Jazz
Labor Day weekend means just one thing at Tanglewood: jazz. The annual Tanglewood Jazz Festival will feature three days of music by some of the best and brightest jazz cats around. This year?s slate includes Dianne Reeves, Angelique Kidjo, the Mingus Orchestra, Lizz Wright and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb. Reeves, Kidjo and Wright will team up for the fest?s closing concert Sunday night. The show, titled ?Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves and Lizz Wright Continue the Legacy of great Women Vocalists at Tanglewood,? will feature music by Tracy Chapman, India Arie, Aretha Franklin, Shirley Horne, Joni Mitchell, Odetta and others. Also set to perform: John Santos, Federico Britos, Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington, Rumero Lubambo, James Genus, Munyungo Jackson and Judy Carmichael. Various times Friday-Sunday. $18-$77. Koussevitzky Music Shed, Tanglewood, 297 West St., Lenox, Mass. (888) 266-1200; http://www.bso.org.
Theater
William Kunstler didn?t brand himself a ?radical lawyer? for nothing. Kunstler loved controversial clients, one of the reasons why he chose to defend the infamous Chicago Seven ? which included Yippie leaders Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin ? who were charged in connection with demonstrations and riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. In ?Kunstler,? playwright Jeffrey Sweet sets a scenario that finds Kunstler at a seminar discussing how he used the law to disrupt America. what Kunstler doesn?t know is that a young woman at the seminar has her own plans to cause a disruption. Jeff McCarthy stars in a staged reading of Sweet?s play, directed by Julianne Boyd. 4 p.m. Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday. $15. Barrington Stage Co., 30 Union St., Pittsfield, Mass. 413-236-8888; http://www.barringtonstageco.org.
Popular Music
Stevie Nicks likes watching cartoons. And she doesn?t sing in the rain. The veteran rocker, whose solo career and years with Fleetwood Mac spawned classic rock staples such as ?Rhiannon,? ?Landslide? and ?Stand Back,? provided those tidbits to US Magazine in an August article titled ?25 Things You Don?t know about Me.? other Nicks quirks that made the list: she believes in long hair for everyone, she will not drink chai lattes (they?re too fattening) and she always tries to be on time. so Nicks, whose new album ?In your Dreams? came out in may, probably won?t keep her Capital Region fans waiting at her show this week at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Nicks is showcasing a bunch of songs from ?Dreams? in concert: she played six tunes from the disc at her gig at Colorado?s Red Rocks Amphitheater earlier this month, according to a review in The Denver Post. 8 p.m. Tuesday. $45-$125 (amphitheater only). Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Spa State Park, Saratoga Springs. 587-3330; http://www.spac.org.
Journey owes a career-boosting thank you to the hit television show ?Glee.? The ?Glee? cast?s joyful rendition of ?Don?t stop Believin?? and its upbeat Journey medley (?Believin?,? ?Faithfully,? ?Any Way You want It,? ?Lovin?, Touchin?, Squeezin??) thrust the aging rockers back into the spotlight last year. That?s a good thing for Journey ? which includes original members Neil Schon and Ross Valery and longtime member Jonathan Cain ? since the band is still struggling with the departure of lead singer Steve Perry; he left in 1998. Journey quickly replaced Perry with Steve Augeri, who looked sounded just like Perry. The band parted ways with Augeri in 2006 and brought in singer Arnel Pineda, who Schon found on YouTube. Journey teams up with 1980s rock warhorse Night Ranger (?Sister Christian,? ?Don?t Tell Me You Love Me?) when they roll their ?Eclipse Tour? into the Saratoga Performing Arts Center this week. 7:30 p.m. Friday. $36.50-$41.50. Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Spa State Park, Saratoga Springs. 587-3330; http://www.spac.org.
It?s not that Incubus has mellowed out. It?s just that the alt-rock act has grown up a bit since their last album, 2006?s ?Light Grenades.? Lead singer Brandon Boyd recorded a solo album, guitarist Mike Einziger went back to college to study science and music, and drummer Jose Pasillas became a dad. That personal growth is evident on Incubus? latest record, ?If not now, when,? which finds the band of thirtysomethings delivering milder adult pop and rock songs strikingly different from their usual mix of funk, metal and jazz. There?s little doubt that Boyd and company will be showcasing new tunes when they come to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center this week. but the band is mixing in plenty of hits live; they played ?Wish You were Here,? ?Pardon Me,? ?Anna Molly? and ?Adolescents? at an August show at Colorado?s Red Rocks Amphitheater, according to a Denver Post concert review. Young The Giant will open for Incubus at SPAC. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. $20-$49.50. Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Spa State Park, Saratoga Springs. 587-3330; http://www.spac.org.
Fairs
So you want to go to a county fair but you?re not sure where to go? It doesn?t matter this week. There?s a county fair going on in almost every direction. On Tuesday, the 170th annual Fonda fair swings open its gates. Two fairs ? the Schaghticoke fair and the Columbia County fair ? celebrate their 192nd and 170th anniversaries respectively when they open for business on Wednesday. The fairs close on Monday. This year, the Schaghticoke fair features the Mutts Gone Nuts dog show, the great Lakes Timber Show, Vincenta?s White Tigers show and country rockers The Kentucky Headhunters (Monday). Best bets at the Fonda fair include a baby animals show, a demolition derby and former ?American Idol? contestant Kellie Pickler (Saturday). Slated to play the Columbia County fair is Beatles tribute act 1964 (Friday) and country act Gloriana (Sunday). The fair will also offer the 75th annual School Queen Show, the 61st annual Firefighters Parade and the Painted Pony Championship Rodeo. 3-11 p.m. Wednesday, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Thursday-Monday. $10; $12 Sunday. Columbia County fair, State Route 66, Chatham. 392-2122; http://www.columbiafair.com. 8 a.m. -11 p.m. Tuesday-Monday. $10; $2 children 6-11 years old; free for children under 6. Fonda fair, 21 S. Bridge St., Fonda. 853-3313; http://www.fondafair.com. Noon-10 p.m. Wednesday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Thursday-Monday. Schaghticoke fair, 69 Stillwater Bridge Road, Schaghticoke. 753-4411; http://www.schaghticokefair.com.
Museums
Two Capital Region brothers who made their mark during the Civil War are the focus of a new exhibition set to open this week at the Albany Institute of History & Art. ?Albany and the Civil War: Medicine on the Home and Battle Fronts? spotlights Union soldiers Albert and Garret Vander Veer. Albert, a physician deployed on the Virginia battlelines, went on to become a pioneering surgeon. Garret died in battle, but not before sending home revealing letters about Civil War skirmishes, Union camp life and the mental stress caused by war.? The exhibit contrasts the Vander Veers? war experiences with homefront efforts by the Albany Army Relief Bazaar, a fair to raise funds for medical supplies and to improve camp conditions for Union soldiers. Civil War-era photographs, broadsides, letters and other objects will be on display, as will materials from the 1864 Albany Relief Bazaar. The exhibit opens Saturday; it closes in February. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Monday. Free with museum admission ($6-$10; children under 6 free). Albany Institute of History & Art, 125 Washington Ave., Albany. 463-4478; http://www.albanyinstitute.org.
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