Winter/Spring 2008 Arts Preview Calendar

POP MUSIC

Caffe Lena. 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs. Second ticket price is for Caffe members. 583-0022. www.caffelena.com

Jan. 13: Richard Shindell, and Terence Martin. $25, $22. 7 p.m.

Jan. 18: Jon Shain & Pat Wictor, and Larry Zarella. $15, $12. 8 p.m.

Jan. 19: Homegrown String Band. $12, $10. 8 p.m.

Jan. 20: Tas Cru. $12, $10. 7 p.m.

Jan. 25: The Wiyos, and Gypsy Dave & the Stumpjumpers. $15, $12. 8 p.m.

Jan. 26: Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion. $18, $15. 8 p.m.

Jan. 27: Rosalie Sorrels. $22, $20. 7 p.m.

Feb. 1: Lou & Peter Berryman. $15, $12. 8 p.m.

Feb. 2: Sheri Bauer-Mayorga & Lincoln Mayorga in “American Snapshots.” $15, $12. 8 p.m.

Feb. 3: Jonathan Byrd and Karen Mal. $15, $12. 7 p.m.

Feb. 8: Gordon Stone Band. $15, $12. 8 p.m.

Feb. 9: Jeremy Wallace Trio. $15, $12. 8 p.m.

Feb. 10: Jesse Stewart. $12, $10. 7 p.m.

Feb. 15: Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen. $15, $12. 8 p.m.

Feb. 16: Christopher Shaw, and Annie Dinerman. $15, $12. 8 p.m.

Feb. 17: Red Stick Ramblers. $15, $12. 7 p.m.

Feb. 22: Amy Gallatin Band, $14, $12. 8 p.m.

Feb. 23: Frank Jaklitsch, and the Gospel Train. $15, $12. 8 p.m.

Feb. 24: Hunger Mountain Boys. $15, $14. 7 p.m.

Feb. 29: Catie Curtis, and Nervous But Excited. $22, $20. 7 p.m.

March 1: Annie and the Hedonists

March 2: William Simcoe, and Jose Luis Merlin. 3 p.m.

March 7: Brasil Guitar Duo

March 8: Modern Man

March 9: Luminescent Orchestra

March 15: The Whippersnappers

March 21: Red Molly, and Anthony DeCrosta

March 22: Third Annual Acoustic Blues Fest

March 29: Zen For Primates

April 4: Ronny Cox

April 5: Jo Henley

April 6: Jeanne O’Connor

April 9: Lake George Opera

April 11: Eric Taylor

April 13: Benefit for Caffe Lena

April 19: The Refugees (Deborah Holland, Wendy Waldman, and Cindy Bullens)

April 26: Festival of Guitars with Dakota Dave Hull, Brooks Williams and Ken Bonfield

April 27: Terri Roben

May 2: Jack Williams

May 4: Gary Ferguson

May 9: Geoff Muldaur

May 10: Don and Victoria Armstrong

May 16: Ulisses Rocha

May 17: Mo Harrington Band

May 24: Mop & Bucket Company

May 31: Addie and Olin Unleashed

Calvin Theater. 19 King St., Northampton, Mass. Show time is 8 p.m. 413-584-1444. www.iheg.com

Feb, 2: Neko Case, and Eric Bachmann. $30, $25, $20

Feb. 23: Lyle Lovett, and John Hiatt. $59.50, $49.50

Feb. 28: Steve Earle, and Alison Moorer. $35, $25

March 8: moe. $26.50

March 13: Little Feat. $35, $25

March 16: Los Lobos, and the James Hunter Band. $45, $35, $25

March 17: The Saw Doctors. $28.50

March 23: Angelique Kidjo. $35, $25

March 29: Buddy Guy. $45, $35, $25

April 5: Joe Jackson. $49.50, $39.50, $29.50

Club Helsinki 484 Main St., Great Barrington, Mass. 413-528-3394. www.clubhelsinkiweb.com

Jan. 18: Joy Rider. $12. 9 p.m.

Jan. 19: Elana James. $20. 9 p.m.

Jan. 20: Malvern Taylor & His Fabulous Meltones. $15. 8 p.m.

Jan. 25: The Jack Grace Band. $12. 9 p.m.

Feb. 1: The Hunger Mountain Boys. $15. 9 p.m.

Feb. 2: Will Kimbrough, and Amy Loftus. $18. 9 p.m.

Feb. 15: Buckwheat Zydeco. $35. 9 p.m.

Feb. 16: John Hammond. $30. 9 p.m.

Feb. 23: The Holmes Brothers. $25. 9 p.m.

Feb. 24: The Red Stick Ramblers. $15 adv., $18 day of show

The Egg. Empire State Plaza, Albany. 473-1845. www.theegg.org

Jan. 13: Howard Jones. $28. 7 p.m.

Jan. 31: Neko Case, and Eric Bachmann. $24. 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 14: Karla Bonoff. $26. 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 16: Lyle Lovett, and John Hiatt. $54.50. 8 p.m.

Feb. 17: The Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile. $22. 7 p.m.

Feb. 23: Taj Mahal. $29.50. 8 p.m.

March 1: Dave Mason, and Al Kooper. $26. 7:30 p.m.

March 7: Iris Dement, and Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion. $24. 7:30 p.m.

March 15: The Led Zeppelin Experience performed by the Hammer of the Gods. $35, $30. 9 p.m.

March 21: Joan Baez. $34.50. 8 p.m.

March 29: Victor Wooten. $24. 8 p.m.

April 4: Greg Brown, and Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion. $24. 8 p.m.

April 6: Peter Rowan, and the Tony Rice Quartet. $24. 7 p.m.

April 12: Hudson River Quadricentennial Concert with Mark O’Connor, Don Byron, Daniel Bernard Roumain, and David Gonzalez. $28. 8 p.m.

April 20: The Dan Tyminski Band. $24. 7 p.m.

May 10: Don McLean. $34.50. 8 p.m.

Eighth Step @ Proctor’s. 432 State St., Schenectady. Show time is 7:30 p.m. 434-1703. www.proctorsorg

Jan 17: Charlie King & Karen Brandow, and Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt. Presented at 440 Upstairs. $21

Feb. 9: Rory Block

March 8: Susan McKeown with Aidan Brennan

March 15: Janis Ian. $25

March 29: Buffy Ste. Marie

April 6: The Wailin‘ Jennys

May 10: Herdman, Hills & Mangsen

Iron Horse. 20 Center St., Northampton, Mass. First ticket price is for advance sale, second for sale at the door. 413-584-0610. www.iheg.com

Jan. 13: Willie Nile. $15, $18. 7 p.m.

Jan. 15: Andy Statman, Yaeko Miranda, and Jazer Schwartz. $17.50, $20. 7 p.m.

Jan. 16: Geno Delafose and French Rockin‘ Boogie. $12.50, $15. 7 p.m.

Jan 17: Leon Redbone. $24, $27. 7 p.m.

Jan 18 and 19: Cheryl Wheeler, and Anne Heaton. $24, $27. 7 p.m.

Jan. 19: Arc City Angels, Exit Reason, and Tom Therrien. $10, $13. 10 p.m.

Jan. 20: Marah, and Adam and Dave’s Bloodline. $12.50, $15. 8:30 p.m.

Jan. 21: Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas. $12.50, $15. 7 p.m.

Jan. 23: Bettye LaVette. $25, $28. 7 p.m.

Jan. 24: Tracy Grammer, and Rebecca Pronsky. $14, $17. 7 p.m.

Jan. 25: Gokh-bi System. $10, $13. 10 p.m.

Jan. 26: Rory Block, and Avi and Celia. $17.50, $20. 7 p.m.

Jan. 26: John Brandoli, and Finding Reason. $10, $13. 10 p.m.

Jan. 27: Michael Barnett & Friends. $13, $16. 7 p.m.

Feb. 1: Johnny A. $16, $19. 7 p.m.

Feb. 2: Alchemystics. $8, $10. 10 p.m.

Feb. 3: Maura O’Connell. $22.50, $25. 7 p.m.

Feb. 9: Luther Guitar Junior Johnson. $15, $18. 7 p.m.

Feb. 9: Stepanian. $10, $13. 7 p.m.

Feb. 10: Girl Howdy, and the Starline Rhythm Boys. $10, $13. 7 p.m.

Feb. 11 and 12: The Magnetic Fields. $25, $28. 8:30 p.m.

Feb. 14: John Eddie. $17.50, $20. 7 p.m.

Feb. 15: Saffire — the Uppity Blueswomen. $22.50, $25. 7 p.m.

Feb. 16: The Primate Fiasco performing Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Band. $10, $13. 10 p.m.

Feb. 17: Altan. $25, $28. 7 p.m.

Feb. 19: The Red Stick Ramblers. $10, $13. 7 p.m.

Feb. 21: Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys. $12.50, $15. 7 p.m.

Feb. 21: U-Melt. $10, $13. 10 p.m.

Feb. 22: The Holmes Brothers. $15, $18. 7 pm.

Feb. 22: The Bomb Squad. $10, $13. 10 pm..

Feb. 23: Ellis Paul. $17.50, $20. 7 p.m.

Feb. 23: Akrobatik, the Problemaddicts, and Doom Fist and Dez. $12, $14. 10 p.m.

Feb. 27: Celtic Fiddle Fest featuring Kevin Burke, Christian LeMaitre, and Andre Brunet with Ged Foley. $17.50, $20. 7 p.m.

Feb. 28: Born Ruffians, and Cadence Weapon. $9, $11. 10 p.m.

Feb. 29: Fear Nuttin‘ Band. $10, $13. 10 p.m.

March 1: Bowerbirds, Phosphorescent, and Ella Longpre. $10. 10 p.m.

March 6: Iris Dement, and Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion. $30, $33. 7 p.m.

March 8: Eddie from Ohio. $25, $28. 7 p.m.

March 10: Coco Montoya. $14, $17. 7 p.m.

March 11: Adrian Belew Power Trio. $25, $28. 7 p.m.

March 14: Solas. $22.50, $25. 7 p.m.

March 15: The Big Bad Bollocks. $12.50, $15. 7 p.m.

March 18: Tift Merritt. $20. 7 p.m.

March 24: Why?, and Cryptacize. $8, $10. 8:30 p.m.

March 25: Caribou. $12.50, $15. 7 p.m.

March 27: Coyote Run, and Ed Pearlman. $12.50, $15. 7 p.m.

March 29: The Amity Front, Rusty Belle, and Ryan Fitzsimmons. $8, $10. 10 p.m.

April 4: The Wailin‘ Jennys. $20, $23. 7 and 10 p.m.

April 5: Girlyman. $15, $18. 7 p.m.

April 7: The Brad Mehldau Trio. $22.50, $25. 7 p.m.

April 8: Celtic Storm. $26, $29. 7 p.m.

April 9: Gaelic Storm. $26, $29. 7 p.m.

April 11: Eilen Jewell Band. $12.50, $15. 7 p.m.

April 12: the Nields. $15, $18. 7 pm..

April 13: Brooks Willams. $12.50, $15. 7 p.m.

April 15: Vusi Mahlasela. $15, $18. 7 p.m.

April 17: The Refugees (Deborah Holland, Wendy Waldman, and CindyBullens). $15, $18. 7 p.m.

April 28: Colin Hay. $25, $28. 7 p.m.

April 30: The everybodyfields. $8, $10. 7 p.m.

May 1: Liz Carroll and John Doyle. $17.50, $20. 7 p.m.

May 2: Habib Koite and Bamada. $22.50, $25. 7 p.m.

May 9: Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem, and Daisy May Erlewine. $15, $18. 7 p.m.

May 10: Patty Larkin. $20, $23. 7 p.m.

May 29: Red Molly. $10, $13. 7 p.m.

MASS MoCA. 1040 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, Mass. First ticket price is for advance sales and the second for at the door sales. Show time is 8 p.m. 413-664-4481. www.massmoca.org

Jan. 19: Terry Allen. $14, $18

Feb. 2: Nadine Goellner. $14, $18

Feb. 16: Ollabelle. $14, $18

April 4: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks. $20

April 11: C.J. Chenier and his Red Hot Louisiana Band. (Zydeco Dance Party). $14, $18

May 3: Jenny Scheinman. $18, $18

Northern Lights. North Country Commons at Routes 146 and 146A, Clifton Park. First ticket price is for advance sales and the second for day of show sales. 371-0012. www.northernlightslive.com

Jan. 17: Lies Load the Chamber, This SacredMoment,Human Catharsis,and A Is for Avenue. $10, $12. 7 p.m.

Jan. 18: The Heaters, and the John Morse Band. $10. 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 19: Believer, and Box. $8, $10. 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 25: Hellyeah (members of Mudvayne, Nothingface, Damageplan and Pantera). $21, $25. 7 p.m.

Jan. 26: Pictures of Winter. $13, $15. 4 p.m.

Feb. 9: The Grind Boys. Clockwork Entertainment, BMO, Tri City Entertainment, and USNY. $8, $10. 4 p.m.

Feb. 16: Chris Cagle. $23, $25. 7 p.m.

Feb. 25: The Outlaws. $18, $20. 7:30 p.m.

March 20: Every Time I Die, From First to Last, the Bled, August Burns Red, and The Human Abstract. $16, $18. 6 p.m.

March 29: Devildriver, Napalm Death, Walls of Jericho, 36 Crazyfists, and Invitro. $18, $20. 6:30 p.m.

Old Songs. 37 S. Main St., Voorheesville. Second ticket price is for children under 12 years old. Show time is 8 p.m. 765-2815. www.oldsongs.org

Jan. 26: Old Songs Sampler featuring the Ramblin‘ Jug Stompers, Kate McDonnell, Bill Spence & Mark Schmidt, Alien Folklife, Addie &Olin Unleashed, the Hilltop Ramblers, and Richie and the Renovators. Benefit for the Old Songs Festival. $17, $5

Feb. 16: Alasdair Fraser and Natlie Haas. $20, $5

March 21: Patrick Ball. $17, $5

April 12: Peggy Seeger, and Anne Hills. $17, $5

April 17: Vasen. $17, $5

Palace Theatre. 19 Clinton Ave., Albany. 465-3334. www.palacealbany.com

Jan. 29: Ani DiFranco. $37. 8 p.m.

Feb. 2: 2nd Annual Valentine’s Soul Jam featuring the Stylistics, Harold Melvin’s Blue-Notes, the Emotions, and the Delfonics. $42.50, $37.50, $32.50. 8 p.m.

March 3: The Pink Floyd Experience. $32, $27. 7:30 p.m.

March 4: Tommy Fleming. $50, $39.50, $29.50. 7:30 p.m.

March 7: moe. $28. 8 p.m.

March 8: B.B. King, Ernie Williams. $67, $57, $47. 7:30 p.m.

Pearl Street Nightclub. 10 Pearl St, Northampton, Mass. First ticket price is for advance sales and the second for day of show sales. 413-584-7771. www.iheg.com

Jan. 18: the Red Chord, Within the Ruins, Defiler, and Farewell Radiance. $12, $14. 7 p.m.

Jan. 26: A.K.A.C.O.D., Psychic Tribal Orchestra, Hippie Freedom Funk Fest, Parking Lot Antics, and Uncle Billie’s Smokehouse. $8, $10. 7 p.m

Feb. 1: Max Creek, and Ciderhouse. $15. 8:30 p.m.

Feb. 19: Big Head Todd & the Monsters. $20, $23. 8 p.m.

Feb. 22: State Radio. $15, $18. 8:30 p.m.

Feb. 28: Clash of the College Bands. $5, $8. 8:30 p.m.

March 6: Clash of the College Bands. $5, $8. 8:30 p.m.

March 14: Enter the Haggis. $16, $19. 8:30 p.m.

March 21: Drive-by Truckers. $20, $23. 7:30 p.m.

March 27: Clash of the College Bands. $5, $8. 8:30 p.m.

April 3: Clash of the College Bands. $5, $8. 8:30 p.m.

April 4: Ryan Montbleau Band. $12.50, $15. 8:30 p.m.

April 10: Clash of the College Bands. $5, $8. 8:30 p.m.

April 17: Clash of the College Bands. $5, $8. 8:30 p.m.

Proctors. 432 State St., Schenectady. 346.6204. www.proctors.org

Feb. 5: Mardi Gras featuring Mojo and the Bayou Gypsies. $33, $30, $27, $20. 8 p.m.

March 7 and 8: Love, Janis (Janis Joplin tribute). $35, $30, $25, $20. 8 p.m.

March 13: k.d. lang. $55, $45, $30, $20. 8 p.m.

March 14: Leahy. $32, $28, $24, $20. 8 p.m.

March 29: Sixties Spectacular featuring Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits, the Turtles with Flo and Eddie, Gary Puckett, and the Bluz House Rockers. $49.75, $34.75. 7:30 p.m.

April 18 and 19: Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash. $45, $40, $27, $20. 8 p.m. on April 18, 2 and 8 p.m. on April 19

Red Square. 388 Broadway, Albany. 432-8584. www.redsquarealbany.com

Jan. 17: Karma Police (Radiohead tribute)

Jan. 19: Whiskey & Spite

Jan. 25: Karma’s Army

Jan. 26: Platypus, and Red Haired Strangers

Revolution Hall. 425 River St., Troy. First ticket price is for advance sale, the second for day of show sale. 274-0553. www.revolutionhall.com

Jan. 17: Cobra Starship, Metro Station, We the Kings, and the Cab. $10, $12. 6 p.m.

Jan. 19: Sirsy, and Lourds. $5, $10. 8 p.m.

Jan. 24: G. Love and Special Sauce, and The Wood Brothers. $18, $20. 7 p.m.

Jan. 26: The North Mississippi Allstars, and Alvin Youngblood Hart. $18, $20. 7 p.m.

Jan. 31: All That Remains, and Five Finger Death Punch. $13, $15. 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 2: Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, and Revision. $10, $12. 8 p.m.

Feb. 7: The Cliks. $10, $12. 7 p.m.

Feb. 12: Finch. $13, $15. 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 16: Amarfis y la banda de atakke. $20, $35. 8 p.m.

Feb. 29: Ryan Montbleau Band, and Zack Deputy. $13, $15. 8 p.m.

March 17: Hair of the Dog. 7 p.m.

March 29: Enter the Haggis. $16, $18. 8 p.m.

May 4: Reverend Horton Heat, Nashville Pussy, and Backyard Tire Fire. $22, $24. 7 p.m.

Times Union Center. 51 S. Pearl St., Albany. 800-30-EVENT. www.timesunioncenter-albany.com

Jan. 24: Rascal Flatts, and Kellie Pickler. $66, $50.75. 8 p.m.

Feb. 21: Matchbox Twenty, Alanis Morissette, and Mute Math. $74.50, $54.50, $34.50

March 14: Trace Adkins, and Bill Engvall. $39.75. 7:30 p.m.

Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. 30 Second St., Troy. 273-0038. www.troymusichall.org

Jan. 19: Ladysmith Black Mambazo. $30, $27. 8 p.m.

Feb. 29: Quartet San Francisco’s Whirled Chamber Music with Tango; dancers Sandor and Parissa. $29, $25. 8 p.m.

April 12: Leo Kottke. $29, $26. 8 p.m.

April 17: Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby with Kentucky Thunder. $48, $42. 8 p,m.

Valentine’s. 17 New Scotland Ave, Albany. 432-6572. www.valentinesalbany.com

Jan. 16: The Deadbeats. 10 p.m.

Jan 17: Ramming Speed, Dangur, and Anal Warhead. 8 p.m.

Jan. 18: Ben Karis-Nix, 28N, and the Spike Emerson Society. 9 p.m.

Jan 19: Metroland Feedback featuring Ashley Pond, Scientific Maps, Sean Rowe, knotworking, Sgt. Dunbar and the Hobo Banned, the Sarah Pedinotti Band (upstairs), and The Troy Dance Freak Out featuring Jesse Stiles 3000, Back from Japan, SKFL, and LNMOPF (downstairs)

Jan. 20: End of a Year, and Endgame. 7 p.m.

Jan. 23: The Deadbeats. 10 p.m.

Jan. 24: Sgt. Dunbar and the Hobo Banned. 9 p.m.

Jan. 25: Suzy Wong and the Honkies, Scientific Maps, and Complicated Shirt. 8 p.m.

Jan. 26: Blanks 77, Wretched Ones, Plastic Jesus, Scag Rotter, and Outa Commision. 7 p.m.

Jan. 30: The Deadbeats. 10 p.m.

Feb. 15: Anders Parker. $7.

Feb. 28: The Lonely H. $5

April 7: VHS or Beta. $10.

WAMC Performing Arts Studio Linda Norris Auditorium. 339 Central Ave., Albany. 465-5233, ext. 4. www.wamcarts.org

Jan. 24: Crumbs Nite out at the Linda featuring Sean Rowe, Rachel Vogt, and Rich Ortiz. $10. Mixer at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m.

Jan. 25: Chris Smither. $25. 8 p.m.

Jan. 26: Melissa Ferrick, and Chris Pureka. $23. 8 p.m.

Feb. 1: Erin McKeown. $23. 8 p.m.

Feb. 2: Ernie Williams 83rd Birthday Bash. $18. 8 p.m.

Feb. 8: Mardi Gras Dance with the Doc Marshalls and special guest Jesse Lege. $20. 8 p.m.

Feb. 13: “Dancing on the Air,” with Rod MacDonald and On the Housetop. $12. 8 p.m.

March 1: Tift Merritt. $16. 8 p.m.

March 8: Ember Swift. $15. 8 p.m.

March 12: “Dancing on the Air” St. Patrick’s Special, with the Boys of the Lough. $25. 7:30 p.m.

April 9: “Dancing on the Air.” $12. 8 p.m.

April 11: Joe Strummer Tribute Night. Film, “The Music Is Unwritten,” followed by live music. $10. 7 p.m.

April 19: Happy and Artie Traum and Friends. “Music from Greenwich Village to Woodstock.” $23. 8 p.m.

JAZZ

Appletini’s Café, 1118 Central Ave., Albany

Today: Swingtime Jazz Society presents The Albany Jazz Cooperative with Brian Patneaude, tenor sax, Keith Pray alto sax, Steve Lambert trumpet, Dave Payette piano, Mike DelPrete bass and Joe Barna drums. $15. 4 p.m.

Caffe Lena. 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs. Second ticket price is for Caffe members. 583-0022. www.caffelena.com

Jan. 23: Jazz Jam. $5. 7 p.m.

Calvin Theater. 19 King St., Northampton, Mass. Show time is 8 p.m. 413-584-1444. www.iheg.com

Feb. 29: Medeski, Martin & Wood. $25

The Egg. Empire State Plaza, Albany. 473-1845. www.theegg.org

Jan. 19: Marcus Roberts Trio with the Albany Symphony Orchestra. $28. 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 27: Bill Charlap and Sandy Stewart. $24. 7 p.m.

Feb. 9: Joey DeFrancesco Trio. $24. 8 p.m.

Feb. 13: Dianne Reeves. $28. 7:30 p.m.

March 7: The McCoy Tyner Trio with Savion Glover. $36, $32, $18 (children). 8 p.m.

April 12: Hudson River Quadricentennial Concert with Mark O’Connor, Don Byron, Daniel Bernard Roumain, and David Gonzalez. $28. 8 p.m.

First Unitarian Society of Schenectady, 1221 Wendell Ave., Schenectady. Latin jazz series. info@jazzlatino.org

May 2: Brian Lynch Quintet.

May 9: Rumbanations with the Hilary Noble and Rebecca Cline Enclave Ensemble.

May 16: Paolo Majias Quintet and Lo Que Dice El Tambor.

Iron Horse. 20 Center St., Northampton, Mass. First ticket price is for advance sale, second for sale at the door. 413-584-0610. www.iheg.com

Feb. 16: The Charlie Hunter Trio. $17.50, $20. 7 p.m.

March 12: The Bad Plus. $16, $19. 7 p.m.

May 5: PVPA’s Absolute Jazz perform the music of Steely Dan. $12, $15. 7 p.m.

May 21: Allan Holdsworth Trio. $20, $23. 7 p.m.

MASS MoCA. 1040 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, Mass. First ticket price is for advance sales and the second for at the door sales. Show time is 8 p.m. 413-664-4481. www.massmoca.org

April 27: Kenny Wollesen and the Himalayas. $20

Proctors. 432 State St., Schenectady. 346.6204. www.proctors.org

Feb. 23: Monterey Jazz Fest featuring Terence Blanchard, James Moody, Benny Green, Nnenna Frelon, Derrick Hodge and Kendrick Scott. $38, $34, $30, $20. 8 p.m.

Red Square. 388 Broadway, Albany. 432-8584. www.redsquarealbany.com

Feb. 15: Charlie Hunter Trio

River Stone Manor. 1437 Amsterdam Road (Route 5), Amsterdam. 382-8322.

Jan. 27: The Jazz Voices. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. brunch. $35 in advance, $40 at door.

Schenectady County Community College, 78 Washington Ave., Schenectady. 381-1231

April 8: Empire Jazz Orchestra with David “Fathead” Newman. 8 p.m. $15; $6 students.

Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs. Filene Recital Hall. 580-5320

March 20: Chris Potter’s Underground. $5; $2 students and senior citizens. 8 p.m.

April 6: Brad Mehldau Trio. $5; $2 students and senior citizens. 8 p.m.

Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. 30 Second St., Troy. 273-0038. www.troymusichall.org

Jan. 25: Billy Childs Jazz-Chamber Ensemble. $27, $24. 8 p.m.

VISUAL ARTS

Adirondack Community College, 640 Bay Road, Queensbury.

Jan. 20-May 18: “From Lincoln Center, Celebrating Polish Culture.”

Jan. 24-Feb. 14: “Ex Libris: Linoleum Block Prints,” ACC Art Faculty Show, Krzysztof Kmiec of Krakow, Poland. Reception: 6-8 p.m. Jan. 24.

Feb. 21-March 6: “The Art of the Poster.” Reception: 6-8 p.m. Feb. 21.

March 17-April 17: “Painter and Poet,” artist Herman Maril and poet William Bronk. Reception: 6-8 p.m. March 17.

April 21-May 9: ACC Student Art Exhibition. Reception: 6-8 p.m. April 21.

Albany Center Galleries, 39 Columbia St., Albany.

April 29-June 7: 30th Annual Photography Regional

Albany Institute of History & Art, 125 Washington Ave., Albany.

Jan. 26-May 25: “Horsing Around: 19th Century Cast Iron Hitching Posts,” 70 hitching posts and paintings, prints, broadsides and sculptures of the horses who used the posts.

Jan. 26-May 25: “The Folk Spirit of Albany,” folk art from the Institute’s collection, including paintings, quilts, mourning pictures, textiles and stoneware.

Jan. 26-May 25: “Cast With Style: 19th Century Cast-Iron Stoves from the Albany Area,” 30 stoves, with prints, drawings, photographs, catalogs and advertising materials.

Through Jan. 27: “Full Steam Ahead: Robert Fulton and the Age of Steamboats.”

Feb. 16: Opening of “Art & Nature: Hudson River School Paintings,” a newly installed and redesigned long-term exhibit.

Through June 1: “Venetian Scenes by Walter Launt Palmer,” 19th-century landscapes by Albany-born artist and letters, photographs, diaries.

Albany International Airport Gallery, third floor of terminal, Albany-Shaker Road, Albany.

Through March 30: “FarSighted,” photographs, video and travel memorabilia about distant lands, peoples and cultures.

Through 2008: “Watervliet,” site-specific installation by Pablo Helguera with Shaker Heritage Society.

Amrose Sable Gallery, 306 Hudson Ave., Albany.

Through Jan. 27: Gina Occhiogrosso

Feb. 1-29: David McDonald

March 7-30: Wendy Ide Williams

April 4-May 25: Erik Laffer

The Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Boulevard, Canajoharie.

Jan. 20-July 20: “Famous and Fabulous Portraits from George Washington to the Golden Girl,” 18th century to early 20th century paintings from the collection.

Through Feb. 20: “Mohawk Valley Views,” 19th and 20th century landscapes.

March 8-June 8: “Caricature, Politics and Immigration: Ethnic Images from the Appel Collection and Political Cartoons from the Arkell Museum,” magazine images from the late 19th century to World War I.

Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga County Arts Council, 320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs.

Through today: High School All-Stars Exhibition.

Saturday to March 1: “Not to Scale: Peter Luber & Matthew Peebles,” sculpture. Receptions: Feb. 2 and March 1. Artists talk: Feb. 7.

March 8-April 19: “T.O.D.T.,” selection of works from longest running artists collective in the U.S. Reception: April 5.

April 26-June 7: “Kenneth Ragsdale & Michael Millspaugh,” photography and mixed media. Receptions: May 3 and June 7. Artists talk: May 15.

Bennington Museum, West Main Street., Bennington, Vt. Museum closed until Feb. 1.

Feb. 2- March 2: Student Art Show

Feb. 2-March 25: Paul Feeley, former Bennington College art professor

March 13-May 4: Herta and Simon Moselsio, former Bennington College art professors.

April 4-June 1: “Re-Imagining the Distaff Tool Kit,” contemporary art based on antique tools, including tools from the collection.

Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, Mass. Closed for construction through March 28.

March 29: Opening of Feigenbaum Hall of Innovation, multi-media exhibit about ideas and inventions that began in the Berkshires.

April 26-June 1: “What’s the Story?,” stories behind objects and artifacts from the collection.

May 9-12: “Galleries in Bloom,” original floral arrangements inspired by museum artworks.

Brookside Museum, 6 Charlton St., Ballston Spa.

Through spring: “Crime of the Century.”

Carrie Haddad Gallery, 622 Warren St., Hudson.

Through Jan. 20: Jane Bloodgood-Abrams and Leigh Palmer.

Jan. 24-March 2: Richard Hennessey, Betsy Weis, Vicki Wolf, Donise English. Reception: 6-8 p.m. Jan. 26.

March 6-April 13: Shawn Snow, David Konigsberg and Nancy Donskoj. Reception: 6-8 p.m. March 8.

April 17-May 25: Contemporary Painting: Kathryn De Haan Butler, Russell DeYoung, Ian Hemingway, Steven Poser, Ralph Stout and Wes Wheeler. Reception: 6-8 p.m. April 19.

Clark Art Institute, 225 South St., Williamstown, Mass.

Through today: “Facing the Lens: Nineteenth Century Portrait Photographs at the Clark.”

Through Tues.: “Library Installation: Lapp Princess Press: A Small Press and Artists’ Books from the late 1970s.”

Saturday to April 6: “Claude Lorrain: New Acquistions.”

Through Jan. 21: “Consuming Passion: Fragonard’s Allegories of Love,” late 18th century drawings, prints and books by Jean-Honore Fragonard.

Through Jan. 27: “Printed Love.”

Feb. 17-May 4: “Remington: Looking West.”

April 12-July 6: “Framing Colonial Albany,” explores 19th century Van Rensselaer portrait.

College of Saint Rose, Center for Art and Design, Picotte Hall, 324 State St., Albany.

Jan. 27-Feb. 28: “Marion Wilson,” autobiographical objects, drawings, video and text associated with domestic life and current social and political issues, including war in Iraq. Reception: 5-6:30 p.m. Feb. 1. Artist’s talk: 7 p.m. Feb. 1, Saint Joseph Auditorium.

March 28-April 13: Undergraduate Show. Reception: 6-8 p.m. March 28.

April 19-23: Senior Show. Reception: 5-8 p.m. April 19.

April 20-25 and April 27-May 4: Graduate shows. Receptions: 2-5 p.m. April 20 and April 27.

Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown

Feb. 9-24: Fenimore Quilt Club Show

Dietel Gallery, Emma Willard School, Troy

Feb. 9: High School Regional Juried Exhibition

Through Feb. 29: Margo Mensing and John McQueen.

March 24-April 30: Leila Bandar and Arista Alanis.

May 12-June 1: Senior Art Show

EMPAC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy

Through Feb. 3: “Jennifer Tipton: Light Above the Hudson,” lighting designer transforms nearly completed EMPAC building into a light sculpture.

April 15-19: “Men in the Wall,” Liz Aggiss and Billy Cowie, video installation and performance, with poetry, song, stories, dance. Greene Hall.

Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Museum reopens April 1.

April 1-May 11: “Photographs by Richard Walker,” images of rural upstate New York.

April 1-Aug. 10: “Gustav Stickley: The Enlightened Home,” 40 pieces of furniture.

May 24-Sept. 1: “Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses: The Synagogue to the Carousel,” Jewish immigrant wood carvers.

Fulton Street Gallery, 408 Fulton St., Troy.

Through Sat.: Members Exhibition.

Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill Gallery, 398 Main St., Catskill.

Jan. 26-March 1: “Drawn to the Edge,” juried show of drawings, and “Devil in the Details,” Giovanna Lepore. Reception: 5-7 p.m. Jan. 26.

March 8-April 26: “Outside the Lines 2008,” Greene County Youth Exhibit. Reception: 2-4 p.m. March 8.

May 3-June 14: “Sculpture on Main,” juried group show. Reception: 5-7 p.m. May 3.

Greene County Council on the Arts, Mountain Top Gallery, Main St., Windham.

Through Feb. 23: “Landscape Show.”

April 26-June 7: Greene County Arts & Crafts Guild. Reception: 2-4 p.m. April 26.

Grosvenor Gallery, State University College at Cobleskill, Cobleskill.

Feb. 5-March 6: Tony Murray, scratchboard artist. Artist talk: 3 p.m. Feb. 27.

April 2-30: “Philip Scalia: Photographer.”

Hudson Valley Community College, Teaching Gallery, Administration Building, 80 Vanderburgh Ave., Troy.

Jan. 24-Feb. 23: “Post,” artists Sara Pedigo and Jeffrey Marshall, drawings about childhood and life in New Orleans. Reception: 4-6 p.m. Jan. 24 in Teaching Gallery. Artist talk-Pedigo: 1 p.m. Jan. 24. Artist talk-Marshall: 1 p.m. Feb. 14. (Talks in Bulmer Telecommunications Center Auditorium)

The Hyde Collection Art Museum, 161 Warren St., Glens Falls.

Through today: “Natura Morta: Still-Life Painting and the Medici Collections,” Charles R. Wood gallery.

Through Jan. 25: “Still Life from the World Awareness Children’s Museum,” Rotunda Gallery.

Jan. 27-April 13: “Art in the ’Toon Age,” 43 cartoons and graphic art works, traveling exhibit from Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University.

Through March 23: “Elihu Vedder and Italy,” Hoopes Gallery.

Iroquois Museum, Howe Caverns Road, Howe Caverns. Reopens April 1.

April 1-Dec. 31: “Baseball’s League of Nations: A Tribute to Native American Baseball Players.”

Lapham Gallery, Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council, 7 Lapham Place, Glens Falls.

Jan. 25-March 22: “It’s About Time: Glens Falls Centennial Juried Exhibit.” Reception: Jan. 25.

April 2-26: “A Celebration of Life: Works by Students Inspired by Holocaust Memoir “Bitter Freedom”

May 9-June 15: LARAC Members Show

Lake George Arts Project, Courthouse Gallery, 310 Canada St., Lake George.

Saturday to Feb. 22: Paintings by Robin Arnold

March 15-April 18: Douglas Durning, paintings, and Myung Rye Kim, ceramics.

May 10-June 13: Paintings by Yasemin Kackar Demirel

MASS MoCA, 87 Marshall St., North Adams, Mass.

Feb. 2-Winter 2009: “Eastern Standard,” 20 Western artists and filmmakers look at China. Through April 15: “Spencer Finch: What Time Is It on the Sun?”

Through Nov.: “Projections,” installation by Jenny Holzer.

Through Dec.: “Anselm Kiefer: Sculpture and Paintings.”

Kidspace:

Through Feb. 24: “It’s Rude to Stare: Drawings and Sculpture by Richard Criddle.”

National Museum of Dance, South Broadway, Saratoga Springs.

Through May: “The Dawn of Modern Dance: Music, Myth and Movement,” inspired by Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis; and “On Broadway.”

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Union Avenue, Saratoga Springs.

Through Jan. 31: “The Voss Family: Artists of American Sporting Life”; “California Images: The Racing Photography of William Mochon” and “The Racing Art Collection of Charles H. Thierot”

April 9-30: “Horsing Around with the Arts,” juried student art show for grades 3-7.

May 9-31: “Horsing Around with the Arts,” juried student art show for grades 8-12.

New York State Museum, Empire State Plaza, Albany.

New long-term exhibit: “Art for the People: Decorated Stoneware from the Weitsman Collection.”

Feb. 22-24: “New York in Bloom,” annual flower show, and 15th Annual James Campbell Memorial Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show and Sale.

Through Feb. 24: “Cast Images: American Bronze Sculptures from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.”

Through March 2: “Look-Alikes: The Amazing World of Joan Steiner,” realistic miniature scenes made of everyday objects by artist Joan Steiner of Hudson.

Through March 16: “Expressions in Blue: A Feeling, A Place, A Color, A Sound,” 20 artists of the African Disapora, presented by Black Dimensions in Art.

April 5: Opening of “Invaders,” long-term exhibit about non-native plants, animals and viruses that live in New York state.

April 17-Sept. 7: “Focus on Nature X,” biennial juried exhibit of natural history and cultural history illustration, featuring works from around the world.

May 3-Sept. 1: 2008 Best of SUNY Student Art Exhibition

Norman Rockwell Museum, Route 183, Stockbridge, Mass.

Through May 26: “LitGraphic: The World of the Graphic Novel.”

Opalka Gallery, the Sage Colleges, 140 New Scotland Ave., Albany.

Jan. 22-March 16: “Positions: Gregory Coakes,” mixed media with found objects. Reception: Feb. 1.

March 30-April 13: High School Regional Art Exhibit. Reception: March 30.

April 17-May 11: BFA Exhibits.

Oakroom Artists, First Unitarian Society, 1221 Wendell Ave., Schenectady

Today to Feb. 26: Paul Kant. Reception: today (Jan. 13).

March 2-April 1: Tom Schottman and Doretta Miller. Reception: March 9.

April 6-28: Laurie Beitch and David Austin

May 4-30: Stu Eichel and Trudi Smith

Photography Center of the Capital Region, 404 River St., Troy.

Through Sat.: “Photosemasia,” Wil Lindsay

Jan. 25-Feb. 29: First Student Photography Exhibition, works by area college students. Reception: 6 p.m. Jan. 25.

Saratoga Automobile Museum, Spa State Park, routes 9 and 50, Saratoga Springs.

Through Jan. 27: “Barn Finds”

Feb. 9-May 31: “Romance of the Roadster,” Ricky Nelson’s 1932 Ford from “The Ozzie and Harriet Show,” a 1971 Ferrari Daytona Spyder and others.

May 18: Spring Auto Show, more than 300 of the region’s best cars at the museum and on the grounds of SPAC. Sponsored by Keeler Motor Car Company.

Schenectady Museum, Nott Terrace Heights, Schenectady.

Through April 20: “Cities @ Night,” how General Electric brought light to cities and towns across America; photographs of cities, national landmarks and world’s fairs.

May 1-30: Invention Convention, statewide student competition, with top 100 entries.

Skidmore College, North Broadway, Saratoga Springs.

Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery:

Feb. 8-June 8: “Opener 13: Joseph Grigely: St. Cecelia,” artworks about the relationship between seeing and hearing by deaf artist.

Feb. 9-April 20: “Smack,” sound art by Matthew Antezzo, Martin Kersels, Gordon Monahan, Bruce Nauman, Susan Turcot and William Wegman. Reception for “Opener” and “Smack”: 6:30 p.m. Feb. 9.

Through April 13: “Molecules That Matter,” group exhibit of science-related artworks that looks at 10 molecules, one for each decade of the 20th century.

Schick Art Gallery:

Jan. 29-Feb. 24: Annual Skidmore Student Exhibition. Reception: 6:30 p.m. Jan. 29.

Feb. 29-April 6: “The New American Sublime: Landscape and Abstraction by Contemporary Artists.”

April 17-June 20: “Julian Laverdiere: Mobile Moments.”

Southern Vermont Arts Center, West Road, Manchester, Vt.

Wilson Museum:

Closed until May.

Yester House:

Through Feb. 5: 16th Annual Winter Members’ Exhibition

Feb. 9-March 9: February Solo Exhibitions

March 15-April 10: Art from the Schools

Tri-County Arts Council, Union St., Cobleskill.

Through March 31: Closed for renovations

March 14-April 18: Community Showcase Senior Citizen Art Show

May 9-29: Annual High School Art Show.

Union College, Schenectady.

Mandeville Gallery, Nott Memorial:

Through Jan. 27: ‘Selections from the 7th Annual Acquisitions Exhibition for Artists with Disabilities”

Through Feb. 3: “The Hapa Project: Portraits by Kip Fulbeck,” photographs of Asian and Pacific Islanders.

Feb. 21-May 11: “Fernando Orellana: Recent Work.” Reception: 5-7:30 p.m. Feb. 21.

University Art Museum, University at Albany, Washington Avenue, Albany.

Feb. 5-April 6: “Jennifer and Kevin McCoy,” multi-media projects about life and love by Brooklyn-based husband and wife team, and “David Opdyke,” recent sculptures, drawings, multimedia works and a new site-specific installation.

May 2-18: Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition

Upstate Artists Guild, 247 Lark St., Albany.

Through Jan. 25: “Bedroom Community,” Stephen Honicki.

Feb. 1-22: “Fatal Abstraction,” Tommy Watkins. Reception: 6-9 p.m. Feb. 1

March 7-28: “The Green Show,” Michael Weidrich. Reception: 6-9 p.m. March 7.

Visions Gallery, Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany Pastoral Center, 50 North Main Ave., Albany.

Through Feb. 29: “The Tree Show,” 20 artists present images of trees.

March 7-April 25: “Spirit and Place in the Adirondacks by Barry Lobdell,” photographs of churches and other structures in mountain landscape, and “Plan by Tyrus Clutter,” small etchings based on layout of European cathedrals. Reception: 5-7 p.m. March 7.

May 2-June 27: “Retrospective by Donna Surprenant,” oil paintings. 5-7 p.m. May 2.

Williams College Museum of Art, Route 2, Williamstown, Mass.

Opening Sat.: “Manifestos: American Dreams and Their Founding Documents,” founding documents of the United States of America from college’s Chapin Rare Book Library, long-term exhibit.

Jan. 26-June 29: “Unchained Legacies,” two acquisitions, contemporary art by Willie Cole and Hank Willis Thomas.

Feb. 2-April 27: “History of the Main Complaint, 1996,” video by William Kentridge.

Feb. 9-April 27: “William Kentridge Prints,” South African printmaker.

March 1-June 22: “Model American Men,” male role models and conceptions of masculinity 1850-1950.

Through March 23: “Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Untitled (Placebo) 1991,” installation of 40,000 pieces of silver-wrapped candy.

April 19-July 27: “Julie Mehretu: City Sitings,” large-scale paintings by Ethiopian-born artist.

Through April 20: “Frank Jackson: Echo,” abstract paintings, prints and drawings.

DANCE

Colonial Theatre, 111 South St., Pittsfield, Mass.

May 2: ODC/Dance San Francisco, 7 p.m., $15 and $10

Eba Theatre, 351 Hudson St., Albany

March 8: Maude Baum and Company Dance Theatre Benefit Cabaret, 7 p.m., $100, $50 and $35

May 17, 18, 30, and 31: Maude Baum and Company Dance Theatre, 7 p.m. Friday and Saturdays, 6 p.m. Sunday, $20, $15 seniors and students and $12 for eba students

The Egg, Empire State Plaza, Albany

Feb. 8: Parson Dance, 8 p.m., $26; $22 seniors and $13 children

Feb. 24: Trinity Irish Dance Company, 7 p.m., $24, $20 seniors and $12 children

March 2: New York Theatre Ballet, 3 p.m., $20, $18 seniors and $10 children

March 7: Savion Glover and McCoy Tyner Trio, 8 p.m., $36, $32 seniors and $18 children

March 28: Garth Fagan Dance, 8 p.m., $26, $22 seniors and $13 children

April 13: Leine & Roebana, 7 p.m., $24, $20 seniors, $12 children

April 18: Buglisi Dance Theatre, 8 p.m., $20, $18 seniors, $10 children

April 25: Philadanco, 8 p.m., $24, $20 seniors, $12 children

May 3: Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company, 8 p.m., $24, $20 seniors and $12 children

May 10: ODC/Dance San Francisco, 1 p.m., $20, $18 seniors and $10 children

EMPAC in Academy Hall, Rensselaer Polytechic Institute, 15th Street, Troy

April 15: Liz Aggiss, 8 p.m., Free

Fulton Montgomery Community College, Route 67, Johnstown

May 17: Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company, 7 p.m. Free

Hudson Valley Community College, Maureen Stapleton Theatre, Route 4, Troy

March 8: Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company, 8 p.m., $15, free for students

Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Broadway, Tivoli

March 29 and 30: Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. $25, $10 student rush

April 26 and 27: Buglisi Dance Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, $25, $10 student rush

May 17 and 18: Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, $25, $10 student rush

Mahaiwe Theatre, 14 Castle St., Great Barrington

Feb. 16: Trinity Irish Dance Company, 8 p.m., $42 and $20 for students

March 28: Momix, 8 p.m., $45 and $15 for students

MASS MoCA, Hunter Center, 1040 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams, Mass.

Feb. 23: Dianne Walker and Friends, 4 p.m., $20

Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave., Albany

Feb. 8: Step Your Game Up: Step Show, 8 p.m., $17, $12 for children and students

Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady

Jan. 19: Momix in “Passion,” 8 p.m., $35 to $20; $25 to $10 for 17 and younger

Jan. 23 and 24: African Footprint, 8 p.m., $42 to $20; $32 to $10 for 17 and younger

Jan. 25: Peru Negro, 8 p.m., $30 to $20; $20 to $10 for 17 and younger

Feb. 22: 4-ISH, 8 p.m., $35 to $20; $25 to $10 for 17 and younger

March 15: St. Petersburg Ballet in “Giselle,” 8 p.m. $40 to $20; $30 to $10 for 17 and younger

May 10: “From the Horse’s Mouth,” 7 p.m., $19 to $12

State University of New York College at Cobleskill, Bouck Hall, Route 7, Cobleskill

April 26: Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company, 7 p.m., Free

Union College, Emerson Hall, Nott Street, Schenectady

Feb. 15: Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company, 8 p.m.

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Albany Pro Musica, David Griggs-Janower, conductor.

Sunday, March 2, 4 p.m. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. High School Choral Festival.$5.

Saturday, April 5, 8 p.m. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. Brahms Requiem; Vaughan Williams “Five Mystical Songs, Faure “Cantique de Jean Racine.” Guilderland High School Chamber Choir; soprano Alison Trainer; bass Keith Kibler. $28, $25, $10.

Saturday, May 17, 8 p.m. Palace Theatre. Beethoven Ninth Symphony with Albany Symphony Orchestra. $46, $37.50, $23.

Albany Symphony Orchestra. David Alan Miller, conductor. Tickets at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall and the Palace Theatre in Albany $46, $37.50, $23 except where noted. Tickets at Canfield Casino, Saratoga Springs, Colonial Theatre at 111 South St., Pittsfield, $27, $26.

Saturday, Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m. The Egg, Albany. Gershwin “Rhapsody in Blue”, “I Got Rhythm Variations”, and other Gershwin works. Marcus Roberts Jazz Trio. $28, $24.

Saturday, Jan. 26, 7:30 p.m. Palace Theatre. “A Special Evening with Joshua Bell.” Mendelssohn Violin Concerto; Bernstein “West Side Story Suite for violin and orchestra”; Strauss “Death and Transfiguration”; Peter Child world premiere. Violinist Joshua Bell. $65, $55, $38.50.

Sunday, Jan. 27, 3 p.m. Palace Theatre. “Beethoven Back to the Future” symphony for families. $16; $8, 14 and under.

Thursday, Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m. Canfield Casino. “Love Letters.” Schumann Symphony No. 1; Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21; Neil Rolnick “Love Songs” world premiere. Orion Weiss, piano; Theo Bleckmann, vocals; Todd Reynolds, violin.

Friday, Feb. 15, 8 p.m. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. Repeat of Feb. 14 concert.

Saturday, Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m. Colonial Theatre. Repeat of Feb. 14 concert.

Sunday, March 9, 3 p.m. Palace Theatre. “Born in the U.S.A.” Copland with Cowboy Dave. $16; $8, 14 and under.

Friday March 14, 8 p.m. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. “Embracing Lost and Ancient Worlds.” Bernstein “Jeremiah Symphony”; Tsontakis “October”; Huang Ruo “Concerto for Sheng” world premiere; Eli Marshall “From the Shanghai Opera” world premiere. Wu Wei, sheng; Lucille Beer, mezzo-soprano.

Saturday, April 12, 8 p.m. Dogs of Desire ensemble. David Alan Miller, conductor. Skidmore College Filene Recital Hall. “Celebrate the World.” New work from Anna Clyne, David Little, Mark Dancigers, Ken Eberhard, Kyle Blaha, Kevin Beavers, David Mallamud, Evan Hause. $5, $2.

Friday, April 18, 7:30 p.m. Palace Theatre. “Inspired by Jazz.” Gould Chorale and Fugue in Jazz and American Symphoniette No. 3; Ravel Piano Concerto in G; Gershwin “Porgy and Bess Suite”. Joyce Yang, piano.

Saturday, May 17, 7:30 p.m. Palace Theatre. Beethoven Ninth Symphony with Albany Pro Musica; Dorothy Chang “Along the River of Stars” world premiere.

American Symphony Orchestra. Leon Botstein, conductor. Bard College’s Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Annandale-on-Hudson. Pre-concert talks at 6:45 p.m. Tickets $35, $30, $20.

Friday, Feb. 1, 8 p.m. Debussy “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun”; Dukas “Sorcerer’s Apprentice”; Scriabin Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor; Copland Symphony No. 3. Wui-Ming Gan, piano.

Saturday, Feb. 2, 8 p.m. Repeat of Feb. 1 concert.

Friday, April 25, 8 p.m. Barber “Knoxville: Summer of 1915”; Sibelius Violin Concerto; Strauss “Also sprach Zarathustra”. Chanel Wood, soprano; Erica Kiesewetter, violin.

Aston Magna. Concerts at 6 p.m. Saturdays at St. James Church, 352 Main St., Great Barrington, Mass. Tickets $40, $30.

Feb. 9. “The Princess and the Pauper.” Bach, Tartini, Demarchy, Locatelli. Daniel Stepner, baroque violin; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba.

May 10. “Music of Purcell and Handel.” Paula Murrihy, mezzo-soprano; Daniel Stepner, baroque violin; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba, John Gibbons, harpsichord.

Bethesda Church. 41 Washington St., Saratoga Springs. Concerts at 4 p.m. on Sundays.

April 20. Emery String Quartet with Farrell Goehring, organ. $10.

May 18. Organ recital. Farrell Goehring. Free.

Burnt Hills Oratorio.

Saturday, May 10, 7:30 p.m. Saratoga Springs High School Auditorium. Haydn “Mass in Time of War”; Brahms “Schicksalslied.” Saratoga Springs High School Choraliers. Tickets TBD.

Caffe Lena. 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs.

Wednesday, April 9, 7 p.m. Lake George Opera apprentices. Opera arias. $15.

Capital Community Voices. Julia Panke, director.

Saturday, May 3, 7:30 p.m. Columbia High School, Luther Road, East Greenbush. Favorites of the last 25 years. $8, $6.

Capital Region Wind Ensemble. Brett Wery, conductor. Carl B. Taylor Auditorium, Schenectady County Community College, 78 Washington St. Schenectady. Tickets $8, $6.

Sunday, Feb. 10, 3 p.m. “Music by the Book.” Bernstein “Candide Suite”; McBeth “Of Sailors and Whales”; Wery “Grendel Suite.” Karna Millen, trombone.

Sunday, June 8, 3 p.m. “A Trick of the Light.” Brehmer “Early Light”; Barber “Sure on this Shining Night”; Tichelli “Sun Dance”; von Suppe “Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna”. Cathy Sheridan, trumpet.

Close Encounters With Music. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St., Great Barrington, Mass. Concerts at 6 p.m. Saturdays.

Feb. 23. Amernet String Quartet with guests. Kaufman” Urban Quartet” world premiere; Copland, Couperin, Weber, Debussy, Bach. Eugenia Zukerman, flute; Michele Levin, piano; Yehuda Hanani, cello. $35.

March 15. “Transcendental Night.” Beethoven “Ghost Trio”; Rachmaninoff Trio Elegiac; Liszt “Transcendental Etude No. 10”; Scriabin Sonata No. 5; Jorge Martin “Recuerda” world premiere. Walter Ponce, piano; Yehonatan Berick, violin; Yehuda Hanani, cello. $35.

April 26. Guitar and cello recital. Eliot Fisk, guitar; Yehuda Hanani, cello. Schubert, Boccherini, Valentini, deFalla, Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla. $35.

May 24. “Gypsy.” Haydn Piano Trio in G Major; Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor; Ravel “Tzigane”; Popper “Rhapsody.” Lydia Artymiw, piano; Vadim Gluzman, violin; Michael Klotz, viola; Yehuda Hanani, cello. $40.

DeBlasiis Chamber Music Series. Concerts in the Helen Froehlich Auditorium at the Hyde Collection, 161 Warren St., Glens Falls. $20. Students free.

Sunday, March 16, 3 p.m. Rebel Baroque Ensemble.

Monday, April 14. 7:30 p.m. Church of the Messiah, 296 Glen St., Glens Falls. Walden Chamber Players. Mozart, Beethoven.

Monday, May 12. 7:30 p.m. Cello recital. Regina Mushabac, cello. Pianist and repertoire TBA.

The Egg. Empire State Plaza, Albany.

Saturday, Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m. Albany Symphony Orchestra and Marcus Roberts Jazz Trio play Gershwin. $28, $24.

Saturday, April 12, 8 p.m. Three world premieres with Mark O’Connor and Daniel Bernard Roumain, violins; Don Byron, clarinet. $28; $20 for Egg members.

Empire State Youth Orchestra. Helen Cha-Pyo, conductor.

Saturday, March 8, “New Music for a New Generation Music Festival,” with EYSO and Magic Circle Mime Company, 1 p.m. at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, $15. All of ESYO’s orchestras and ensembles, 7 p.m. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, $15, $10. Adler, Wilson, Forte, Glassock, Rosauro, Albagli, Cunliffe, Vinci, Macaulay.

First United Methodist Church. 603 State St., Schenectady. Free.

Sunday, March 30, 3 p.m. Ryan Anthony, trumpet; Gary Beard, organ.

Sunday, May 4, 3 p.m. Carlo Curley, organ.

Friends of Chamber Music. Concerts at 8 p.m. on Saturdays except where noted in Kiggins Hall, Emma Willard School, Troy. $22, $11.

Jan. 19. Poulenc Trio. Vladimir Lande, oboe; Bryan Young, bassoon; Irina Lande, piano. Glinka Trio Pathetique in D minor; Rimsky-Korsakov “Skomorokhi Dance”; Rossini “Fantasie Concertante”; Poulenc Trio; Piazzolla “Oblivion & Otono Porteno.”

Sunday, Feb. 17, 4 p.m. St. Petersburg String Quartet. Alla Aranovskaya, Alla Krolevich, violins; Boris Vayner, viola; Leonid Shukayev, cello. Shostakovich, Schnittke, Borodin. Dinner to follow concert at Tosca, 200 Broadway, Troy. $48. Call 266-0044 for reservations.

March 8. Colorado Quartet. Julie Rosenfeld, Deborah Lydia Redding, violins; Marka Gustavsson, viola; Diane Chaplin, cello. Britten, Ginastera, Brahms.

April 12. Peabody Trio. Violaine Melancon, violin; Natasha Brofsky, cello; Seth Knopp, piano. Beethoven Trio, Op. 1, No. 1; Janacek “Kreutzer Sonata”; Zhou Long “Spirit of Chimes”; Ravel Trio.

Glens Falls Symphony. Charles Peltz, conductor. Tickets $25, $10.

Sunday, April 6, 4 p.m. Trombley Auditorium at Maple Ave. Middle School, Saratoga Springs. Brahms Double Concerto; Grainger songs; Cowell Air and Scherzo; Debussy “Nuages/Fetes/I’sle joyeuse. Michael Emery, violin; Jameson Platte, cello.

Saturday, May 10, 7:30 p.m. Hudson Falls High School. Ibert Flute Concerto; Prokofiev Symphony No. 5. Yvonne Hansbrough, flute.

Hubbard Hall. 25 East Main St., Cambridge.

Friday, April 4, 8 p.m. Music from Salem. Schumann lieder and piano music. “Dichterliebe” and Bunter Blatter. William Hite, tenor; Judith Gordon, piano. $20,$17, $12.

Lake George Opera.

Saturday, March 1, 11 a.m. Saratoga County Arts Council. “Pinocchio” children’s opera. Free.

Saturday, March 15, 11 a.m. Charles R. Wood Theatre. Glens Falls. Repeat of March 1 program. Free.

Saturday, April 5, 2 p.m. New York State Museum. Repeat of March 1 program. Free.

Wednesday, April 9, 7 p.m. Caffe Lena. Opera arias. $15.

Sunday, May 4, 5 p.m. Sargo’s at Saratoga National Golf Club. “Pasta and Puccini.” $80.

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. 14 Castle St., Great Barrington, Mass. Saturday concerts, except where noted.

Jan. 26, 8 p.m. Paco Pena Flamenco. $35.

Feb. 23. See Close Encounters.

March 15. See Close Encounters.

April 26. See Close Encounters.

Friday, May 9, 8 p.m. Gluck “Orfeo ed Euridice.” Berkshire Bach Society, James Bagwell, conductor. $45, $35, $25, students free with ID.

May 24. See Close Encounters.

Mendelssohn Club. Victor Klimash, director.

Friday, May 16, 8 p.m. The Egg. “Great American Songwriters”. Rodgers and Hart, Kern, Gershwin. $16.

Mohawk Valley Chorus. John Nethaway, director.

Sunday Feb. 10. 4 p.m. Massed Choir Festival. Tickets TBA.

Saturday, March 8, 7:30 p.m. United Presbyterian Church, Amsterdam. “American Folk Songs.” $11, $9.

Sunday, March 9, 3 p.m. See March 8 concert.

Saturday, May 31, 7:30 p.m. Amsterdam High School auditorium. Kean American Mass; Rutter “Feel the Spirit.” Oneida Area Chorale. $11, $9.

Musicians of Ma’alwyck.

Today, , 3 p.m., 1176 Wendell Ave., Schenectady. Mark Evans, piano; Brett Wery, clarinet. Haydn, Schumann, Milhaud. $100, $75. For reservations, call 377-3623.

Tuesday, April 22, 6 p.m. Dinner/concert. Schenectady County Community College. Music of Federal Era. $50. For reservations, call 377-1606.

Octavo Singers. George Morass, conductor.

Saturday, April 26, 7 p.m. 1st Reformed Church, 8 N. Church St., Scotia. Mendelssohn “Elijah.” $18, $15, $8.

Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady.

Friday, Feb. 15, 8 p.m. State Symphony of Mexico, Enrique Batiz, director. Buxtehude-Chavez “Chacona”; Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3; Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5, Revueltas “Sensemaya”. Leonel Morales, piano. $45 to $20.

Wednesday, March 12, 8 p.m. Teatro Lirico d’Europa. Puccini “Tosca”. $50 to $20.

Saratoga Chamber Players. Jill Levy, artistic director. Tickets $18, $15, $12, children free with adult.

Sunday, March 9, 3 p.m. United Methodist Church, 165 Fifth Ave., Saratoga Springs. “Afternoon of String Octets”. Enescu, Mendelssohn.

Friday, June 6, 8 p.m. United Methodist Church. Jill Levy, violin; Judith Serkin, cello; Jeannette Koekkoek, piano. Beethoven Violin Sonata Op. 12, No. 2; Haydn Trio in C minor; Schubert Trio in E-flat Major.

Schenectady County Community College Chamber Series. Free concerts in Carl B. Taylor auditorium.

Wednesday, Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m. Milhaud Trio for clarinet, violin and piano; Schumann Piano Trio in F Major; Maslanka Little Concerto for winds, violin and piano. Norm Thibodeau, flute; Karen Hosmer, oboe; Brett Wery, clarinet; Krassimir Ivanov, bassoon; Mark Evans, piano; Ann Marie Barker-Schwartz, violin; Petia Kassarova, cello.

Wednesday, Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m. Avanti Wind Quintet. Chris Krueger, flute; Fred Cohen, oboe, Michael Sussman, clarinet; Stephen Walt, bassoon; Laura Klock, horn.

Schenectady Symphony Orchestra. Charles Schneider, conductor. Concerts at 3 p.m. Sundays at Proctors. Pre-concert lectures 2:15 p.m. in gallery. Tickets $7.50, $5.

Jan. 20. “An Italian Holiday.” Respighi “The Pines of Rome”; Rossini, “La Gazza Ladra”; Paganini Concerto No. 2; Gabrielli Brass Ensemble. Leo Brown, violin.

April 13. “America the Beautiful.” Gershwin Piano Concerto in F; Ives Varations on America; Thomson Symphony on a Hymn Tune; Copland “John Henry; Wery “Three Canvases.” Young Kim, piano.

Siena College. Concerts at Siena College Chapel. 515 Loudon Road, Loudonville. Tickets $18, $12, $6.

Sunday, Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m. Mozart, Nielsen “Serenata Invano”; Kernis, Strauss “Til Eulenspeigel”; Berwald Septet. Musicians of Ma’alwyck; Michael Cirigliano, clarinet; Stephen Walt, bassoon; Victor Sungarian, French horn; Bradley Aikman, bass.

Saturday, March 22, 8 p.m. Music from Turkey, England, Italy and France for lute and Turkish ud.

Skidmore College. Concerts in Filene Recital Hall. Tickets $5, $2, except where noted.

Saturday, Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m. Manhattan String Quartet.

Friday, Feb. 15, 8 p.m. Carnegie Hall Premieres. Angel Lam “Empty Mountain” and “Spirit Rain”; Chris Adler “Music for a Royal Palace”; Ravel Piano Trio, Debussy. Includes 7 p.m. pre-concert talk. Free.

Friday, March 21, 8 p.m. Rejeev Taranath, sarod (Indian lute); Nitin Mitta, tabla.

Monday, March 24, 8 p.m. Guitarist TBA.

Saturday, April 12, 8 p.m. Dogs of Desire, David Alan Miller, conductor. See Albany Symphony.

Thursday, April 24, 8:15 p.m. Michelle Kim, violin; Skidmore College Orchestra, Anthony Holland, conductor.

Thursday Musical Club

Sunday, April 13, 3 p.m. First Reformed Church of Scotia. Classical, folk, pop, spirituals. Heavenly Echoes Gospel Ensemble. $10, $8.

Troy Chromatic Concerts. Concerts at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. Pre-concert lectures one hour before concert at Rensselaer Historical Society, free.

Sunday, Feb. 10, 3 p.m. Cello recital. Johannes Moser, cello; Benjamin Hochman, piano. Mendelssohn, Britten, Brahms. $30, $25.

Wednesday, March 5, 8 p.m. Czech Philharmonic. Zdenek Macal, conductor. Dvorak “Carnival Overture,” “Czech Suite in D Major,” Symphony No. 7 in D minor. $55, $50.

Wednesday, April 9, 8 p.m. Europa Galante. Fabio Biondi, conductor. Leclair, Violin Concerto No. 5 in D Major; Suite from “Les Nations” of music by Muffat, Campra, Telemann, Biber, Galuppi, Destouches. $45, $40.

Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. Second and State streets, Troy.

Thursday, Feb. 29, 8 p.m. Quartet San Francisco with tango dancers Sandor and Parissa. $29, $25.

Sunday, March 16, 7 p.m. Piano recital. Yundi Li. Chopin Mazurkas, Ballade; Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2, Mussorgsky “Pictures at an Exhibition.” $35, $32.

Union College. International Festival of Chamber Music. Memorial Chapel, Schenectady. Tickets $20, students half-price, except where noted.

Sunday, Jan. 20, 3 p.m. St. Lawrence String Quartet. Haydn, Berg, Dvorak. Geoff Nuttal, Scott St. John, violins; Lesley Robertson, viola; Chris Costanza, cello.

Sunday, Jan. 27, 3 p.m. Emerson String Quartet. Brahms sextets. Philip Setzer, Eugene Drucker, violins; Lawrence Dutton, Paul Neubauer, violas; David Finckel, Colin Carr, cellos. $25.

Saturday, Feb. 23, 8 p.m. Musicians from Marlboro. Beethoven Folk Songs; Bartok Quartet No. 4; Brahms Two Songs; Mozart Quintet in D. Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano; Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano; Yura Lee, Lily Francis, violins; Eric Nowlin, Katie Kadarauch, violas; Marcy Rosen, cello.

Friday, Feb. 29, 8 p.m. Piano recital. Emanuel Ax. Beethoven Sonata No. 2 in A and Sonata, Op. 57 “Appasionata”; Schumann “Humoreske” and “Papillons.” $25.

Saturday, March 15, 8 p.m. Florestan Piano Trio. Haydn, Ives, Brahms. Susan Tomes, piano; Anthony Marwood, violin; Richard Lester, cello.

Sunday, March 30, 3 p.m. Albers String Trio with piano. Beethoven Trio in G; Martinu Trio No. 2; Brahms Quartet No. 2 in A. Laura Albers, violin; Rebecca Albers, viola; Julie Albers, cello; Pei-Yao Wang, piano.

Wednesday, April 16, 8 p.m. Piano recital. Dubravka Tomsic, piano. Mozart Adagio in B minor; Scarlatti sonatas; Beethoven sonata, Op. 57 “Appasionata”; Brahms selections; Srebotnjak “Macedonian Dances”: Prokofiev Sonata No. 3 in A minor.

Sunday, April 27, 3 p.m. Emerson String Quartet. Brahms quartets. $25.

University at Albany

Thursday, April 3, 7:30 p.m. Capital Trio. Duncan Cumming, piano; Hilary Cumming, violin; Soelen Dikener, cello. Beethoven, Dvorak, William Matthews. $8, $4.

THEATER

Albany Civic Theater, 235 Second Ave., Albany, 462-1297. $15.

Feb. 22-March 1: “Hay Fever,” by Noel Coward.

May 2-18: “Inherit the Wind,” by Lawrence & Lee.

Capital Repertory Theatre, 111 N. Pearl St., Albany. 445-7469.

Jan. 18-Feb. 10: “M. Butterfly,” by David Henry Hwang. $44-$32.

Feb. 29-March 23: “The Taming of the Shrew,” by William Shakespeare. $44-$32.

March 22 & 29: “Hip-Hop Shakespeare.”

April 18-May 11: “Hank Williams:Lost Highway,” by Myler & Harelik. $46-$36.

June 6-29: “Doubt,” by John Patrick Shanley.

Colonial Little Theatre, One Colonial Court, Johnstown, 762-4325. $12,$10

May 2-11: “The Odd Couple (Female Version),” by Neil Simon.

C-R Productions, Cohoes Music Hall, 38 Remsen St., Cohoes, 237-5858. $32-$23.

Jan. 25-Feb. 17: “La Cage Aux Folles.”

Feb. 2: Gala: “That’s Show Biz.”

Mar. 7-30: “42nd Street.”

Apr. 25-May 18: “Carousel.”

Curtain Call Theatre, 210 Old Loudon Rd., Latham, 877-7529. $20.

Jan. 13-Feb. 9: “A Few Good Men,” by Aaron Sorkin.

Feb. 22-March 22: “Looking for Normal,” by Jane Anderson.

Apr. 4-May 10: “Around the World in 80 Days,” adapted by Mark Brown.

May 30-June 28: “Leading Ladies,” by Ken Ludwig.

The Egg, Empire State Plaza, Albany, 473-1845.

Feb. 3-4: “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus.” $8, $6.

March 16-17: “The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Eric Carle Favories.” $12, $10.

March 30-31: “Addy: An American Girl Story.” $12, $10.

May 30-31: “Laura Ingalls Wilder.” $12, $10.

Epiphany Theatre, 153 Regent St., Saratoga Springs, 584-4666. General admission, $35; subscription price, $20; student, $10.

March 12-Apr. 6: “Valley Song,” by Athol Fugard.

May 28-June 22: “I Am Not Breakfast.”

Glove Theatre, 42 N. Main St., Gloversville, 773-8255.

Call the theater for shows and dates.

Home Made Theatre, Spa Little Theatre, Saratoga Springs, 587-4427.

Feb. 8-24: “The Real Inspector Hound” and “The Fifteen Minute Hamlet.” $22-$19.

April 18-May 4: “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.” $25-$22.

New York State Theatre Institute, Schact Fine Arts Center, Russell Sage College, Troy, 274-3526. $20, adults; $16, seniors; $16, students.

Feb. 1-13: “Macbeth,” by William Shakespeare.

March 7-19: “1776.”

April 18-May 2: “Anastasia.”

May 16-June 8: “Who Is Pippi Longstocking?”

Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady, 346-6204.

Mainstage:

Jan. 13: “Monty Python’s Spamalot.” $65-$20.

Feb. 8-10: “Cats,” by Andrew Lloyd Webber. $54-$20.

Feb. 26-Mar. 2: “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.” $65-$20.

March 7-8: “Love, Janis.” $35-$20.

March 30: “The Spencers: Theatre of Illusion.” $35-$20.

April 8-10: “Jesus Christ Superstar,” by Andrew Lloyd Webber. $55-$20.

May 8: “Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me.” $33-$20.

May 13-18: “Movin’ Out,” by Billy Joel & Twyla Tharp. $60-$20.

Bank of America Family Series: Mainstage. $8, plus children pricing available.

March 9: “Madeline and the Bad Hat.”

March 25: “Stories That Dance.”

April 26: “Beakman Live!”

May 2: “Hot Peas ‘N Butter”

GE Theatre:

April 10-12: “Defending the Caveman.” $40.

440 Upstairs:

April 8-27: New Plays Festival, including “General Desdemona,” “Battles of the Band,” and “110 Flights.” $26, or $70 for all three plays.

Schenectady Civic Players, 12 S. Church St., Schenectady, 382-2081. $15, $13.

Jan. 25-Feb. 3: “Stage Door.”

March 7-16: “The Triangle Factory Fire Project.”

May 9-18: “The Last Five Years.”

Schenectady Light Opera Company, 826 State St., Schenectady, 877-350-7378. $20, adults; $10, children under 13

Jan 13-20: “Beguiled Again.”

March 7-16: “Bat Boy, The Musical.”

May 2-11: “Anything Goes.”

Steamer #10, 500 Western Ave., Albany, 438-5503.

Vacation Daze. $10, $8, advance purchase; $12, $10, at the door.

Feb. 18: KoMotion (mime and dance)

Feb. 19: Ventriloquist Steve Charney

Feb. 20: The Dragon King (Tanglewood Marionettes)

Feb. 21: Magician Jim Snack

Feb. 22: The Zucchini Brothers

Kids’ Fare: same pricing as Vacation Daze

Jan. 13-21: “Reluctant Dragon.”

March 8-30: “Tom Sawyer.”

April 25-26 (plus touring dates): “Clinton’s Ditch.”

Eclectic Performance Series. For adults. $13, $10, advance purchase; $15,$12, at the door.

Feb. 29-Mar. 9: “Your Are What You Eat.”

June 6-14: “Who Is Sleeping in Your Bed?”

The Theatre Company at Hubbard Hall, 25 E. Main St., Cambridge. (518) 677-2495. $24, non-member; $22, member; $15, student.

March 6-30: “Heartbreak House,” George Bernard Shaw.

Theatre Voices at Steamer #10, 500 Western Ave., Albany, 438-5503. Free.

Feb. 15-17: “Candida,” by George Bernard Shaw.

April 11-13: “Molly Sweeney.”

May 30-June 1: “The Cocktail Hour,” by A.R. Gurney.