3/23/14: Today’s Tips: Sunday
FILM/FUNDRAISER: People’s Pixel Project @ the Wood Theater, Glens Falls. The Lake George Arts Project presents the fifth annual celebration of video shorts by Local 518 filmmakers. Followed by a hort awards ceremony and Q&A with the filmmakers. 3pm. $10 to benefit the Lake George Arts Project. GO HERE for more info…
MUSIC: The Infamous Stringdusters @ Club Helsinki, Hudson. The Grammy Award-nominated quintet unleashes their modern bluegrass sounds, including a preview of their upcoming fifth studio album, Let It Go. Oregon-based bluegrass quintet Fruition opens. 8pm. $25.
MUSIC: Glen David Andrews @ the Lionheart, Albany. A member of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, the singer-trombonist brings his jazzy, horn-laced New Orleans funk ‘n’ soul band to town. 8pm. $18.
MUSIC: Low ‘n Lonesome @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs. The acoustic blues-and-ragtime duo of Rob Adkins and Phil Drum celebrate the release of their debut CD, produced by Sonny Speed. 7pm. $14 in advance; $16 at the door.
MUSIC: Dan Johnson @ the Low Beat, Albany. The Vermont-based Americana sparkplug returns. With Rebel Darling and Red Haired Strangers. 7pm.
MUSIC: Lost Radio Rounders @ Clifton Park/Halfmoon Library, Clifton Park. The vintage Americana duo presents “The Folk Songs of North America,” drawn primarily from the 1960 Alan Lomax book of the same name. 2pm. FREE.
THEATER: “Gypsy: A Musical Fable” @ Capital Repertory Theatre, Albany.”Everything’s Coming Up Roses…” Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill directs the classic musical based on the memoirs of famed stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, featuring a cast of 23 from Broadway star Mary Callanan to local TV personality Benita Zahn. 2pm. $20-$65. Through April 13.
STORYTELLING: Word Plays @ Proctors, Schenectady. Storytelling on the theme of “second chances” by Jane Ainslie, Claire Beetlestone, Carol Connolly, Alden (Joe) Doolittle, Margaret French, Marni Gillard, Eliud Nieves, Barbara Palumbo and Sandy Schuman. 2pm. $16.
MUSIC: Gustafer Yellowgold @ the Falcon, Marlboro. A brunch session. 10am. Donations encouraged.
THEATER: “Fiddler On the Roof” @ Sand Lake Center for the Arts, Averill Park. Co-directed by Sue Frost and Val Kavanaugh, the Circle Theatre Players present the universal story about preserving the essence of tradition in the face of inevitable change. Starring Matt Benzing as Tevye. 2:30pm. $19; $10 ages 18 and under. Through March 30.
MUSIC: Jazz Ambasadors of the U.S. Army Field Band @ the Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield. 3pm. FREE.
Music from Russia-featuring the Empire State Youth Orchestras, today (3/23/14) at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, 3pm, $20 Adults/$10 Seniors & Students. “Hearing is believing”
Glen David Andrews is tonight at the Lionheart! This is one of the best live shows you will see in Albany. New Orleans funk and soul!