1/6/14: Today’s Tips: Monday

MUSIC: Jim Gaudet & the Railroad Boys @ McGeary’s Pub, Albany. Gaudet and his band have recently upped their bluegrass quotient with the addition of Scott Hopkins on banjo. 7:30pm. FREE.

FILM: “Giant” @ Proctors, Schenectady. The sprawling 1956 Lone Star epic starring James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson. 3 & 7pm. $5.