Community Calendar

Join master singer-songwriter Steve Earle for an intimate solo and acoustic concert at the TEMPO Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, April 29, to benefit Hudson River Sloop Clearwater. A protege of legendary songwriters Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, Steve Earle quickly became a master storyteller in his own right, with his songs being recorded by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris, The Pretenders, and countless others. In 2020, Earle was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. And in 2023, Steve was honored by the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music.

This concert will benefit Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, a member-supported nonprofit dedicated to protecting the Hudson River through education, advocacy, sailing, and music, and is a project of the Clearwater Festival. 2026 marks the 60th anniversary of founder Pete Seeger’s first fundraising concerts for the sloop, and the start of Clearwater’s musical heritage that continues to this day.

April 29—May 16 Visual Arts BFA Exhibit
The Annual BFA Exhibition showcases student work from the Russell Sage College’s Visual Arts BFA programs in Art+Extended Media, Graphic+Media Design and Interior+Spatial Design. Special gallery hours: Tues. through Sat. Noon to 5pm

Trash Chic!, at The Sketchbook Gallery, is a celebration of creativity that transforms the often discarded, overlooked, and thrown away. This diverse group of artists challenge the ideas of value, beauty, and permanence while highlighting the potential within what we throw away. We invite viewers to reconsider what “trash”is and discover how imagination can turn trash into something striking, meaningful, and new.

This exhibition is in conjunction with Matter Out of Place at Jane St. Art.

This exhibition brings together six invited artists who work with found objects, transforming overlooked materials into works of new meaning and possibility. Through the process of reimagining, these artists advocate for environmental concerns, drawing attention to using discarded materials while approaching their own creative practices with intentionality and care.

The exhibition is presented in conjunction with Trash Chic! at The Sketchbook Gallery.

Set in sunny Boca Raton, BOCA is a lively series of short, intertwining comedies about a group of retirees living in a fictional retirement community called Boca Oasis. In this garden of Eden the sun always shines, the lawns are manicured, and the weather holds steady at a perfect 75 degrees—just like Boca’s well-maintained seniors. Between rounds of golf, bridge, and the occasional Botox appointment, the residents discover that the real key to happiness may lie right within their own community. The play has been warmly received by audiences and critics alike

Veteran indie producer Peter Saraf (LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, THE FAREWELL, A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD) is hosting a very specialin-person masterclass on independent film producing.

In this 3-hour course, Peter will share how he got his start, key highlights from his career, the nature of film producing, and the current state of the film industry.

New York City’s biggest sake celebration, The Joy of Sake returns on April 30th with 492 different sakes from throughout Japan and the U.S. available for tasting along with sake-themed appetizers from top New York restaurants. The event of the year for sake enthusiasts as well as those curious about sake. Tickets include appetizers from participating restaurants and unlimited samplings of sake.

Celebrating the ancient art of sake-brewing, The Joy of Sake is a walkaround tasting where attendees are able to taste the full spectrum of sake styles in the premium daiginjo, ginjo and junmai categories from every sake-brewing region in Japan, including over 293 sakes not otherwise available in the U.S. Sakes are grouped by style so attendees can explore each style in depth, including recipients of silver and gold awards from the U.S. National Sake Appraisal, a rigorous blind tasting conducted by 10 judges from the U.S. and Japan that takes place prior to the public event. This is an opportunity to sample bottles of the actual competition entries in excellent condition.

Thursday, April 30, 2026
7pm - Admission FREE - Donations Accepted
BENEFIT for Family Promise of the Capital Region
Lost Radio Rounders (Tom Lindsay, Michael Eck, Paul Jossman)
Lisha Kill Reformed Church
2131 Central Avenue
Schenectady, New York 12304
(518) 650-8895
www.familypromisecr.org
www.lostradiorounders.com

Material Shift showcases work by 13 Haudenosaunee artists who employ found objects and other unconventional materials to create or illustrate traditional cultural objects or concepts and those who, conversely, explore traditional materials in unexpected ways. Works range from playful to provocative. These events are made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of Museum & Library Services, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and friends and members of the Iroquois Museum. For more information contact: info@iroquoismuseum.org

April 29—May 16 Visual Arts BFA Exhibit
The Annual BFA Exhibition showcases student work from the Russell Sage College’s Visual Arts BFA programs in Art+Extended Media, Graphic+Media Design and Interior+Spatial Design. Special gallery hours: Tues. through Sat. Noon to 5pm