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SUMMARY:Free Testing for HIV & HepC
DTSTART:20260917T170000Z
DTEND:20260917T200000Z
DTSTAMP:20260915T183850Z
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CATEGORIES:free,tech
DESCRIPTION:Take charge of your sexual health! HIV testing and prevention 
 gives you greater peace of mind to explore sex and pleasure while reducing
  your risk of HIV. Get free HIV testing on campus with trained health educ
 ators from In Our Own Voices\, Inc and pick up your free safer sex supplie
 s.\n\nLocation: Check in at Health and Counseling Services lobby on Dutch 
 Quad\n\nTesting is provided first come\, first served. Testing will take p
 lace in a private space. Appointments last about 30 minutes. This service 
 is made possible thanks to the support of In Our Own Voices\, Inc.\n\nThri
 ve UAlbany connects you with people\, programs and resources for health\, 
 career readiness\, financial wellness and belonging—helping you make the
  most of your UAlbany experience now and beyond graduation. Visit the Thri
 ve website for more information.
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LOCATION:Health and Counseling\, Lobby
URL:https://events.albany.edu/event/free-testing-for-hiv-hepc?utm_source=c
 aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=albany-ny
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SUMMARY:Suketu Mehta\, author of This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Man
 ifesto (NYS Writers Institute event)
DTSTART:20260917T203000Z
DTEND:20260917T213000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Conversation with Suketu Mehta\, the author of This Land Is Ou
 r Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto (2019)\, a compelling argument for why 
 the United States would benefit from accepting more immigrants. \nSalman R
 ushdie said\, “Written ‘in sorrow and anger\,’ this is a brilliant a
 nd urgently necessary book\, eloquently making the case against bigotry an
 d for all of us migrants― what we are not\, who we are\, and why we dese
 rve to be welcomed\, not feared.” \nMehta was a Pulitzer finalist for hi
 s 2004 book\, Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found\, an insider’s guide t
 o a vast metropolis. An active journalist\, NYU journalism professor\, and
  long-time New Yorker\, Mehta writes frequently about New York City\, its 
 immigrants\, and the rise of Zohran Mamdani. \nTwo events on Thursday\, Se
 ptember 17\n     4:30 p.m. – University at Albany\n     Recital Hall\, U
 Albany Performing Arts Center\n     1400 Washington Avenue\, Albany NY 122
 22\n     Free and open to the public. No registration \nA second conversat
 ion will take place at\n    7:30 p.m. Opalka Gallery\, Russell Sage Colleg
 e\n    140 New Scotland Ave.\, Albany NY 12208\n    For the Russell Sage e
 vent\, registration is encouraged.  See website for details.
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LOCATION:University at Albany\, 1400 Washington Avenue\, Albany\, NY\, 122
 22\, United States
URL:https://hvwg.org/event/suketu-mehta-author-of-this-land-is-our-land-an
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SUMMARY:NYS Writers Institute: Journalist and Pulitzer finalist Suketu Meh
 ta
DTSTART:20260917T203000Z
DTEND:20260917T213000Z
DTSTAMP:20260915T183850Z
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CATEGORIES:free,literary
DESCRIPTION:Conversation with Suketu Mehta\, the author of This Land Is Ou
 r Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto (2019)\, a compelling argument for why th
 e United States would benefit from accepting more immigrants.\n\nSalman Ru
 shdie said\, “Written ‘in sorrow and anger\,’ this is a brilliant an
 d urgently necessary book\, eloquently making the case against bigotry and
  for all of us migrants - what we are not\, who we are\, and why we deserv
 e to be welcomed\, not feared.”\n\nMehta was a Pulitzer finalist for his
  2004 book\, Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found\, an insider’s guide to
  a vast metropolis. An active journalist\, NYU journalism professor\, and 
 long-time New Yorker\, Mehta writes frequently about New York City\, its i
 mmigrants and the rise of Zohran Mamdani.\n\nFree and open to the public. 
 No registration. \n \n\nA second conversation will take place\n\n7:30 p.m.
  Opalka Gallery\, Russell Sage College\n140 New Scotland Ave.\, Albany NY 
 12208\nFor the Russell Sage event\, registration is encouraged. \n \n\nCos
 ponsored by the University at Albany's Great Dane Dialogue series and Russ
 ell Sage College in honor of Constitution Day and America's 250th Celebrat
 ion.
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LOCATION:Performing Arts Center PAC Recital Hall
URL:https://events.albany.edu/event/nys-writers-institute-journalist-and-p
 ulitzer-finalist-suketu-mehta?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_c
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SUMMARY:Come to the Free Market
DTSTART:20260918T160000Z
DTEND:20260918T200000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Come by on Mondays and Fridays for FREE clothes\, dorm supplie
 s\, shoes\, kitchen supplies\, school supplies and more!! Feel free to bri
 ng by any donations as well and we will process them to be added to the Fr
 ee Market! Hosted by: UAlbany Green Scene
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LOCATION:CC Bean near 518 Market & Starbucks!
URL:https://events.albany.edu/event/come-by-the-free-market?utm_source=cal
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SUMMARY:Free Friday Stuff
DTSTART:20260918T160000Z
DTEND:20260918T210000Z
DTSTAMP:20260917T003445Z
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CATEGORIES:community,free
DESCRIPTION:Come by every Friday for FREE School supplies\, office supplie
 s and other treasures. Feel free to bring donations or just take from the 
 table as you walk by\, everything is FREE! This is open to university offi
 ces\, academic departments and students! Hosted by: UAlbany Green Scene
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LOCATION:CS 09 in the Basement of Arts and Sciences down the hall from ESp
 orts right before the tunnel to the Massry building
URL:https://events.albany.edu/event/free-friday-stuff?utm_source=caldiscov
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SUMMARY:"Brownsville Bred" film screening and discussion with director
DTSTART:20260918T230000Z
DTEND:20260919T000000Z
DTSTAMP:20260821T002948Z
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DESCRIPTION:A NYS Writers Institute event\n\nAbout the film\nA Nuyorican c
 oming-of-age story set in 1980s Brownsville\, Brooklyn\, this new film fol
 lows Elaine\, a girl on the cusp of becoming a teenager\, as she navigates
  the challenges of a chaotic family and a tough and unpredictable neighbor
 hood. "Brownsville Bred" was the only U.S. Latina-directed live-action nar
 rative to earn Oscar eligibility in 2025.\n\nAbout the director\nElaine De
 l Valle\, multifaceted writer and filmmaker\, transmutes her Brooklyn Puer
 to Rican girlhood into an astonishing variety of works of art: a one-woman
  show\, award-winning short\, TV show\, YA novel\, and now a feature film.
 \n\n“From Girlhood Trials to Onstage Triumph” proclaimed the New York 
 Times in its 2010 review of her same-titled play. The YA novel\, Brownsvil
 le Bred\, was a finalist for Publishers Weekly’s 2020 BookLife Prize.\n\
 nFree and open to the public.\n\nCosponsored by the University at Albany
 ’s Department of Africana\, Latin American\, Caribbean\, and Latinx Stud
 ies in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month.
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LOCATION:Page Hall Auditorium\, Downtown Campus
URL:https://events.albany.edu/event/brownsville-bred-screening-and-discuss
 ion-with-director?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=alba
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SUMMARY:ADF Open House
DTSTART:20260919T173000Z
DTEND:20260919T210000Z
DTSTAMP:20260916T001929Z
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CATEGORIES:dance,free
DESCRIPTION:Try as many free sample dance or fitness classes as you’d li
 ke. (Donations accepted for Dance Alliance). Snacks and beverages availabl
 e throughout the day to keep your energy up and to celebrate the 15th anni
 versary of the studio.\nDrop-ins welcome\, but it’s best to register to 
 save a slot for the class(es) you’re interested in. \n1:30 Latin Footwor
 k & Styling (Tiffinay)\n2:00 Zumba (Miho)\n2:30 Swing Line Dance (Tiffinay
 )\n3:00 Hip Hop (Emely)\n3:30 Theatrical Jazz (Allen)\n4:00 Ballet (Allen)
 \n4:30 Essentrics (Theresa)
LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T001929Z
LOCATION:ADF\, 1197 Central Ave\, Albany\, NY\, United States
URL:https://albanydancefitness.com/events/adf-open-house/?utm_source=caldi
 scovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=albany-ny
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SUMMARY:Francine Berman\, "Better Tech: Putting People First in Cyberspace
 " (NYS Writers Institute)
DTSTART:20260922T203000Z
DTEND:20260922T213000Z
DTSTAMP:20260821T002948Z
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CATEGORIES:free,literary
DESCRIPTION:Join us Tuesday\, Sept. 22\, for a conversation with Francine 
 Berman and WAMC's Joe Donahue\, discussing Berman's new book\, Better Tech
 : Putting People First in Cyberspace.\n\nAddressing the riskiest new techn
 ologies\, the book provides an actionable playbook of responsible design\,
  development\, use\, and regulatory strategies to protect and benefit huma
 nity.\n\nJill Lepore said\, “Thank goodness for this book... Better Tech
  is an essential\, commonsense guide to making emerging technologies answe
 rable to the public interest.”\n\nBerman\, a frequent guest on WAMC's Mo
 rning Roundtable\, is a pioneer of digital data preservation and cyber-inf
 rastructure. Her work has been celebrated by the Library of Congress. She 
 currently serves as Director of Public Interest Technology at UMass Amhers
 t and Faculty Associate at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet a
 nd Society.\n\nFree and open to the public\n\nCosponsored by UAlbany's AI 
 & Society College and Research Center\, and the Honors College.
LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T002948Z
LOCATION:Performing Arts Center PAC Recital Hall
URL:https://events.albany.edu/event/francine-berman-better-tech-putting-pe
 ople-first-in-cyberspace-nys-writers-institute?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm
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