- Rhythmomachy: The Philosopher's Game
- Soap Making Workshop
- Chainmail Workshop
- Sewing Circle
- Shoe Making Class
- Period Headwear Workshop
- Using Flint and Steel
Regular Weekly Activities
- Mitgaard Meetings
- Renaissance Dancing
- SCA Fencing Practice
- Improv. Commedia Rehearsal
- Waytes Music Rehearsal
- Quire Singing Rehearsal
Activities Outside MIT
Activities To Be Scheduled
Upcoming Events
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Myndroh
Friday, January 10, 2-5:00pm, 1-132
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn to play this mind-boggling, mathematics-based relative of chess. Rhythmomachy was known throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance as the "Philosopher's Game" or the "Battle of Numbers", an intense board game combining positional and number-based strategies.
Contact: Myndroh (Jimmy Rising), jrising@mit.edu
Soap-Making Workshop
Saturday, January 11, 12:30-04:00pm, Random Hall Basement
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Make your own soap from raw materials! There will be a variety of
scents and molds available. Materials and instruction provided by the
Peasants' Guild of Carolingia.
Contact: Tamsin (Morgan Copeland), mcopland@mit.edu
Chainmail Workshop
Sunday January 12, 19, 4-7:00pm, PDR3 (W20-303)
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Chainmail is a flexible fabric constructed of linked metal rings, used
since ancient times as a form of armor. Learn how to make
chainmail. All tools and materials will be supplied; however, please
bring needle-nose pliers if you have them.
Contact: Vikki Chou, vikki@mit.edu
Sewing Circle
Monday, January 13, 20, 27, 6-9:00pm, Random Hall
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Join us as we work on independent garb projects and discuss issues of
the Known Worlde!
Contact: Myndroh (Jimmy Rising), jrising@mit.edu
Medieval Shoemaking
Tuesday, January 14, 7-8:00pm, 8-199
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Luke Knowlton will be giving a talk on period shoemaking. Part of
this will be hands-on, ie. participants will be able to practice
stitches on leather.
At this lecture, I will be taking sign-ups for a shoemaking class -
to occur later during January, dates/times to be determined by
participant preference. This would be tutored by veteran(s) of the
previous shoemaking class, held two years ago at MIT. We would
request a nominal fee to reimburse MITgaard for leather & tool
expenses - say $5-10, again to be determined.
Contact: Isabelle (Zil Lyons), zillyons@mit.edu
Period Headwear Workshop
Sunday, January 26, 2-4:00pm, 13-4101
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Headwear for men & women
We'll cover the more-or-less unisex circlet, coif, and hood; and
women's veils. All these can be beginner-level and look great, so no
need to be apprehensive. I'll have muslin; if you want to bring your
own fabric, that would be fine; likewise sewing machines are useful
but not required. Read-ahead at http://www.virtue.to Emails before
and after the class are welcome.
Contact: Larisa iz Kieva (Laura Dickerson), lauradi@erols.com
Mitgaard Meetings
Wednesday, January 8, 15, 22, 29, 6:30-7:30pm, W20-303 (PDR3)
General meeting for finding out about the SCA and its upcoming
activities, planning new activities, and preparing for them.
Contact: Myndroh (Jimmy Rising), jrising@mit.edu
Renaissance Dancing
Wednesday, January 8, 15, 22, 29, 7:30-9:30pm, W20-491
Learn and practice renaissance dances from Italy, England, and France.
Dances range from slow and relaxing to fast and intricate (simpler
dances are practiced earlier each night). No partner or previous
experience needed!
Contact: Maria Gonzaga (Bess Libby), (978) 250-9385, besslibby@mediaone.net
SCA Fencing Practice
Sunday, January 5, 12, 19, 26, February 3, 6-9:00pm, W20-491 and W20-407
No limit but advance notice recommended (see contact below)
Anyone is welcome, whether or not you know how to fence and whether or
not you are a member of the SCA. You should wear comfortable pants and
shoes with good traction. Men need to supply their own cup. We can
provide you everything else from our loaner gear. Since we can't carry
it all to practices, we need to know in advance what you need. Contact
Fred Kutz with your needs.
Web: Carolingia Fencing Home Page
Improv. Commedia Practice
Tuesday, January 7, 14, 21, 28, 7-9:30pm, 36-155
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Practice improvisation comedy in the style of 16th century Italian
Commedia del'Arte. Anyone is welcome to join, but expect the commedia
members to be perpetually gearing up for their next show.
Contact: Aleksandr Ruslanovich (Alex Newman), yevsha@carolingia.org
Waytes and Quire Rehearsal
Monday, January 13, 20, 27, 7-8:30pm/8:30-10pm
No limit but advance notice recommended (see contact below)
The Waytes are a Renaissance dance band; the Quire sings period music
for SCA events. If you are interested in joining, talk to Tibicen
(contact information below) for more information.
Contact: Tibicen (Vanessa Layne), tibicen@carolingia.org
Period Distiller
Join us in constructing a model of a period distiller of essential
oils. Contact Myndroh for more information.
Contact: Myndroh (Jimmy Rising), jrising@mit.edu
Thrown Weapons Practice
Saturday, January 11, Sunday, January 26, 2-4:30pm
No limit but advance notice recommended (see contact below)
Thrown Weapons is throwing axes, knives, spears, and other sharp
pointy bits at targets. I have loaner weapons and will teach. Thrown
Weapons happens at Bryony's home in Arlington at 64 Highland Avenue.
To get there, take the 77 bus from Harvard Square to the Stop'n'Shop
on Mass Ave./Highland Ave. #64 is four blocks up the hill from the
bus stop/Mass Ave.
Contact: Pandaulf (Jon Libby), jonlibby@attbi.com
Arts and Science Show-and-Tell
Tuesday, January 21, 7-9:00pm
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Come and be fed snacks as the fine artists and researchers of period
work tell you about the projects they are currently working on. This
happens at the Community Room of the Arlington Public Library.
By T: Take the #77 (Arlington Heights) bus outbound from Harvard
Square. It runs down Mass Ave through Cambridge and into Arlington.
Just as you reach Arlington Center, a very large brick firehouse will be
on your right. Then there is a series of stores (CVS, Starbucks), a
traffic light, another series of stores (Fitness First, Buck-A-Book),
and a traffic light with a small green to your right. You want the next
stop after this traffic light. Cross the street and turn right. The
Unitarian Church is on your left. The Robbins Library is the next
building. Walk to the back of the Library. The entrance to the
Community Room is at the back of the library down a set of steps.
Contact: Catrin o'r Rhyd For (Kathryn Gandek-Tighe), kgandek@attbi.com
Scribal Symposium
For more information about the Scribal Symposium, see
http://www.eastkingdom.org/event-detail.html?eid=528
Contact: Catrin o'r Rhyd For (Kathryn Gandek-Tighe), kgandek@attbi.com
Tamsin of Mitgaard and Orlando d'Medici
Single session event
Vikki Chou
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Myndroh
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Isabelle de Lyon
Single session event
Cynthia Virtue
Single session event
Myndroh
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Maria Elisabetta Gonzaga - Boston-area SCA Dancemistress
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Brokk Jarlson - Boston-area SCA Marshall of Fence
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Contact: Brokk Jarlson (Fred Kutz), (781) 893-8712, brokk@carolingia.org
Yevsha - Manager of i Sebastiani
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Tibicen - Director of the Waytes of Carolingia
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Myndroh
Pandaulf
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Catrin o'r Rhyd For
Single session event
A Market Day at Birka
The Scribal Symposium and A Market Day at Birka are official SCA
events-- times when many people in the SCA get together in period
clothing and do interesting activities. To prepare to go to an SCA
event, please contact Myndroh (information below).
For more information about A Market Day at Birka, see
http://www.eastkingdom.org/event-detail.html?eid=552