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Geek Out

Higher education is spoooOOOOooky! The New York City College of Technology has a Department of Entertainment Technology where they train pyrotechnicians, theme park engineers, special-effects artists, and the like. Shouldn’t every college have something like this? You can reap the benefit of City Tech’s “EntTech” department at Gravesend Inn, a haunted house assembled annually by students and faculty. There are a lot of haunted houses around the city, but this is the only one I know of that’s an ongoing student project. Only six bucks ($4 for students) in Brooklyn at 186 Jay St. This Saturday, the house opens at 6:00 p.m., and naturally there will be shows next weekend, as well.

Geek In

Let it fly. Grab a piece of office paper and get to work on the next 8.5-by-11-inch aeronautic speed demon. Nov. 1 in Queens, the New York Hall of Science will host The New Millennium Paper Airplane Contest, so this weekend is the perfect time to streamline your craft. Entrants will be judged on distance flown, duration aloft, beauty, and best of all, “spectacular failure.” Complete rules and details are in the link a few lines up.

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