Quality events for this weekend
Friday May 13
Fork in the Road at Tricentennial Park: Food truck event.
Upstate Rubdown, Olivia Quillio & Micah Resney at The Hangar: Folk/indie/home grown/pop.
Tarek Atoui’s Within at EMPAC: “multi-year research and performance project to develop tools and techniques for performing sound to a hearing-impaired audience
Breakfast For The Boys, The Vibe Theory, Karma Darwin at BSP Kingston: Soul/funk.
Mishka Shubaly and Star Anna at The Half Moon: Alternative/blues/rock.
Purple Rain: A Tribute To Prince at Madison Theater: 8pm and 11pm screenings.
Stellar Young, Coupons, and Candy Ambulance at The Hollow: Free thanks to Goose Island.
Saturday May 14
Throat Culture, Slowshine, Silver Dagger, Prince Daddy & The Hyena, Jouska, Erik Savage, Bare Mattress, PineSheets, SlowpaceTMD, and Ferriday at The Treehouse: Last Treehouse show ever.
Scuzz, Narcoleptics, Rogue Trooper, Male Patterns at The Low Beat: Scuzz’s LP record release.
U.S. Girls and She-Devils at The Half Moon: Pop/soul/punk.
Palm, Annie Blech, Delta, Corner, The Cradle, Lily Konigsberg at SMOG: Outsider rock/etc at Bard.
Spring Plant Sale at Capital Roots: The annual plant sale.
Spring Affair at BSP: Dance party.
Sunday May 15
Brunch with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange hosted by The Yes Men at The Sanctuary for Independent Media: “super secret.
Yappy Hour at Lucas Confectionery: Bring your pup, benefit for Joseph’s House & Shelter.
All weekend
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.
