WORDS & IDEAS

Joshua Ferris, Northshire Bookstore, 424 Broadway, Saratoga Springs. 4 p.m. Sunday. Free. 518-682-4200 or northshire.com. In partnership with Yaddo, the bookstore hosts the novelist presenting his book “A Calling for Charlie Barnes.” Mick Foley, The Linda, WAMC’S Performing Arts Studio, 339 Central Ave., Albany. 8 p.m. Wednesday. $30-$75. 518-465-5233 or thelinda.org. The former professional wrestler and WWE Hall of Famer discusses his autobiography “Have a Nice Day!”

Alice Green, Albany Public Library – Main Branch, 161 Washington Ave., Albany. 12:15 p.m. Tuesday. Free. 518-427-4300 or albanypubliclibrary.org. The executive director of the Center for Law and Justice discusses her memoir, “We Who Believe in Freedom: Activism and the Struggle for Social Justice.” Invocation of the Muse, Lark Hall, 351 Hudson Ave., Albany. 7:30 p.m. Monday. Donation. 518-599-5804 or larkhallalbany.com. Poetry open mic featuring Dmitry Wild and House in Motion.

Bernard Melewski, The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, 1475 Western Ave., Albany. 3 p.m. Saturday. Free. 518-328-0045 or bhny.com. The author signs and discusses “Inside the Green Lobby: The Fight to Save the Adirondack Park.”

Walking Tour: “The Civil War in Schenectady,” Schenectady County Historical Society, 32 Washington Ave., Schenectady. 6 p.m. Friday. Free-$12. 518374-0263 or schenectadyhistorical.org. It’s the middle of the 19th century and America has been fractured in two. As Union and Confederate forces battle, the fate of the nation hangs in the balance. In this tour we’ll examine how Schenectady fits into this struggle. We’ll walk the streets and meet the people who lived through this crisis. Walking Tour: “Design Is in the Details,” Hart Cluett Museum, 57 Second St., Troy. Noon Thursday; 10 a.m. Saturday. 518-272-7232 or hartcluett.org. A tour of the architecture of downtown Troy through the city’s streets and alleys.