Quality events for this weekend

Friday December 16

Jungle Punk & Skillaton at No Fun: Tech house dance party.

Holiday Toy Drive at Empire Underground: With Brick By Brick, Pyrexia, Generation Kill, Assault On The Living, Beast Marrow.

Todd Barry at Lark Hall: Comedy show.

Saturday December 17

Trojan Bop at No Fun: Record fair with live DJs.

Holiday Toy Drive at Empire Underground: With New Saviors, Brookline, Banshee, Violence, Every Enemy Alive.

Pop Culture Provocateurs at The Madison Theater: Burlesque show.

Sunday December 18

Holiday Toy Drive at Empire Underground: With Wrong Move, Abuse Ritual, Silence Equals Death, Hate The Adversary, Remains Of Rage.

Punk Rock Flea Market at Empire Live: Free!

Pony in the Pancake Holiday Show at No Fun: The Tradition Continues! Original Songs and Holiday Classics Performed by Haley Moley, Nathan Meltz and the House of Tomorrow, Thinner Friends, Great Mutation, Christina Abbott, Better Pills, Onlyness, Mystery Girl, Espejos, Electric Turtle, The A.M.’s, and Pony in the Pancake.

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.

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

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

Did I miss something? Please let me know!