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Arts & Entertainment
Albany is here to entertain you! Come experience all that the Capital Region has to offer in theatre, music, dance, spectator sports, festivals, and visual arts.
Movie buffs, there's action at Crossgates Mall's Regal 18 Megaplex & IMAX Movie Theatre and Colonie Center's Regal Cinemas Stadium 13. Maybe you'll catch a glimpse of Albany in another scene on the big screen! Artists gravitate toward Lark Street, Albany's "Village in the City". Its composition is a blend of the symmetry of commercial and residential buildings that line its ten-block street. Celebrate the arts in Albany on the 1st Friday of every month (events calendar).
There is no need to canvas upstate NY in search of unique and eclectic experiences because downtown's Center Square is highlighted with year-round arts, dining, nightlife, and shopping; drawing in visitors worldwide for many of Albany's most popular events: Art on Lark, LarkFEST, and Winter WonderLark, which features the notoriously invigorating annual Santa Speedo Sprint. Looking for more nightlife? You'll find it at our many restaurants, theatres, and pubs along Pearl Street or Broadway. More Arts & Culture events are listed in our Four Seasons of Reasons Annual Events section
Listings
Albany Center Gallery
- 39 Columbia Street
- Albany, NY 12207
- Region: Downtown Area
- Phone: (518) 462-4775
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The mission of Albany Center Gallery is to exhibit and promote contemporary visual art produced by emerging and established artists living primarily within a 100-mile radius of Albany and to inspire
Albany County Historical Association-Ten Broeck Mansion
- 9 Ten Broeck Place
- Albany, NY 12210-2524
- Region: Downtown Area
- Phone: (518) 436-9826
- Fax: (518) 436-1489
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Albany County Historical Association presents Living History Day Sunday, May 5, 12-4 pm Ten Broeck Mansion, 9 Ten Broeck Place, Albany, NY Free Event The Albany County Historical Association is
Albany Institute of History & Art (AIHA)
- 125 Washington Ave
- Albany, NY 12210
- Region: Downtown Area
- Phone: (518) 463-4478
- Fax: (518) 462-1522
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Founded in 1791, the Albany Institute of History & Art is a museum dedicated to collecting, preserving, interpreting and promoting interest in the history, art and culture of Albany and the upper
Albany Symphony Orchestra
- 19 Clinton Ave
- Albany, NY 12207
- Region: Downtown Area
- Phone: (518) 465-4755
- Fax: (518) 465-3711
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A full size professional orchestra performing in 3 locations: The Palace Theatre in Albany, the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, and the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center in Troy, NY.
Arts Center of the Capital Region
- 265 River St.
- Troy, NY 12180
- Phone: (518) 273-0552
- Fax: (518) 273-4591
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The Arts Center of the Capital Region is a private, not-for-profit corporation that began life as the Rensselaer County Council for the Arts in 1962. In its early years, it was located in a
Capital Repertory Theatre
- 111 N. Pearl St.
- Albany, NY 12207
- Region: Downtown Area
- Phone: (518) 462-4531
- Fax: (518) 212-0233
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Located in the heart of downtown Albany, Capital Repertory Theatre, in its 30th year of award-winning professional theatre, offers all ages a wide array of theatre from contemporary and classic drama
City of Albany Office of Special Events and Volunteer Services
- Albany City Hall Room 402
- Albany, NY 12207
- Region: Downtown Area
- Phone: (518) 434-2032
- Fax: (518) 426-0759
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Overview The City of Albany Office of Special Events plans, produces, staffs, markets, and manages all aspects of a variety of yearly events and co-sponsors a wide array of other festivals
eba Center for Dance and Fitness
- 351 Hudson Ave (corner of Hudson & Lark)
- Albany, NY 12210
- Region: Albany Metro
- Phone: (518) 465-9916
- Fax: (6ca) llf-irst
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eba is school of dance, a professional dance touring company, an arts-in-education ensemble, a visual art gallery, and a creative dance school and camp for kids...all housed in the eba Theater-a
Empire State Plaza Art Collection
- 2978 Corning Tower, ESP
- Albany, NY 12242
- Phone: (518) 473-7521
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Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, in recognition of the importance of the arts and the emergence of New York as the home of many of America's most innovative and talented artists, began plans for the
Fenimore Art Museum
- 5798 State Hwy 80 Lake Rd
- Cooperstown, NY 13326
- Region: West of Albany
- Phone: (607) 547-1400
- Fax: (607) 547-1404
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One of the nation's premier art institutions, the Fenimore Art Museum is home to an exceptionally rich collection of American folk art and American Indian art as well as important holdings in
