Wednesday, November 12, 2003
The C+CC will host Vienna on the Hudson, with readings by an Albany author, a violinist, and the opening of an art exhibit. The fun begins at 7:30 pm. Admission is free and donations are welcome. Contact the C+CC for more information.
iEAR will screen The Weather Underground, a film by Sam Green about 1960s idealists. The film will be screened in West Hall Auditorium at 8 pm with a lecture afterwards. Admission is $5 for the general public and $3 with an RPI ID.
Author Michael Shermer will explain “Why People Believe in Weird Things” in a Rensselaer Union Speaker’s Forum. The lecture will begin at 7:30 pm in DCC 308. To learn more, contact the Union at 276-6505.
Thursday, November 13, 2003
The RPI Players will begin a second round of Lend Me A Tenor at 8 pm in the Playhouse. Performances are also scheduled for November 14 and 15 at 8 pm. Ticket prices are $10 for the general public, $8 for students and seniors, and $5 with an RPI ID. Call 276-6503 for reservations.
Philip Johnson-Laird of Princeton University will give a Creative Visions lecture titled “Creativity and Music” at 7:30 pm in DCC 308. Contact the Department of First Year Studies for more information.
Friday, November 14, 2003
Bill Staines will play some folk tunes at UPAC Mother’s beginning at 8 pm. Admission is free with an RPI or Russell Sage ID and $4 for faculty and staff. Call 276-8585 for more information.
The Troy Savings Bank Music Hall will present a classical concert, “Share the Symphony,” at 8 pm. Students with an RPI ID may pick up two free tickets while available from the Union Administration office; faculty and staff may sign up on a waiting list. For more information call 276-6505.
The Second City National Touring Company will entertain audiences at the Egg with improvised comedy, scripted comedy, and song beginning at 8 pm. Tickets cost $24. Visit http://www.theegg.org/ to learn more.
Saturday, November 15, 2003
Sparky and Rhonda Rucker will treat audiences at UPAC Mother’s to some folk blues at 8 pm. Admission is free with an RPI or Russell Sage ID and $4 for faculty and staff. To find out more, call 276-8585.
The Rusty Pipes will sing some a cappella in “Pipes of Steel” in DCC 308 beginning at 7 pm. Tickets are $4 presale and $5 at the door. Go to http://www.rustypipes.com/ for more information.
Trapt will jam out some alternative metal at Northern Lights beginning at 7:30 pm. Tickets cost $12. For more information call 371-0012.
The Larkin will hold a free concert with School for the Dead and Pocket Protector. The show will begin at 8 pm. Call 463-5225 to find out more.
Jason Dworkin of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center will speak at an Origins of Life Seminar entitled “Complex Organic Compounds from Laboratory Simulations of Interstellar Ices.” The seminar will begin at 4 pm in CII 3051. To learn more, visit http://www.origins.rpi.edu/.
Sunday, November 16, 2003
Northern Lights will host the hard rock sounds of Andrew W.K. at 8 pm. Tickets cost $16. For more information call 371-0012.
The Larkin will feature the rock music of Joe Bodden and Dave Swain beginning at 7 pm. Tickets are $5. Call 463-5225 to find out more.
Monday, November 17, 2003
Thomas Mapfumo will perform some of his ground-breaking multi-genre music in a benefit for WRPI. The show will be at Revolution Hall in Troy beginning at 8 pm. Tickets cost $10 for the general public and $5 with an RPI ID. Contact WRPI at wrpi-pr@rpi.edu for more information.
