Events Feb. 11 – Feb. 17

Events Feb. 11 – Feb. 17

Tuesday

(3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.) Socialization Ain’t Always Nice: Order, Disorder, and Violence in the Post-Cold War World, with speaker Jeff Checkel of Simon Fraser University — E40-496

(4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.) Effects of the Minimum Wage on Employment Dynamics, with speaker Jonathan Meer of Texas A&M university — E18-202

Wednesday

(6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.) Housing Prices & Housing Policies in Chinese Cities: Recent Empirical Evidence, with speaker Siqi Zheng — 9-354

(7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.) FiLmprov, an evening of musical improvisation and the world premier of Kate Matson’s film Silhouettes with improvised score — Killian Hall

Thursday

(11 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.) Energy Expo 2014, hosted by the MIT Undergraduate Energy Club — La Sala de Puerto Rico

(5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.) Play in the Age of Computing Machinery, with speaker Miguel Sicart — E41-633

Friday

(7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.) The LSC shows O Brother, Where Art Thou?, also sponsored by the de Florez Fund for Humor (free admission) — 26-100

(8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.) The Vagina Monologues @ MIT, $2 for MIT affiliates, $3 for public — 32-123

Saturday

(7:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.) MIT Ballroom Valentine Social Dance, free for MIT students, $6 other students, $8 MIT affiliates, $10 public — La Sala de Puerto Rico

(8:00 p.m. — 9:30 p.m.) Either/Or Concert of music by Alvin Lucier, sponsored by MIT Music and Theater Arts — MIT Chapel

Sunday

(2:30p.m. – 5:00 p.m.) MIT Ballroom Dance Workshops: Waltz and Tango, free for MIT students, $3 other students and MIT affiliates, $5 general public — La Sala de Puerto Rico

Monday

(7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.) MIT Ballroom Dance Workshops: Jive, free for MIT students, $3 other students and MIT affiliates, $5 general public — La Sala de Puerto Rico

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