Art and Architecture Tour of the Boston Public Library
Cynthia Stewart
Wed Jan 16, 06-07:30pm, EVENT FULL
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 11-Jan-2002
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Come tour the Boston Public Library (BPL) in Copley Square, one of America's architectural treasures. Designed by McKim, Mead and White and completed in 1895, the magnificent Renaissance Revival building marries art with architecture. In addition to mosaics, wall paintings, and murals, you'll see features made of nearly 20 varieties of marble. View the murals by Pierre Puvis de Chauvannes, John Singer Sargent, and Edwin Austin Abbey. Also see the work of Augustus St. Gaudens, Federick MacMonnies, and Daniel Chester French, among others.
Contact: Cynthia Stewart, 1-281, x3-9723, stewart@mit.edu
Sponsor: Civil and Environmental Eng
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How To Get a Volunteer Placement or Internship and Stick With It!
Tobie Weiner, Michal Benjosef Hirsch, Jeremy Pressman
Fri Jan 25, 01-03:00pm, 4-370
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Come to this informal session to find the right volunteer placement or internship for you. Several local community development, advocacy groups and governmental organizations will have representatives available to give you information on their group. Session leaders will give participants helpful hints on searching for and acquiring a fun and rewarding volunteer placement or internship. We will also provide some information to help you stick with your placement. MIT credit is possible for IAP and/or spring semester volunteer or internship work.
Contact: Tobie Weiner, E53-484, x3-3649, iguanatw@mit.edu
Sponsor: Political Science
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Introduction to Baseball Rules and Traditions
Dan Kryder
Mon Jan 28, 01-03:00pm, E53-482
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Intensive survey of the most important rules, traditions, teams, debates, disasters, nicknames, and superstitions of the world's greatest sport. All ages and genders welcome.
Contact: Dan Kryder, E53-459, x3-8190, kryder@mit.edu
Sponsor: Political Science
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MIT 2020
Joost Bonsen
Fri Jan 25, 12-02:00pm, 3-133 from 12-1pm, Walking Tour 1-2pm
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 24 participants.
Single session event
First hour is informal survey of MIT campus changes from 1920, the year of the first all-in-Cambridge graduating class, through the present, and speculating into the future through 2020. Draws inspiration from current MIT Museum exhibit, recent construction, and new book on the history of MIT planning and plant. Second hour is campus walking tour.
Web: http://www.mit.edu/people/jpbonsen/2020.html
Contact: Joost Bonsen, 617.930.0415, jpbonsen@alum.mit.edu
Sponsor: Joost P Bonsen, jpbonsen@mit.edu
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Red Sox Nation-Building: The Seminar
Dan Kryder
Mon Jan 28, 03-05:00pm, E53-482
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Share the pain and the glory, become a real fan. Gain immediate hardball literacy by learning essential Red Sox concepts and lore: the splendid splinter, Buckner (with the inning on video), the curse (but I repeat myself), Pesky pole, the monstah, and more. Advanced students welcome.
Contact: Dan Kryder, E53-459, x3-8190, kryder@mit.edu
Sponsor: Political Science
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