As a veteran rocker in his fifth decade of performing, John Waite knows how to consistently put on good shows. The British singer-songwriter, known for his work with The Babys and Bad English as well as his solo hits from the ’80s such as “Missing You,” most looks forward to longer runs of two or three weeks, when he and the band can really sink their teeth in and work up a good show over a string of dates.
As a veteran rocker in his fifth decade of performing, John Waite knows how to consistently put on good shows. The British singer-songwriter, known for his work with The Babys and Bad English as well as his solo hits from the ’80s such as “Missing You,” most looks forward to longer runs of two or three weeks, when he and the band can really sink their teeth in and work up a good show over a string of dates.
How brightly can stars of the ’70s and ’80s still shine? That’s a timely question as the Palace Theatre this week announced coming shows by Bonnie Raitt and a Queen tribute and as three stars of that era — walking and still rocking blasts from the past — play here this week.
When Ginger Ertz plays with pipe cleaners, colorful sea creatures emerge from her hands. Organic and abstract, they look like sea shells, coral and jellyfish. Clinging together, they form mesmerizing tidepools of texture and color. For the past nine years, the Schenectady artist has twisted, braided and knotted thousands and thousands of fuzzy pipe cleaners into imaginative sculptures. Last year, Ertz had her first Capital Region solo show at Schenectady High School’s Butzel Gallery, and in 2010 her sculptures appeared in the prestigious Mohawk-Hudson Regional exhibit at The Hyde Collection.
Schenectady Light Opera Company revisits the Sybille Pearson/David Shire/Richard Maltby Jr. musical “Baby” this month. Also opening Friday night along with “Baby” are Neil Simon’s “Rumors” at Albany Civic Theater and Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None” at Home Made Theater in Saratoga Springs. Kicking off tonight at the Cohoes Music Hall is C-R Productions’ staging of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance.” Angela Potrikus, left, and Lori Porter in Neil Simon’s “Rumors.”
For many years, people have known there were two places in the city they could go at noon to enjoy their sandwiches and listen to live music: the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. At left is the Chiara String Quartet who will play the Music at Noon series at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall.
The Tschaikowski St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra has been around since just after the end of World War II. Despite its age and popularity throughout Russia, Europe and the Far East, the orchestra had never traveled to the United States — until last month. On Jan. 13, the orchestra began its inaugural U.S. tour, which will cover 45 cities and 46 performances through March 18. On Wednesday, the orchestra comes to the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall as part of the Troy Chromatic Concerts series.
The members of Albany progressive jam rockers Timbre Coup aren’t ones to take breaks from their music. But finding time to play as much as they do isn’t an issue for them — after all, the goal is to turn Timbre Coup into the day job.
On Monday, the nationally syndicated “The Nate Berkus Show” will help a nurse from Clifton Park with a living room she is having difficulty furnishing.
It was a proclamation for Rev. Carl B. Taylor, a demonstration for Sonja Kaye, and experimentation and exultation for Harold Goodwin and John Curtin. They were all inspirations during February 1972.
When Pat Gagnon attended therapeutic foster parent training at St. Catherine’s Center for Children in 1996, she learned a lot about the temporary care program, which is designed for children who have emotional and behavioral needs.
Spy nuns in high school, the weather, a few off-key bars of “Mr. Joe from the weekend show” and talk about the old television cop show “Highway Patrol” were still ahead. All in a morning’s work for Joe Gallagher , a Schenectady resident who has been maintaining audio mayhem on WGY’s weekend shows since 1997. The tall, gray-haired radio host is both candid and comical when he talks about his radio career.
While there may be a few people who drive a hard bargain, many people who sell their old jewelry and coins for cold hard cash are delighted to discover just how much their items are worth. At left, Joe Gleason uses a loupe to check the value of some jewelry brought in by a customer to Empire State Coin at Rotterdam Square mall, as his father Mike looks on.
