Quality events for this weekend
Friday November 17
NOFUNHOUSE No. 1 featuring Bastian Void, Trash Panda QC, Wavy Cunningham, DJ Jonesy at No Fun: Experimental/electronic.
WCDB’s Fall Show at The Linda: My Son the Doctor, Rhakim Ali, Fallen Youth.
Come as You Are at City Beer Hall: 90s alternative party.
William Hughes’s Monthly Show: November at Mopco: Comedy show.
Saturday November 18
String Machine, Raavi, Rover, Dan Lafave & Shannon Straney at No Fun: Folk/indie/experimental.
Thanksgiving Throwdown Cover Show at Empire Underground: Wrathchild (performing Iron Maiden), British Steel (performing Judas Priest), LiveWire (performing Motley Crue), Uncle SAMM (performing the Big 4 Slayer, Anthrax, Metallica, Megadeth).
Mike Doughty and Ghost of Vroom at Lark Hall: Alternative/indie.
Gary Smulyan & Joe Magnarelli Quintet at Alias Coffee Troy: Jazz.
K-pop Dance Night at Fuze Box: K-pop party.
Sunday November 19
The Big Giveback at 224 South Pearl St: William “Tragedy” Yager and Kris Roglieri are giving away 1500 Turkeys. First come, first served.
Beesides Film Score: Apollo 13 with Armbruster & Blue Ranger at No Fun: Live score of Apollo 13.
House Party Presents: Homeless Awareness Benefit at Empire Underground: Featuring Nailed Shut, Senior Living, Flatwounds, Amphette.
From Within at Fuze Box: Metal/hardcore show. With Urine, The Lunkheads, Bad Impressions.
All weekend
Classes at Honest Weight Food Co-Op: Free and low-cost community classes, events, and services.
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.
Movies at Madison Theater: Albany’s only dine-in theater showing first-run films.
Take a Hike: You live in an amazing area for hiking. Touch grass!
Farmer’s Markets: Troy, Delmar, and Saratoga on Saturday, and Schenectady, Colonie, and Saratoga on Sunday.
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