Quality events for this weekend

Friday April 1

First Friday: Art, culture, music, and more all over.

Discofunk Happy Hour at The Low Beat: Funk, disco, soul.

Commodifying Destruction at ACG: Gallery opening. “…cultivates a space where the viewer is compelled to consume.

Collage Night at Opalka Gallery: Creative meditation with Ira and Caroline.

Atlas Revisited at EMPAC: Revisiting a project from 2014. It involves camels.

Restless Widow, Factory Radio, and Apostrophe S at Pauly’s Hotel: Mixed bill show.

It’s Space, Ecstatic Vision, Geezer, Ultraam at BSP: Heavy stoner psych.

Exhuman at Fuze Box: Goth night!

Gogol Bordello at Upstate Concert Hall: Gypsy punk.

Rechorduroys, Bent Shapes, Pony In The Pancake at The Low Beat: April fools show.

The Mountain Goats at Bearsville Theater: Indie/folk/rock.

Saturday April 2

Queerstock Spring Fling Cabaret & Dance Party at BSP: Spring time dance time.

Fissure, Goolagoon, Neutron Rats, Exul at The Low Beat: Hardcore/powerviolence.

Space expo at New England Air Museum: Aerospace and science: up close!

John Brown’s Body and Black Mountain Symphony at The Hollow: Roots.

Botanica with DJ Ephraim Asili and Tall Matt at The Half Moon: Vinyl dance party.

Sunday April 3

Xylouris White, Fleming+Degrazia Duo at BSP: “World renown lutenist.

Capital District Grown Up Easter Egg Hunt at Troy Atrium: Win some goodies and benefit charities in the process.

All weekend

Festival Cinema Invisible: This weeks sponsor. The “only film festival in upstate New York that showcases films from Persian-speaking communities and beyond”.

Art Omi: The sculpture fields are awesome.

Day trip to MASS MoCA: Pretty drive and a great museum.

The NYS Museum: Bunch of great exhibits and it’s right in your backyard.

Second-run movies at the Madison Theater: Only five bucks!

Movies at The Spectrum: First run, independent movies at a small centrally located theater.

Farmer’s Markets: Troy, Delmar, and Saratoga on Saturday, and Schenectady and Saratoga on Sunday.