Old Songs, Inc. presents a concert of 19th–20th century songs from the Women’s Suffrage Movement at 7:30 p.m. at the Old Songs Community Arts Center, 37 S. Main St., Voorheesville, NY. Tickets are $25 for adults; $12 for youth ages 13–18; $5 for children 12 and under and are available at oldsongs.org or by calling Old Songs at (518) 765-2815.

Jessie Serfilippi’s presentation The Schuyler Women is an in-depth look at the history of the Schuyler women, their daily lives, and the impact they had in shaping their family's history. The talk is presented by the Bethlehem Historical Association and will take place at the Delmar Reformed Church, 386 Delaware Avenue, Delmar at 2 p.m..  Free and open to the public. Visit BethlehemHistorical.org for more info.

The Hudson-Mohawk Weavers’ Guild invites the public to its 40th Annual Show & Sale.  This yearly event returns to the Pruyn House (207 Old Niskayuna Road, Latham) from Thursday, November 15 through Sunday, November 18.(Thursday 2 - 9 pm, Friday 11 am - 7 pm, Saturday 10 am - 5 pm, and Sunday 12 - 4 pm).

Albany Men’s Garden Club will meet at 7:30 pm in the Lakeside Room, at Beltrone Living Center, 6 winners Circle, Colonie. The program will be presented by John McKenna III, who developed the Military Courtesy Room in memory of his son, the late Capt. McKenna. For more information, call Russ Greenman at 518-477-8321.

Early Watercraft in the Northeast on Tuesday, Nov. 20 from 12:10–12:40 pm at The New York State Museum in the Huxley Theater. Boatbuilding and water-borne travel have a long history in the Americas, pre-dating the arrival of European explorers by millennia. Seafaring and travel along inland waterways likely played a key role in the earliest settlement and dispersal of human groups throughout the Western Hemisphere. Join archaeologist Dr. Daria Merwin for a look at the archaeological and historical evidence of early watercraft in the Northeast. Free

Shine a Light on Lung Cancer event from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov.13 at the Hilton Garden Inn at Albany Med. Speakers include Albany Med’s Thomas Fabian, M.D., section chief of thoracic surgery, as well as lung cancer survivors and caregivers.

"The Big Bang Theory"  Dr. Vivek Jain will discuss the big bang theory. There is overwhelming evidence that our universe started as a point and has been expanding ever since. Meet and mingle at 12:30 and Program at 1:15 in Room 224 of the Albany Sage Colleges Campus. Presented by The Capital District Humanist Society.Admission: Free

Esmeralda Santiago, a founding mother of Nuyorican literature, will visit the University at Albany for a conversation with WAMC's Joe Donahue. Free and open to the public, the event will be held 7 p.m. at the University at Albany Campus Center Ballroom on the Uptown Campus. For more information, (518) 442-3997 or

Panel discussion “A Need for Change: Revealing Stereotypes of Today” at the College. Panelists addressing issues in contemporary stereotyping, including gender, religious, and racial bias, will speak from 5 to 6:30 pm on campus, in Upper Champlin Hall, SUNY Cobleskill.
 

“It Happened in Albany?: Amazing Incidents in Capital Region History” at 2:00 p.m. at the Wyman Osterhout Community Center, 7 Old New Salem Rd., Voorheesville (New Salem) 12186. Program is free and open to the public. The museum will be open one half hour before the program.