Events + Performances

This evening’s reading will explore transformation. Our life stories are filled with moments of grief or insight and inspired by grace and joy. Readers will take us along for the journey that transformed their life story.

BookMarks is part of The Memoir Project, a program of The Arts Center of the Capital Region, and features a series of group readings featuring writing that is grounded broadly in personal experience. All BookMarks readings are free and open to the public.

BOOKMARKS: THE MEMOIR PROJECT READING SERIES | CALL FOR ENTRIES

The Memoir Project, a program of The Arts Center of the Capital Region, invites submissions for Bookmarks, a series of group … (continued)

Whether you’re an experienced sound artist or an open-minded newbie, grab the soundmaker of your choice and join a community of those who make hypnotic and meditative sonic art. Those who just want to listen are welcome too!

Wikipedia defines drone music as “a minimalist musical style that emphasizes the use of sustained or repeated sounds, notes, or tone-clusters…” This event is presented in partnership with Albany Sonic Arts Collective.

What does it mean to be a writer living, working and creating in the Capital Region of New York State, and how does this place inform your craft? The Arts Center partners with the Hudson Valley Writer’s Guild to explore options, share resources, and network within the diverse local writing community.

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This evening’s reading will explore transformation. Our life stories are filled with moments of grief or insight and inspired by grace and joy. Readers will take us along for the journey that transformed their life story.

BookMarks is part of The Memoir Project, a program of The Arts Center of the Capital Region, and features a series of group readings featuring writing that is grounded broadly in personal experience. All BookMarks readings are free and open to the public.

Works will include visual and multi-media works as part of this BookMarks Reading. Curated by Nancy Klepsch.

BookMarks is part of The Memoir Project, a program of The Arts Center of the Capital Region, and features a series of group readings featuring writing that is grounded broadly in personal experience. All BookMarks readings are free and open to the public.

featuring The Rob Skane 3 and Special Guest the Sandy McKnight Fiasco

Rob Skane grew up in Central New York with one ear on the radio and one hand on his guitar case. “Phantom Power Trip” is a breakthrough album for this career artist, featuring 11 smart hook-filled tunes from left of the dial. “It’s A Great Day,” isn’t kid stuff. You can’t sing it with a smirk. But you can sing it with a hook that goes on for days, your left hand wrapped around the neck of your guitar on one of those impossible British D chords. And “Ballad Of A Small Man” is not one of those songs penned by a whip smart college kid with daddy’s keys in his pocket. It’s the stuff of an actual father making his way through this wicked world, looking for harmony while wrestling bills, memories and a really rock and roller’s lack of marketable social skills. “Phantom Power Trip.” Take it. It’s Skane’s trip, but it’s yours too.

Congeros are known for their commitment to rhythm and the drum as the medium for communication. Founded in 2004 by Dr. Eddie Ade Knowles, Ensemble Congeros, is an outgrowth of the interest and passion of Rensselaer students who successfully completed Dr. Knowles’ course, “Introduction to Afro-Cuban Percussion” and wanted to continue “chasing the rhythms.” The group, dedicated to the study of Afro-Cuban, African and New World percussion has thrilled audiences throughout the Capital Region, and has become a favorite guest at the Arts Center. Please join us as we celebrate the release of their first DVD, “Ensemble Congeros: Chasing the Rhythms” a compilation of dynamic live performances.

A Rockin’ Dance Party to benefit The Arts Center on Saturday, April 21st.

Join us for: Live music by The Tichy Boys | Dance lessons + dancing | Costume contest | Food from Dinosaur BBQ | Silent Auction | + More!

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Join us for a striking collection of dance works by Artistic Director Ellen Sinopoli including some audience favorites and the premiere of a solo work.