This weekend's musical offerings include many stars who've been here on the way up.

What is Cameron Diaz doing in such a lame-brained comedy in which, for most of the way, she looks ridiculous?

David Mamet, that master of quick repartees, rapid-fire dialogue and cleverly convoluted narratives is at it again.

To round out its 80th anniversary season, Schenectady Civic Players is presenting a musical, “The Last Five Years,” a two-person, one-act work written and composed by Jason Robert Brown.

Flutist Yvonne Hansbrough is looking forward to the Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra concert on Saturday. She has been the orchestra’s principal flutist for four years, but this will be the first time she will perform as a soloist with the orchestra.

In watching "Young@Heart," moviegoers can reap the pleasure of seeing the chorus bravely taking on challenges of musical pieces “old people” are not supposed to like, Gazette critic Dan DiNicola writes.

Area bridge results for April 25 to May 1

Last week's regionwide frost damaged early-season plants of gardeners trying to get a head start.

The Commercial Cooking and Catering class for high school students with special needs is a nine-month program of hands-on classroom and kitchen training.

A listing of all the music acts schedule to perform at this weekend's 60th Albany Tulip Festival.

The black and mysterious "Queen of the Night" tulip will be featured at this weekend's 60th Tulip Festival in Albany's Washington Park, where more than 90,000 tulips are in bloom. Music, crafts, food and tulip queens will also be part of the festivities.

SCCC Technical Specialist Ellen Heekin offers a different kind of potato dish for backyard cookouts, Mediterranean Potato Salad, in our weekly "From the SCCC Kitchen" feature.

After about seven years of playing traditional and original folk music in and around Saratoga Springs, the trio Dry Bones will perform together for the last time Saturday at Caffe Lena.

Capital Region residents have a chance to be part of the audience of the National Public Radio news quiz show, “Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me!,” which will be recorded at Proctors at 8 p.m. Thursday. Co-host Peter Sagal talks about the Peabody Award-winning show.

The American Heart Association has made learning CPR much easier for the general population with its Hands-Only CPR — rapid deep presses on the victim’s chest until help arrives.