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Whassup in the 518? Weekend of May 1–3, 2026 · Capital Region, New York May is here, and the Capital Region isn’t easing into it. This weekend delivers a Broadway powerhouse, a Grammy-winning jazz drummer, a metal triple-header, a sprawling outdoor festival, an iconic folk room packed with a legend, drag royalty in Saratoga, and […]
Whassup in the 518? Friday, April 24th The Ultimate Tribute to the Bee Gees, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, 7:30pm The ULTIMATE tribute to the BEE GEES featuring One Night Only is coming to the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall on April 24th! Relive all of the Bee Gees’ greatest hits including: Staying Alive, […]
Jukebox. Madonna Madonna has created a sequel to 2995’s Confessions of a Dancefloor, called Confessions II. “People think that dance music is superficial, but they’ve got it all wrong,” Madonna saide. “The dance floor is not just a place, it’s a threshold: A ritualistic space where movement replaces language. Madonna added, “When Stuart Price and […]
Wassup in the 518? Friday, April 17th Daniel Maltz, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, 7:30pm Daniel Adam Maltz, fortepiano The Egg Presents: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Egg, Albany, 8pm For nearly six decades, the three-time GRAMMY® Award-winning Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has entertained audiences with their top-shelf musicianship and timeless hits. Now the […]
Ticketmaster/Live Nation – The Only Game in Town – by Liam Sweeny. Sweat pours down your face, off your hair, rivulets down the back off your T-shirt. It presses into your computer chair as you slam on the buttons and click over here and over there. Your competitors have computer rigs much more advanced, but […]
Whassup in the 518? Friday, April 10th Water for Elephants, Proctors Theatre, Schenectady “Many wonders await audiences in this gorgeously imaginative Broadway musical.” – The New York Times The critically acclaimed bestselling novel comes to “thrilling, dazzling” life (Time Out New York) in a unique, spectacle-filled new musical! Hailed as a Critic’s Pick, The New […]
Cannabis Corner – An Xperience Column – by MBF and 400 River. “It’s just a plant.” We hear this all the time, and sure, cannabis is just a plant. The cannabis plant, however, is an exceptionally interesting one. It’s also a burgeoning new economy here in New York, now heading into its fourth year of […]
The Worms Crawl In, The Worms Crawl Out – by Art Fredette. The dictionary says an earworm is: a catchy song or tune that runs continually through a person’s mind. “the whole album is packed full of earworms that get stuck in your head” Every morning for as long as I can remember, I have […]
The Year of Storms, Chptr. 7 – Xperience Fiction – by Liam Sweeny. The Diplomat Hotel was a twenty-story building with slate-gray walls and tall windows that overshadowed the street below, spaced so close together that the walls between them doubled as prison bars as seen from the street below. It was stately and sterile […]
Music Notes – The Art and Science of Music – by Peak Music Studios. Say No Three Times People often ask what it takes to become a musician. The question usually circles around talent, natural ability, the right equipment, the right teacher, or the right opportunity. Those things can help, but they tend to distract […]
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