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

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A part of the MIT Artfinity Arts Festival and the inaugural season of events in the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT.Saturday, March 15th, 8pm Thomas Tull Concert Hall Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building (W18), MIT 201 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02139MIT Wind Ensemble, MIT Concert Choir, MIT Chamber Chorus, MIT Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Jamshied Sharifi, composerFrederick Harris, Jr., Music DirectorRyan Turner, Laura Grill Jaye, conductorsMIT President Sally Kornbluth, guest speakerView the Concert LIvestreamThis concert focused on the environment features the world premiere of Praeordinatus Ut Astra Sacrificia Nostra ("Fore-Ordained As Stars Our Sacrifices") by MIT alumnus and Tony Award-winning composer Jamshied Sharifi, commissioned for the Linde Music Building's opening season. The title comes from W. S. Merwin's poem "For a Coming Extinction," which addresses human-caused mass species extinction.The program includes In Praise of the Humpback, arranged by Fred Harris and performed in memory of biologist and environmentalist Roger Payne, who discovered humpback whale songs in 1967. Sharifi's To the Light, to the Flame, inspired by Mary Oliver's poem "The Summer Day," joins other works for small and large ensembles celebrating nature's beauty and power. Remarks from MIT President Sally Kornbluth complete the event.