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» OrigaMIT Meeting
This is a regular meeting of MIT's origami club, OrigaMIT, a community of people interested in the art, mathematics, and science of folding. Meetings are typically composed of a short lecture or presentation, followed by casual folding and show and tell. Folders of all levels and backgrounds are welcome!
» Taize Prayer
Taize services combine Scripture readings, music, and silent prayer. Originating in the Taize village in Southern France after WWII by a community of Brothers, this style of music and prayer has been embraced by people, especially young people, from Europe and around the world.
» GaMIT and Rainbow Coffeehouse Thanksgiving Dinner
GaMIT and the Rainbow Coffeehouse will host a dinner party in the Rainbow Lounge. This is a great opportunity to get together, meet your fellow students and staff, all while enjoying a delicious Thanksgiving dinner!
» 7 p.m. Argentine Tango
Simonida started her career as Argentine tango teacher, performer and choreographer in San Francisco. She has intensely studied tango in Buenos Aires exploring different styles with various world famous teachers, like Carlos Gavito and Gustavo Naveira. In addition to teaching group tango classes, workshops and private lessons, she has performed in various tango events in the US. A regular tango teacher in the Boston and Cambridge area. Previous training in ballet. In her teaching and performing, Simonida emphasizes delicacies of the feet placement, adornments, elegance, long lines, sensuality, and dramatic expression through contrast between dynamic moves and pauses.
7-8 pm Beginners, 8-9 pm Intermediates
» Africa Information Technology Initiative (AITI) Info Session
AITI is an MIT organization that seeks to promote economic development in Africa by cultivating young technology entrepreneurs and enabling them to innovate. AITI gives MIT students the opportunity to learn and teach mobile technologies, grasp the African market, make contacts, help start businesses, and travel. Come to the info session to celebrate AITI's 10th year, and to learn more about AITI's goals, current activities, and future plans.
» The MIT Entrepreneurs Club: Regular Tuesday OPEN Meeting
Regular, weekly, Tuesday, OPEN MEETING of the MIT Entrepreneurs Club (aka: the E-Club) where all members of the MIT, Harvard and Wellesley communities are welcome to present new science and technology start-up ideas (unless we're hosting a special event, panel or guest presenter that week). Others by invitation, thanks! Special events and projects announced in-some-advance by e-club officers and directors.
» MIT Energy Club Muddy Tuesday
Come relax and chat with other MIT Energy Club members. We'll provide snacks and start the conversation. Get to know other club members, let us know what events you'd like to see and find out how you can get more involved with the club!
» Christians on Campus Bible Study
Bible Study by Christians on Campus
» "Experiencing God"
A Bible study based on "Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God" by Henry Blackaby.
» 3:30 p.m. BabyNet Play Group
BabyNet Infants and Toddler Group is a joyful playgroup where MIT parents and children find a space to play, sing and read stories together. Is also a great way to meet other parents and for your children to play and interact socially. Children from infancy to toddlerhood are welcome. We bring the toys, imagination and open
hearts for singing. Come along with your children and have fun with us. Join us online at MIT FamilyNet: http://familynet.mit.edu
» Lunch time Knitting
Bring your lunch and come knit or crochet with us for an hour. In warm an sunny weather, we can be found on the Stata amphitheater steps, and is cold / rainy weather we grab a table on the first floor.
» Mass
Catholic Mass
» Japanese Tea Ceremony Lessons
The Japanese Tea Ceremony is the traditional Japanese way of serving and drinking tea.
New students are welcome throughout the semester and may come by at any time between 12 pm and 3 pm for instruction. Each receives 30-45 minutes of individual instruction based on their level of experience. When not being taught, students are guests-also a Tea Ceremony lesson. The best way to learn the Ceremony is to attend lessons on a regular basis. You can get a Tea Ceremony certificate from Kyoto Urasenke (School of Tea) of Japan too. Mrs. Kyoko Wada also teaches Ryuurei (seated at a table, rather than kneeling on the floor).
If interested, you are welcome to observe a class and to speak with Mrs. Wada about the lessons. There is an annual fee of $20 and a per lesson fee of $10 ($5 for students).
» MIT Produce Market - Fruit and Vegetable Stand
The MIT Produce Market aims to make better nutritional options available by providing access to affordable, high-quality fruits and vegetables.
In warmer months the market can be found in the East Campus Courtyard at the end nearest Walker Memorial (50). From October 27-March 30, the market will be in the TMSC Lobby in Stata.
» Sung Hwan Kim: Summer Days in Keijo--written in 1937
Kim often integrates video and performance art, and takes on the role of director, editor, performer, composer, narrator, and writer to create works that are narrative yet dreamlike. His Summer Days in Keijo--written in 1937 is a fictional documentary based on Swedish ethnographer and zoologist Sten Bergman's 1937 travelogue In Korean Wilds and Villages. Keijo was the Japanese colonial name for Gyeongseong or Seoul, and Kim traces Bergman's pre-war path through present-day Seoul, using a Dutch female protagonist in his place.
Kim created an elaborate soundtrack to the film in collaboration with the Amsterdam- and New York-based musician David Michael DiGregorio also known as dogr.
» CENTERDISK: Interactive videodisk
Interactive videodisk produced by CAVS in 1982, structured in the form of a catalogue and containing a compilation of archival images, film, and video works from artists at CAVS.
Culled from a variety of media of 60 artists over a span of 15 years, artists include: Otto Piene, Muntadas, Charlotte Mooraman, Nam June Paik, Vin Grabill, Aldo Tambellini, Stan Van Der Beek, Paul Earls, Chris Janney, and including The Medium is the Medium produced by WGHB in 1968.
CENTERDISK will screen continuously with images of the original disk, archival material and a wall text by Rebecca Uchill.
On view Mon-Thurs, 11am-5pm,
» Learning Lab: The Cell
MIT students helped to design this fun learning space which integrates LEGOs, videos, and hands-on activities that teach middle and high school students about how DNA makes proteins.
» Robots & Beyond: Exploring Artificial Intelligence at MIT
A multimedia excursion into the world of artificial intelligence.
» Deep Frontiers: Ocean Engineering at MIT
MIT's Center for Ocean Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering devotes its human and technological resources to developing systems for the wise use and preservation of our ocean planet. Witness some findings of this leading-edge research.
» Holography: The Light Fantastic
Works drawn from the MIT Museum's holography collection.


