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"Saturday Night Fever" and Other Great Movies of the 1970s
Meg Jacobs, Christopher Capozzola
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None

Saturday Night Fever instantly brings to mind stereotypical images of the 1970s -- bell bottoms, night clubs, partying. But it is also a classic story about making it in America and the struggle for social mobility. Participants will watch celebrated movies of the 1970s -- "Saturday Night Fever", "Taxi Driver," "All the President's Men" -- and talk about how they capture specific struggles of that decade as well as deeper dilemmas of American society.
Contact: Meg Jacobs, E51-188, x3-7895, mjacobs@mit.edu

"Taxi Driver"
Meg Jacobs, Christopher Capozzola
Mon Jan 12, 07-10:00pm, 2-105

"All the President's Men"
Meg Jacobs, Christopher Capozzola
Wed Jan 14, 07-10:00pm, 2-105

"Saturday Night Fever" Rescheduled to January 15, note new location
Meg Jacobs, Christopher Capozzola
Thu Jan 15, 07-10:00pm, 2--139

Old Food: Mediaeval Mediterranean Cooking
Anne McCants, Steven Ostrow, Charles Wilkins
Sun Jan 25, 03-07:00pm, Dorm kitchen - TBA

Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 09-Jan-2004
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Stomach and sense of humor

Interested in gnawing on greasy lamb shanks? Or do you prefer vetches, oats and spelt-cakes? Come join us for an afternoon good old--and we mean REALLY old--fashioned mediaeval cookery. We will prepare, cook, and eat mediaeval foods from both sides of the Mediterranean Sea. Preparations will involve the use of authentic period recipe-books. You are invited to join us for this afternoon of fun and feasting. You may come as late as 5 PM, but as early as 3 PM, if you want to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. For those with more academic interests we will have sources availabe for your reading pleasure--or horror.
Contact: Anne McCants, E51-175/173, x8-6669, amccants@mit.edu

See a Chinese House - in Salem!
Peter C. Perdue
Thu Jan 8, 08:15am-05:00pm, Peabody Essex Museum

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 06-Jan-2004
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: None
Fee: 7.50 for Round trip commuter rail fare to/from Salem from North Stati

The Peabody Essex Museum has dismantled an eighteenth-century Chinese merchant's house and rebuilt it in Salem, MA. The museum has created a fascinating exhibit that displays everyday rural Chinese family life from 200 years ago until the present. We will take a guided tour of the house discussing its historical and cultural significance.
Web: http://www.pem.org/yinyutang/
Contact: Mabel Chin, E51-285, x3-9846, mchin@mit.edu

Selections from Middle Eastern Cinema
Charles Wilkins
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None

This film series highlights critically acclaimed films in the national Arabic, Persian, and Turkish cinema traditions. Including both comedy and drama, the three feature length films address issues of national and religious identity, cultural differences, and the pressures of modernity.
Contact: Charles Wilkins, E51-173, x3-4126, cwilkins@mit.edu

"Terrorism and Kebab" (1992)
Charles Wilkins
Tue Jan 13, 07-10:00pm, Room 4-270

"Bashu, the Little Stranger" (1988)
Charles Wilkins
Tue Jan 20, 07-10:00pm, Room 4-270

"Yol" (1981)
Charles Wilkins
The third and final film of this series has been changed to the the Turkish film, "Yol" (1981), length 111 minutes.
Tue Jan 27, 07-09:00pm, Room 2-105


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