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Downtown Schenectady has a wide variety of service businesses including banking, health & beauty, office, automotive, transportation, churches, daycare, financial services & much, much more. We're at your service!
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Opens August 5
Only Two Weeks Left!
Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 10am
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Thursdays, 9:30am-1:30pm
Outside Around City Hall
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Sundays, 10am-2pm
Outside Around City Hall
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Enjoy this festive marketplace with weekly entertainment and more than 70 regional vendors.
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Music & Entertainment
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Lecco Morris with
Jeff Nania & Rob Morrison
August 5, 5-8pm
Frank Jaklitsch
August 5, 6:30pm
Hoot Owl Moon
August 6, 6:30pm
Live Music
Wednesdays, 7-10pm
Joe Nacco
August 5, 9pm
Stockade Kids
August 6, 9pm
Patrick Sharrow
August 4, 5-9pm
Error Smith
August 5, 9:30pm
Lecco Morris & Jeff Nania
August 5, 12-2pm
Erin Harkes Duo
August 5, 9pm
Patti Melita & Nat Phipps
August 4, 7-10pm
Brian Patneaude
August 5, 7-10pm
Check Out All of
Downtown Schenectady's
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The Downtown Dish
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This week, we have a delicious dessert that is a tropical twist on Bananas Foster.
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| All Shook Up |
 August 5 & 6
Mainstage at Proctors
This hip-swiveling, lip curling musical will transport you to the Midwest in 1955, where a guitar-playing roustabout changes everything and everyone he meets. This musical fantasy will have you jumpin' out of your blue suede shoes with such classics as "Love Me Tender," "Can't Help Falling in Love," "Heartbreak Hotel," "Jailhouse Rock," and "Don't Be Cruel." More...
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| Jazz on Jay Concert Series |
 August 4, Noon-1:30pm
Jay Street Marketplace
This week, Jazz on Jay features
Skip Parsons' Riverboat Jazz Band
. This free outdoor jazz series takes place Thursday afternoons through September 1 on the Jay Street Marketplace (with a rain location at Robb Alley inside Proctors). Grab lunch at one of our great downtown
eateries and work in a bit of
shopping before or after the concert!
More...
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On The Stage
Classic Theater Guild - August 6, 4 & 7:30pm
Fenimore Gallery - Summer Theater Festival Gala Presents: Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and Julie Jaster's adaptation of the classic "Treasure Island."
On The Screen
GE Theatre - Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road
Ensemble: This extraordinary film follows cellist Yo-Yo Ma and a growing ensemble of vocalists, instrumentalists, composers, visual artists and storytellers as they travel the world, seek new talent, and explore the power of music to preserve tradition, shape cultural evolution & inspire hope.
GE Theatre - Using comedy and indelible characters, his legendary 1970s shows such as All In the Family, Maude, Good Times, and The Jeffersons boldly cracked open dialogue and shifted the national consciousness with regard to race, class, creed, and feminism. And at 93 years old, Lear is revealed here to be as vital and engaged as ever.
August 6, 10am
GE Theatre
- We've picked our very favorite "Saturday Morning Cartoons"
and have crammed them together into a 3-hour, sugar-fueled trip down memory lane with ALL YOU CAN EAT CEREAL! Presented by It Came From Schenectady.
Muppets From Space - August 7, 10:30am & 1:30pm 
GE Theatre - FREE Family Summer Movies: Gonzo is contacted by his alien family through his breakfast cereal. He is kidnapped and it's up to Kermit and the gang to both rescue and reunite him with his long-lost family.
GE Theatre - William Shatner narrates this stunning documentary capturing the complex relationship between elephants and humans in Thailand.
GE Theatre - Thanks to the loving "Aunt" Bella, defiant city kid Ricky finally gets the fresh start he needs in the wilds of the New Zealand countryside after years of being shuttled from one bad fit to another.
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| DSIC's 2016 Building Block Party |
Sponsorships Due This Friday!
October 27, 5:30-8:30pm
GE Theatre at Proctors
The Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corporation's biggest annual fundraiser takes place on
Thursday, October 27 at Proctors, featuring fantastic food from dozens of restaurants and a super silent auction.
Please consider joining us as a sponsor for this year's event:
Sponsorship commitments are due by Friday, August 5
For more information, email
Colleen Merays or call 518-377-9430
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| Etcetera... |
Puzzles Bakery & Cafe 
August 6, 5:30-11:30pm
Tabletop Game Night
Whether you'd like to learn a new game or play an old favorite, whether you're bringing friends or coming solo, or whether you're an experienced gamer or a total beginner... if you like tabletop board games, this is the event for you!
Vale Cemetery 
August 7, 2pm
907 State Street
The Giants of Industry: Chris Hunter, curator at miSci, will lead a tour featuring the lives of scientists, inventors, industrialists and visionaries who built Schenectady.
Google Marketing Seminar 
August 9, 9:30am & 1:30pm
Capital Region Chamber, 306 State Street
Presented by Darcy Knapp: Introduction to Google Marketing & Google Adwords. Morning and afternoon will be the same. Free seminar; please register. We are celebrating Xmas in August! Please bring a new unwrapped toy or book for the Parsons' 2016 Holiday Toy Drive.
Thursday, Friday & Saturday
Capital City BrewCycle is back in Schenectady this summer! Current tours begin at Wolff's Biergarten and will be stopping at 20 North Broadway Tavern, Firestone 151 and Clinton's Ditch. Book your tour here.
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| Cell Phone Audio Walking Tours in Downtown |
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Erie Canal - Explore the Erie Canal
through 14 mobile audio stops. Discover the history and innovation that made the canal possible and how this technology impacted the lives of Schenectady residents.
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| Hometown Heroes Banner Program |
 Through Veterans Day
State Street & Around City Hall
Now in its second year, the
Hometown Heroes Banner Program honors veterans and active duty service members from the City of Schenectady. Each banner features an individual's photo, name, and branch of service. Sponsored by companies, organizations, and families, the banners will be displayed on light poles along State Street and around City Hall until just after Veterans Day.
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| miSci (museum of innovation & science) |
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15 Nott Terrace Heights
Museum Hours: Mon-Sat: 9am-5pm, Sun: 12-5pm
Dino Camp-In 
August 6-7, 5pm-9am
Spend a night with the dinosaurs! Make dino masks, do a dino dance and participate in many other activities. Dinner and breakfast included. Child must be accompanied by an adult. Registration required; space is limited.
August 16, 8pm
Night Sky Adventure: Juno at Jupiter
Spend the evening exploring the exhibits at miSci! Complete the night with a Night Sky Adventure with the Dudley Observatory.
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| Schenectady County Public Library Notes |
99 Clinton Street
Monday - Thursday: 9am - 8pm
Friday - Saturday: 9am - 5pm
Sunday: 1 - 5pm
600 Union Street
Young adult & children's books half price in August.
All proceeds support Schenectady County Public Library
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