Center for the Performing Arts

Empire State Plaza • Albany, New York

Events

Electric double violin & vocals / kanjira & mridangam / tabla L. Shankar is the groundbreaking, Indian classical, pop and jazz violinist and vocalist, and co-founder of the legendary jazz ensemble Shakti. Joining Shankar is a duo of extraordinary Indian percussionists, Swaminathan Selvaganesh on kanjira & mridangam and Amit Kavthekar on tabla. L. Shankar (Shenkar) […]

Tig Notaro is an Emmy and Grammy nominated stand-up comedian, actor, writer, podcaster, and radio contributor, as well as a favorite on numerous talk shows, including THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT and THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON. Rolling Stone named her one of the “50 best stand-up comics of all time.” Her special, TIG NOTARO: HELLO AGAIN, […]

Tig Notaro is an Emmy and Grammy nominated stand-up comedian, actor, writer, podcaster, and radio contributor, as well as a favorite on numerous talk shows, including THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT and THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON. Rolling Stone named her one of the “50 best stand-up comics of all time.” Her special, TIG NOTARO: HELLO AGAIN, […]

Opening performance by Lea Bertucci, Cleek Schrey, Ben Vida, and Henry Fraser Quartet FUJI|||||||||||TA is a Sound Artist living in Japan. His unique practice utilizes various natural phenomena that respond to his interest in wanting to hear unheard sounds and unknown sounds. Instead of playing a composed piece of music, he aims to go as […]

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Demetri Martin is a standup comedian, writer, and director. Demetri won the Perrier Award at the International Fringe Festival in Edinburgh for his one-man show, If I. At the Melbourne International Comedy festival, his show Dr. Earnest Parrot Presents Demetri Martin won Australia’s Barry Award. Demetri has released three standup comedy albums and four hour-long standup comedy specials, including his latest for Netflix, The Overthinker. […]