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2021 MIT Mystery Hunt
Julia Wagner, Jenna Himawan, CJ Quines, Walker Anderson, Wayne Zhao
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Jan/15 | Fri | 12:00PM-11:45PM | Online |
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Jan/16 | Sat | 12:00AM-11:45PM | Online |
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Jan/17 | Sun | 12:00AM-11:45PM | Online |
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Jan/18 | Mon | 12:00AM-10:00AM | Online |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session
Come solve puzzles with your friends!
The MIT Mystery Hunt is a puzzlehunt competition that takes place every year during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend. The hunt challenges each participating team to solve a huge variety of puzzles which lead to an object (called a “coin”). The winning team gets to write the subsequent year’s hunt!
But you don't need to solve a hundred plus puzzles to have fun! Get paired up with another team or only pop by for a few hours and solve whatever type of puzzle you most like: crosswords, Sudoku, lists of songs and images.
The entire hunt will be held online this year from noon EST on Friday, January 15 until 10 AM EST on Monday, January 18. More info and a registration portal can be found here.
Contact: MIT Mystery Hunt, puzzle@mit.edu
Brasilidade Workshops - PERCUSSION (2 sessions)
Marcos Santos, Percussionist and Educator
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/31
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Please join us and celebrate Brazilian culture. Brasilidade Series is sponsored by the MIT-Brazil Program at MISTI/ Center for International Studies/ SHASS and organized with Portuguese at MIT/ Global Studies and Languages. Throughout IAP we will offer workshops in AfroBrazilian dance, percussion and martial arts.
PERCUSSION WITH MARCOS SANTOS. Please commit to both sessions. Make your own drum!
***Fill out the Percussion form if you want to attend, and you will be sent the Zoom link and password***
***Please purchase the materials below (approx. 12 dollars investment, not counting mailing costs):
Sponsor(s): MIT Brazil, Global Studies and Languages, Center for International Studies
Contact: MIT Brazil staff, MIT-Brazil@mit.edu
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Jan/13 | Wed | 01:00PM-02:00PM | via Zoom |
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Jan/20 | Wed | 01:00PM-02:00PM | via Zoom |
Marcos Santos - Percussionist and Educator
Chalk of the Day Art Workshops
Jessie Wang, Jessica Xu
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
For several years, student-run Chalk of the Day (instagram.com/chalkoftheday) has brought joy to the MIT community with uplifting daily murals in the Stata Center (Building 32). With campus closing due to the pandemic, the project has been on a hiatus.
This IAP, we’re reviving the online version of Chalk of the Day by hosting 3 online workshops on chalk lettering and chalk art. Students will follow along at the workshops and are encouraged to submit the art that they’ve created during the workshops. At the first workshop, we’ll also raffle off free chalk art materials for 20 participants to use for the remaining workshops (US addresses only).
After the workshops are finished, digital pieces made by workshop participants will be made available for the public to purchase as stickers. A limited quantity of subsidized stickers will be raffled off to participants of any workshop.
No previous experience required. Sign up here to receive the Zoom link and indicate your topics of interest: http://tiny.cc/ChalkIAP
Check out the MIT News article featuring Chalk of the Day: https://news.mit.edu/2020/drawing-daily-doodles-chalk-of-the-day-brightens-mit-0210
Funded by the Council for the Arts at MIT. Contact jessx@mit.edu or jwang329@mit.edu with questions.
Contact: Jessie Wang, JWANG329@MIT.EDU
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Jan/16 | Sat | 04:00PM-05:00PM | Zoom |
Review past Chalk of the Day works and hear the story behind the hidden group. Follow along with the instructors to create a simple piece of chalk art. Please use http://tiny.cc/ChalkIAP to sign up and receive the Zoom link.
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Jan/23 | Sat | 04:00PM-05:00PM | Zoom |
Hone your lettering and art technique and compose your own original piece. Instructors will choose topics based on interest in the sign-up form, which include basic principles of art and design, finding inspiration, planning out a composition, different lettering styles, etc. Please use http://tiny.cc/ChalkIAP to sign up and receive the Zoom link.
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Jan/30 | Sat | 04:00PM-05:00PM | Zoom |
The Chalk of the Day spirit spreads through those who view and share our work. Pick one of your pieces from workshops 1 and 2 and digitize it in this session. We will upload your creations to an online platform where anyone can purchase your designs as vinyl stickers. Please use http://tiny.cc/ChalkIAP to sign up and receive the Zoom link.
English Change-Ringing: A Mathematical-Musical Team Sport
Danielle Morse
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Join the MIT Guild of Bellringers for an introduction to the history, math, and practice of English Change Ringing. Change Ringing is an art-form going back to the 15th century which involves teams of ringers working together to ring bells in weaving patterns that never repeat themselves, algorithmically generating musical permutations. The practice has deep connections to mathematics, particularly to group theory and graph theory, and also has a rich history both in England and in Boston itself. In this course, we'll introduce you to both the history and practice of change ringing, virtually. We’ll use an online virtual ringing platform, developed by an MIT grad student, to learn the basics of change ringing, and supplement with short talks on change ringing topics.
Here is an introductory video on change ringing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lyDCUKsWZs
We’ll start the class on zoom, then move to Discord and RingingRoom for the practice sessions.
Sponsor(s): Guild of Bellringers
Contact: Danielle Morse, (617) 905-0728, dmorse@alum.mit.edu
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Jan/06 | Wed | 06:00PM-07:30PM | Zoom, Headphones are helpful for virtual ringing |
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Jan/11 | Mon | 06:00PM-07:30PM | Zoom, Headphones are helpful for virtual ringing |
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Jan/13 | Wed | 06:00PM-07:30PM | Zoom, Headphones are helpful for virtual ringing |
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Jan/20 | Wed | 06:00PM-07:30PM | Zoom, Headphones are helpful for virtual ringing |
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Jan/25 | Mon | 06:00PM-07:30PM | Zoom, Headphones are helpful for virtual ringing |
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Jan/27 | Wed | 06:00PM-07:30PM | Zoom, Headphones are helpful for virtual ringing |
We'll start on Zoom then move to Discord and RingingRoom. Zoom link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/91474480692
Cancelled class on Jan 6, will start class on Monday Jan 11 instead.
Danielle Morse
Hacking Hour: Puzzle Boxes
Julia Sable, Public Programs Coordinator, MIT Museum
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Jan/20 | Wed | 07:00PM-08:30PM | online via Zoom, Instructor will send soon link once registered. |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/20
Limited to 100 participants
Prereq: None
Join us for a special IAP edition of MIT Museum’s monthly Hacking Hour program, an evening of making and tinkering for adults inspired by the inventive, inquisitive spirit of the classic MIT hack. Enjoy lively conversation while tackling an engineering challenge with simple materials at home. Each program features a guest builder from the MIT community who adds expertise, inspiration, and humor.
We’ll create clever puzzle boxes using cardboard and other simple materials at home. Build a secret sequence of moving mechanisms to confuse and amuse your friends. Share your ideas and get inspiration from others as we all tinker together.
Materials:
- Scissors
- Corrugated cardboard
- Tape
- Ruler
- Pencil
- Optional: Toothpicks
- Optional: Hot glue gun
- Optional: Markers or colored pencils
Sponsor(s): MIT Museum
Contact: Julia Sable, N420215, (617) 324-7313, jsable@mit.edu
Make it: Pinball
Diane Brancazio, Maker Extraordinaire, MIT Instructor
Enrollment: Advance sign-up required, lottery if needed
Sign-up by 01/07
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Fee: $25.00
for kit and fabricated parts
Design and make your own pinball game AND learn how to use CAD software and Maker tools in the process.
How it works:
Assemble our blank pinball machine kit, then learn and use the Maker tools in our lab remotely: 3D printer, laser cutter, vinyl cutter. We send you the kit to start, you send us files for component fabrication, and we send parts back to you. Simple electronics for buzzers and flashing lights are also included in the kit with instructions for circuits and ideas for actuating switches. How about 2-person pinball? This kit is designed to be easily combined with another for a 2-player game.
See the kit and sample machines see this slide presentation.
We have online training sessions for each Maker tool, and office hours for help with any part of the project.
In February, we’d love to re-ignite our community of innovative designers, mentors and builders at the Edgerton Center Student Project Lab/Makerlodge. Bring your machine back to campus, come over to our lab in 4-409, and continue improving your pinball machine, or start another project. In addition to digital fabrication tools, we’ve got electronics, Arduinos, shop tools, a large assortment of project materials, and fun people to help you use them.
Kits can only be shipped within the continental US. There is a charge of $25 to register, receive a kit, and receive any other parts fabricated for you at the MIT Edgerton Center.
APPLY on this form by Thurs Jan 7, 5pm EST. Preference to MIT undergrads
Sponsor(s): Edgerton Center
Contact: Diane Brancazio, 4-406, 617 253-2865, DIANEB@MIT.EDU
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Jan/12 | Tue | 05:00PM-06:30PM | online |
Diane Brancazio - Maker Extraordinaire, MIT Instructor, Chris Miller - Assistant Manager, Edgerton Student Project Lab
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Jan/13 | Wed | 05:00PM-06:30PM | online, Have your laptop with software installed |
Chris Miller - Assistant Manager, Edgerton Student Project Lab, Diane Brancazio - Maker Extraordinaire, MIT Instructor
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Jan/15 | Fri | 05:00PM-06:30PM | online, have laptop ready with software installed |
Chris Miller - Assistant Manager, Edgerton Student Project Lab, Diane Brancazio - Maker Extraordinaire, MIT Instructor
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Jan/19 | Tue | 05:00PM-06:30PM | online, have laptop ready and software installed |
Diane Brancazio - Maker Extraordinaire, MIT Instructor, Chris Miller - Assistant Manager, Edgerton Student Project Lab
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Jan/21 | Thu | 05:00PM-06:30PM | online, have laptop ready and software installed |
Diane Brancazio - Maker Extraordinaire, MIT Instructor, Chris Miller - Assistant Manager, Edgerton Student Project Lab
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Jan/26 | Tue | 05:00PM-06:30PM | online, have laptop ready and software installed |
Chris Miller - Assistant Manager, Edgerton Student Project Lab, Diane Brancazio - Maker Extraordinaire, MIT Instructor
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Jan/29 | Fri | 05:00PM-06:00PM | online |
Chris Miller - Assistant Manager, Edgerton Student Project Lab, Diane Brancazio - Maker Extraordinaire, MIT Instructor
MakerLodge Virtual Info Session for Class of 2024
Angelina Jay, Technical Instructor
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Jan/19 | Tue | 03:00PM-04:00PM | Virtual, https://mit.zoom.us/j/92573448071 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
MakerLodge is MIT's introductory maker training program for first year undergraduate students. Student peers and staff will train you on how to safely use tools like 3D printers, laser cutters, band saws and drill presses. When you complete your training you'll receive a tool kit, T shirt, Arduino Nano and $100 MakerBucks to help you get started on your MIT making journey!
We will be running MakerLodge during the Spring for those students on campus - just a little differently than usual! You can expect some more 'asynchronous' video pre-work, but it will be paired with in-person, hands-on training.
Come to this info session to learn:
This event, and the MakerLodge program, are run by Project Manus.
Contact: Angelina Jay, 35-237, 508 542-4283, ANGIEJAY@MIT.EDU
MIT Writers' Group
Steven Strang
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/02
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: none
Calling all creative writers! Want to write something creative but need some motivation or support or some thoughtful readers? Join other MIT writers to get advice about your own writing, to be a reader of other writers' work, and/or to get inspiration to write something. Any type of creative writing is welcomed: e.g., fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction, memoirs, personal essays, plays, blog entries, book reviews. We help each other get started on a creative writing project, we help each other develop ideas and style, and we function as engaged and encouraging readers of each other's material. The Group includes emerging and established writers. We meet every Monday from noon-1:00 p.m. Open to MIT undergraduate and graduate students, post-docs, lecturers, staff, faculty, spouses and partners. Please note that this is not a class and not a group for technical writing or for thesis writing. Meeting time: noon-1:00 p.m.
Please email <smstrang@mit.edu> to register.
Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Contact: Steven Strang, none during Covid, 401-714-1933, SMSTRANG@MIT.EDU
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| Jan/11 | Mon | Time TBD | Zoom | |
| Jan/25 | Mon | Time TBD | Zoom |
Meeting time noon to one pm
Please email
Steven Strang
Virtual Crafting Corner with Project Manus
Angelina Jay, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Bring your own craft or project and join us on a Zoom call to chill, take a break from the week and spend some time together with other MIT makers!
You can make some progress on a project (or not), drink some tea - whatever you want! Bring something you've already started, check out some quick/easy suggestions below, or just come for the company!
Coloring Pages
Life is B@#$% (language) Toy Story
Geometric/Flowery NASA Exoplanet Travel Posters
Geometric Anatomical Heart Pokemon
Origami Doodle Prompts
https://diyprojectsforteens.com/best-diy-origami/ artprompts.org
Knitting, Embroidery ... anything!
Contact: Angelina Jay, 35-237, 508 542-4283, ANGIEJAY@MIT.EDU
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Jan/07 | Thu | 12:00PM-02:00PM | Zoom, https://mit.zoom.us/j/91376510126 |
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Jan/14 | Thu | 12:00PM-02:00PM | Zoom, https://mit.zoom.us/j/91376510126 |
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Jan/21 | Thu | 12:00PM-02:00PM | Zoom, https://mit.zoom.us/j/91376510126 |
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Jan/28 | Thu | 12:00PM-02:00PM | Zoom, https://mit.zoom.us/j/91376510126 |
Bring your own craft or projectand join us on a Zoom call to chill, take a break from the week and spend some time together with other MIT makers!
Virtual Ikebana: The Art of Japanese Flower Arranging
Hiroko Matsuyama
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Jan/05 | Tue | 02:00PM-03:00PM | Zoom |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/14
Limited to 10 participants
Hiroko Matsuyama, an accomplished instructor of the Ohara school of Ikebana, will show you the basics of this ancient art as you create your own flower arrangement. This year we will conduct the ikebana class virtually. For the limited participants, MIT Japan Program will mail the Ikebana Vase and frog pin that we will use to arrange the flowers. Participants will be asked to purchase their own flowers at their local supermarket (type of flower will be emailed three days before the class) the day before or on the day of the class and have a sturdy scissors available to cut the flowers.
Please note participation limited to 10 people.
To register by December 14th: please complete this form: https://bit.ly/IAP2021_Ikebana_registration
Those who receive confirmation will be asked to email their address where the Ikebana kit will be mailed before the end of the year. A Zoom link will be sent to confirmed participants.
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies, MIT Japan Program
Contact: Christine Pilcavage, csp18@mit.edu
Visualizing Daily Rituals: A Photo Project
Emily Garner, Campus and Public Programs Manager
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Jan/06 | Wed | 12:00PM-01:00PM | your home, Sign up to receive materials |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/06
Limited to 50 participants
Prereq: none
Fee: $0.01
for art supplies
MIT List Visual Arts Center invites community members to participate in a one-use camera photo project and capture new daily routines. Visualizing Daily Rituals hopes to help participants overcome physical distance with another offline project that encourages members of the MIT community to be aware of their daily rituals and immediate surroundings. Participants of Visualizing Daily Rituals can reflect on routines and developed habits, and consider the limited number exposure camera as a measure of time. The project encourages us to think about sharing images if there is temporal delay between taking, processing, digitalizing, and sharing images.
Participants will take photos and receive a photo book as a physical reminder of the connectedness to others in our daily lives.
To participate:
Please fill out the Google Form with your address to receive a disposable camera and packaging materials for return.
Take photos with the provided camera of parts of your daily routine, rituals, or habits that have become important to you.
Place your camera and film processing order form in prepaid packaging, and mail to the Process One imaging lab no later than Friday, January 22.
The photos will be developed and you will receive your digital processed photos.
One image per participant will be selected to be included in a printed photo book.
Questions: Reach out to Emily Garner, eagarner@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): List Visual Arts
Contact: Emily Garner, E15-109, 617 324-4565, EAGARNER@MIT.EDU
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