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Mikko Nissinen’s choreography dazzles in Boston Ballet’s rendition of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker.

Tobey Maguire (as Sam Cahill, left) and Jake Gyllenhaal (as Tommy Cahill, right) star in Brothers, directed by Jim Sheridan.

Jim Carrey voices Ebeneezer Scrooge in Walt Disney’s 3D update of A Christmas Carol.

Luca Pisaroni, an acclaimed performer from Busseto, Italy, played the coveted role of Figaro. The Metropolitan Opera has shown over 400 performance of ‘Le Nozze di Figaro.’

James R. Burke ’13 attempts to block mid-court during the Saturday game against Gordon College at Rockwell Cage. The Engineers won 78-73 in overtime.

Justine Li ’10 takes aim in the smallbore (small caliber) competition during Saturday’s match at the MIT rifle range.

Austin C. Anderson ’12 returns a shot on Saturday at the Zesiger Center squash courts. The Engineers’ match against the Huskies was the last in a triple-header with Tufts University, Middlebury College, and Northeaste...

Hackers turned the ceiling of Lobby 7 into a giant “black hole” early on Saturday morning, complete with a crumpled CERN spaceship being sucked into the center (in reference to the Large Hadron Collider project).

Dana G. Mead PhD ’67 will retire as Chairman of the MIT Corporation this June. Mead, seen speaking at an Undergraduate Association Senate meeting in 2008, has been Chairman since 2003.

The gentlemen and schoolgirls of Titipu accompany Nanki-Poo (in black, right), a traveling minstrel, in song.

Asha Carter, a freshman from Wellesley, leads the Toons in their rendition of “Can’t Make You Love Me” during their Glee-themed fall concert on December 5 in 34-101.

Kevin Hwang ’10 performs with the Harvard Wushu Club in Lobby 13 this past Saturday night at TAI.101, an event run by the Association of Taiwanese Students to educate attendees about Taiwanese culture.

In a stunning weekend performance of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the MIT Symphony Orchestra teamed up with a talented cast of student actors in Kresge Auditorium.