Eric Burdon

  Eric Burdon has probably seen a lot of crazy shit. Known for his strong stage persona and having been in rock & roll for more than 50 years, he’s fronted two seminal ’60s and ’70s bands: bluesy Rock and Roll Hall of Famers the Animals, and the funk-rock band War, though he left both [...]

Penn and Teller

  Everybody loves Penn and Teller, don’t they? This duo have been charming and amazing audiences for three decades. Penn talks; Teller doesn’t.  And they pull off the greatest trick of all: Their act demystifies magic’s trickery while at the same time instilling a sense of wonder at the art. A Texas-based reviewer described an [...]

Albany Symphony Orchestra

  Fresh off a triumphant performance at New York’s Carnegie Hall—we know it was a smash because we listened, live, to the radio broadcast—the Albany Symphony Orchestra resumes its regular scheduled programming with two concerts this weekend at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. The typically incisive (and entertainingly balanced) program for these two shows [...]

Re-place Kahon:ios

  Brookfield Renewable Energy Company’s recent return of 100 acres of sacred land at Cohoes Falls to the Haudenosaunee, League of Iroquois, is celebrated in the new exhibit at the Foundry, Re-place Kahon:ios. A solo exhibit of work by native artist Merritt Johnson, Re-place Kahon:ios is, according to the exhibit notes, “a narrative of land, [...]

Albany Spring Fest

  Albany has become a major tour stop in the past couple years for some of the biggest hip-hop acts around. A$AP Rocky was just here, Danny Brown flew within our Massachussets orbit and Kendrick Lamar, Joey Bada$$, the Underacheivers and Chance the Rapper are all due in town in the next couple months. It’s [...]