1/26/19: Today’s Top Tips: Saturday

MUSIC: Lizz Wright @ Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy. Yes, she’s a sublime jazz singer, but she’s so much more than that. 8pm. $34.50.

MUSIC: Chandler Travis Three-O @ the Ale House, Troy. Still celebrating the release of their latest album, Backward Crooked from the Sunset and Barbara Price’s birthday, too. 8pm.

MUSIC: Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs. Stratospheric picking, fantastic harmony vocals, and a song selection that covers a huge emotional range have made this Washington, DC band one of the most celebrated in modern bluegrass. Tonight, they celebrate the release of their new album, If You Can’t Stand the Heat on Compass Records. 4 & 8pm. $30.

MUSIC: “Triptych (Eyes of One on Another)” @ MASS MoCA’s Hunter Center, North Adams. Composer Bryce Dessner (The National) and a team of extraordinary collaborators including director Daniel Fish and Ashley Tata, librettist Korde Arrington Tuttle and Roomful of Teeth for a work-in-progress presentation which — through music, projection, and theatrical lighting — puts us inside Robert Mapplethorpe’s bold, voracious view of how nature and humans look, touch, feel, hurt and love one another. $26 & $35; students $10.

MUSIC: Victory Soul Orchestra @ the Hollow Bar + Kitchen, Albany. The nine-piece funk and Afro-soulsters celebrate the release of their new album, Astrobeat. With Hartley’s Encore, DJ Trumaster and JB aka Dirty Moses. 9pm. $12.

MUSIC: Stellar Young @ the Parish Public House, Albany. Celebrating the release of their new EP, And Turned to Ash. With the Afternoon Edition. 8pm. $10.

MUSIC: Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds @ Levon Helm Studios, Woodstock. Their new album, Gold, finds Sister Sparrow taking the classic brass-fueled Dirty Birds sound and turning it into something altogether new: a soul-blasted contemporary pop sound both timeless yet utterly now. With Not My Sister. 8pm. $35 & $55.

MUSIC: “Second Chance Prom” @ Il Faro, Albany. A chance to do your prom right. Music by Off the Record. Prom attire encouraged. Dancing, food and fun with raffles and give-aways. 7pm. $40; couples $60.

DANCE: ZviDance @ Lumberyard, Catskill. Performing “Like” and the new work, “Maim.” 7pm. $30.

MUSIC/FUNDRAISER: Old Songs Sampler Concert @ Old Songs, Voorheesville. This benefit for the 2019 Old Songs Festival features Dan Berggren, Kate Blain, Short of Breath, Debra Burger & Carol Fults, Joy Adler’s Summer Camp Band and Ron Gordon’s Guitar Crew. 7:30pm. $25; $12 for youth ages 13–18; $5 for children 12 & under.

MUSIC: moePods @ Cohoes Music Hall, Cohoes. It’s a mighty jam-band mash-up featuring members of moe. and Ominous Seapods. 8pm. $27. UPDATE: This concert is now officially sold out…

MUSIC: Big Sister @ Colony, Woodstock. With the Wex Malley Project. 8pm. $10.

THEATER: One-Man “Star Wars” Trilogy @ Proctors’ GE Theatre, Schenectady. Created and brought to life on stage by Canadian actor Charles Ross, the live solo performance of the original trilogy of “Star Wars” movies (“A New Hope,” “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi”). 1:30 & 7:30pm. $30.

MUSIC/FUNDRAISER: Johnny Rabb’s Big Band @ the American Legion Post, Wynantskill. With the Tichy Boys and Blue Hand Luke. 7pm. $12. UPDATE: This show is now officially sold out…

COMEDY: The Not Too Far from Home Comedy Tour @ The Barn at Buttermilk Falls, Milton. Headliner Mike Stankiewicz. With Erin Harkes and emcee Aaron David Ward. 6pm dinner; 8pm show. $75 for both.

MUSIC: Michael Benedict Jazz Vibes @ 9 Maple Avenue, Saratoga Springs. 9pm.

BURLESQUE: Roxxi Tart’s 1920’s Burlesque Revue @ Hudson Harbor Steak and Seafood Restaurant, Albany. Roxxi Tart and her troupe perform a night of fun-filled hi-jinx-infused hot Burlesque from the golden age of jazz. 8pm. $20.

THEATER: Bindlestiff Family Cirkus @ Club Helsinki, Hudson. Led by the husband-and-wife duo of Stephanie Monseu and Keith Nelson, the monthly winter cabaret features a variety of circus, theater, comedy and musical entertainers. 9pm. $35.

MUSIC: The Audiostars @ Putnam Place, Saratoga Springs. With Wylder. 9pm. $10.

MUSIC: Icons of Vinyl @ Proctors, Schenectady. It’s a classic rock tribute band mini-fest featuring Eaglemania, Journeyman and Pettybreakers. 7:30pm. $15.50–$49.50.

MUSIC: The BrokenHearted @ the Cool Insuring Arena’s Heritage Hall, Glens Falls. Tom Petty tribute band. 7pm. $10.

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