Join the MIT Russian Connection for a Spring celebrationOpen to all graduate students of MIT. Sponsored by the GSC Funding Board.Please RSVP here: https://forms.gle/xvuszuPkgH7pKzos8

THEATER at MITThe 2025 Spring Theater Arts Production (21T.100)ANTIGONICKadapted from Sophocles’ Antigone by ANNE CARSONdirection by BLYTHE DE OLIVEIRA FOSTERmentorship of design and production students by SARA BROWN“I AM BORN OF LOVE NOT HATRED” - ANTIGONEA wedding bouquet. A community in conflict. A family pulled apart by war. Witnesses, messengers, conversations in the dark, and many, many acts of love…Participate in this immersive staging of the spirited debates about love at the heart of Antigonick, a contemporary, and visual translation of Sophocles’ Antigone, by Anne Carson with illustrations by Bianca Stone. What are some of the practical, everyday ways that we live through loss? How do we respond when individual values, the natural world, and laws of the state collide? Crack an egg, bake a cake, and help us imagine what hope could look like here…In collaboration with: Verose Agbing, Fara Alade, Mustafa Al-Obaidi, Daina August, Katrina Chan, Yiding Chen, Shifty Celestin, Andrew Emmel, Fadi Farag, Emi Grady-Willis, Yunseo Jo, Maha Yawar Khan, Mingpei Li, Lisa Li-Liang, Juno Matthews, Ariel McGee, Alayo Oloko, Tea Picconatto, Alex Tran, Katherine Warner, Xinyu XuMay 1-38pm in W97+May 42pm in W97345 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA(FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)PRODUCTION TEAM:Direction: Blythe de Oliveira FosterMentorship of Design and Production Students: Sara BrownStage Management: Lily BarnesDirector of Production: Maggie MooreTechnical Direction: Joseph Lark-RileyAssistant Direction: Katrina Chan & Xinyu XuCo-Set Design: Sara Brown & Alayo OlokoCostume Design: Chloe ChapinAssistant Costume Design: Verose AgbingCostume Alterations: April McCoyChoreography: Alissa CardoneAssistant Choreography: Kate WarnerComposing and Sound Design: Christian FredericksonLighting Design: Kevin FultonAssociate Lighting Design: Alayo OlokoVideo Design: Klara BallayVideo Engineering: Emi Grady-WillisDramaturgy: Maria De SimoneProps: Jonathan FajorsActing Coaching: Shifty CelestinSenior Administrative Assistant, Theater Arts: Yi (Jennifer) TuDirector of Communications: Dan PecciHead, Music & Theater Arts: Jay Scheib

A celebration of creativity and community at MITArtfinity is a new festival of the arts at MIT featuring 80 free performing and visual arts events, celebrating creativity and community at the Institute. Artfinity launches with the opening of the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building on February 15, 2025, continues with a concentration of events February 28-March 16, and culminates with the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts public lecture by 2025 recipient artist and designer Es Devlin on May 1, 2025, and a concert by Grammy-winning rapper and Visiting Professor Lupe Fiasco on May 2, 2025. Artfinity embodies MIT’s commitment to creativity, community, and the intersection of art, science and technology. We invite you to join us in this celebration, explore the diverse events, and experience the innovative spirit that defines the arts at MIT.About the Artists Artfinity features the innovative work of MIT faculty, students, staff, and alumni, alongside guest artists from the Greater Boston area and beyond.About the Activities & Events All 80 events are open to the public, including dozens of concerts and performances plus an array of visual arts such as projections, films, installations, exhibitions, and augmented reality experiences, as well as lectures and workshops for attendees to participate in. With a wide range of visual and performing arts events open to all, Artfinity embodies MIT’s commitment to the arts and the intersection of art, science, and technology.About the Presenters Artfinity is an institute-sponsored event organized by the Office of the Arts at MIT with faculty leads Institute Professor of Music Marcus Thompson and Professor of Art, Culture and Technology Azra Akšamija. Departments, labs, centers, and student groups across MIT are presenting partners.Visit arts.mit.edu for more information about the arts at MIT.

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The MIT Sustainability Summit 2025 is one of the largest student-run conferences in the world, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, academics, and students to tackle the most pressing challenges in sustainability.This year, as climate change accelerates, we shift our focus to adaptation and climate resilience—how businesses, governments, and communities can prepare for and thrive in an uncertain future. From infrastructure to policy, finance to technology, we’ll explore the strategies and innovations that will shape a more resilient world.