Arts

Q&A: Junot Díaz on his new bookThe MIT professor and Pulitzer-winning writer talks about the people and ideas in his newest work, This Is How You Lose Her — and explains why women form a big part of his core audience.

Jackson’s ‘Dark Machines’ exhibit on display at MIT Museum

Said and Done for June/July 2012Digest of MIT humanities, arts and social sciences

Thompson presents world premiere of Viola Concerto by Wilson

Theater Arts Associate Professor Jay Scheib wins Obie AwardHonored for his production of World of Wires

Slideshow: 2012 MIT Awards Convocation51 community members receive nearly 30 awards for their service to the Institute.

51 community members to receive Institute AwardsStudents, faculty and staff will be honored at May 9 ceremony.

Robert Lepage dazzles MIT community during spectacular campus residency April 24-26, 2012Robert Lepage dazzles MIT community during spectacular campus residency April 24-26.

McDermott Award recipient Robert Lepage collaborates and converses with students during campus residency

Confronting global disasters from afarCreative responses to devastation

De Florez Fund for Humor invites proposals for grants

Freshman Jimenez-Galindo and junior Trac win de Courtivron PrizesPrize honors cross-cultural fluency

MIT establishes Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST)$1.5M grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will launch CAST.

MIT's Communication Forum conducts a conversation for scholars — and citizensHas explored media and change for more than 30 years

MIT SHASS welcomes PEN New England to new home on campus

ART AND POLITICAL ACTIVISMThe Disobedience Archive Comes to SA+P.

Jamshied Sharifi ‘83 recognizes the Arab Spring with commission for the MIT Wind EnsembleFree advance tickets available for world premiere concert Saturday, March 17, at 8 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium.

Current SHASS MacVicar Faculty Fellows reflect on teaching at MITNew fellows to be named Friday; current SHASS fellows discuss the significance — and the sheer fun — of teaching the Institute's students

Video: The Paradiso SynthesizerMedia Lab associate professor’s massive modular synthesizer now on exhibit in the MIT Museum.

Record attendance for MIT’s Graduate Arts SoireeNearly 600 from across disciplines attend Friday night event.

Q&A with Rosalind Williams on history in the age of human empireNew book examines the critical juncture when human endeavors began to dominate the planet.

Visiting Artist Ben Houge leads lively 'Sound and Real-Time Systems' panelArtists discuss the convergence between video games, digital media and music composition.

Robert Lepage launches workshop on Feb. 12MIT students collaborate with McDermott Award recipient Lepage and discover creative possibilities of playing cards.

Cuthbert receives $500,000 Digging into Data grantWill support innovative musicology research

Said and Done for January 2012The humanities, arts and social sciences monthly digest.

3 Questions: John Harbison on his sixth symphonyLauded composer discusses the creation of his latest major work, premiering this week at the Boston Symphony Orchestra.