6/5/12: Today’s Tips: Tuesday

MUSIC: Triskele @ Schodack Town Park, Schodack. 6pm. FREE.

MUSIC: Keith Pray’s Big Soul Ensemble @ the Van Dyck, Schenectady. 21st century big band jazz. 8pm. FREE.

READING/PERFORMANCE: Nitty Gritty Slam @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany. Sign-up at 7pm; open mic at 7:30pm; poetry slam at 8pm. $5; students $3.

MUSIC: Red Jumpsuit Apparatus @ Upstate Concert Hall, Clifton Park. With Sparks the Rescue, Namesake, the Summer Switch and Heart Foundation. 7pm. $12.

MUSIC: Tom Corrigan @ the Lion’s Den at the Red Lion, Stockbridge. 8pm. FREE.

MUSIC: Eye Empire @ Bogie’s, Albany. With Charetta and Ghosts of Eden. 7pm. $10.

MUSIC: Rakish Paddy @ the Marketplace Cafe, Pittsfield. Celtic music. 5pm. FREE.