-Tek: Dance party!
Expanded Piano at EMPAC: Like being inside a piano.
Lucy Kaplansky, Richard Shindell & Larry Campbell at the Egg: Folk.
Lawn Sausages at the Hangar: With Off The Record.
Saturday November 8
ASAP Fall Ball at 60 State Place: ASAP’s ten year anniversary celebration.
Arenacross at the TU Center: Braaaaaap.
EQX Acoustic Showcase at Caffe Lena: With Matt Durfee, Henry’s Rifle and Carl Daniels.
Warren Miller’s No Turning Back at the Palace: Extreme ski video, brah.
Make Me Laugh Semi-finals: Local comedians competing for your laughter and a spot at the finals.
Pride of NY Harvest Fest at the Desmond: Celebrate New York’s wines.
Sunday November 9
Albany Comic Con at Wolf Road Holiday Inn: Comics, costumes, comic professionals, panel discussions, and more.
He Is Legend and Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster at Bogie’s: With Wounds, Fiction For Bandits, Grain vs Me, Nasty Midnight, Auburns Rust, and One Day Waiting.
William Gibson at EMPAC: Legendary sci-fi author.
Pride of NY Harvest Fest at the Desmond: Celebrate New York’s wines.
All weekend
Apple Picking: It’s that time of year to hit up Goolds or Indian Ladder.
Art Omi: The sculpture fields are always awesome.
Day trip to MASS MoCA: Pretty drive and a great museum.
The NYS Museum: Bunch of great exhibits and it’s right in your backyard.
The Equalizer, Dirty Dancing and The Boxtrolls at the Madison Theater: Only five bucks!
Farmer’s Markets: Troy, Delmar, and Saratoga on Saturday, and Schenectady and Saratoga on Sunday.
