The MIT Retirees AssociationThe Retirees Association provided members with a chance to see "Porgy and Bess" at Tanglewood in 2011.

The MIT Retirees AssociationA day trip in the fall of 2012 to the Heritage Museum and Gardens in Cape Cod. Tours were given of the gardens and the automobile gallery pictured here.

The MIT Retirees AssociationTaken aboard the "Bay View Lady" during a tour of Portland's harbor, a wonderful day trip enjoyed by all.

Association of MIT Retirees
T: 617-253-7910
F: 617-253-8006
retirees.assoc@mit.edu

Mailing address
77 Massachusetts Avenue
MIT Room E38-234
Cambridge, MA 02139

Events, trips, activities, and workshops

Trips and tours

Overnight excursion to the Berkshires
Thursday, July 11 — Friday, July 12, 2013

Featuring "The Great Gatsby" opera at Tanglewood, tours of the Quabbin Reservoir and Chesterwood, and fine dining at the Salem Cross Inn and Apple Tree Inn.

Read all about the trip in this flyer.

Register by May 17 for the early bird special: $350/person double • $425/person single (all inclusive)

Register after May 17: $360/person double • $435/person single (all inclusive)

Questions? Please contact Traci Swartz; 617-253-5507 or tswartz@mit.edu.

Luncheons

Spring luncheon at MIT Endicott House
Thursday, May 16, 2013, 12:00 noon
80 Haven Street
Dedham, MA 02026

Featured speaker: Gary Tondorf-Dick, Restoration architect and manager of special projects for the MIT Department of Facilities. Gary's talk will focus on the restoration of MIT's Great Dome and the Barker Library Rotunda Reading Room.

Seminars and workshops

ReServe First Impressions information session
Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 11 am
Bldg. E38-254 (Office of Communications)
292 Main Street (above the MIT Press) in Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA

ReServe is a nonprofit that matches talented professionals age 55+ with part-time jobs at schools, government offices, and community agencies across Greater Boston. Partner organizations convey their appreciation for your service with a financial commitment that includes a $10/hour stipend. Although it's not a market-rate wage, the stipend indicates that your contributions are valuable to the agency and community that you serve.

Read this Boston Globe article.


Memoir writing series (ongoing)
Everyone has a story to tell

Next class: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 11am
11:00am-2:00pm
292 Main Street, Bldg. E38-252 (access via 254)

Instructor: Nita Regnier
MIT Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies,
Association of MIT Retirees advisory committee member

Let us know if you’re interested in the memoir writing series. Please call 617-253-5507 or email tswartz@mit.edu.

Fun and educational
activities held last year:

The Future of Computers and You
Presenter: Matthew Sullivan
Monday, December 10, 2012

An MIT 2013 Benefits Open Enrollment and Medicare
Presentation for Retirees

Tuesday, Novemeber 6, 2012 and
Thursday, November 8, 2012

Old Cape Cod day trip
Daniel Webster Inn and Heritage Museum guided tour
Saturday, October 13, 2012

Portland Maine day trip
"The coast with the most"

Luncheon, cruise and sight-seeing trip
Sunday, August 19, 2012

Danversport Yacht Club luncheon and
"Hello, Dolly!" matinee at the North Shore Music Theatre

Saturday, June 23, 2012

"You've earned a say about
Medicare and Social Security"

Presenter: Jessica Costantino, Director of Advocacy, AARP Massachusetts
Monday, June 11, 2012

Spring luncheon at Endicott House
Friday, May 18, 2012
Dr. Eric Evans, Director of Lincoln Laboratory

Quilts, clydesdales and beer brewing
with lunch at Cobblestone's
Saturday, May 5, 2012

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum tour
Thursday, March 22, 2012

Massachusetts Institute of Technology