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Jay Bobbin's Local Entertainment Picks
 

For the week starting 12/3/2008

1) Capital Holiday Lights in the Park, Nightly, 6 p.m., Washington Park, Albany

2) 4 Celtic Women, 7:30 p.m., The Egg, Albany

3) Saint Rose Women's Chorus, 7:30 p.m., Massry Center for the Arts, Albany

4) "Sleeping Beauty," Opens Friday, 10 a.m., Russell Sage College, Troy

5) Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company, Friday, 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., The Egg, Albany

6) Jon Reep, Friday, 7:30 p.m., GE Theatre at Proctors, Schenectady

7) Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Friday, 8 p.m., Proctors, Schenectady

8) "'Twas the Land of the Night Before," Friday through Sunday, 440 Upstairs at Proctors, Schenectady

9) "Striking 12," Opens Friday, 8 p.m., Capital Repertory Theatre, Albany

10) "A Christmas Carol," Opens Friday, 8 p.m., Schenectady Civic Players

11) "Seussical: The Musical," Opens Friday, 8 p.m., Schenectady Light Opera Company

12) "Nuncrackers," Opens Friday, 8 p.m., Cohoes Music Hall

13) "Tom, Dick and Harry," Opens Friday, 8 p.m., Curtain Call Theatre, Latham

14) Dave Mason, Friday, 8 p.m., Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, Mass.

15) "Rockin' Christmas Sock Hop," Friday, 8 p.m., Polish Community Center, Albany

16) Soul Session, Friday, 9 p.m., Vapor, Saratoga Springs

17) "A Yuletide Gathering," Saturday, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Charles R. Wood Theater, Glens Falls

18) "The Nutcracker," Saturday, 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., The Egg, Albany

19) Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., 8th Step at Proctors, Schenectady

20) "The Magic of Christmas," Saturday and Sunday, Palace Theatre, Albany

21) Bill Kirchen and John Tichy, Saturday, 8 p.m., WAMC Performing Arts Center, Albany

22) Steve Cuiffo, Saturday, 8 p.m., MASS MoCA, North Adams, Mass.

23) Martin Sexton, Saturday, 9 p.m., Bearsville Theater, Woodstock

24) Holiday Tree Lighting & Fireworks Festival, Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Empire State Plaza, Albany

25) Victorian Stroll, Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Downtown Troy

26) "Fire and Ice" Holiday Art Reception, Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m., Local Color Art Gallery, Latham

27) Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Sunday, 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Times Union Center, Albany

28) Festival Celebration Choir, Sunday, 4 p.m., St. Pius X Church, Loudonville

29) Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra, Sunday, 5 p.m., Glens Falls High School

30) "Storytelling Jubilee," Sunday, 5 p.m., Glen Sanders Mansion, Scotia

31) Pilobolus, Sunday, 7 p.m., The Egg, Albany

32) Saint Rose Masterworks Chorale, Sunday, 7:30 p.m., Massry Center for the Arts, Albany

33) Chris Cagle, Sunday, 8 p.m., Northern Lights, Clifton Park

34) Three Stooges Film Festival, Monday, 7 p.m., Palace Theatre, Albany

35) Saint Rose Brass Choir, Monday, 7 p.m., Massry Center for the Arts, Albany

36) "Twenty Drummers Drumming," Monday, 8 p.m., University at Albany

37) Skip Parsons Dixieland Jazz, Tuesday, Noon, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

38) Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., The Egg, Albany