A part of the MIT Artfinity Arts Festival and the inaugural season of events in the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT.Thursday, February 20th, 6pm Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building Thomas Tull Concert Hall 201 Amherst Street Cambridge, MA 02139Go behind-the-scenes with Kinetic in this interactive rehearsal demonstration, as part of the ensemble’s CAST Visiting Artist Residency.In this interactive Open Rehearsal Demonstration ahead of their Saturday evening concert, the 16-member conductorless string ensemble Kinetic will highlight their uniquely and intensely collaborative approach to music-making, and how their rehearsal process fosters a more direct connection between the musicians on stage, as well as between performers and listeners, creating an exciting concert experience that reimagines the power structures of classical music. String players who are in an MTA ensemble are invited to bring their instruments to play alongside Kinetic, as part of this Demonstration.More info: https://arts-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/people/kinetic-ensemble/This event is presented by CAST and MTA as part of Artfinity: A celebration of creativity and community at MIT.

Smout Allen - Super-Mega-Ruralistic: Spectral Agriculture and Inhabited Infrastructures Presented with the Architecture and Urbanism Group Part of the MIT Spring 2025 Architecture Lecture Series.This lecture examines ‘Super-Mega-Ruralistic’, a speculative design project that rethinks industrialized landscapes as adaptive, interdependent systems. Building on the Tennessee Valley Authority’s legacy of engineered landscapes, the project proposes raised platform farms that mitigate flooding while enabling new forms of habitation and ecological restoration. Elevated structures create a dynamic interface between high-tech agriculture and riparian regeneration, addressing climate resilience at multiple scales. The project draws from TVA’s experimental farms to propose new modes of living, farming, and coexisting with landscape dynamics.At the project's core is luxoir, a concept paralleling terroir in winemaking. Through precision UV modulations linked to localized renewable energy fluctuations, luxoir shapes crop characteristics while redefining agriculture as a spectral, energy-responsive system.This project responds to ‘Regional Globalism in the Tennessee Valley’ a project run by the U of T, College of Architecture and Design that address the region’s history of large-scale public works on the theme of regenerative regional futures for the Tennessee Valley and beyond.In the corresponding exhibition, materials include territorial and architectural drawings alongside models illustrating fluctuating greenhouse lightscapes and a community of farm buildings elevated above flood-prone terrain."This lecture will be held in person in Long Lounge, 7-429 and streamed online.Lectures are free and open to the public. Lectures will be held Thursdays at 6 PM ET in 7-429 (Long Lounge) and streamed online unless otherwise noted. Registration required to attend in-person. Register here or watch the webcast on Youtube.

Join us for the opening reception to celebrate the new exhibition at the List Center, Pedro Gómez-Egaña: The Great Learning.Exhibiting artist and exhibition curators will be in attendance. Light refreshments and beverages from Momma's Grocery + Wine will be served.Pedro Gómez-Egaña: The Great LearningWorking in sculpture, performance, video, and drawing, Gómez-Egaña draws on practices of composition and choreography to create dynamic constellations of objects and events in time. His wide-ranging installations are arenas of motion and observation that also mine historical intersections of technology and the occult, the affective qualities of objects and spaces, and shifting economies of attention in contemporary society.

MIT Tango Club invites you to the return of our Grand Milonga! Join us in the iconic Sala de Puerto Rico with DJ Rohin bringing the good vibes.The event features a beginner-friendly, separate ronda for tango enthusiasts not yet ready to navigate the main ronda.Food and non-alcoholic beverages provided. Cash bar for 21+ attendees (IDs checked).For more details, visit our website.

Last year we had Brazilian BBQ… but this year we are raising the steaks with a full-blown Tsiknopempti Party!Meat us at Lobdell for a true Greek-style carnival party, full of gyros, souvlaki and non-stop dancing.Note: Costumes highly encouraged, carnival spirit mandatory!HSA Tsiknopempti Party Details:Date: Thursday, February 20thTime: 8 PM - 11:45 PMLocation: MIT Lobdell Dining Hall (W20-208)Pricing: Tickets free | Drinks (ID required) $5 each. We accept cash, venmo and zelle.Come for the meats, stay for the beats!

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.