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    #thecastle (Taken with Instagram)

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    Albany Center Gallery (Taken with Cinemagram)

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  • Bands listed for Local Legends Live

    Earlier this summer, the state Office of General Services announced the former soul coughing frontman Mike Doughty as the headliner of this year’s Local Legends Live show on Saturday, Sept. 8. Now, OGS has posted the list of actual 518 acts performing. The free event takes place at the Empire State Plaza.

    Here they are:

    Schedule
    2 p.m. Happy Birthday Dr. Jim
    3 p.m. Catching Cadence
    4 p.m. The Chronicles
    5 p.m. Karma’s Army
    6 p.m. John Brodeur and Charmboy
    7 p.m. Eastbound Jesus
    8 p.m. Mike Doughty

    Of note, this is also the same day as Day 2 of Restoration Fest at St. Joseph’s in Albany, which isn’t free, and the city of Albany’s Jazz Festival at Corning Preserve, which is free.

    Something for everyone or a scheduling nightmare?

  • Did NBC fail in its Olympics coverage?

    In today’s Times Union, Skidmore professor lays out a compelling argument that NBC’s U.S.-centric coverage of the Olympics failed to live up to the Games’ purpose of international good will.

    Meanwhile, the closing ceremony being interrupted by a new NBC comedy, “Animal Practice,” which then was followed by a half-hour of local news, has made viewers in the Capital Region and beyond irate. This just seemed like another bad mark for NBC, which had people complaining about how it was handling taped delays for its prime-time broadcasts. But despite those complaints, NBC saw ratings increases.

    What’s your take?

  • Is this too risque for the historic Ten Broeck Mansion?

    The 213-year-old Ten Broeck Mansion evokes old-world charm and history. In fact, it is the headquarters of the Albany County Historical Association, (ACHA), that aims to preserve and exemplify the history and heritage of New York’s Capital Region.

    So how does the sexy, bawdy and raucous burlesque troupe Charmed and Dangerous fit in with that kind of mission?

    According it its Facebook page, Charmed and Dangerous features entertainers with names such as Pixie Dickens, Rosie Budds, Mittens Curtis, Ophelia Nightly, Cherry Poppins, Fernando Falcone, Sunny Holiday, Cocoa Chanelle and Lusty Springfield.

    Does this poster make you want to attend?

  • The full Lark Fest lineup announced

    On Saturday, Sept. 15, the free Lark Street festival, Lark Fest, features music on two stages. The festival is presented by The Lark Street Business Improvement District and WEXT 97.7 FM.

    Madison Stage (Lark and Madison)
    Headband Jack
    The City Never Sleeps
    Sevendys
    MaryLeigh & the Fauves
    Jukebox the Ghost
    World Party

    Washington Stage(Lark and Washington)
    Dirty Paris
    Northern Faces
    Erin Harkes
    Lucky Jukebox Brigade
    Graham Alexander
    Ryan Shaw

  • ‘Guys and Dolls’ @ Cohoes Music Hall, 8/9/12

    LORI ANN FREDA, left, plays Adelaide and Paul C. Kelly, is Nathan Detroit in the upcoming production of ‘‘Guys and Dolls’’ at Cohoes Music Hall. (THERESA M. THIBODEAU photo)

    COHOES — C-R Production’s charming “Guys and Dolls” at Cohoes Music Hall proves that this is a troupe that deserves to stay alive.

    Karin Mason’s spot-on costume designs — of sharp-suited gamblers, slinky floozies and uptight do-gooders — brilliantly evoked 1940s New York. Christopher George Patterson’s dazzling choreography — and the accuracy and energy of the ensemble — filled the stage with vitality and fresh, vivid movements. But the stand out of this production is LoriAnn Freda’s Miss Adelaide.

    Every time she’s onstage, she commands it with her wonderful presence, great comic timing, her screechy Brooklynesque nasal voice (that, somehow, was never annoying), and her obvious talents as a singer and dancer, especially in the show-stopping numbers “A Bushel and a Peck” and “Take Back Your Mink.” (more…)

  • Get to know Arts & Entertainment Editor Michael Janairo

    In this video from the TV show Impact, Proctors CEO Philip Morris turns the tables on the Times Union A&E editor by interviewing him.

  • The Donald vs. the Scots in documentary ‘You’ve Been Trumped’ at Proctors

    “You’ve Been Trumped,” an award-winning documentary about a group of Scottish residents who take on real estate mogul Donald Trump when he tries to build on their land, has its second U.S. theatrical showing at Proctors in Schenectady on Friday and Saturday, and the film’s producer, Richard Phinney, will be on hand to introduce both night’s 7:30 p.m. screenings and hold Q&As afterward.

    The full schedule of showings is: 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Friday; and 3:30, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

    Scotland is the fabled homeland of modern golf and has more courses per capita than any other country, but that didn’t stop Trump from trying to build two more, as well as a 450-room hotel and 1,500 luxury homes. But the land he chose was one of Scotland’s last remaining wilderness areas, a stretch of coastland that locals didn’t want destroyed.

    Tickets to the screenings are $5. For more information, call 346-6204 or visit http://www.proctors.org.