Quality events for this weekend
Friday September 01
TGIF Yoga at Heartspace: Community class, In both Albany and Troy.
An Evening with Queen White by Martine Syms at EMPAC: An augmented-reality installation.
AFTER by Andrew Schneider at EMPAC: “an emotional story about time, bodies, death, and physics.”
First Friday Albany: Arts, culture, music, food, and more all around albany.
First Friday with Alex Waters at FOGS: Pop-up exhibit in partnership with Albany Center Gallery.
1st Friday at La Luce: Opening reception for Alicia Lea And Josh Boyark.
Sweet Megg & The Wayfarers at BSP Kingston: Swing/jazz/dance.
Exhuman presents Aeon at Fuze Box: Goth night. 2-day special!
Hoser, Ferriday, Drishti at Paulys: Indie/pop/blues.
Hip Hop and All That Jazz at Savoy: Mixed genre-bending show.
Saturday September 02
An Evening with Queen White by Martine Syms at EMPAC: An augmented-reality installation.
Exhuman presents Aeon at Fuze Box: Goth night. 2-day special!
SMCo Two Year Celebration at Superior Merchandise Co.: SMCo. turns two with coffee, beer, snacks, music, and more.
Upstate Soul Club at Brunette: Kingston’s got soul. With PJ Gray.
Botanica at The Half Moon: Botanica turns 3! With DJ Ephraim Asili and Zemog El Gallo Bueno.
Warpaint at Upstate Concert Hall: Indie rock.
Glenn Jones, Parashi at One Caroline: Experimental/primitave guitar.
Soul Vibes at BSP: Dance music from around the world.
Sunday September 03
Phobia, Psytoxia, Grimer, Anti-Cosmosat at Pauly’s Hotel: Grindcore.
Laetitia Sadier (of Stereolab), Nicholas Krgovich at BSP: Experimental/rock.
All weekend
Art Omi: The sculpture fields are awesome.
Day trip to MASS MoCA: Pretty drive and a great museum.
Olana State Historic Site in Hudson: Rotating weekly programs and a landscape to get lost in.
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.