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Blue Man Group is coming back to Proctors theater in Schenectady for three performances: 8 p.m. July 21, and 1 and 5 p.m. July 22.
This is a return engagement of the show that played at Proctors last year, which critic Michael Eck called “wickedly subversive” and “hugely, satisfyingly fun.”
Tickets (priced at $20, $30, $45, $60 & $75) are on sale at Proctors Box Office, (518) 346-6204 or online at proctors.org
If you missed the Times Union panel discussion on social media at the Smalbany conference at the UAlbany Nanocollege, here is a wrap up, via storify:
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At noon today, I’ll be moderating a panel during the free Smalbany Conference, geared toward small business, on “Growing your social media reputation.”
Noon Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Auditorium at CNSE’s Albany NanoTech Complex
255 Fuller Road, Albany, NY 12203
Moderator
Panelists
More info on the day:
The day’s events run from 7 am to 5 pm.
http://smalbany.org/
Admission is free, but you’re encouraged to register:
http://smalbany.org/registration/
Map and parking information:
There is a bit of a walk from the main parking lot to rotunda, where the day’s events take place.
http://smalbany.org/map-directions/
Bouchercon is slated to come to Albany in 2013. And volunteers are being sought to make it happen.
What is Bouchercon, you ask? The full name is the Anthony Boucher Memorial World Mystery Convention, a meeting of authors of mystery and detective fiction — and their fans — that has been going on since 1970. The man the event is named after was an author, editor and New York Times critic of both science fiction and mysteries. He died in 1968, and a memorial for him in 1970 has turned into the annual convention.
The Albany Bouchercon is slated to have some big names as guests of honor: Sue Grafton, Tess Gerritsen, P.C. Doherty and Steve Hamilton.
Al Abramson, one of the chief organizers of the convention, plans to hold an organizational meeting for volunteers.The meeting is slated for 5:30-7:30 tonight (Monday, July 16) at the Albany Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, 25 Quackenbush Square in Albany.
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By Dayelin Roman
Justin Peck said his first inspiration was the power of male dancers.
The 24-year-old New York City Ballet dancer and choreographer was 13 when he saw a performance of American Ballet Theatre in San Diego and began practicing plies afterward.
On July 14, he will present his first choreographed ballet for the New York City Ballet — a world premiere at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center set to composer Philip Glass’ “Four Movements for Two Pianos,” the first time a ballet has been set to the music. Continue reading →
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Phish won’t be in any hurry to leave once they roll their summer tour into town this week. The seminal Vermont-based jam band is set to spend three nights at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, their longest stint at the amphitheater. Phish has played SPAC 11 times since 1992, most recently on June 20, 2010, according to fansite Phish.net (http://www.phish.net). The band is in the middle of an extended summer tour that kicked off in June and will bring them south and west before wrapping up with three shows in Colorado on Labor Day weekend. As for what Phish might play, only they know for sure. Then again, that’s part of the magic of a Phish show — you never really know what Phish is going to play live until they play it. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Sunday. $45-$60. Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Spa State Park, Saratoga Springs. 587-3330; http://www.spac.org
The winners of the 2012 Fence Salon exhibition were announced Friday night at the Arts Center of the Capital Region during the monthly Troy Night Out.
The Fence Salon, an annual exhibition open to members of the Arts Center in Troy, had a record number of submitted pieces, 511, from 241 artists. The exhibition runs through July 15.
Jim Richard Wilson, director of the Opalka Gallery at the Sage Colleges in Albany, was the juror of this year’s show. He picked 50 pieces for the Fence Select show, which runs from July 27 through Aug. 31. He also selected the winners.
The President’s Award, which includes a solo exhibition in the President’s Gallery at the Arts Center during next year’s Fence Show, went to Channing Lefebvre, for his piece “Associations 117,” 2011.
Adult artists winning $100 awards were John Hampshire for “Labyrinth 276: Tornadic Panorama,” 2011; Gary Masline “Disconnected,” 2012; Wendy Ide Williams “Flare of Flexibility,” 2011; and Sandra Dwileski “Bramble,” 2011.
In the children’s category, $25 awards went to Christopher Quinones for “Zow,” 2012; Lily Eastman, “Reflections of My Purple Purse,” 2011; Devannie Simpson, “Patchwork Tree,” 2012; and Olivia Howie, “Untitled,” 2012.
Grief can take myriad and unexpected forms, making it ripe for both comedy and drama. In the world premiere production of “The Blue Deep” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival’s smaller Nikos Stage, playwright Lucy Boyle dives into both with mixed results.
The comic bits are clear, as in the slapstick moment when the mother, Grace, and her 20-something daughter, Lila, find themselves superglued together. Or when Lila, a smoker, catches her mother, who often douses Lila’s cigarettes, smoking pot with her longtime friends, Roberta and Charlie. In a gently clever play on words, Lila says, “Look who’s calling the pot — pot.”
Roberta and Charlie are the best characters in the play. They are lively and funny, and, unfortunately, almost completely irrelevant to the muddled mother-daughter drama.
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