Today’s Tips: Monday

Looking for something to do tonight? Nippertown.com has got a few suggestions for you:

LECTURE: Bill T. Jones @ Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs: Master choreographer-dancer-provocateur talks, shows video clips and does the Q&A thing. 8pm. Free.

MUSIC: Rickie Lee Jones @ the Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton, Mass.: When are you ever going to get another chance to hear this sublime singer-songwriter in as intimate a setting as the Iron Horse? 7pm. $55.

MUSIC: Danny Schmidt @ Conkling Hall, Rensselaerville: Austin singer-songwriter blows into town in support of his new Red House Records album, “Instead the Forest Rose to Sing.” 7pm.

SPOKEN WORD: Poets Speak Loud reading/open mic @ Tess’ Lark Tavern, Albany: Read your own stuff or just listen. Sign up at 7pm; verses start flowing at 8pm. Free.

MUSIC: Cobra Skulls with Teenage Bottlerocket, After the Fall @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany: Straight outta the Reno desert come Cobra Skulls, a terrifying little trio who like their punk spiked with a splash of rockabilly. 7pm. $10.