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News From Metroplex
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Read the latest economic development news in Schenectady County.
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Visit Downtown Schenectady
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View an interactive map to find parking lots and rates. Get tips on where to find the best parking spots. Sign up for an email alert system for news & advisories.
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Opens July 7
Free Movies on Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 10am
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Schenectady Farmer's Market
Thursdays, 9:30am-1:30pm
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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Jay Street Marketplace
Sundays, 10am-2pm |
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Visit food & craft vendors along the pedestrian walkway. Also shop & dine at the more than 25 shops and restaurants on Jay Street.
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Music & Entertainment
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JECCO Trio
July 6, 6pm
The Deadbeats
July 6, 9pm
Errorsmith
July 7, 9pm
UFC 213
July 8, 8pm
Joel Fisher Live
July 6, 6-9pm
Rosa Love Life
July 12,
6-9pm
No music this week
Check Out All of
Downtown Schenectady's
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This week's recipe is a great meal to cook on the grill, or even in the oven on cooler evenings.
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| Schenectady County SummerNight |
Next Friday!
July 14, 5-10pm
Downtown Schenectady
Schenectady County's 12th Annual Summer Bash on State Street is filled with live music, great food, games and entertainment. SummerNight features a variety of family-friendly entertainment and performances presented at locations throughout downtown, with fireworks to cap off the evening. Headlining this year's event is Grammy Award-winning
Blues Traveler,
who will rock the crowd beginning at 8:30pm.
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| Jazz on Jay |
 Thursdays, Noon - 1:30pm
Jay Street Marketplace
This week, Jazz on Jay features
JECCO Trio. Grab lunch at one of our great downtown
eateries and work in a bit of
shopping before or after the concert! (R
ain location at Robb Alley inside Proctors)
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| All Aboard the Electric City Trolley! |
Thursday-Saturday, 4pm-1am
The
Capital District Transportation Authority - CDTA's
new
Electric City Trolley
is the best way to get around Downtown Schenectady, connecting you with Mohawk Harbor, dining, shopping, lodging and entertainment
. This FREE service operates on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from 4pm-1am. The trolley provides service to 13 different stops every 20 minutes.
ROUTE MAP
Download the free Cityfinder app by
Transfinder
to show you the nearest trolley stops, real time trolley progress, and points of interest along the way.
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On The Stage
The Dance Collective - July 7, 7:30pm 
GE Theatre - Experience contemporary dance in a contemporary setting. Whether you're a dance aficionado or a newcomer, this performance is a must-see for all.
On The Screen
Sundays at 10:30am & 1pm
Come on down, have some popcorn and watch some of your favorite movies on the big screen. Click above for the full schedule.
GE Theatre - An English Earl (Cary Grant) and his wife (Deborah Kerr) are down on their luck to the point of allowing tourists to take guided tours of their castle.
GE Theatre - An Oxford professor of ancient hieroglyphics (Gregory Peck) is recruited to break a code in order to help expose a plot against a prominent politician.
Charade - July 6 & 8 
GE Theatre - A beautiful woman (Audrey Hepburn) finds herself falling for a dashing man (Cary Grant) on a skiing holiday. Upon returning to Paris, drama ensues.
Hair -
July 10, 7pm 
GE Theatre - Straight arrow Claude Hooper Bukowski leaves the family farm in Oklahoma for NYC where - on his way to the Army recruitment center - he meets a freewheeling group of Central Park hippies and joins the youth subculture.
Falsettos - July 12 & 15 
GE Theatre - Presented by Lincoln Center Theatre: Nominated for five 2017 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical, Falsettos is a hilarious and poignant look at a modern family revolving around the life of a gay man, his wife, his lover, his soon-to-be-bar mitzvahed son, their psychiatrist, and the lesbians next door.
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| Hometown Heroes Banner Program 2017 |
 Through November 11
Around Downtown
The
Hometown Heroes banner program proudly recognizes active duty and veteran service members from Schenectady. Major funding provided by SEFCU.
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| Etcetera |
July 8, 10am-3pm (rain date July 9)
38-40 N. Broadway
Family day of fun includes cars, music, food, rock wall, face painters and much more. Free to all spectators!
Deadline July 22
Call For Art - For a new art exhibit titled "Schenectady in Pictures." Artwork must be of natural areas, landmarks or buildings in the County of Schenectady. All 2-dimensional media (photographs, digital media, painting, collage, etc.)
Summer Events
Wednesdays at 9:30am, through August 30
Free events for kids every Wednesday. You must register in advance.
July 12: Mindfulness & Movement - Enjoy a story with yoga instructor Bridget Spencer, who will lead the children in basic yoga poses and help create mindfulness jars for them to take home. (Ages 5-8)
Tuesdays, through August 29, 11:30am-1pm
Under the Proctors Marquee
Casual chess play and free lessons. Exciting prizes for winners and deserving players. Rain plan: Inside Proctors in Robb Alley or the Wright Family Atrium.
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10 North Jay Street
Comedy Without a Net!
July 8, 8pm
An energetic mix of improv comedy performances.
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| miSci (museum of innovation and science) |
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15 Nott Terrace Heights
Monday-Saturday, 9am-5pm; Sunday, 12-5pm
Summer Hands-on STEM Classes
 Half-day workshops 7/6 & 7/7. Week-long classes for students entering first through eighth grades from 7/10 - 9/1. Classes run 9am - 4pm. Space Academy Classes with Challenger Learning Center Missions. Before- and after-care is available.
Pre-registration required.
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| Schenectady County Public Library Notes |
99 Clinton Street
Monday - Thursday: 9am - 8pm
Friday - Saturday: 9am - 5pm
Sunday: 1 - 5pm
July 8, 10am-4pm
The Electric City Comic Con is the area's family-friendly indie con! Small but fierce, we celebrate comics and the artists and writers who create them.
600 Union Street
July - Graphic novels, sci-fi, fantasy & mysteries half price
All proceeds support Schenectady County Public Library
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