SARATOGA SPRINGS —Tibetan artist, composer, activist, musical director, and cultural ambassador Tenzin Choegyal performs with Attacca Quartet in a free concert 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14. 

The event takes place at the Zankel Music Center, on the campus of Skidmore College.  

Choegyal plays lingbu (bamboo flute) and dranyen (3-stringed Tibetan lute) and is best known for his extraordinary vocal ability and performance of droklu, the nomadic music of his parents. As a child, Tenzin would listen to his mother singing in the nomadic lineage, often noting her as an early influence of his passion for singing. 

Recent events include the Tibet House Annual Benefit Concert – billed as Philip Glass and Friends, and GRAMMY nominated album “Songs from the Bardo” with Laurie Anderson, and Jesse Paris Smith – daughter of Patti Smith.  

As a son of Tibetan nomads, Choegyal holds a particular connection to the music of the high Himalayan plateau. Forced into exile in India as his family fled the repression in Tibet, he now resides in Australia.

SARATOGA SPRINGS —A new exhibition, Yvette Molina: A Promise to the Leaves, opens at The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College Oct. 21. 

Molina, an artist who works across media and disciplines with an emphasis on care and social justice, will make all new work for the exhibition, including a rug, a bench, textile artworks, papier mâché sculpture, and papier mâché furniture to be created in collaboration with Skidmore College students. 

Molina is the fifth artist to transform the Tang Mezzanine into a community hangout space, breaking down traditional barriers between visitors and museums by inviting tactile engagement with the art and the use of the gallery for conversation and contemplation. 

Over the course of the display for two years, Molina’s site-specific installation will evolve while remaining centered around the four elements—earth, air, water, fire—and a fifth constituent, the cosmos. 

Molina’s exhibition will also include work by invited artists, bringing together multiple perspectives.

The exhibition will open on Saturday, October 21, at 10:30 a.m., with One Only Earth: A Grounding Ritual. The public event will include a ritual ceremony in the exhibition before moving outside to welcome the elements and create a sacred space.

 Admission to the Tang is free. For more information, contact the Visitors Services Desk at 518-580-8080 or visit https://tang.skidmore.edu.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Lonesome Ace Stringband bring their old-time bluegrass and folk traditions blended into original material to the Caffe Lena stage Friday, Oct. 20. 

The Toronto-based trio – consisting of fiddle (John Showman), clawhammer banjo (Chris Coole), and upright bass (Max Heineman) – are on tour in conjunction with the release of their fifth album, “Try To Make It Fly.” 

For more information and tickets, go to: caffelena.org

ALBANY — Following the postponement of previously scheduled concerts at the MVP arena in March  and again in September of 2023, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band announced they will perform at the venue on April 15, 2024. 

All tickets purchased for Sept. 19, 2023 date will be honored. Additional tickets are available now through ticketmaster.com. 

SARATOGA SPRINGS —iTheatre Saratoga stages an evening of mystery, bringing Agatha Christie’s classic novel, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, to life on stage at Saratoga Music Hall on Broadway for an engagement that begins in late October. 

The intricate plot, complex characters and unexpected twists caused a sensation when first published and marked a pivotal point in Christie’s life and career. 

Premiere adaptation by Mary Jane Hansen of Agatha Christie’s brilliant work live on stage.

Performances: Oct. 27, 28, Nov. 3, 4 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 29, Nov. 5 at 2 p.m.

Tickets available at: itheatresaratoga.ticketspice.com/agatha-christies-the-murder-of-roger-ackroyd. 

BALLSTON SPA — Opera Saratoga presents an opera-themed pet costume party for pets and their owners from 1:30 – 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28.  

The fall fundraiser, titled Paw-varotti, will be held on the outside lawn at The Pampered Pooch and Pals, located at 2134 Doubleday Ave. in Ballston Spa. 

The festivities will include a costume contest and runway judged by ‘celebrity’ judges who will award prizes for the Best Opera Costume, and best cute and scary costumes, among other. 

A Howl-o-ween themed concert of classical music features opera singers Carla Fisk and Maximillian Jansen (the star of Opera Saratoga’s 2023, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder) accompanied by pianist Karen Becker. The event will include photo ops, raffle baskets, seasonal bites and drinks. 

Each ticket includes an operatic photo op: humans can try on costumes from Opera Saratoga’s stock, and pets receive a special Halloween portrait. Ticketed pets and owners receive entrance into the costume contest and a special ‘red-carpet moment’, where they may strut their stuff on the runway. 

All proceeds will go towards Opera Saratoga’s 2024 summer season, which will be announced after the runway, with a special musical presentation. At the announcement, Opera Saratoga will raffle off a “Golden Ticket,” an all-access pass to Opera Saratoga’s Summer Festival (with a value of $450.) Kids 16 & under party for free and tickets are available for adults with and without pets. 

Tickets and ticket information, available at www.operasaratoga.org/pawvarotti. 

Opera Saratoga, formerly known as Lake George Opera, began with a production of Die Fledermaus at the Diamond Point Theatre on July 5, 1962, playing to an audience of 230. The Company now calls Saratoga Springs home and performs for more than 25,000 people annually. Opera Saratoga celebrates its 60th Anniversary this season. To date, the company has performed 106 different fully staged works by 66 different composers, including 42 works by American composers and 14 premiere productions. In 2023, the company hired its 10th Artistic and General Director, Mary Birnbaum.