What’s happening for Thursday, Sept. 22
MUSIC
Mabel Kwan
Performing Georg Friedrich Haas’ “Troi Hommages” on two pianos simultaneously for a project that will be recorded. Sept. 22, Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy. Information: empac.rpi.edu.
Jazz Improvisations
Guest artists Michael Bisio and Adam Siegel join University at Albany faculty member Bob Gluck in an evening of improvised music. Sept. 22, 7 p.m., UAlbany Performing Arts Center, uptown campus, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany. Tickets: general public $8, students/seniors/UAlbany staff $4. Information: 442-3997 or www.albany.edu/pac.
THEATER
Southern Comforts
Kathleen Clark’s romantic comedy about a late-in-life relationship between a quite, reclusive widower and a vivacious Southern widow. Presented by The Lake Theatre, Holiday Inn Resort, Lake George. Information: 668-5762, ext. 411 or LakeTheatreProductions.com.
Time Stands Still
Donald Margulies’ play about a photojournalist who returns from Iraq to find things have changed back home. Presented by Curtain Call Theatre, 210 Old Loudon Road, Latham, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $24. Information: 877-7529 or www.curtaincalltheatre.com.
Love Jones, the Musical
An all-star cast led by Musiq Soulchild, Chrisette Michele and Marsha Ambrosius take the 1997 romantic comedy and turn it into a stage musical. Sept. 22, 8 p.m., Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave., Albany. Tickets: $35-$85. Information: palacealbany.com.
COMEDY
The Funny Bone
Gerald Kelly headlines, 7:30 p.m. Crossgates Mall, Western Avenue, Guilderland. Information: 313-7484 or Albany.funnybone.com.
The Comedy Works
Comedy hypnotist Flip Orley, 8 p.m. 388 Broadway, Saratoga Springs. Information: 275-6897 or thecomedyworks.com.
MISCELLANEOUS
Navigating the Winding Road to Change
Coca-Cola executive Julie Seitz is the featured speaker at the William Randolph Hearst Lecture, which focuses on women’s leadership. Sept. 22, 5:30 p.m., Carl E. Touhey Forum, Thelma P. Lally School of Education, 1009 Madison Ave., Albany. Free. Information: 454-5204.
