Join multimedia maker and creative instructor Alex Adamo for an all-ages, intergenerational crafting experience! Make a blue jean banner with fabric and findings that is as unique as you are. Feel free to bring fabric, beads, buttons, or other small items to incorporate.

Film Screening (Kurak Gunler) followed by discussion with Prof. Evren Balta and Dr. Ohannes Kilicdagi

Please join us for an Emerson/Harris Masterclass with trombonist and composer Alan Ferber!April 5, 2025 1:00pm | W18 Thomas Tull Concert HallA baritone with a vibrant 40-year career in both opera and concert, Small has performed over 70 different opera roles in nearly 60 operas, including Rigoletto, Tosca (Scarpia), La traviata (Germont), La bohème (Marcello), and Il barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro), a role he has performed over 100 times. He has appeared with the Cincinnati May Festival, the Austin Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, and Fort Wayne Philharmonic in works such as Elijah, Vaughan Williams’s Dona Nobis Pacem, Brahms’s Ein Deutsches Requiem, Bloch’s Sacred Service, and Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater. He has collaborated with conductors James Conlon, Anton Coppola, Valery Ryvkin, Victor DeRenzi, Robert Larsen, and others. An avid recitalist, he has performed recitals with Anton Nel, Jean Anderson, Joachim Reinhuber, Donna Loewy, Steve Wogaman, and John Novacek, and has performed Schubert’s complete Winterreise cycle 13 times to date.Small retired from the University of Texas at Austin’s Butler School of Music in 2020 after 20 years, during which he was chosen as a NATS Master Teacher (Intern Program, 2011). His students have been finalists in the Metropolitan Opera National Auditions, the International Verdi Baritone Competition, and other awards. He earned a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from DePauw University’s School of Music while studying with Thomas Fitzpatrick (protégé of American baritone Mack Harrell) and earned an Artist Diploma in Opera and an M.M. in Voice Performance from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, under the tutelage of the great Italian basso Italo Tajo.The Emerson/Harris Masterclass Series is supported in part by the Robert L. Malster (1956) Fund. This project is presented as part of Artfinity, an Institute-sponsored event celebrating creativity and community at MIT. Artfinity is organized by the Office of the Arts.

Time: 12:00 PMLocation: Cambridge, MA

This 2-hour class covers many important aspects of breastfeeding such as:how does breastfeeding workadvantagesgetting off to a good start (what to do in the early hours and days with breastfeeding)early days at home (support and trouble shooting)typical newborn and infant feeding patternssupplies and equipment (pumps, soothing supplies, nursing bras)positioning baby at breast (latch and positions)avoiding latch issuespumping and returning to work or schoolwhere to get help and more!You will leave with contact information for on-going support, pumping and storing, and other handouts.Cost covers 2 people (mom and support person)."Breastmilk contains a type of antibody called secretory immunoglobulin A (IgA) that provides passive immunity to the breastfed infant. This is especially helpful in the first few months of the baby’s life, when the baby’s immune system is still immature and not yet able to mount a response to common viruses." - Dr. Rosemarie Gordon, Pediatrician in MIT Health's Primary Care.Registration is required on our wellness class website. If you do not already have an account on this website, you'll need to create one. This is a fee-based class and open to the entire MIT community.

Ten minutes for your mind@2:50 every day at 2:50 pm in multiple time zones:Europa@2:50, EET, Athens, Helsinki (UTC+2) (7:50 am EST) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88298032734Atlantica@2:50, EST, New York, Toronto (UTC-4) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85349851047Pacifica@2:50, PST, Los Angeles, Vancouver (UTC=7) (5:50 pm EST) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85743543699Almost everything works better again if you unplug it for a bit, including your mind. Stop by and unplug. Get the benefits of mindfulness without the fuss.@2:50 meets at the same time every single day for ten minutes of quiet together.No pre-requisite, no registration needed.Visit the website to view all @2:50 time zones each day.at250.org or at250.mit.edu