GLENS FALLS — Local favorites The Gibson Brothers will stage a show at the Park Theater on Oct. 29. The venue is located at 14 Park St., Glens Falls. Tickets are $30 advance, $35 day of show.
The 2021/22 season also includes upcoming engagements by Rochmon Record Club on Oct. 27, when host Chuck Vosganian will stage a listening party to focus on The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album. Tickets are $12.
For the full performance listing or to purchase tickets, visit: www.parktheatergf.com
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College announces its fall 2021 family programs, both in-person and online every Saturday from Oct. 9 through Nov. 20:
• Family Saturdays: a series of in-person multigenerational creative collaborations at the Museum geared toward kids 5 and older with an adult companion, usually from 1 to 2:30 pm.
• Teen Open Studios: a series of in-person workshops in which Skidmore College Educator Interns lead teens from 13 to 18 in exploring and creating artworks in response to social justice ideas such as race, gender and identity, usually from 3 to 4:30 pm
• Tang at Home Studio: a series of online workshops that brings the Family Saturday experience into participant’s homes via Zoom. Session run from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m..
All programs include looking at art in an exhibition or from the Tang collection, discussing and sharing ideas, and engaging in a hands-on art activity inspired by those conversations. Fall exhibitions include Opener 33: Sarah Cain—Enter the Center, Ellsworth Kelly: Postcards, Elevator Music 41: Laura Ortman—Dust Dives Alive, and Un-Representation.
All programs are free and all materials are provided. Registration is required for all events, as space is limited. For the health and safety of all participants at in-person events, proof of vaccination is required for those 12 and older and masks are required for all regardless of vaccination status.
The Tang Teaching Museum is located on the campus of Skidmore College. For more information about the programs, call the Visitors Services Desk at 518-580-8080 or visit the Tang website at www.tang.skidmore.edu
GLENS FALLS — For the sixth year, Adirondack Theatre Festival (ATF) will produce the Adirondack Film Festival — this time in a hybrid model which allows both in-person and virtual attendance.
Audiences may choose a traditional in-person pass to attend screenings at the Charles R. Wood Theatre and the Park Theatre; or a virtual pass to screen film festival content on-demand at home; or an all-access pass to enjoy both options throughout the festival.
All passes — passes range from $55 for an individual virtual pass to $140 for a household all-access pass — are available for purchase at www.adkfilmfestival.org. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination will be required for all inperson events.
The vast majority of the content will be identical for both the virtual and in-person experience, but a few offerings will vary.
This year’s festival will include over 70 films including narrative features, documentaries, shorts, music videos, and more. Highlights include Language Lessons, an audience award-winner at Austin’s SxSW Film Festival that features Natalie Morales (Parks and Recreation, Abby’s) and Mark Duplass (The Morning Show, Togetherness); Lie Hard, a madcap comedy featuring Catherine Curtin (Stranger Things, Orange is the New Black) and Melanie Chandra (Code Black); and Keep the Music Going, a sci-fi short featuring Holly Curran (Fear the Walking Dead) which will be accompanied by a “Stage to Screen” panel with artists who work in both theatre and film. Additional events including parties, popcorn bars, and live-streamed panel discussions For more information, go to: www.adkfilmfestival.org
SARATOGA SPRINGS — A Zoom panel discussion of the film “Mamele,” starring Molly Picon, will take place at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 17.
Mamele belongs to Molly Picon, “Queen of the Yiddish Musical,” who shines as mamele (little mother), the dutiful daughter keeping her family intact after the death of their mother.She’s so busy cooking, cleaning, and matchmaking for her brothers and sisters that she has little time for herself – until she discovers the violinist across the courtyard.
Mamele, shot in 1938 Poland and set in Lodz, is a musical comedy drama embracing the diverse gamut of interwar Jewish life in Poland, with its “nogoodniks” and unemployed, nightclubs and gangsters, and religious Jews celebrating Sukkot. It was the last Jewish film before the Nazi onslaught.
The event is presented by Saratoga Jewish Community Arts, with a grant from the Jewish Federation of Northeastern N.Y. and sponsored by Temple Sinai.
The film is in Yiddish with English subtitles and can be viewed on YouTube and other streaming sites.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Nacre Dance Group announced the annual ‘So, You Think You Can Choreograph?’ performance is back for its 7th season on Nov. 6, in a new venue and format.
The event, which starts at 7:30 p.m., will take place at Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga Springs. Choreographers have been asked to create pieces in-the-round as dancers soar, roll, spin and sculpt through space. Audience members vote on their favorite piece of choreography, as choreographers compete to secure the coveted spot of Nacre’s 2022 guest artist in residence.
Added to the evening’s program are four commentators: Maude Baum (celebrated area dance educator, director and choreographer of eba dance Theater and Maude Baum and Company), Christopher Amato (2019 choreography contestant who started his dance training as a scholarship student at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City), Diane Lachtrupp (co-director of Tango Fusion and 2014 winning choreography contestant) and Shawn Banner (area dance enthusiast and son of the late dance critic Mae Banner) The evening will be emceed by crowd favorites Johnny Martinez (Tango Fusion) and Ms Loni Lee (Nacre Dance Group).
This year’s program features choreography by Marisa Ballaro (SUNY College at Brockport graduate and Founding Artistic Director of Ballaro Dance/NYC), Tazdyn Francisco (Nazareth College graduate and independent choreographer/Amsterdam, NY), Zachary Frazee (Adjunct Professor in Dance at Hobart & William Smith Colleges and Founder of Frazee Feet Dance/Rochester, NY), Carly Martin (independent choreographer/Capital District), Corey John Snide (Juilliard School graduate and Professor of dance at Skidmore College), Frankie Soldevere (Master of Fine Arts in Dance from SUNY Brockport and upstate New York-based dance educator, choreographer, and scholar), Solange Rodrigues (SUNY Purchase College graduate and independent choreographer/Rochester, NY) and Garet Wierdsma (University Tisch School of the Arts graduate and independent choreographer/New Hartford, CT). The audience will vote for the best piece and decide the winner.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saratoga Performing Arts Center announces that its CulinaryArts@SPAC initiative will continue with a special “Cocktails and Conversation” event, “The Negroni with Matt Hranek” from 5:30 – 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 16.
The event, held in the Nancy DiCresce Room at The Pines@SPAC facility, will kick-off on the Terrace with hors d’oeuvres by Kim Klopstock of Lily and the Rose and a flight of Negroni variations from author Matt Hranek and mixologist Brendan Dillon, co-owner of Hamlet & Ghost.
Following the tasting, WAMC Northeast Public Radio’s Joe Donahue will lead a conversation with Hranek and Dillon to discuss the history of the Negroni, its cultural significance in today’s cocktail culture, and to share stories from the greatest Negroni bars from across the globe.
An audience Q&A and book signing with the author will follow. Tickets to attend, including food and drink, cost $30 and are limited. For the health and safety of the attendees, artists, and staff, masks and proof of completed COVID-19 vaccinations will be required prior to entry. Visit www.spac.org for details.
SCHENECTADY — Guests can get “inked” and hang out with over 150 of the top tattoo artists in the country for three days of tattooing, piercing, seminars, competitions, and networking, at the Rivers Casino & Resort Schenectady Event Center, where the Dead Man’s Hand Tattoo Expo will be held from Friday, Oct. 22 – Sunday, Oct. 24.
In addition to showcasing art from the tattoo industry’s best talent, the fun-filled weekend also includes live music headlined by regional favorites The Erotics, a Halloween costume party featuring DJ Ketchup, the crowning of the first Miss Alternative New York, and more.
Tickets are available at www.RiversCasino.com/Schenectady. A full weekend pass is $45, Friday-only passes $15, Saturday-only $25, and Sunday-only passes are $10.
Main Event Schedule:
Friday 12 p.m. – Doors open (contests and awards announced throughout the day); 7 p.m. – Miss Alternative New York contest; 9:30 p.m. – The Erotics perform on the main stage; 11 p.m. – Tattoo of the Day Award.
Saturday 12 p.m. – Doors open (artist seminars and workshops, and live music throughout the day); 7 p.m. – Halloween Costume Party with DJ Ketchup; 11 p.m. – Tattoo of the Day award.
Sunday 12 p.m. – Doors open; 7 p.m. – Tattoo of the Day, Best of Show, and Best of Best awards.
Rivers Casino & Resort is located at the Mohawk Harbor near the heart of downtown Schenectady. Visit the Dead Man’s Hand Tattoo Expo at: www.deadmanshandexpo.com
BALLTSON SPA — Comedian Colin Quinn and friends headlined the Tunnel to Towers Foundation comedy and music benefit in September in Ballston Spa. The Tunnel to Towers Foundation honors the sacrifice of firefighter Stephen Siller who was killed while saving the lives of others at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Funds raised go toward helping injured veterans and first responders.
I have made the very difficult decision to pause Zac Brown Band’s “The Comeback Tour.” Despite taking precautions, I’ve tested positive for COVID-19. I am deeply disappointed this has happened, as touring is our life and performing live for our fans is the best part of our job. The bottom line is that I want to take every precaution to put the health and safety of our fans and crew first. We will resume the tour as soon as I have finished the CDC-mandated quarantine and it is safe for our band members and crew to do so.
I am grateful to our fans for understanding this decision, as well as everyone on the front lines who can’t stay at home because their work is essential. I believe we can all overcome this together. As soon as we can, we’ll see you back out on the road again. Nothing’s better than the comeback.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Ellis Paul’s 20th release in a career spanning 30 years is 2019’s The Storyteller’s Suitcase, named Album of the Year by the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA). Much like the artists who have influenced him, everyone from Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and undoubtedly his greatest inspiration, Woody Guthrie, Paul weaves deeply personal experiences with social issues and renders them as provocative works that are as timely as they are timeless.
Ellis is excited to get back on the road, playing many of his favorite venues, and welcoming fans in-person. He returns to Caffe Lena for a performance on Friday, Oct. 8 and a songwriting workshop on Saturday, Oct. 9.
