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ALBANY
Review: Weider group percolates with Band mate Hudson
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Jim Weider’s Project Percolator, a straight-up rock band that played The Band and Dylan ballads like high-end garage-rock, boiled several times over on Saturday night at the Egg’s Swyer Theater.
ALBANY
Review: Rappers go old school for energetic Palace triple-bill
Friday, May 17, 2013
Old-school rappers Doug E. Fresh, MC Lyte and Big Daddy Kane took the Palace Theatre to school Friday night, with each proving their longevity in the hip-hop world.
Whisky adds light note of hope, edgy humor to latest Loach film
Friday, May 17, 2013
A barrel of whisky would usually spell doom for the working-class blokes who always find their way into Ken Loach films. But it is redemption that the director has in mind in the unexpectedly warm, hopeful and humorous brew of “The Angels’ Share.”
Shannon is deadly cool as real-life hit man in ‘Iceman’
Friday, May 17, 2013
Michael Shannon plays real life hit man Richard Kuklinski in "The Iceman," a movie that compares favorably with "Goodfellas."
CAPITAL REGION
Youth Chorale tackling original composition focused on building of the Erie Canal
Friday, May 17, 2013
The Capital District Youth Chorale will perform “The E-RI-E Canal” for the first time before an audience during the chorale’s 30th anniversary concert.
LOS ANGELES
Candice Glover wins ’American Idol’
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Candice Glover was crowned the new “American Idol” on Thursday after defeating country singer Kree Harrison.
Boldly go to latest installment of long ‘Star Trek’ saga
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Despite its baleful title, “Star Trek Into Darkness” is fleet-footed and never far from a jovial wink at the audience. It opens with a stupendous chase sequence that out-Spielbergs “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”
Bufalino to talk, demonstrate as part of Sunday’s Tap Dance Day
Thursday, May 16, 2013
This Sunday, the National Museum of Dance opens its doors to celebrate National Tap Dance Day with renowned dancer and choreographer Brenda Bufalino.
BALLSTON SPA
GottaGetGon fest set for Memorial Day weekend
Thursday, May 16, 2013
The lineup, workshops and camping facilities are all set for the 44th annual GottaGetGon Folk Festival on Memorial Day weekend, May 24 through 26 at the Saratoga County Fairgrounds.
Barone has new role as troubadour
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Since the release of “Glow,” Richard Barone has been exploring yet another side of his performing personality that had, perhaps surprisingly, never surfaced before — the troubadour.
MC Lyte balances her roles as DJ, motivational speaker
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Pioneering female hip-hop star MC Lyte has a lot more on her plate than just MC-ing these days. She still finds herself on the road most of the year performing for audiences, but only about half of that is as the rapper best known for such ’80s and ’90s hits as “Ruffneck,” “Cha Cha Cha” and “Poor Georgie.”
Fest reveals enduring vitality of New Orleans
Thursday, May 16, 2013
“The young get old, the old get cold,” sang the leader of the Last Straws two weeks ago, launching the second weekend of Jazz Fest. Formed 57 years ago to play music already antique then, these vaudevillians sang that even in New Orleans, where the past isn’t gone and isn’t even past, change happens. It was the 44th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — my third.
Project Percolator provides Weider with change of pace
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Jim Weider's Project Percolator will perform Saturday night at The Egg, featuring the longtime guitarist for The Band.
SCHENECTADY
24-hour theater project gathers top local talent
Thursday, May 16, 2013
The WAM Theatre and The Mop & Bucket Improv Company are joining forces again to produce the third annual 24hr Theatre Project, a series of short plays produced in the span of 24 hours and presented to a live audience at the Black Box Theatre of Schenectady High School’s John Sayles School of Fine Arts at 8 p.m. Saturday.
AMSTERDAM
Mohawk Valley Chorus to sing challenging 'Carmina Burana'
Thursday, May 16, 2013
David Rossi, director of the Mohawk Valley Chorus, wanted to be sure there would be no surprises when the chorus performs Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” on Sunday. So, he began working them on the piece at their weekly rehearsals in January.
