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It’s The Weekend!

Friday, March 12th, 2010

What? It's Just A Little Mud.

Hey – it’s the weekend before St. Patrick’s Day so please be safe out there, drive defensively and expect DWI blanket patrols.

3/12/10: Today’s Tips: Friday

Celtic Cavalcade: The Irish Music Roundup

Weekend Roundup

Be Here Now: Sisters in Soul @ Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, 3/14/10

Musical Maverick Malcolm Cecil & SuperStringz @ Sand Lake Center for the Arts, 3/13/10

ArtBeat: What To See

Be Here Now: Capathia Jenkins & Louis Rosen @ the Eighth Step at Proctors, 3/12/10

Celebrating Caffe Lena With Mary McCaslin

Thanks to everyone who stopped by, commented or wrote to us. You make Nippertown a better place to be. See you next week!

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Spring Has Sprung!

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Yeah, we know that spring doesn’t arrive on the calendar for another week and a half, but apparently Mother Nature just can’t wait til then.

Here at Nippertown.com headquarters we found the first crocus of the spring in full bloom this morning. And, well, it just kind of made our day:

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Above: A painting of our beloved and much-missed Nico, by GG Roberts. You can see more of GG’s work tonight at the opening reception for the World Unity Corporation Gallery Art Show @ MSK Building, 184 Central Avenue, Albany.

3/5/10: Today’s Tips: Friday

WEEKEND ROUNDUP

Be Here Now: “Hello Pretty City” @ Valentine’s Music Hall, 3/5/10

Be Here Now: Tiffany @ the Waterworks Pub, 3/5/10

Be Here Now: The Blasters @ Valentine’s Music Hall, 3/5/10

Real Good for Free: Don Braden Joins Williams Jazz Ensemble, 3/6/10

Be Here Now: SAM Fund Benefit Concerts @ Caffe Lena, 3/6-7/10

Be Here Now: Bands ‘n Beans @ Roaring Brook Ranch, 3/7/10

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A Big Thank You to Metroland Readers

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

We are No. 3!
We are No. 3!
We are No. 3!

We’ve uncorked the champagne, and the bubbly is flowing in celebration of the results of the Metroland Readers’ Poll in today’s issue of the weekly.

Metroland readers voted Nippertown.com as the third Best Local Arts Web Site, just behind our friends at All Over Albany and Metroland.

And we’re even prouder of the results in the Best Local Arts Coverage category, where we were competing against the Big Boys of Print – Metroland and The Times Union – and grabbed third place again.

So thank you, astute and discerning Metroland readers, for showing us some love. And we promise to do all that we can to make Nippertown.com your go-to click-to for area music, arts and entertainment info.

Next year – No. 2!

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It’s The Weekend!

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Best. Walk. Ever.

ArtBeat: What To See

Weekend Roundup

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O What a Site to See…

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Young Me/Now Me

It’s all about the photograph…

Internet adventurer (and Nippertown native) Ze Frank’s Young Me Now Me, in which people re-create a photo from their youth.

Sharon Montrose’s The Dog Photo Booth because, well, we like dogs and photo booths

Black & WTF, an offbeat, oddball collection of vintage black & white photographs

Tags: Photography
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It’s The Weekend!

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Weekend Roundup

Today’s Tips: Friday 2/19/10

Be Here Now: Art Night Schenectady/Schenectady Third Friday 2/19/10

ArtBeat: What To See

Be Here Now: “Crude” Opens Friday @ Spectrum 8 Theatres

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Be Safe Out There

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

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Eye on the Media, Nippertown-Style

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Although Nippertown.com is only available in pixel form, we still love the good, old-fashioned ink-on-newsprint delivery system, too. Yes, we read honest-to-goodness newspapers.

Here are a couple of recent items that brought smiles to our faces.

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Tags: Don DeLillo, Metroland, Michael Bolton, New York Times
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It’s The Weekend!

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Thanks to everyone who stopped by this week! Here’s some ideas on how to spend your weekend:

Weekend Roundup
Ideas for Valentine’s Day
Free Day At MASS MoCA
Sound + Voice + Image @ Nicole Fiacco Gallery
Today’s Tips: Friday
ArtBeat: What to See

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Song of the Week: Bring It On Home

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Posting’s going to be a leeeettle slow today. Instead, I’m obsessively refreshing my browser to watch Greg’s flight status as he attempts, for the second day in a row, to return home from a trip to Dallas. If you have any pull with the aviation gods, please put in a good word for him.