Performance

Arts 

FOTOBOM: The Umbrella Project

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MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Pilobolus dance company were joined by MIT community members to participate in a large-scale umbrella performance on Jack Barry athletic field. The skies were aglow! Continue reading

Arts 

ARTS: TORRENT ENGINE 18

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“Most people today are constantly connected to each other via various social media, but having a real location where creative people can interact in real life is an irreplaceable part of the human experience.” Continue reading

Film 

IN THE TUBES: SUPER MARIO JUGGLING ACT

Super Mario Bros. Juggling

“Didn’t I tell you? Your princess is in another castle,” Bowser says to a determined Mario. “I haven’t had my coffee.” Continue reading

Arts 

DIG THIS: PERFORMING ON PAPER

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It’s often been yarn, other times it’s been feathers, but lately it’s been gimp—the plastic, straight-edged string used to make boondoggles—that El Putnam has used in her performance at Mobius, an artist organization in Cambridge.  She knits, twists, and ties the material while artists around her sketch what they see. Continue reading

Music 

DIG THIS: FIONA APPLE @ WANG THEATRE

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Grammy award-winning artist returns to Boston in support of her new LP. Continue reading