3/28/14: Today’s Tips: Friday

MUSIC: Cris Williamson @ the Eighth Step at Proctors, Schenectady. The pioneering feminist singer-songwriter whose 1973 album The Changer & the Changed remains the best-selling women’s music album of all time – returns to the Step in support of her 2CD set, Pray Tell: Songs of the Soul. 7:30pm. $28 & $35.

MUSIC: Anvil @ Bogie’s, Albany. Canadian metal gods! Remember the rock doc “Anvil!: The Anvil Story”? This is the real thing… With Evil or Divine, Satan Place, Tribal Soul, Lock 9 and Dust & Ashes. 7pm. $15.

MUSIC: Joshua Black Wilkens @ WAMC-FM’s The Linda, Albany. East Nashville singer-songwriter-photographer with an eye (and ear) for the darker side of life. 8pm. $12.

MUSIC/FUNDRAISER: “Banjo Gospel and Twangin'” @ McKownville United Methodist Church, Albany. The second installment of Lost Radio Rounders annual spring charity concert series features special guests Bowtie and Wild Bill from Ramblin Jug Stompers, as well as the multi-talented Mike Kelley, Amaal Yehia and Pastor Steve Butler. All sorts of banjos will rear their ugly heads – five strings, four strings, eight strings and more. 7pm. FREE; donations encouraged.

MUSIC: Experience Hendrix Tour @ the Palace Theatre, Albany. The an all-star concert tribute to Jimi Hendrix features everyone from funkmeister Bootsy Collins to blues icon Buddy Guy, as well as Jonny Lang, Ernie Isley, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, the innovative Dweezil Zappa, left-handed blues-rocker Eric Gales, Texas guitar greats Doyle Bramhall II and Eric Johnson, Mato Nanji (of Indigenous) and, from Serbia by way of Memphis, Ana Popovic. With the ace rhythm section of Double Trouble drummer Chris Layton and bassist Billy Cox – the only player, apart from Hendrix himself, who was part of both the Band of Gypsys and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. 8pm. $39.75, $49.75, $59.75 & $79.75. UPDATE: This show is officially sold out.

MUSIC: The Lucky Jukebox Brigade @ the Low Beat, Albany. With the ever-funky Oobleck. 9pm. GO HERE for more info…

ARTS WALK: Troy Night Out @ various locations, Troy. Special Kids Night Out edition. 5-9pm. FREE.

MUSIC/MORE: Staff Talent Show @ Troy Saving Bank Music Hall, Troy. Discover the performance talents of the Music Hall’s staff members. Featuring lastdayshining. 7pm. FREE.

MUSIC: Mist Covered Mountains @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs. Vocalist Molly Hebert-Wilson does double duty, singing Celtic and Québécois tunes with the headliners, as well as more contemporary gothic Americana with opening act Eli August & the Abandoned Buildings. 8pm. $15.

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. 8pm. $20-$65. Through April 13. GO HERE to read review…

DANCE: Moscow Festival Ballet @ Proctors, Schenectady. The haunting, supernatural beauty of “Giselle” comes alive under the artistic direction of Sergei Radchenko. 8pm. $20, $35, $40 & $55.

THEATER: “Motherhood Out Loud” @ the Unicorn Theatre, Stockbridge. Directed by Jayne Atkinson. A gender diverse series of monologues on the subject of motherhood, starring Jane Kaczmarek (“Malcolm in the Middle”), Michael Gill (“House of Cards”), Amber Chand, Tyler Malik, Rachel Siegel, Barbara Sims and Tammy Denease Williams. 7pm. Also at 2 & 7pm on Saturday. GO HERE for more info…

MUSIC: Holly & Evan @ American Glory BBQ, Hudson. 8pm.

MUSIC: Michael Benedict Trio @ 9 Maple Avenue, Saratoga Springs. 9pm.

COMEDY: MOPCO’s Theatresports @ Proctors, Schenectady. Improv sketch comedy. 8pm. $14; $6 students & seniors.

MUSIC: Acoustically Speaking @ Franklin’s Tower, Albany. The acoustic duo of Kat Walkerson and Mik Bondy evoke a cosmic scene that revolves around the Grateful Dead. 7pm.

MUSIC: Brian Patneaude Trio @ NaNola, Malta. 8pm. FREE.

MUSIC: Two Gun Man @ Club Helsinki, Hudson. Two Gun Man is a four-man band churning up original roots-rock throughout the Hudson Valley. 9pm. $12.

MUSIC: T. Mills @ Upstate Concert Hall, Clifton Park. California rapper-singer Travis Tatum Mills lands in Clifton Park in support of his new Columbia Records single, “All I Wanna Do.” With Mod Sun, Selli Paper Plane and Mikey Noyse. 8pm. $15.

MUSIC: Spiritual Rez @ Putnam Den, Saratoga Springs. With Formula 5. 9:30pm. $10.

MUSIC: Hammer Hawk @ Pauly’s Hotel, Albany. With Neighborhood of Make Believe and Secret Release. 9pm.

MUSIC: Warhols Woodshed @ the Low Beat, Albany. Spend your happy hour with a tribute to Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground. 6pm.

MUSIC: The Tom Healey Band @ Maggie’s Sports Bar, Albany. 8pm.

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. 8pm. $19; $10 ages 18 and under. Through March 30.

MUSIC: Carmen Souza @ the Falcon, Marlboro. 7pm. Donations encouraged.

THEATER:: “A Piece of My Heart” @ the Confetti Stage at the Albany Masonic Hall’s Fourth Floor Theater, Albany. Written by Shirley Lauro and directed by Linda Shirey, the play is based on the actual accounts of the diverse women who served our country in the Vietnam War. 7:30pm. $15. Through April 6.

MUSIC: Steve Candlen @ Carney’s Tavern, Ballston Lake. 6pm.

FILM: “Mahanagar [The Big City)” @ UAlbany’s Page Hall, Albany. Famed Indian director Satyajit Ray won the Best Director Award at the 1964 Berlin International Film Festival for this celebrated landmark of world cinema. 7:30pm. FREE.