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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!
Browse our shops, restaurants, services, lodging, attractions, transportation & parking.
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Weekly market with 70+ vendors who produce everything they sell.
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Music & Entertainment
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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
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The Downtown Dish
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This week we have a St. Patty's Day recipe that should satisfy the beer lover with a sweet tooth!
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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.
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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
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.
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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.
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.
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miSci (museum of innovation & science) |
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.
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Schenectady County Public Library Notes |
Central Library
99 Clinton Street
Monday - Thursday: 9am - 8pm
Friday - Saturday: 9am - 5pm
Sunday: 1 - 5pm
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.
600 Union Street
Throughout March: Large print & biographies: half price.
All proceeds support Schenectady County Public Library
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