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                The musical “Wicked” is in the middle of its two-weekend run at Proctors in Schenectady. If you haven’t seen it yet, you should.
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                Poet, photographer, filmmaker, and Andy Warhol insider Gerard Malanga will host a film screening and reading from his latest poetry collection at Park Theater in Hudson, N.Y., on Saturday at 2pm.
 
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                        Choreographer Sally Silvers, Guggenheim Fellow recipient and Bessie Award-winner, returns to the stage this Sunday at Flow Chart Space, 348 Warren Street, Hudson, New York, with a new work, EXWHYZEE, performed by dancer Jeremy Nelson.
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                        In the Mary Zimmerman play “Metamorphosis” humans are frail and their gods are petty.
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                        Shakespeare & Company presents Celebrating Jewish Plays, an immersive weekend of staged readings held over the holiday weekend today through Sunday at its Lenox, Mass., campus.
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                        Each fall, the Hudson Valley Dance Festival transforms the Historic Catskill Point warehouse on the banks of the Hudson River into a theater, where dancers perform in support of those living with HIV and AIDS.
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                        Finnish power-fiddle duo Teho brings its blend of traditional Finnish fiddling, Norwegian halling, Swedish polska, bebop, western swing, and contemporary folk music to the Foundry in West Stockbridge, Mass., tonight at 7:30pm.
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                        Experience the heat, energy, and passion of flamenco without leaving New York State at the Hudson Valley Flamenco Festival. Now in its eighth year, the festival brings world-class dancers and musicians to the area for a celebration of this living art form.
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                        New York singer and producer Jamie Krasner aka james K and Irish musician Maria Somerville bring their dreamy, ambient sounds to the Clark in Williamstown, Mass., tonight at 7pm.
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                        To fully appreciate “A Beautiful Noise - the Neil Diamond Musical,” playing at Proctors through Sunday, you have to create a no-judgment zone.
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                        If you want to experience a good play written by a potentially great playwright rush to Cohoes Music Hall before “The Comeuppance” closes on Sunday.
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                        Paula Vogel’s newest work “Mother Play: a play in five evictions” confirms the theory that if American playwrights did not suffer childhood family dysfunction there would be no drama on our stages.