Big acts: Trey Anastasio headed to Troy

… in return to SPAC. Cassadee Pope , June 23, Lucky Strike Social . “The Voice” winner and country singer visits entertainment venue in Crossgates. Cassadee Pope , June 23, Lucky Strike Social . “The Voice” winner and country singer visits …

N.Y. coffeehouse where Dylan played 55 years ago reopens after face-lift

Bob Dylan would surely still recognize the low-ceilinged room in Caffe Lena where he played a couple of gigs almost 60 years ago. But just about everything else about a venue that bills itself as the nation’s oldest continuously operating coffeehouse has undergone some major upgrades as part of a $2 million renovation project bankrolled in part by folk-music performers themselves.

Critic’s favorite dishes from 2016

Humming with thyme, ginger, garlic and Trinidadian chadon beni, it’s a rich, multicultural delight perfect mopped up with torn ‘buss-up-shot’ roti bread and washed down with clove-scented sorrel: 123 Madison Ave., Albany 776-4418 trinbagocaribbeanrestaurant.com . less 1. Oxtail Stew and Roti at Trinbago : Beautiful oxtail bones in brown sugar gravy.