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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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The following is a submission from Dan Scheffler, Editor-In-Chief of Statler & Waldorf.

On April 30, 2010, UPAC concert pulled together their best efforts to put on the annual spring show, this time headlining Girl Talk. And well, they did their best. But let’s go through this chronologically, mmkay? The mass influx of people into ECAV made me feel like I was at an actual concert venue. It was nice to see the place get some real student use. I can see the gym being used again someday. Props to UPAC for the location choice.

The gym entertained all of UPAC Lights and Sound working to their limit. There were some interesting graphics of clowns and faces made of falling foods, but none of this really mattered once the show started. As soon as Girl Talk pressed play I was disappointed. Granted I can say this now after being disappointed for the whole show. Initially, there was hope it would get better. The main problem of the show was the overdriven bass that overwhelmed everything else Gregg was playing. This reduced his work to much the level of your average club. The other problem with the concert is in the music itself. What drew me to Girl Talk initially was the fact that he took many well known songs and put them together in interesting and fun ways. I could listen to a track and enjoy it for what was in it. Here, without being able to hear or guess what was played or going to be played, that novelty was gone. It wasn’t Girl Talk to me.

All in all, it was still a fun night. There were parts of his show that I really enjoyed, like when I knew everything that was going on. (I totally called the Phoenix throwback). But because of the sound problems and the style of the show, I was able to enjoy it as much as my expectations were hyped up to be.

2 out of 5

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This weekend, there's table tennis and water polo... but not both at the same time

A very slow weekend.  Everyone is recovering from Homecoming/Reunion.

Friday October 9

More than meets the eye…Transformers Revenge of the Fallen is playing at UPAC at 7, 9:30, and midnight in DCC 308.  $2.50

RPI is hosting a Water Polo Tournament, and the first game is at 6:30.  The games (matches?) continue through Sunday.  The schedule is posted on the Facebook event.

Saturday October 10

CSSA hosts a Table Tennis tournament in the Armory from 9 AM to 3 PM.  More information here.

The Nigerian Student Association is hosting its annual Green and White Affair from 6 to 9 PM in Russel Sage Dining Hall.  $10 at the door.  Info on the Facebook event.

Men’s hockey plays their first official season home game at 7 PM against University of New Hampshire.  Houston Field House.

LXA is hosting Keeping Wyatt, a “good show for a good cause.”  Doors at 7:30, show at 8.  $5. Info on Facebook.

See the stars, as usual, at the Hirsch Observatory from 8 to 10.  If the weather’s bad, go to 2C30 of J-ROWL.  More information here.

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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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