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Did you know that Downtown Schenectady features nearly 50 shops that offer a wide range of unique gifts & clothing, practical items for your home, personal necessities and more? Come browse our many options!   
  
                                                
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Publications:
Downtown Visitor Guide & Map
Schenectady Dining Guide
 
Websites:
City of Schenectady
Schenectady County
Capital Region Chamber
Downtown Schenectady Imp. Corp.
CDTA Capital Moves
 
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Opens March 4

Sundays, 10am - 2pm
Inside Proctors  
Schenectady Greenmarket
Weekly market with 70+ vendors who produce everything they sell.

Music & Entertainment
 
Music n Entertainment

Cafe NOLA
Big Creek
March 4, 6:30pm
Misty Jazz Trio
March 5, 6:30pm

Josh & Justin
March 3, 7pm
Chicken Herders
March 4, 9pm
Joe Driscol
March 5, 9pm
 
Rush Hour
March 4

Mia Scirocco Trio 
March 3, 7-10pm
Patrick Sharrow
March 4, 5-8pm
Grand Central Station
March 4, 9-12pm
DJ Yosh
March 5, 10pm-2am

Skeeter Creek
March 4, 9:30pm
UFC Event
March 5, 10pm
Joe Baia
March 9, 7pm
Annual Jameson Pairing Dinner -  Call for reservations
March 10, 6-10pm

Jeremy  Gold EP Release
March 4, 6:30pm
SCCC Jazz  Showcase
March 9, 7:30pm

Up All Night
March 5, 9pm

Tommy Verrigni
March 3, 7-10pm
Completely Different
March 4, 7-10pm

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Downtown Schenectady's

The Downtown Dish
This week we have a St. Patty's Day recipe that should satisfy the beer lover with a sweet tooth!
 

 
March 3-9,   2016
Schenectady Symphony Orchestra
March 6, 3pm
GE Theatre at Proctors

Your hometown orchestra proudly features highly talented local musicians. One of our most acclaimed and a joy to hear is the Schenectady Symphony Orchestra's own Concertmaster Michael Emery, who will perform with the orchestra as soloist in Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5. More...
 
This Week at Proctors
On The Stage  

Irish Comedy Tour - March 4, 7:30pm    
GE Theatre - Drop a shot of laughter into a pint of boisterous, belly-laughing hooligans straight out of a Dublin pub. Warning: stereotypes will be enforced and inhibitions released!

MopCo Real Life - March 4, 8pm  
Education Center - Features interviews with local celebrities, interspersed with improvised responses by the company. 

Pop-Blues-Jazz Phenom Suede & Band - March 5, 7:30pm
GE Theatre - Presented by The Eighth Step: One part Rat Pack, one part Rosie Clooney, Suede is described by various press as "Adele meets Diana Krall meets Bette Midler" - sassy, smooth and intoxicating.

Capitol Steps: Mock the Vote Tour - March 5, 8pm
Mainstage - This comedic group began over 30 years ago and has been poking fun at bureaucrats ever since. Capitol Steps combine experience on the Hill with musical, acting, improv and sheer comedic talent in an equal opportunity skewering of modern day politics. 

Mr. Proctor's Birthday Walking Tour - March 6, 1pm  
Arcade - FREE public tour. Tour guides will be waiting for guests in the arcade in front of the doors leading into the theater. 

Fidelis Care Organ Concert Series - March 8, 12pm
Mainstage - Free noontime organ concert featuring "Goldie," Proctors' mighty Wurlitzer Organ 

On The Screen
 
Where to Invade Next  - March 1-3
GE Theatre - In his funniest - and most inspiring - movie in years, documentarian Michael Moore playfully "invades" other countries in order to claim for the U.S. any "European" policies or practices that might also be of use here in the U.S.A.

The Revenant - March 7,8,10 & 13
GE Theatre - Inspired by true events, this Academy Award winning movie for Best Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio) captures the extraordinary power o f the human spirit to endure. 

Etcetera... 
 
Through March 19
You are invited to participate in The 2016 Lenten Photo Show. For each of the five weeks during Lent, a different theme has been chosen. During each of these weeks, FUMC will be accepting 1-3 photos taken by participants that reflect the weekly themes, which are:
February 28-March 5: REMEMBER
March 6-12: JOY
March 13-19: NEW

March 5, 2pm
32 Washington Avenue
Rexford's Little Coney Island: The Rexford Amusement Park with Clifton Park Historian, John Scherer. As part of the A Night on the Town in Schenectady: 1850-1950 exhibit series.

Emmanuel Friedens Church
March 6, 13 & 20
218 Nott Terrace
New Year, New You: Mind, Body, Spirit Symposium: Let 2016 become your best year yet with helpful classes and interactive demonstrations that guarantee success. You can pick and choose your individual class courses and times. For more information and class descriptions,
call 374-4114. 

March 9, 12-1:30pm
Schenectady Office, 306 State Street
A Google exclusive Livestream Event. Join the fun and learn from the Google experts, where you'll hear from digital marketing and advertising experts about growing your business with Google Advertising. Free

432 State Street
The YMCA just got more colorful! Registration is open for several upcoming art classes. From adult watercolor to family art classes and youth workshops. Call 518-881-0117 to make your reservations. 

Save The Date!
March 19-20
510 Union Street
Spring Open House: Mark you calendar to attend everyone's favorite spring open house. The place to be for indoor and outdoor decor.
Celebrate the season with this article on spring flowers & arrangements!

Schenectady Today Show    
Tuesdays, 10-11am 
Education Center at Proctors
Be part of the audience for the filming of the Schenectady Today Show. Meet host Ann Parillo and the show's guests.


miSci (museum of innovation & science)
http://www.schenectadymuseum.org/index.html Museum Hours: Mon-Sat: 9am-5pm, Sun: 12-5pm  

March 10, 6-8pm
Do Black Holes Destroy Information? Presented by Dr. Oleg Lunin. Refreshments, lecture and discussion. Free. Reservations appreciated. 382-7890 x252

Through May 1
Escape winter's chill and discover hundreds of brilliantly colored native butterflies at miSci's indoor butterfly house, flying about (and possibly landing on you!) as miSci 
re-creates their habitat - the edge of an open field with flowers and trees. Be sure to stop at the chrysalis chamber to see the butterflies as they emerge.

Schenectady County Public Library Notes
Library ExpansionCentral Library
99 Clinton Street
Monday - Thursday: 9am - 8pm
Friday - Saturday: 9am - 5pm 
Sunday: 1 - 5pm
Library Calendar of Events

Beat the Snow Winter Concert Series 
March 6, 2:30pm
McChesney Room
Schenectady Light Opera Company: Sample of Season

March 7, 14 & 21, 6-7:30pm
We will offer exercises that will help participants become aware of how much they have to write about. The 3-part series will focus on the freedoms of memoir, history and culture (pop and otherwise!) as a backdrop to our own stories, and who we are writing for and why it matters. Workshops will be lead by Bob Miner and Elaine Handley.

The Whitney Book Corner
600 Union Street
Throughout March: Large print & biographies: half price.
All proceeds support Schenectady County Public Library

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