Category: Arts & Entertainment

Happenings This Weekend: January 21 – 23, 2011

It’s snowing again today so check with the following happenings to make sure they are still happening.

FRIDAY, January 21

Monster Jam Thunder Nationals at Times Union Center
Featuring Monster Trucks including Grave Digger® driven by Carl Van Horn, Tasmanian Devil driven by Nicole Johnson, Thrasher driven by Pat Summa, Full Boar driven by Ed Eckert, Crushstation driven by Greg Winchenbach, and Aftershock driven by Bob Robbins! Also featuring Quad Wars!

Gates open at 6:30PM and the show starts at 7:30PM
Tickets for Gold Circle are $30. Price Level 2 is $20 Adults and $5 Kids. All tickets are $5 more on the day of the show so buying in advance is a good idea. Tickets are available now at the Times Union Center Box Office and all Ticketmaster Outlets.

Family Movie Night: “Alpha And Omega” at New Lebanon Library
Alpha and Omega, an animated movie, is the story of two young wolves at opposite ends of their pack’s social order, who are thrown together into a foreign land and need each other to return home. Rated PG for rude humor and some mild action.
Showtime is 6:30pm

SATURDAY, January 22

Monster Jam Thunder Nationals at Times Union Center
Featuring Monster Trucks including Grave Digger® driven by Carl Van Horn, Tasmanian Devil driven by Nicole Johnson, Thrasher driven by Pat Summa, Full Boar driven by Ed Eckert, Crushstation driven by Greg Winchenbach, and Aftershock driven by Bob Robbins! Also featuring Quad Wars!

Gates open at 6:30PM and the show starts at 7:30PM
Tickets for Gold Circle are $30. Price Level 2 is $20 Adults and $5 Kids. All tickets are $5 more on the day of the show so buying in advance is a good idea. Tickets are available now at the Times Union Center Box Office and all Ticketmaster Outlets.

PIT PARTY
On Saturday only there is a Pit Party from 4:30 to 6:30PM. Pit Passes are available at Your Upstate Ford Dealers from 12/27/10 through 1/20/11 whiles supplies last.

Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra Performs Madama Butterfly at FDR High School, Hyde Park
The Opera will be performed in the auditorium of Roosevelt High School in Hyde Park and features soprano Maryann Mootos, mezzo-soprano Antonella Delli Carpini and tenor Victor Khodadad.

Billed as an “Opera Ritaglia”, this performance has been designed to appeal to a wide audience by shortening the typically three act opera to two acts while retaining the most beloved songs and storyline.
Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for students. They can be purchased on the orchestra’s web site at www.ndsorchestra.org or at the box office on the evening of the performance starting at 6:45pm.
For more information, please visit www.ndsorchestra.org

Albany Symphony Orchestra: Verdir’s Requiem at Palace Theatre
The Albany Symphony Orchestra perform’s Verdir’s Requiem, a choral masterpiece that is part sacred masterwork and full-blooded Italian opera. The Requiem features four operatic soloists and a chorus of 130 voices.
The performance begins at 7:30pm and runs to midnight.

Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster and cost $15.00 – $54.00.
For more information, visit http://www.PalaceAlbany.com/ by clicking here.

Bryan Adams at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall


Bryan Adams will bring his Bare Bones Tour to the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall on Monday January, 24, 2011. The Bare Bones Tour features Adams performing acoustic versions of his greatest hits from the past 25 years, including “Cuts Like a Knife,” “This Time,” “Summer of 69,” “One Night Love Affair,” “Run to You,” “Straight from the Heart,” “Somebody,” “Heaven,” “Everything I Do (I Do For You)” and many more.

The performance begins at 8pm and tickets are $75, $55, $35. Tickets can be purchased at www.troymusichall.org by clicking here.

For more information on Bryan Adams and the tour, please visit www.bryanadams.com

This Weekend at Club Helsinki in Hudson

Have you been to Club Helsinki in Hudson yet? It’s a great space to see a live performance, have a drink (or six) and grab a bite to eat in the newly opened restaurant. The performance space, bar and restaurant are all housed in a beautifully restored 1860’s industrial complex that also includes an upstairs ballroom and private events hall. You don’t need an excuse to check out this amazing location but here are a few that might motivate you.

Appearing Friday, January 7 (2011): A double bill featuring Johnny Society with The Mommy Heads

From HelsinkiHudson.com:

Multi-instrumentalist Kenny Siegal fronts indie rock fave Johnny Society and its talented ever revolving line up. The latest incarnation as a power trio continues to connect strands of ’60s and ’70s pop/rock into impressive bluesy, poppy, indie rock songs.

The Mommyheads craft a witty blend of brilliant sonic arrangements, beautiful vocal harmonies and killer chops often referred to as “perfect pop.”

Doors open at 6:00pm and the show starts at 9:00pm. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online by clicking here. 21 and over.

Appearing Saturday, January 8 (2011): Tao Seeger & George Kilby Jr. with Members of Railroad Earth and Hot Tuna

From HelsinkiHudson.com:

An all-star revue that re-defines Folk, Blues and Jam Band Music.

Featuring: Tao Seeger, George Kilby, Jr., Barry Mitterhoff (Hot Tuna), Andy Goessling (Railroad Earth), Johnny Grubb (Railroad Earth) and Special Guest Andrew McConathy

Doors open at 6:00pm and the show starts at 9:00pm. Tickets are $18 and can be purchased online by clicking here. 21 and over.

Club Helsinki is located at 405 Columbia Street in Hudson, New York 12534
For more information:
click: HelsinkiHudson.com,
email: info@helsinkihudson.com
call: 518.828.4800.

We’re Having a Heat Wave!

One of my least favorite aspects of life in NYC was the summer. We didn’t need a heat wave to make life uncomfortable – all that concrete and glass could easily turn a typical hot day into a sweaty mess, especially if your day began by waiting 10 minutes on a subway platform. Gross.

Even though I’m just a few hours north of the city now, the weather is dynamically different. One thing is for sure, if it’s hotter than hell up here, it must be ungodly hot in the city right now.

So for all my friends sweating in NYC, here’s a little ditty from Marilyn Monroe, Heat Wave!