Things To Do
Albany Center Gallery
Albany Center Gallery is a nonprofit art space located in downtown Albany (Jim is a former board member).
Albany Institute of History & Art
The Albany Institute of History & Art is a museum dedicated to the history, art, and culture of Albany and the Upper Hudson Valley.
Albany Rural Cemetery
Cate's favorite place to walk in Albany. One of the oldest and grandest examples of the garden cemetery movement in America. Go visit Chester Arthur and others while wandering through 400+ acres!
Dutch Apple Cruises
Hudson River Sightseeing cruises from downtown Albany.
Golf
List of courses within 15 miles of downtown Albany.
Hancock Shaker Village
A beautifully preserved Shaker village in Pittsfield, MA. A long-time favorite of Cate and her children, it's an easy 45 minute drive from Albany.
New York State Capitol
The Capitol is a national historic landmark, open Monday-Friday from 7:00 AM-7:00 PM and offering 45-minute tours. The building was completed in 1899, the most expensive government building ever built in the U.S. at the time. Jim's home-away-from-home;)
Olana State Historic Site
Olana is the masterwork of Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), the most famous American landscape artist of the mid-19th century and the most important artist’s home, studio, and designed landscape in the United States. Church designed Olana as a holistic environment integrating his advanced ideas about art, architecture, landscape design, and environmental conservation. Olana’s 250-acre artist-designed landscape with five miles of carriage roads and a Persian-inspired house at its summit embraces unrivaled panoramic views of the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains and welcomes more than 170,000 visitors annually. The landscape is open for guided touring, and reservations are recommended. Open daily from 8AM - sunset.
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
SPAC is a large amphitheater located in Saratoga Springs, New York, on the grounds of Saratoga Spa State Park. Summer home of the Philadelphia Orchestra and New York City Ballet.
Saratoga Race Course
Saratoga Race Course is a world famous thoroughbred race track in Saratoga Springs, New York, opened in 1863.
Tanglewood
Summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Lenox, MA (40 miles from downtown Albany). Fabulous...:)
Thacher State Park
Thacher Park is located 15 miles southwest of downtown Albany along the Helderberg Escarpment, home to one of the richest fossil-bearing formations in the world and providing scenic mountain/valley views.
Tri-City ValleyCats
Minor league professional baseball vs. New York Boulders: 8/9 -6:30 PM, 8/10-6:30 PM, 8/11-5:00 PM
Troy Waterfront Farmers Market
Weekly farmers’ market in nearby downtown Troy, Saturday 9AM – 2PM.
USS SLATER - Destroyer Escort Historical Museum
Restored WWII destroyer escort moored on the Hudson River, offering guided tours.
Walks & Hikes
A list we built for visiting actor friends.