A new immersive theatrical event from magician and New York Times crossword constructor David Kwong, will premiere at the High Line Hotel in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood in January. MTA's Josh Higgason is the lighting and projection designer. Read more about the show
unti 12:30pm
Join us for the IMS demo party to try out this semester’s amazing final projects.
To help with the winter chill, we will serve hot chocolate and snacks!
BTS: Tower-defense-like chord matching game
Cello Hero: Melody game for cello players
Chord Shed: MIDI Keyboard / chord...
A screening of 1990’s avant-garde, queer retelling of the myth of Orpheus (Tommy) and Eurydice (Dora Lee), focusing on an antagonistic couple who find themselves exploited by Orpheus's overbearing and sexually-predatory boss. Written and directed by Reza Abdoh.
"Not for the faint of heart.” — The...
A screening of 1991’s explosive examination of violence in which Andy Warhol improvises a movie based on serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Written and directed by Reza Abdoh.
“One of the angriest theater pieces ever hurled at a New York audience” — The New York Times
Additional Reading
The worldwide impact of wunderkind theatre director Reza Abdoh's explosive work is finally brought to light twenty years after his death from AIDS. Director Adam Soch’s new documentary features live performance footage and interviews with those closest to him.
“How can it be that the world finds...
A screening of 1993’s radical re-imagining of blaxploitation film Mandingo as a talk show/night club act between junkie Blaster and MC Moishe Pipik.
“One of the best, most astonishing and mind-blowing theater experiences I've had in my life.” — actress and writer Colleen Werthmann
Additional...
Professor Diana Henderson hosts theater maker and artistic director Karin Coonrod at MIT to develop text-based theatrical works. Henderson collaborated with Coonrod’s theater company Compagnia de’ Colombari for an international production of The Merchant of Venice in the Venetian Ghetto. At MIT,...
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Building 4-270
Free & Open to the Public
March Madness • CrossFit • Covering • Recruiting • Cubs Curse • Trump and Sport • Canes Storm Surge • Goalie Masks • VAR • Figure Skating Fashion • Performance of Race and Gender in Sport
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Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture (1880) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Dominique Hoskin, conductor
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World” (1893) Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Kevin Sackel, conductor
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Program:
Keeril Makan
Afterglow (2008)
Capture Sweetness (2018, US premiere)
Scott Wollschleger
Music Without Metaphor (2013)
Hans Otte
Book of Sounds (1979-1982)
3 Excerpts
intermission
Morton Feldman
For Bunita Marcus (1985)
"A restless, inquiring mind"
International Piano...
