Do You Like to Sing? Ever Thought of Being in a Science Oratorio?
Joice Himawan North Cambridge Family Opera Company, David Bass, Ellen Bluestein (Cambridge Science Festival), Kate Bernhardt (Cambridge Science Festival)
Tue Jan 16, 06-08:00pm, Morse School, Auditorium, 40 Granite St.
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
For the MIT Museum’s new community initiative, the Cambridge Science Festival (April 21-29), the North Cambridge Family Opera Company is creating a multi-generational chorus to perform three free concerts of the American premiere of the Science Oratorio, Lifetime: Songs of Life and Evolution, by contemporary English composer David Haines. This 90-minute choral presentation, comprised of 22 musical selections, explores the science of life and evolution. The Festival Chorus is open to anyone in the MIT community with a desire to sing, regardless of vocal skill or training.
Open Rehearsal and Registration is on Jan. 23, 6-8pm at the Morse School Auditorium, 40 Granite St., Cambridge. Regular rehearsals will be Tues., Jan. 23-Apr. 17, 6:00-7:30pm, at the Morse School.
Web: http://www.familyopera.org
Contact: Joice Himawan, (617) 354-2797, jhimawan@alum.mit.edu
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Take Better Pictures With Your Cell Phone (and Win Big)
Gary Duehr Lesley University
Fri Jan 12, 19, 26, 02-04:00pm, Compton Gallery
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 10-Jan-2007
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Do you have a cell phone? Does it have a camera? Do you take bad pictures of friends at low lit parties? Ever wish you could do better? This two-hour workshop with photographer and new media artist Gary Duehr runs you through the basics of taking great photos with a cell phone, transferring them to a computer, and processing them for prints on the web. The workshop is meant for beginner photographers and is held in conjunction with the MIT Museum/Mili Cell Phone Photo Contest. Bring your own cell phone, and sample phones will be provided.
Contact: Jon Bijur, Museum, x3-9607, jbijur@mit.edu
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The Cambridge Science Festival: Join the Celebration!
John Durant, Kate Bernhardt, Ellen Bluestein
Thu Jan 18, 02-04:00pm, MIT Museum, Large Conference Room, N52-200
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
The Cambridge Science Festival, which will occur April 21-29, 2006, will be the first citywide science festival in the United States. Spearheaded by MIT, the Festival will celebrate science, technology, and research, showcasing Cambridge as an international science leader. The Festival will consist of musical and theatrical performances, engaging speakers, a science carnival, unusual demonstrations, impressive exhibits, and many other interactive activities for ages ranging from pre-school to infinity.
Interested in participating? We need volunteer help for several intriguing Science Festival projects. Come to the MIT Museum to find out how you can get in on the action.
Refreshments will be served.
Contact: Kate Bernhardt, Ellen Bluestein, x3-6847, kate.bern@mit.edu or eblue@mit.edu
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Working Light, Shaping Space
Seth Riskin
Tue Jan 9, Thu Jan 11, 01-05:00pm, MIT Museum, MITMuseum, Large Conference Rm
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Jan-2007
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Light is the focus of this two day workshop—how it stimulates visual experiences of space and how spatial experiences may be shaped through the careful handling of optical effects. The first day of the workshop will be devoted to demonstrations and guided explorations, drawing from the Museum's holography collection for "informational light tools" that demonstrate the manipulation of light for stimulating 3-D space experiences. The second day will focus on hands-on work through individual projects using basic light sources, optics and optical materials. We'll learn how to work with light as a structural medium of perception and to approach the design of space as choreography of visual experiences. Brief presentations and analyses of the projects will complete the workshop.
Contact: Seth Riskin, MIT Museum, x3-4405, riskin@mit.edu
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