So many cool events, so little time!

Everyone knows the weekend really starts on Thursday nights. Everyone also knows that doing homework is physically impossible between Thursday night and Sunday morning. So, why not spend your time taking advantage of the free fun (and, more importantly, free food) that Columbia has to offer? In the spirit of procrastination and free stuff, Bwog has compiled a special-edition weekend bucket list detailing all of the extracurricular events this weekend.

Recommended

• CU Players presents: Rapture, Blister, Burn by Gina Gionfriddo. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, November 12-14, 8pm, Glicker-Milstein Theater, tickets for Thursday and Friday currently sold out
• NOW presents: Opera Untapped and Missing Gemini. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, November 12-14, 8pm, Austin E. Quigley Black Box Theater, tickets free with CU ID, $10 without
• CC Blacklist: Trivia Night with Amir Arison. Thursday, November 12, 9-10 pm, Furnald Lounge, free Insomnia, magnolia cookies, and pizza, team registration here
• Sunset S’mores 2015. Friday, November 13, 4pm, Van Am Quad, includes free s’mores!
• Public Lecture & Stargazing: The Dark Matter of Ghost Galaxies. Friday, 7-9 pm, Pupin Hall (then outside!)
• cultureSHOCK 2015: R(evolution). Saturday, November 14, 7-9 pm, Roone Arledge Auditorium, $10 tickets include a full dinner and a night of performances, hosted by Columbia Asian American Alliance
• Engineering Student Council presents: Project X-Wing. Sunday, November 15, 2:45-5 pm, Wien Hall, described as “an open, indoor environment for students to fly drones through obstacle courses and tracks”, quadcopters will provided

Thursday, November 12

• Kappa Alpha Theta presents: CUPCAKES FOR CASA. Thursday, November 12, 6:30-10 pm, Kappa Alpha Theta House, boasts a Greek Bake-off with “special cupcakes”
• Did Globalization Replace the Americanization of Europe? with Professor Volker Berghahn. 4:30-5:30 pm, Lerner Hall, Room 569
• ACBC Presents: Fall Into A Capella. 8pm, Low Steps, features both performances from several a capella groups and “delicious baked goods”
• Internships 1004, 7-8 pm, Hamilton 317, focused on the experiences of women in technology in their internship search (but all are welcome)
• An Evening of Discussion with Jewish Voice for Peace and Tzvia Thier. 8pm, Hamilton 301

Friday, November 13

• Columbia Ballet Collective Fall Performances. 8pm, Friday and Saturday, November 13 and 14, Manhattan Movement & Arts Center, tickets here
• Diwali Dhamaka 2015. 7pm, Roone Arledge Auditorium, free tickets available from student TIC office, celebrates the Diwali Festival of Lights, includes a free sit-down dinner!
• Lit Night at Postscript Coffeehouse. 8-11 pm, St. Paul’s Chapel, open mic for playwrights, poets, novelists, slam and spoken word artists, and more!
• Friday the 13th: A Murder Piz-tery. 10pm, Rennert Hall, spooky music by Pizmon
• CU Artist Society presents: DRAW-A-TON-ito. 6-9 pm, Dodge 501, free models, drawing supplies, live music, and snacks

Saturday, November 14

• 10th Annual Undergraduate Research Fair. 1-3 pm, Lerner 555, will have many labs and many snacks
• SHARP: Unplugged. 8pm, John Jay Hall, $3 with CUID, $5 without
• Quarto + The Columbia Review Open Mic. 7-9 pm, 501 Dodge Hall

Sunday, November 15

• Delta Gamma Presents: ΔNCHOΓ SPLASH. 9-11 pm, Dodge Fitness Center, tickets $5 ahead of time and $10 at the door, all proceeds go to Service for Sight and Gatewave
• Langar: Challenging Food Insecurity and Inaccessibility. 1-3 pm, Roone Arledge Auditorium, free, vegetarian meal open to anyone, RSVP here

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