Quality events for this weekend
Friday April 21
TGIF Yoga at Heartspace: Community class, In both Albany and Troy.
The Nile Project at The Sanctuary for Independent Media: Music from musicians from 11 Nile countries.
The Heavy Pets & Backup Planet at The Hollow: Rock/funk/fusion.
90s Night at Fuze: Throwback night.
The Vinyl Exam at Savoy: Vinyl night.
Saturday April 22
March for Science at NYS Capitol: Promoting all things scientific.
Body Shine Vol. 12 at Fuze: Proper dance party.
Yoga at The Pride Center: Sliding scale, all welcome.
Earth Day at Honest Weight: Music and much more from open to close.
Earth Day in the Pine Bush: Volunteer to get the Pine Bush into great shape for the summer.
Tour of the Battenkill Spring Preview Ride in Greenwich: 75 mile supported ride.
Pop Up Record Shop with Dogfish Head at Pint Sized: Peruse some records for your collection, maybe win a record player.
Albany Craft Beer Festival at The Armory: A celebration of beer.
The Last Ten Seconds Of Life at Fuze Box: Metal matinée.
Mundy’s Bay, The Plastic Faction, eisha, Bare Mattress at Pauly’s: Alt-rock/indie/darkwave/etc.
Steven Wright at Ulster PAC: Stand up legend.
Great Mutations, Kimono Dragons, Front Business at River Street Pub: Rock/surf.
Chortle Kombat at Mopco Theater: Improv show.
Hacksaw Jim Duggan at Cohoes Music Hall: Stand up.
Mike Lebovitz at Proctors: Stand up, part of Pretty Much the Best Comedy Show series.
The Nude Abides at The Hangar: Big Lebowski burlesque.
Sunday April 23
Capital Region Grown Up Egg Hunt at Jenning’s Landing: Proceeds going to ACG and In Our Own Voices.
World War I Exhibition Opening Reception at NYS Museum: A tour of the new exhibition.
Herobust at River Street Pub: Part of the Raging on the River series.
Lung, Good Hair, Odd Body at Pauly’s: Indie/punk/alt.
Melissa Etheridge at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall: Full band show.
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.