Babylon 5 First Season
Toh Ne Win
Mon Jan 27 thru Sat Feb 1, 09pm-01:00am, 24-619
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
We will be presenting the first season of the sci-fi television series "Babylon 5," including the pilot episode. We expect to watch 5 episodes a night. Please bring some snacks if you're joining us!
Contact: Toh Ne Win, NE43-532, x3-0459, tohn@mit.edu
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Chinese Paper Cutouts
Diana Cheng
Tue Jan 7, 04-06:00pm, 24-619
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn to make Chinese paper cutouts (jian zi), a form of art that has been around for centuries. Create decorations for your room! No experience necessary. Please bring a pencil-sized X-acto knife. Blades sized No. 11 will be provided.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/esg/www/IAP
Contact: Diana Cheng, dianasc@mit.edu
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ESG Musical Concert
Holly Sweet, Graham Ramsay
Fri Jan 17, 02-03:00pm, 24-612
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
ESG will be hosting a musical concert for the entire MIT community. Staff, students, and alumni from ESG will perform a range of styles of music on different instruments, with refreshments served after the concert.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/esg/www/IAP
Contact: Holly Sweet, 24-612, x3-7786, hbsweet@mit.edu
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Giant Robots and the Secret of Life: Anime on Saturdays
Marissa Jacovich
Sat Jan 11, 18, 25, 03-06:00pm, 24-619
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Have you ever pondered the deep mysteries of life as revealed through cartoons? Nothing to do on Saturday afternoons? Come and have a deep philosophical discussion about Japanese anime. We will watch at least one series ("Serial Experiments Lain") and one movie ("Metropolis"). In addition to watching great anime, we will try to figure out what exactly was going on in the minds of the anime's creators. Other series/movies will be shown if there is sufficient interest.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/esg/www/IAP
Contact: Marissa Jacovich, marissaj@mit.edu
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Group Theory
David Roe, Rob Speer, Daniel Zaharopol
Tue, Thu, Jan 7, 9, 14, 16, 23, 28, 30, 07:30-09:00pm, 24-619
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Want to know how to "speak math"? We will be exploring an area of math called group theory, a more general formalization of the algebra you learned in high school. Everyone in class will follow the Moore method: you'll prove a set of theorems from definitions between classes and then present your solutions in class. Along the way, you'll learn about some of group theory's most interesting aspects, and why it's one of the most important areas of mathematics.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/esg/www/IAP
Contact: David Roe, Random 315, 225-8745, roed@mit.edu
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Introduction to Yo Yos and Yo Yoing
Toh Ne Win
Thu Jan 16, 02-04:00pm, 24-612
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: Interest in yo yos
An introduction to various yo yo tricks along with tips on how to select good yo yos at stores. We will cover most of the basics, including proper throw technique, the Sleeper, forward throws, Around the World, Over the Falls and Rock the Baby. We will also learn and see examples of the different types of yo yos for looping and string performance. More advanced players are welcome to demonstrate or teach tricks. A limited number of good quality yo yos will be available for participants to use, but you are encouraged to bring your own.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/esg/www/IAP
Contact: Toh Ne Win, 24-619, 253-7786, tohn@mit.edu
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Living Lightly Workshops
Toh Ne Win, Jessica Lee
Mon Jan 20, Tue Jan 21, 12-02:00pm, 24-620 Kitchen
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
We'd like to demonstrate how to minimize one's environmental impact in every day life at MIT. We'll show how to reduce resource use (water, energy, trash) in the kitchen, classroom, bathroom, office and any other place we live/work in. As part of our workshop, we will be making apple crisp or some other tasty food. If you have any practical sustainability ideas, please come tell them to us at the workshop!
The first day is oriented slightly more towards student life, while the second day is more towards the home and office. Both days are open to the MIT community.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/save
Contact: Toh Ne Win, NE43-532, x3-0459, tohn@mit.edu
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No Book, Just Cook
Ole Nielsen, Daniele De Francesco
Tue Jan 21, Thu Jan 23, Mon Jan 27, Wed Jan 29, Fri Jan 31, 06:30-08:30pm, 24-615, REGISTRATION CLOSED
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
NOTE: REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.
Eating well is not an expensive habit if you know the basics of cooking. This introductory class will take students through a journey of taste, from the basics in tools and techniques, to the final "impressing a date" class. Rather than teaching individual recipes, this course will help students to build a set of skills and techniques that allow them to cook in a simple kitchen and produce impressive results. Practical demonstrations will be given throughout the course.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/esg/www/IAP
Contact: Ole Nielsen, ole@mit.edu
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Story Telling Circle
Jimmy Rising
Fri Jan 17, 03-05:00pm, 24-619
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: None
Join us as we tell stories and listen to stories in a circle of amateur story tellers. Come with a short story, on paper or in your mind, and be ready to tell it when it comes your turn. No experience required!
Web: http://web.mit.edu/esg/www/IAP
Contact: Jimmy Rising, jrising@mit.edu
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