Arts & Entertainment

Egg Announces Concert by Darlingside on March 9

ALBANY — The Egg has announced that Darlingside will perform on Thursday, March 9 as part of the 2023 concert series.

Darlingside brings their new “expando-band” to The Egg inviting audiences into a lush, intimate world with exquisitely-arranged, literary-minded, baroque folkpop and superpower harmonies – as original members – Don Mitchell (guitar), Auyon Mukharji (violin), and Harris Paseltiner (cello) – are joined by bassist Molly Parden and drummer/ banjoist Ben Burns. Tickets are $34.50 and currently on sale online at www. theegg.org or by telephone at 518473-1845, or in person at The Egg Box Office Monday – Friday from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Dance Film Addresses Race Relations In America

ALBANY — The UAlbany Performing Arts Center will present a free screening of “a love letter to Brian, Lesley, and Michelle,” a film by Hettie Barnhill, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, on the uptown University at Albany campus located at 1400 Washington Ave.

The event is part of a series of four shining the spotlight on local artists. Others in the series include actors Bianca Stinney and Ben Katigiri who will each perform the experimental play White Rabbit, Red Rabbit (March 26 & 27). This past fall, guitarist Maria Zemantauski, percussionist Brian Melick and dancer La Nina collaborated in Flamenco Rhythms and the Capital Trio offered two concerts in October.

Described by its creator as “a film, a play, an experience, a concert dance, a work of art, a self-reflection, a protest,” the work is an interactive and experimental commentary that “ideally leaves viewers looking inward, seeking justice from within.”

The writer/director will engage in a post-screening discussion with audience members. Barnhill is a Broadway actress, director, choreographer and the founder of Create A Space NOW, an interactive social platform that uses performing arts and multimedia to further discussion around #blacklivesmatter and the recent events and race relations in America.

Admission to the screening is free. No reservations or tickets are required. For further information, contact the UAlbany Performing Arts Center’s main office at 518442-3995 or pac@albany.edu.

The Moody Blues’ John Lodge ‘Performs Days Of Future Passed’ at Cohoes Music Hall

COHOES — Bass player, songwriter and vocalist of The Moody Blues - John Lodge - will play the iconic album “Days Of Future Passed” in its entirety, plus a selection of classic hits at the Cohoes Music Hall on Feb. 21.

Lodge kicks off the tour with with his 10,000 Light Years Band in Massachusetts on Feb. 18.

The show is based around the simple tale of “a day in the life of an everyday man,” and will highlight the ground-breaking album that featured “Nights in White Satin,” and “Tuesday Afternoon” in a modern way, according to Lodge. For more information, visit johnlodge.com.

For Tickets: The Cohoes Music Hall Box Office is open for in person sales Monday-Friday from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. For phone sales call 518-434-0776. Go to: www.thecohoesmusichall.org.

Moody Blues’ John Lodge Live at Cohoes Music Hall Feb. 21.

Opera Saratoga Announces 2023 Summer Festival Lineup at UPH

Saratoga Opera has announced its 2023 Festival Season, and the America Sings concert run at Caffe Lena.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Opera Saratoga has announced its 2023 summer festival season at Universal Preservation Hall, as well as concert performances in the Spa Little Theatre, The Mansion of Saratoga, and at Caffè Lena.

The festival season features three productions: the Tonyaward winning musical comedy A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Donizetti’s bel canto masterpiece Don Pasquale, and a world-premiere of a new children’s opera based upon Oscar Wilde’s tale The Selfish Giant with music by Clarice Assad and libretto by Lila Palmer and additional festival concerts. Each performance will feature production elements that leverage the unique site-specific features of UPH and will have an orchestra.

2023 Festival Performances at Universal Preservation Hall:

A Gentleman’s Guide — June 30, July 2 (matinee), 6, & 8, UPH

Don Pasquale — July 1, 7, & 9 (matinee), UPH

The Selfish Giant — July 1 (matinee) & 8 (matinee).

More information and subscription purchase information can be found at www.operasaratoga.org.

Additionally, Opera Saratoga has announced the America Sings concert series at Caffè Lena, amplifying the voices of BIPOC artists who have historically been underrepresented on the concert stage. Each event will feature a wide array of classical, jazz, and popular music curated by the artists themselves.

America Sings concerts will be live streamed to the public for free; viewers are encouraged to contribute through a virtual ‘tip jar’ donation during each event to support Opera Saratoga’s programming and expansion of civic practice in the community.

Concert Dates: Sunday, February 19 at 1 p.m. Cierra Byrd, mezzo soprano; Sunday, March 12, at 1 p.m. Wooyoung Yoon, tenor; Sunday, April 23 at 1 p.m. Helena Colindres, soprano, and Sunday, June 18, at 7 p.m. Dr. Carl DuPont, baritone.

Wallflowers Announce Capital Region Show in May

Child of Zimmerman leads The Wallflowers to Albany on May 3. Photo: Yasmin Than

ALBANY — The Wallflowers will stage a show at The Egg on May 3.

For the past 30 years, the Jakob Dylan-led act has honed a sound that meshes timeless songwriting and storytelling with a hard-hitting modern musical attack. in recent years, Dylan – the Wallflowers’ founding singer, songwriter and guitarist – has stepped outside of his band, releasing a pair of acoustic and rootsy records, and collaborating with a host of artists on the 2018 film Echo in the Canyon and the accompanying soundtrack.

For the first time in nine years, the Wallflowers return with Exit Wounds, the brandnew Wallflowers studio offering. The collection marks the first new Wallflowers material since Glad All Over.

“The Wallflowers has always been a vehicle for me to make great rock ‘n’ roll records,” Dylan said, in a statement. “And sometimes the lineup that makes the record transfers over into touring, and sometimes it doesn’t. But my intention is always to make the Wallflowers record I want to make, using the musicians I have beside me.”

“I think everybody – no matter what side of the aisle you’re on – wherever we’re going to next, we’re all taking a lot of exit wounds with us,” Dylan said. “Nobody is the same as they were four years ago. That, to me, is what Exit Wounds signifies. And it’s not meant to be negative at all. It just means that wherever you’re headed, even if it’s to a better place, you leave people and things behind, and you think about those people and those things and you carry them with you. Those are your exit wounds. And right now, we’re all swimming in them.”

Tickets, at $39.50-$59.50, go on sale Friday, Jan. 20 online at dspshows.com or theegg.org, by phone at 518-473-1845, and inperson at The Egg Box Office.

Aretha Called him “The Bluesman”; Joe Louis Walker Live at Caffe Lena Feb. 16

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Joe Louis Walker has recorded with Ike Turner, Bonnie Raitt, and Taj Mahal, dueted with B.B. King, opened for Muddy Waters and Thelonious Monk, hung out with Jimi Hendrix, Freddie King and Mississippi Fred McDowell, and was a close friend and roommate of Mike Bloomfield.

In conjunction with the release of his new album “Weight of the World” (Forty Below Records), Walker will stage a show Thursday, Feb. 16 at Caffe Lena.

Walker, who is 73, saw the release of his debut album, “Cold Is the Night,” in 1986. Two dozen albums have since been released. In 2002, he appeared alongside musicians Otis Rush and Son Seals on the tribute album “Hey Bo Diddley.”

For tickets, and more information, go to caffelena.org, or call 518-583-0022.

Joe Louis Walker – live at Caffe Lena Feb. 16. Photo provided.

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