8/11/16: Today’s Top Tips: Thursday

MUSIC: Elizabeth Woodbury Kasius & Heard @ Barker Park, Troy. Heard’s energizing world music will put a smile on your face and get you up and dancing with an all-ages, interactive show. 11am. FREE. GO HERE for more info and the complete concert series schedule…

MUSIC: The Philadelphia Orchestra @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs. It’s a matinee of Stravinsky’s classic “The Firebird” with puppets by Janni Younge, artistic director of Janni Younge Puppets. 3pm. Also at 7pm on Friday.

MUSIC: Keith Pray’s Mohawk Brass Band @ the Crossings of Colonie, Loudonville. 6:30pm. FREE. GO HERE for more info and the complete concert series schedule…

MUSIC: Rechorduroys @ the Low Beat, Albany. With the Psychiatric Metaphors, the Off White and Nobody for President. 8pm.

THEATER: “Death Herself” @ Lauren Clark Fine Art, Great Barrington. In the 90-minute, one-woman show written and performed by Douglass truth, Dorothy tells how she became Death, Herself. 7pm. $15. Through Sunday.

MUSIC: Aged in the Hills @ Wiswall Park, Ballston Spa. Veteran country band. 6pm. FREE. GO HERE for more info and the complete concert series schedule…

MUSIC: The Dave Fisk Quartet @ Jay Street, Schenectady. The Jazz on Jay lunchtime concert series continues… 12noon. FREE. GO HERE for more info and the complete concert series schedule…

MUSIC: The American Longboards @ Dutchman’s Landing, Catskill. 7pm. FREE. GO HERE for more info and the complete concert series schedule…

MUSIC: Big Sky Country @ Schaghticoke Town Hall Gazebo, Melrose. 6:30pm. FREE. GO HERE for more info and the complete concert series schedule…

MUSIC: The New York Players @ Guilderland Performing Arts Center at Tawasentha Park, Altamont. 7:30pm. FREE. GO HERE for more info and the complete concert series schedule…

MUSIC: Knot Dead @ Putnam Den, Saratoga Springs. Grateful Dead tribute band. 9:30pm. FREE.

MUSIC: EVO Trio @ Rascals, Guilderland. 5pm.

THEATER: “Comedy of Errors” @ the Ten Broeck Mansion Garden, Albany. Confetti Stage presents the Shakespeare classic directed by John A. Nickles. 7:30pm. FREE. Through Sunday, August 14.

FILM: “Up” @ Tricentennial Park, Albany. The Deja View film series presents movies outdoors downtown. 7:45pm. FREE. UPDATE: This event has been postponed til Thursday, September 8 due to the weather forecast.