MUSIC 2 DO
CLASSICAL
The Etude Club of Schenectady Ensemble, Schenectady County Public Library – Central Branch, 99 Clinton St., Schenectady. 2 p.m. Sunday. Free. 518-388-4500 or scpl.org.
POP, ROCK, FOLK, COUNTRY AND JAZZ
American Patchwork Quartet, GE Theatre, Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. 7:30 p.m. Friday. $30. 518-3466204 or proctors.org. The New York City-based group’s mission is to reclaim the immigrant soul of American Roots Music. Being As an Ocean, Empire Underground, 93 N. Pearl St., Albany. 7 p.m. Wednesday. $16-$18. 518-371-0012 or empirelivealbany.com. The California hardcore punk band celebrates the 10th anniversary of the debut album “Dear G-d.” Also on the bill: Capstan, Thousand Below, LIMBS.
Girl Blue, Tannery Pond Community Center, 228 Main St., North Creek. 3 p.m. Sunday. Free-$20. 518-251-2505 or tannerypond.org. The singersongwriter otherwise known as Arielle O’keefe is accompanied by fellow singer-songwriter and guitarist Jimi Woodull to perform her older songs, as well as those from her recently released album “Heavy Heart.”
Greensky Bluegrass, Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave., Albany. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. $36-$46. 800-745-3000 or palacealbany.org. The progressive bluegrass rock band from Kalamazoo, Mich., promotes their upcoming release, “Stress Dreams.” With special guests the Infamous Stringdusters.
I’m Your Man: The Music of Sergio Sericolo, Eden Café, 269 Osborne Road, Albany. 7:30 p.m. Saturday. 518-9773771 or edenasc.com. Acoustic singer-songwriter.
J. Wail Live Band, Lark Hall, 351 Hudson Ave., Albany. 8 p.m.
Friday. $20-$30. 518-5995804 or larkhallalbany.com. Funk, dance and electronica combine, with special guests Natalie Cressman of the Trey Anastasio Band, Dominque Xavier of Ghost-note and Kito B. of Particle.
The Matt Niedbalski Trio featuring Adam Sieg , The Park Theater, 14 Park St., Glens Falls. 8:30 p.m. Thursday. $10. 518-792-1150 or parktheatergf.com. A rotating cast of young jazz musicians.
The Music of Adam Gerstenberger from Uncanny Gents, Eden Café, 269 Osborne Road, Albany. 5:30 p.m. Friday. 518977-3771 or edenasc.com. Funk-rock trio.
Official Umphrey’s Mcgee After Party with Death Kings, Empire Underground, 93 N. Pearl St., Albany. 10:30 p.m. Saturday. $20-$25. 518-3710012 or empirelivealbany.com. The punk-metal trio features members of Umphrey’s Mcgee, Aqueous and Turkuaz. Blackcat Eliot opens.
Rich Ortiz, Strand Theatre, 210 Main St., Hudson Falls. 3 p.m. Sunday. Free-$15. 518-8323484 or mystrandtheater.org. Singer-songwriter and guitarist. Ozzy Osbourne/black Sabbath/iron Maiden Tribute, The Strand Theatre, 210 Main St., Hudson Falls. 7:30 p.m. Friday. $20. 518-832-3484 or mystrandtheater.org. Heavy metal homages presented by Entertainment One.
River of Dreams with American Elton, Cohoes Music Hall, 58 Remsen St., Cohoes. 8 p.m. Saturday. $24-$35. 518-4340776 or thecohoesmusichall.org. Tribute to the two Piano Men and longtime touring partners, Billy Joel and Elton John.
Tim Reynolds and TR3, Strand Theatre, 210 Main St., Hudson Falls. 8 p.m. Saturday. $35. 518-832-3484 or mystrandtheater.org. The lead guitarist of the Dave Matthews Band teams up with the electric power trio for journey through a host of genres.
Hiroya Tsukamoto , The Park
Theater, 14 Park St., Glens Falls. 8 p.m. Friday. $15-$20. 518792-1150 or parktheatergf.com. Guitarist, singer-songwriter and composer from Tokyo, who fuses folk, jazz and word music. Umphrey’s Mcgee, Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave., Albany. 8 p.m. Saturday. $25-$45. 800-745-3000 or palacealbany.org. Multi-genre jam band.
DANCE PARTICIPATORY
Social Dance, Ukrainian Club, 402 25th St., Watervliet. 7 p.m. Tuesday. $15. 518-794-5009. Mix it up with friendly sociable dancers. Includes lesson at 7 p.m.
STAGE
“Admissions,” Sand Lake Center for the Arts, 2880 NY 43, Averill Park. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Saturday. $20. 518-674-2007 or slca-ctp.org. Joshua Harmon’s comedy that explodes the ideals and contradictions of liberal white America via a couple in charge of a New England prep school.
“The Art of Theater” and “With My Own Hands,” PS21, 2890 Route 66, Chatham. 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 518-392-6121 or ps21chatham.org. Following their residency at PS21 last month, director Pascal Rambert, actors Jim
Fletcher and Ismail ibn Conner, and translator Nicholas Elliott – co-presented with the Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival — present two short works.
“Berdichev/the Family that Never Was,” Neil and Jane Golub Theater, Adeline Wright Graham Boys & Girls Club of Schenectady, 104 Education Drive, Schenectady. 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $10-$20. 518-382-9438 or newrussiacenter.org. The New Russia Cultural Center presents an “unsentimental” story of Soviet Jews after the Holocaust. Friday’s show is in Russian. “Broken Glass,” Congregation Beth Israel, 2195 Eastern Parkway, Niskayuna. 7 p.m. Thursday, Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. $18-$20. 518-3879150 or classictheaterguild.com. Classic Theater Guild presents Arthur Miller’s play about a married Jewish couple in 1938 Brooklyn at the same time as the Kristallnacht in Nazi Germany. “Come from Away,” Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. $25.50-$115.50. 518-3466204 or proctors.org. The Tony-winning musical is set in the week following the September 11 attacks and tells the true story of what transpired when 38 planes were ordered to land unexpectedly in the small Canadian town of Gander, where the residents welcomed, housed and fed the stranded travelers.
“The Complete Works of
William Shakespeare (Abridged),” Oldcastle Theatre Company, Bennington Performing Arts Center, 331 Main St., Bennington, Vt. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. $10. 802-447-0564 or oldcastletheatre.org. An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard’s plays and sonnets. “Fireflies,” Curtain Call Theatre, 1 Jeanne Jugan Lane, Latham. 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. $30. 518-877-7529 or curtaincalltheatre.com. In Donja R. Love’s two-person play, the bombing of a church in the Jim Crow South leaves four little girls dead, and inspires a pregnant Olivia to write speeches that lead her husband Charles to galvanize a march toward freedom. “Our Country’s Good,” Home Made Theater, 320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs. 10:15 a.m. Saturday. $5. 518-587-4427 or homemadetheater.org. The Shuster Series of Play Readings returns with a reading of Timberlake Wertenbecker’s play about Royal Marines and convicts in 1780s New South Wales putting on a theater production. “Songs for a New World,” Schenectady Light Opera Company, 427 Franklin St., Schenectady. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. $25-$32. 518-730-7370 or sloctheater.org. Jason Robert Brown’s theatrical song cycle works a small cast through a series of moving songs and stories that examine life, love and the choices we make.
FILMS
“The Hate U Give,” Schenectady County Public Library – Central Branch, 99 Clinton St., Schenectady. Noon Wednesday. Free. 518-388-4500 or scpl.org. (U.S., 2018) Starr (Amandla Stenberg) witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, she must find her voice and stand up for what’s right. “Island in the Sky,” Voorheesville
Public Library, 51 School Road, Voorheesville. 1 p.m. Thursday. Free. 518-7652791 or voorheesvillelibrary.org. (U.S., 1953) A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastes of Quebec, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley (John Wayne), must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while waiting for rescue. “Nomadland,” William K. Sanford Town Library, 629 Albany Shaker Road, Loudonville. 2 and 6 p.m. Monday. Free. 518-458-9274 or colonielibrary.org. (U.S., 2020) A woman in her 60s (Best Actress Oscar winner Frances Mcdormand), after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad. The reigning Best Picture Oscar winner. “The Wizard of Oz,” Clifton Park-halfmoon Public Library, 475 Moe Road, Clifton Park. 2 p.m. Sunday. Free. 518-3718622 or cphlibrary.org. (U.S., 1939) Young Dorothy Gale and her dog are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical land of Oz, and embark on a danger-filled quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill all their wishes. The postponed kick-off event for this year’s Two Towns One Book program; “Finding Dorothy” by Elizabeth Letts is this year’s book.
COMEDY
Kelsey Cook, Funny Bone Comedy Club Restaurant, Crossgates Mall, Albany. 7 p.m. Friday; 7 and 9:45 p.m. Saturday. $15. 518-313-7484 or albany.funnybone.com. Stand-up comedy. Anthony Devito, The Comedy Works, 388 Broadway, Saratoga Springs. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $20-$25. 877-5653849 or the comedyworks.com/ saratoga. Stand-up comedy. Mopco’s Crush the Game: “They Said They Said ,” The Mopco Improv Theatre, 10 N. Jay St., Schenectady. 7 p.m. Sun
day. $6-$18. 518-577-6726 or mopco.org. A game where improvisers have to be three things at once: actors, directors and writers.
Anthony Rodia, The Egg, Empire State Plaza, Albany. 8 p.m. Friday. $39-$59. 518-4731845 or theegg.org. Stand-up comedian.
Wanda Sykes, The Egg, Empire State Plaza, Albany. 7 p.m. Sunday. $49-$125. 518-4731845 or theegg.org. A night with the Emmy-winning stand-up comedian, actress, writer and producer.
Theatresports!, The Mopco Improv Theatre, 10 N. Jay St., Schenectady. 8 p.m. Saturday. $9-$18. 518-577-6726 or mopco.org. The fast, silly, highstakes show where two teams of improvisers face off.
“The Tony Loves Trixie Show” Auditions and Rehearsal, Eden Café, 269 Osborne Road, Albany. 6:30 p.m. Thursday. 518-977-3771 or edenasc.com. A musical situation comedy improv group that performs multiple characters working their way through lives daily challenges.
William Hughes Monthly Show, The Mopco Improv Theatre, 10 N. Jay St., Schenectady. 8 p.m. Friday. $7.50-$15. 518-577-6726 or mopco.org.