Wednesday, October 29, 2003
The Wasted and The Small Axe will battle it out at the C+CC beginning at 8 pm. Admission to see the rock and rool bands is $5 for the general public and free with an RPI student ID. For more information, contact the C+CC.
Thursday, October 30, 2003
RPI Professor Selmer Bringsjord will give a Creative Visions Lecture titled “Creativity, Machines and Nonsense” at 7:30 pm in DCC 308. Contact the department of first year studies for more information. Proctor’s Theatre will screen the classic 1920 German silent horror film Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari at 3 pm and 7 pm. Tickets cost $10. To purchase tickets call 346-6204. Heavy metal rockers Killswitch Engage will perform at Saratoga Winners beginning at 8 pm. Tickets cost $16 in advance and $18 at the door. Call 783-1010 for more information.
Friday, October 31, 2003
Sheer Idiocy and the Rensselyrics will present Improvcappelloween, a performance of improvisational comedy and a cappella music at 8 pm in the McNeil Room of the Union. Admission is free. Contact sheeridiocy@rpi.edu or lyrics@rpi.edu for more information.
Mother’s will host Aoife Clancy’s Irish folk rock beginning at 8 pm. Admission is free with an RPI or Russell Sage student ID, $4 for faculty and staff, and $8 for general admission. To find out more, e-mail mothers@rpi.edu.
Noises Off will induce laughter at the James Meader Little Theater at Russell Sage College beginning at 8 pm. Other performances are scheduled for Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 2 pm. Admission is $10 for the general public and $8 for students and seniors. For more information or to make reservations call 244-2248.
Northern Lights will present a Hell-o-ween Horror Show of heavy metal rock featuring the bands Believer, Violent Knight, Suicide Dream, Carnival of Souls, and Sorrow. The show will begin at 7:30 pm and tickets are priced at $10. To purchase tickets call 371-0012.
Albany musicians will play each others’ songs at the Larkin for its second “Why Can’t I Be You” show. Tickets cost $5 and the show will begin at 9 pm. Call 463-5225 to find out more.
Saturday, November 1, 2003
Riders in the Sky will entertain audiences at the Egg with their country music and slapstick comedy. The show will begin at 1 pm and tickets cost $10. For more information call 473-1845.
The Larkin will feature the alternative rock of Joe Whyte and Brian Bassett beginning at 8 pm. Tickets cost $5. To find out more, call 463-5225.
Sunday, November 2, 2003
The heavy metal of Static X will rock Northern Lights at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $18 in advance and $20 at the door. Call 371-0012 to purchase tickets.
Tuesday, November 4, 2003
Yin Tat Leung of the IBM-Watson Research center will speak at a Decision Sciences & Engineering Systems Seminar entitled “Techniques of Demand Management: Forecasting and Pricing.” The seminar will begin at 3:30 pm in CII 5003. Contact the Department of Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems for more information.
The bands Badly Drawn Boy and Leona Ness will play their indie pop rock sound at the Egg for a ticket price of $17.50. The show will begin at 8 pm. For more information call 473-1845.
Maurice Brookhart of the University of North Carolina will give a Chemistry Seminar Lecture titled “Chemical Sensing for Diabetes and Bioreactors Systems Using Noninvasive Near Infrared Spectroscopy.” The lecture will be in DCC 318 at 4 pm. Contact the Chemistry Department to find out more.
