Today's Things 2 do

Bach Birthday Concert, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 21 Hackett Blvd., Albany. 3 p.m. $10, free for students. Trevor Kahlbaugh and William Douglas play Bach’s organ music on the neo-baroque Casavant pipe organ.

Erie Canal for Kids, State Museum, 222 Madison Ave., Albany. 2 p.m. Free. Learn about life on the Erie Canal and what you might do for fun and what you would wear. Use a 1903 canal map as you imagine yourself on a boat traveling through the many locks of the waterway.

Irish Literature Open Mic,

William K. Sanford Town Library, 629 Albany Shaker Road, Colonie. 1:30 p.m. Free. Participants invited to read a selection from their favorite Irish writer or poet for a maximum of six minutes. Or just come and listen. Sponsored

by the Hudson Valley Writers Guild and the Dibiase Poetry Contest.

Randy Calistri-yeh, Clifton Park-halfmoon Public Library,. 2 p.m. Free. The principal cellist of the Livingston Symphony Orchestra in New Jersey performs solo cello music with selections from classical music, Broadway, big band, and international folk music. He is a former resident of Clifton Park. Sunny Sundays at the Dudley Observatory at misci, Museum of Innovation and Science, 15 Nott Terrace Heights, Schenectady. 1 p.m. $12, $8 child. Educators from the Dudley Observatory at misci will operate the 14-inch telescope inside the roll-top roof observatory, allowing visitors to safely look at the sun and search for sunspots. http://www.misci.org.

St. Patrick’s Day Corned

Beef Dinner, Our Lady of the Valley, 111 Wells Ave., Middleburgh. 5 p.m. $10. Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Council 4475 to benefit the Special Olympics of the Capital District.