Quality events for this weekend

Friday May 31

Troy Night Out: Arts, music, food, drinks and more around Troy.

The Slaughterhouse Chorus, Kimono Dragons, The Death Vacation, Turf ‘N’ Turf at The Hollow: Record release show.

Two Man Advantage, After The Fall, Too Many Voices, Arch Fiends at Pauly’s: Punk/pop/hardcore.

TGIF Yoga at Heartspace: Community class, In both Albany and Troy.

Saturday June 01

Greasefire, Scavengers, Stoker, Apollo’s Creed at Fuze Box: Hardcore/prog/rock.

The Commonheart, Oobleck at The Hollow: Funk/soul.

Frenship at Lucky Strike: Pop. With Glades.

The Academy Blues Project, Berkstar at Pauly’s: Psych/funk/pop/r&b.

Un Ashley, BB, ifeelokay at Savoy: Folk/indie/pop.

90s Night at City Beer Hall: Dance party.

Sunday June 02

Veg Out in Troy’s Monument Square: Vegan food festival. Free.

Albany Comic Con at Red Lion Hotel: Celebrating all things comics.

Dungeons & Dragons at Thinkgeek: Free play night. Get into D&D.

Nosferatu at Delaware Supply: Live score and viewing.

All weekend

Tony Rock at Albany Funny Bone: Stand up comedy.

Art Omi: The sculpture fields are awesome.

Day trip to MASS MoCA: Pretty drive and a great museum.

Olana State Historic Site in Hudson: Rotating weekly programs and a landscape to get lost in.

The NYS Museum: Bunch of great exhibits and it’s right in your backyard.

Movies at The Spectrum: First run movies at a small centrally located theater.

Farmer’s Markets: Troy, Delmar, and Saratoga on Saturday, and Schenectady and Saratoga on Sunday.

Did I miss something? Please let me know!

    Quality events for this weekend

    Friday May 17

    Body Shine at Fuze Box: Non-stop disco and house.

    PechaKucha at Opalka Gallery: Short talks. 20 slides for 20 seconds each.

    Dave Attell at Albany Funny Bone: Stand-up. Two shows.

    Bad Bad Hats at The Linda: With Laveda and Hate Club. Indie rock.

    Citizen Cope at Upstate Concert Hall: Blues/funk/soul.

    The Beautiful Bastards, Bevrage, Purple Sunshine, at Pauly’s: Rock/funk.

    Olivia Quillio at Savoy Taproom: Singer/songwriter.

    Saturday May 18

    Albany Artifacts Sale at Lost & Found: Albany themed everything. Peruse and have some drinks.

    Dave Attell at Albany Funny Bone: Stand-up. Two shows.

    518 Day Block Party at Island Creek Park Albany: Celebrating the area and it’s accomplishments.

    The Rocky Horror Picture Show at Cohoes Music Hall: 8pm and Midnight shows.

    Driftwood, Useless Cans at The Hollow: Album release party. Folk/Americana.

    Dirt Church, Public Burning, Scavengers, Violent World at The Low Beat: Metal/doom/hardcore show.

    A Tribute To Van Morrison at Skyloft: Drawing from the complete collection of work.

    Worriers, Mikey Erg, awakebutstillinbed, Pity Party, Mike Moak at Pauly’s: Punk/alt/indie.

    Lost Cause at Savoy: Album release show. With Mic Lanny, M1RSKY, Dephyant, Nick Shattell & Khalil Green.

    Biggie Tribute Edition 90s House Party at City Beer Hall: Featuring DJ Trumaster & Intell Hayesfield.

    Sunday May 19

    Daniel Franzese at Albany Funny Bone: Stand-up comedy.

    Mystery Girl, Klazo, Manager, Hill Haints at Pauly’s: Punk/noise/rock.

    All weekend

    Art Omi: The sculpture fields are awesome.

    Day trip to MASS MoCA: Pretty drive and a great museum.

    Olana State Historic Site in Hudson: Rotating weekly programs and a landscape to get lost in.

    The NYS Museum: Bunch of great exhibits and it’s right in your backyard.

    Movies at The Spectrum: First run movies at a small centrally located theater.

    Farmer’s Markets: Troy, Delmar, and Saratoga on Saturday, and Schenectady and Saratoga on Sunday.

    Did I miss something? Please let me know!

      Pōst opening Friday

       
      Pōst, a new wine bar and restaurant at 200 Lark St, will be opening on Friday according to their facebook.

      I stopped by and took some photos during Tulip Fest as things were getting finalized and readied for opening. The crew has been hard at work and has made the space feel much nicer and inviting than I remembered. I’m really excited to have an approachable, cozy spot on Lark.

      Swing by this weekend, or the next nice day afterward and hang on their patio and enjoy Lark’s newest wine bar. Follow them on Instagram and Facebook to stay in the loop.

        Quality events for this weekend

        Friday May 10

        Beers and Black Holes at miSci: MiSci after dark.

        Sal Vulcano at Albany Funny Bone: Stand-up comedy.

        Storytime Time with Ethan Ullman at Mopco: True and funny stories.

        Lespecial, Honeycomb at The Hollow: Groove/jam.

        Slashers, Gunsandroses, Vogon Poetry, at Pauly’s: Punk/emo/indie.

        Savoy Taproom’s Annual Birthday Bash: Celebrating their third birthday!

        Kashmir at Skyloft: Zeppelin tribute show.

        Metal Night at Fuze Box: With guest bartender Mike Valente.

        TGIF Yoga at Heartspace: Community class, In both Albany and Troy.

        Saturday May 11

        Tulip Festival: 71st Annual.

        Geoff Gordon, Greens & NXNES at Pint Sized: Acoustic-ish after party.

        The Felice Brothers at BSP: Folk rock/country. With Johnathan Rice.

        Steve Forbert at The Linda: Singer/songwriter.

        ‘Libations’ Release Party at Lost & Found: Celebrating JB!! aka Dirty Moses’ latest album. With Victory Soul Orchestra, and performances by Mike Arson, Mike Larry Draw and We Stole The Show, and DJs GreatMastr.

        Stellar Young at The Hollow: Local favorites.

        Kevin James at The Egg: Stand-up comedy.

        SeaSpan, Hubris Djinn, Anthill Annihilator at Pauly’s: Metal/rock.

        80s Night at Fuze: Dance party.

        90s Night at City Beer Hall: Dance party.

        Sunday May 12

        Left Behind, Vatican, Invoke Thy Wrath, Torn Out at Fuze Box: Metal show.

        Vicki Barbolak at Albany Funny Bone: Comedy.

        All weekend

        Art Omi: The sculpture fields are awesome.

        Day trip to MASS MoCA: Pretty drive and a great museum.

        Olana State Historic Site in Hudson: Rotating weekly programs and a landscape to get lost in.

        The NYS Museum: Bunch of great exhibits and it’s right in your backyard.

        Movies at The Spectrum: First run movies at a small centrally located theater.

        Farmer’s Markets: Troy, Delmar, and Saratoga on Saturday, and Schenectady and Saratoga on Sunday.

        Did I miss something? Please let me know!

          Albany Artifacts Sale: May 18 at Lost & Found

          If you haven’t see the insane Albany memorabilia @hemstitchmill has been posting on Instagram, take a look. There’s an intense amount of really cool and weird Albany-themed artifacts. And as it says on the flyer, they’re all for sale. There’s clearly been an intense amount of work put into finding and curating all these Albany-related items.

          Dig through the Instagram, make some mental notes, and on 5/18, head to Lost & Found to celebrate/gawk at/buy all the weird and cool stuff that will be on display.