Time: 7:00 PM ET (4:00 PM PT)Location: Pasadena, CA

On view October 1 -- December 11, 2025This exhibition draws on archival materials from the Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT (AKDC) to explore a century of cultural heritage preservation in Aleppo, Syria. It takes as its point of departure the work of Kamil al-Ghazzi (1853–1933), the pioneering Aleppine historian whose influential three-volume chronicle, Nahr al-Dhahab fī Tārīkh Ḥalab (The River of Gold in the History of Aleppo), was published between 1924 and 1926.Ink, Stone, and Silver Light presents three modes of documentation—manuscript, built form, and photography—through which Aleppo’s urban memory has been recorded and preserved. Featuring figures such as Michel Écochard and Yasser Tabbaa alongside al-Ghazzi, the exhibition traces overlapping efforts to capture the spirit of a city shaped by commerce, craft, and coexistence. At a time when Syria again confronts upheaval and displacement, these archival fragments offer models for preserving the past while envisioning futures rooted in dignity, knowledge, and place.

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

Daisy Ziyan Zhang + Ella Raidel Film Screening: On Care, Space, and Transformation Part of the MIT Fall 2025 Architecture Lecture Series. Presented with the Architecture and Urbanism GroupHow do we live with the buildings, neighborhoods, and cities that surround us—and how do they, in turn, shape us? This evening brings together acclaimed filmmakers Daisy Ziyan Zhang (MIT M.Arch ’23) and Ella Raidel (Assistant Professor, NTU Singapore) in a program curated by Marlene Rutzendorfer (wonderland architecture). Through three films, we will explore the intimacy of care and the fragility of structures—both physical and social—in a world of constant transformation. From the aging of a mundane residential building in Mexico, to the eclipsed stories of migrant women navigating foreign landscapes, to the ghostly remains of speculative urbanisation in China, these works invite us to rethink how cities are built, maintained, challenged, remembered, and imagined. The film screening will be followed by a conversation with the audience.The MIT screening event is supported by NTU Global Research Excellence Award for Travel (GREAT). A collaboration with wonderland architecture.