Date: Saturday, September 5, 2026 2:00 PM - How can improvisation create new ways of listening, relating, and imagining together? Join TOPOS Music Festival in welcoming Improv Spaces to EMPAC, presenting Rock City Falls Trio and Sun Dogs. Two sets of adventurous improvised music—spanning jazz, experimental, ambient, and indie-influenced atmospheres—will refresh your senses in this Saturday matinee performance. Included with festival pass; single tickets also available.

Saturday / September 5, 2026 at 2:00 pm TOPOS welcomes Improv Spaces, presenting Rock City Falls Trio and Sun Dogs in two sets of adventurous improvised music spanning jazz, experimental, ambient, and indie-influenced atmospheres. Performance Rock City Falls Trio & Sun Dogs

Date: Saturday, September 5, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM - Saturday at TOPOS begins with a free community BBQ, with Sound House Records of Troy selling and spinning music. All are invited.

Saturday / September 5, 2026 at 12:00 pm Join TOPOS for a free Community BBQ, catered by Brooks’ BBQ and open to the public, with Sound House Records selling and spinning music—a chance for festival artists and audiences to meet, eat, and keep the conversation going. Gathering

TROY, N.Y. — The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's soccer team opened the 2026 season in commanding fashion tonight, rolling to a 4-0 victory over Westfield State at ECAV Stadium. The Engineers scored twice in each half while outshooting the Owls 18-2 and holding a 10-1 advantage in shots on goal.

TROY, NY — The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) field hockey team pulled away in the second half to earn its first victory of the 2026 season with a 7-4 win over Hartwick this afternoon at Harkness Field. The Engineers improved to 1-1 with the victory.

Date: Friday, September 4, 2026 9:00 PM - Following the success of her multimedia project Salon Mondialité, musician and artist Miho Hatori returns with the world premiere of Paris Syndrome, an EMPAC-commissioned performance created with Michiko Ogawa (shô) and Dan Peck (tuba). Surrounded by shifting fields of live sound, voice, and image, join us and encounter what happens when perception begins to slip. One show only. Included with festival pass.

Friday / September 4, 2026 at 9:00 pm Miho Hatori’s Paris Syndrome premieres at TOPOS Music Festival. Surrounded by shifting fields of live sound, voice, and image, encounter what happens when perception begins to slip. Performance, Commission Miho Hatori, with Michiko Ogawa and Daniel Peck

Date: Friday, September 4, 2026 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM - Join Chabad on Campus for Shabbat Dinner at the Chabad House starting at 7pm. For any questions or concerns, please contact Lichts2@rpi.edu.

Date: Friday, September 4, 2026 7:00 PM - TOPOS Music Festival welcomes Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith, performing Defiant Life. Experience the spiritually and sonically intense improvised music of these two pioneering legends in the EMPAC Concert Hall. Included with festival pass & single tickets also available.