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Duncan Sheik at Club Helsinki

Duncan Sheik will be performing this Saturday (December 17, 2011) at Club Helsinki in Hudson, NY.

Sheik, who was interviewed by WAMC Radio this morning, will be performing a collection of Pop cover songs from his youth including hits by The Smiths, New Order and Howard Jones.

Tickets can be purchased online here for $18. The show starts at 9pm and is General Admission. 21 and over.

For more info, visit HelsinkiHudson.com.

Happenings: Hudson Music Fest

This weekend (Friday, August 12 to Sunday, August 14) Hudson, NY will be hosting it’s first (and hopefully annual) Hudson Music Festival.

“The City of Hudson will have music in every possible indoor venue and outdoor public space the organizers can conjure—jazz brunches, buskers on street corners, dueling DJs, dance parties, country bands, classical music concerts, singer/songwriter contests, new age music and old time Dixieland, salsa and soul.”

You can see the full and very extensive schedule plus a map of event locations at HudsonMusicFest.com by clicking here.

There is also a special Pre Festival Benefit Concert being held tonight (Thursday, August 11) at 6pm featuring The River Ensemble. Julie Berman, violin – Jim Paradies, trumpet – Jay Shulman, cello will be performing from 6:00pm to 7:30pm at 369 Warren Street right outside the Church (weather permitting).

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: 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

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.