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Pokémon Collectors Swarm Albany Hotel for PokeKon-Fest's One-Day Trading Show
Trading cards, artwork and a lineup of Pokémon industry guests took over the Crowne Plaza Albany Hotel on Sunday, as PokeKon-Fest set up shop at 660 Albany Shaker Road for a single day of buying, selling and swapping all things Pokémon. The gathering billed itself as a stop on a traveling trade show that moves from city to city across the country.
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Sleep Brings Its New Lineup to Basilica Hudson With Zombi and The Schizophonics
Friday, November 13, doors 7pm, show 8pm | Hudson, NY | Tickets from about $57. The stoner-doom band Sleep plays Basilica Hudson on Friday, with Zombi and The Schizophonics opening. The Bowery Presents, Higher Ground, and Sister Midnight present the show. Basilica’s bar and kitchen are open before and during the concert.
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TMS Drama Club Presents: Guys and Dolls Jr.
The Troy Middle School Drama Club is proud to present Guys and Dolls Jr. on November 20 and 21. Set in Damon Runyon’s New York City, Guys and Dolls JR. follows gambler Nathan Detroit as he tries to find the cash to set up the biggest crap game in town while the authorities breathe down his neck. Meanwhile, his girlfriend and nightclub performer, Adelaide, laments that they’ve been engaged for fourteen years without ever getting married. Nathan turns to fellow gambler, Sky Masterson, for the dough, but Sky ends up chasing the straight-laced missionary, Sarah Brown. Guys and Dolls JR. takes us from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of Havana, but everyone eventually ends up right where they belong.
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New York Mets legend opening BBQ restaurant in Albany
Retired New York Mets outfielder Mookie Wilson is opening his first restaurant in Albany, bringing South Carolina-style barbecue to the Capital Region. Mookie Wilson’s Legacy BBQ is scheduled to open Nov. 6 at 42 Eagle St., serving lunch and dinner in the former War Room Tavern space. The restaurant represents the first standalone location for the Wilson family’s four-year-old barbecue brand, which previously operated as a mobile catering business and had a presence at Citi Field during the recent baseball season.