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Build It: Pop-Up Resilient Furniture
Katherine Mytty, Visiting Lecturer / Instructor
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Jan/18 | Fri | 11:00AM-04:00PM | LCAU E14-140 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/10
We invite the MIT community to develop and fabricate interactive furniture to be installed as Pop-Up placemaking at Grove Hall, Dorchester. This will be a 4-day long furniture making workshop.
The workshop is conceived for MIT community to work on a real-time public place rejuvenation project at the city scale with local Boston residents. The site for the workshop is located in the Dorchester neighborhood at Grove Hall. A little-used lot opposite to the Boston Public Library, Grove Hall Branch has been selected to be converted as a park by the City of Boston in partnership with the Trust for Public Land. The site is in close proximity to a Senior Center, a High School and a Shopping Center. The conversion process will take 3 to 4 years. In the interim, PLA.CE! Is engaged in designing Pop-Up activities and events, including developing Pop-Up public furniture for the lot.
See more on the workshop here: www.placeresilience.wordpress.com
PLA.CE! DESIGN AND FABRICATION WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Please reserve the below dates:
**RSVP for the workshop at this link. **
Questions? Ranu Singh, (617) 682 2981, ranu@mit.edu. Workshop hosted by MIT alums Riddhi Shah and Ranu Singh.
Contact: Katherine Mytty, 617 715-5474, KMYTTY@MIT.EDU
English Change Ringing in Boston
Austin Paul
Enrollment: Everyone is welcome; please email ahead to get directions to the towers
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
What we do: Ring tower bells in permutations (n!), like Paul Revere (and a bunch of English people) at Old North Church and Church of the Advent in Boston. Learn change-ringing, the traditional English style of ringing bells. We follow mathematical patterns instead of sheet music to ring up to 8 large tower bells with each bell controlled by a single rope.
Change ringing = Combinatorics + Music. Those changes in the order of the bells’ sounding that constitute a method are governed by 4 rules: (a) no bell may move more than one position at each change/row; (b) each bell sounds once in each row; (c) no row is repeated; and (d) the ringing begins and ends in Rounds.
Curious? See http://nagcr.org/pamphlet.html for a slightly longer description, or just come on out and join us!
Please wear comfortable, warm clothes. No previous musical experience necessary -- IAP is a great time for first-time learners! The Guild of Bellringers is a secular organization. Everyone is welcome at any or all sessions. Email us to get directions to the towers and instructions on how to enter.
Sponsor(s): Guild of Bellringers
Contact: Austin, austinjpaul@gmail.com
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Jan/09 | Wed | 07:00PM-09:00PM | Church of the Advent |
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Jan/16 | Wed | 07:00PM-09:00PM | Church of the Advent |
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Jan/23 | Wed | 07:00PM-09:00PM | Church of the Advent |
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Jan/30 | Wed | 07:00PM-09:00PM | Church of the Advent |
Ringing practice at the Church of the Advent in Beacon Hill (30 Brimmer St., Boston).
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Jan/12 | Sat | 11:15AM-01:15PM | Old North Church |
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Jan/19 | Sat | 11:15AM-01:15PM | Old North Church |
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Jan/26 | Sat | 11:15AM-01:15PM | Old North Church |
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Feb/02 | Sat | 11:15AM-01:15PM | Old North Church |
Ringing practice at Old North Church in the North End (193 Salem Street, Boston).
Genetown: Biotech's History in Kendall Square
Robin Wolfe Scheffler, Assistant Professor in STS
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Jan/16 | Wed | 01:30PM-03:30PM | Bld 7 under dome, be prepared to spend time outside |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/08
Limited to 15 participants
Prereq: None
Biotechnology and science are often thought of as abstract ideas, but where they take place has long lasting consequences for how innovation and invention occur. In the last forty years Kendall Square has become the epicenter of Boston's booming biotechnology sector. However, in 1978 conditions looked far less auspicious-- Kendall Square was in industrial decline and the development of biotechnology faced strenuous local opposition. The rise of the biotechnology industry required not only new ideas but new ways of financing companies, recruiting scientists, and developing real estate. By moving through Kendall Square and MIT, we will view some of the sites where biotech history was made, explore the ingredients of Kendall Square's success, and whether it can continue. Since this will be an outdoor tour in January, we will consider these themes over two hot chocolate/coffee breaks at local cafes.
Contact: Carolyn C. Carlson, E51-163d, 617.253.4085, carlsonc@mit.edu
History MFA Tour
Hiromu Nagahara, Associate Professor of History
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Jan/16 | Wed | 01:00PM-02:00PM | Museum of Fine Arts, Meet inside the Huntington Ave. entrance |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/15
Limited to 15 participants
Prereq: None
Did you know that Boston is home to the largest collection of Japanese art outside of Japan? Join MIT Japan historian, Hiromu Nagahara, on a tour of the fascinating collection at MFA, including famous woodblock prints, Buddhist sculptures, and samurai swords. The tour will include a discussion of the artworks' significance as well as how they got to Boston in the first place. *Meet at 1pm inside MFA's Huntington Ave. entrance.
Students with MIT ID get in museum for free.
Click here to register!
Contact: Meghan Pepin, E51-255F, 617 324-5134, MJPEPIN@MIT.EDU
The Engine and Early Stage Venture Funding
Reed Sturtevant, General Partner at The Engine
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Jan/18 | Fri | 12:30PM-02:00PM | E25-111 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/16
Limited to 150 participants
Part incubator, part venture capitalist organization, The Engine is a home for tough tech founders building the next generation of world-changing companies. Launched by MIT in 2016, The Engine works with innovators from MIT and beyond whose disruptive technologies have the greatest potential to solve challenging societal problems.
In this session you'll hear from Reed Sturtevant, General Partner at the Engine, who will share about The Engine's mission and current projects as well as discuss how innovators can make the most of early stage venture funding in the Boston area. Over the last eight years, Reed has invested in more than 100 Boston companies as an angel and at Techstars, Project 11, and currently at The Engine.
As part of the session, Reed will also provide some feedback on your companies and plans so please come prepared with your questions!
This session is part of the "Intellectual Property Speaker Series" co-sponsored by the MIT Technology Licensing Office and MIT Libraries. Lunch will be provided to attendees of the Intellectual Property Speaker Series events.
Registration Info:
Please email kshaner@mit.edu if you'd like to attend lunch and register for the session here: http://bit.ly/1181902
FREE SWAG!
We will be giving away branded MIT Libraries and Technology Licensing Office swag to participants who attend any 6 sessions from this series, so please check out our other sessions! http://mit_tlo.eventbrite.com
Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office, Libraries
Contact: Karen Baird, NE18-501, 617 324-2386, KSHANER@MIT.EDU
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