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Friday,  May 7

Men’s Lacrosse faces St. Lawrence at 4 PM at ECAV.  Free! [RPIAthletics] [FB]

UPAC is showing Alice in Wonderland at the usual times: 7, 9:30 and midnight.  $2.50.  DCC 308. [Events Calendar][FB]

Rensselaer Bengali Community Charity Dinner is at 7 PM in the McNeil Room.  For $5, you get a full dinner including appetizers and dessert.  There will be music and dancing.  Proceeds benefit Haiti Relief.  [Events Calendar]

Sheer Idiocy will host its Last Show of the Year at 8 PM in Mother’s.  Free! [FB]

Ground Zero hosts Moving Mountains, The Cast Before the Break, and The Turbines in the basement of Nugent Hall at 8 PM.  $5.  [FB]

Saturday May 8

Today is the Tulip Festival in Albany.  11 AM to 6 PM in Washington Park.  OK GO is playing at 3:45.  FREE. Don’t miss it! [Official Website] [Entertainment Events]

Autocross in North Lot for student members of RSCA.  Cars start at noon.  [Events Calendar]

RPI Dance Club will have its annual recital at 2 PM in the EMPAC Theatre.  Theme is “Bust a Move.”  Not sure about the price. [Events Calendar][FB]

UPAC is showing Fight Club in DCC 308 at 7 PM, 10 PM, and 1 AM.  $2.50.  [Events Calendar][FB]

Partial Credit’s Spring A Capella Show is at 8 PM in Mother’s.  $5 at the door. [Events Calendar][FB]

Ground Zero’s last Open Mic Night of the Semester is at 8 PM in the basement of Nugent Hall. Free. [FB]

Sunday May 9

Baseball versus Skidmore College at noon on the Robison Field.  [RPIAthletics]

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Plenty to do this weekend! Take advantage of free events and roaming Alumni.  If you see anybody that looks lost, you should probably help them.

Don’t forget your school spirit!

Friday October 2

Get a job! at the career fair.  It begins at 10 AM in the Armory.  More information is available at careerfair.rpi.edu.

If you’re into esoteric physics lectures, check out “Toward the ultimate laws of nature: dark matter, supersymmetry, the LHC, and string theory,” a lecture by Gordon Kane of the University of Michigan at 3:30 PM in Sage 3303.

This isn’t on campus, but Starbucks’ Via Taste Challenge begins at 5 PM, and they’re offering free coffee.

Join Hillel celebrate Sukkot with Shabbat dinner at 6:30 in the Shelnutt Gallery.  Free.

Women’s hockey opens their season at 7 PM in the Houston Field House as they battle the Wayne State Warriors.  Free.

UPAC is showing The Taking of Pelham 123 at 7, 9:30, and midnight.  $2.50. DCC 308.

Get your Fifteen Minutes of Fame at the Ground Zero Open Mic Night at 8 PM in the basement of Nugent Hall.  Free.

Dirty Paris, Timbre Coup, and Deja play at Revolution Hall downtown starting at 8 PM.  $10.

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If you’re a fan of RPI’s female sports teams, this is a good weekend for you.  Lots of home games.  If not, then there’a always UPAC, EMPAC, and GZ.

There aren't any running events on campus this weekend, but this is a cool picture. Lots of women's sports events on campus!

Friday September 25

Women’s soccer battles Hamilton at 4 PM on Renwyck Field.

EMPAC is always good for a Friday night event.  Catch Slow Wave: Seeing Sleep’s opening exhibition tonight starting at 5 PM.  Apparently, there’s a sleepover on Saturday night as well.

It’s that time of the month! Troy Night Out is tonight!  It runs from 5 until 9ish.  Many stores in Troy will be open late, and you can catch free shuttles from the Union.  Just hop on the West Route and get off in Monument Square.  This month is especially fun because they are also celebrating the quadricentennial of Hendrick Hudson’s discovery of the Hudson River.

ACHA Division II Hockey starts their season tonight at 7 PM against Union in the Field House.  Free

UPAC Cinema is playing The Proposal at the usual times of 7, 9:30, and midnight.  $2.50.  DCC 308.

Hindu Temple Society of the Capital District and Gujrati Samaj present Narvati 2009 Garba & Dandia Raas at 7 PM at the Hindu Cultural Center 450 Albany Shaker Road, Loudonville.    $5 student tickets.

La Unidad Latina presents the 14th Annual Cultural Pride Night. It’s a free show that starts at 7:30, with performances from various cultural groups. The Keynote Speaker is Thomas Webber- Author of Flying Over 96th Street: Memoir of an East Harlem White Boy.

Ground Zero presents Br’er in the basement of Nugent Hall.  $3.  Power Animal and Ben Esposito perform at 8 PM.

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