Category: Happenings

Happenings This Weekend: February 18 – 20, 2011

Hey gang, I was in NYC for the week at Toy Fair 2011 so I’m a little behind with this weekend’s Happenings. I’ll try to update the list throughout the day so check back. In the meantime …

FRIDAY February 18, 2011

Divinitress at New Lebanon Library
The New Lebanon Library is proud to host acoustic folk trio Divinitress for an evening of unique and uplifting music. They play a combination of original songs along with popular covers that encourage the audience to sing along.

TIME: 7:00-9:00 pm
FOR: Everyone!

Happenings This Weekend: February 11 – 13

FRIDAY, February 11, 2011

Family Movie Night at New Lebanon Library – “SECRETARIAT”
Starring Diane Lane & John Malkovich.
Penny Chenery Tweedy and colleagues guide her long-shot but precocious stallion to set, in 1973, the unbeaten record for winning the Triple Crown. (Rated PG for brief mild language.)
POPCORN PROVIDED!

TIME: 6:30 PM
PLACE: New Lebanon Library
For more information, call 518-794-8844

Jennifer Coolidge at Comedy Connection at the Hukelau
Jennifer Coolidge is a versatile character actress and experimental comedienne, best known for playing Stifler’s mom in American Pie (1999). She was born on August 28, 1963, in Boston, MA.

TIME: Doors open at 6:00 PM / Show starts at 7:30 PM
PLACE: 705 Memorial Drive Chicopee, MA
COST: $30.00
21 and over
More Info

 

SATURDAY, February 12, 2011

Jenny Lin, Piano Performance at Hudson Opera House
Jenny Lin is one of the most respected young pianists today, admired for her adventurous programming and charismatic stage presence. Her concerts have taken her to Symphony Space, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, MoMA, the Kennedy Center, the Salle Cortot in Paris, and festivals worldwide.

TIME: 8:00pm
PLACE: Hudson Opera House, Hudson NY
COST: $20, $18 members

 

Happenings This Weekend: February 4 – 6, 2011

FRIDAY February 4, 2011

Downtown Schenectady Restaurant Week at Downtown Schenectady
This year’s Restaurant Week celebrates the wide array of international cuisine available in Schenectady County! Participating restaurants will offer three-course meals for $20.11.

Some of the participating restaurants include:
Alto Grille, Ambition Cafe, Angelo’s Tavolo, Aperitivo Bistro, Bangkok Bistro, Bombers Burrito Bar, Cafe NOLA, Cella Bistro, Clinton’s Ditch, Cornell’s Restaurant, The Grog Shoppe, Home Style Restaurant, Katie O’Byrne’s, Manhattan Exchange Restaurant, Mari’s Restaurant, Petta’s, Pinhead Susan’s, John Riccitello Restaurant, Roman Villa, San Souci Restaurant, Stockade Inn, Taj Mahal,Turf Tavern, Van Dyck Restaurant, Water’s Edge LIghthouse Restaurant

Time: 5pm
Price: $20.11
Address: Schenectady, NY 12305

A Taste Of Winter Wine at the Cathedral of All Saints in Albany
Enjoy special wines from some of the finest wine regions of the world in the beautiful candlelit nave of the gothic Cathedral of All Saints. An array of excellent cheese, breads and chocolate will be served to compliment your wine.
Music will be provided by The Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys, Woodrow Bynum, Baritone, and Graham Schultz, Lloyd Cast Organ Fellow. Vintner: Kinderhook Wine.

Time: 5:30pm
Price: $40
Phone: (518) 465-1342
Address: Cathedral of All Saints
62 S. Swan St.
Albany, NY 12210

SATURDAY February 5, 2011

Annual Winter Chicken BBQ at North Chatham Fire Department
Call for more info and advance reservations.

Time: 4 to 7pm
Phone: 518-766-3344

Jim Breuer at Comedy Connection at the Hukelau
Jim Breuer has established himself as one of the most outrageous comedians in the U.S. through his incredible stand-up performances, charismatic stage antics and impressions, various television appearances, movie roles and his Sirius Satellite Radio show.

Time: 7pm
Price: $27
Address: 705 Memorial Drive
Chicopee, MA
To Buy Tickets: TicketMaster.com

SUNDAY February 6, 2011

Not Your Average Dog Show at Berkshire Community College
Dogs of any breed or mix, with or without credentials, are welcome to show up and show off during the Berkshire Community College Foundation’s tenth Anniversary “Not Your Average Dog Show.”
Sample categories include “Best Trick,” “Best Smile,” “Best Dressed,” “Best Hair,” and “Mystery Mutt” where volunteer judges try to guess the breeds of the dogs.

Time: 12:30pm – 3pm
Price: Free, donations requested
Address: BCC’s Paterson Field House
1350 West Street
Phone: 413-236-2185

Disney on Ice: Princess Classics at MassMutual Center
An amazing journey to the magical lands of Disney’s classic fairytales. Travel to a kingdom under the sea, an enchanted palace in France, and Arabian castle and more! Enter the fantasy worlds of your favorite princesses – Cinderella, Jasmine, Ariel, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, Mulan, and Snow White – as they bring magic to your hometown in this royal skating extravaganza!

Time: 1pm
Price: $16, $24, $38.50, & $61
Address: 1277 Main St,
Springfield, MA 01103
Phone: 413.787.6610
To Buy Tickets: TicketMaster.com

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.