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»	Trip to Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum	»	Cook and serve a meal for homeless people
»	Jazz outing to Cafe Luna	»	Graduate Leadership Evaluation Workshop
»	Energy Ideas Competition at SP	»	Water Purification Plant Tour
»	Vietnamese Cultural Coffee Hour	»	Sidney Pacific Art Exhibition
»	Sidney Pacific Lecture Series: Scientific Imagery	»	SP Resident Concert
»	Housemaster Thanksgiving Dinner	»	Sidney Pacific Lecture Series: American Civil War

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Trip to Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Tour the century-old Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum filled with paintings, sculpture, tapestries, furniture, and decorative arts, as well as the courtyard full of flowers. Trip is FREE and transportation by T will be subsidized.

Contact: sp-arts-chair [at] mit.edu

Cook and serve a meal for homeless people

Celebrate Thanksgiving by helping to cook and serve a meal for the men and women at CASPAR, a local homeless shelter. 2-5 pm Cook food in S-P Multipurpose Room Kitchen, 5-7 pm Serve food at CASPAR, 240 Albany St. 7-9 Clean up S-P Kitchen Questions? Contact sp-outreach-chair@mit.edu

Contact: sp-outreach-chair [at] mit.edu

Jazz outing to Cafe Luna

Join Sidney-Pacific residents in an outing to hear jazz at one of Central Square's best music venues! Cafe Luna is right up the street from SidPac and very convenient. Tickets and refreshments will be subsidized. Please RSVP to sp-music-chair@mit.edu by November 1 if you are interested in attending. We will meet in the lobby at 9 .M.

Contact: sp-music-chair [at] mit.edu

Graduate Leadership Evaluation Workshop

The workshop is designed for both experienced and aspiring leaders. Participants will complete the DiSC self-assessment tool, followed by a series of activities and discussions. *Materials for the workshop are included in the registration fee, and are heavily subsidized* by the Student Activities Office (SAO), Residential Life Programs, and the Graduate Student Council (GSC). Lunch will be provided. Please register at: http://sao.mit.edu/tickets/2009/legs-workshop

Contact: ngu [at] mit.edu

Energy Ideas Competition at SP

Have an idea for reducing the energy consumption at SP? Want to see it implemented and win a prize? Then submit a detailed write-up of your idea to sp-environment-chair@mit.edu without delay! The top 3 ideas will be presented at Coffee Hour, be considered for implementation in the dorm and their authors will receive gift certificates at a business of their choice! You will also help save money on one of SP's biggest expenditures! The deadline for submission is midnight on November 7, 2009.

Contact: sp-environment-chair [at] mit.edu

Water Purification Plant Tour

Water is an extremely important resource for all living creatures. This tour will explain how water that falls as rain in the western suburbs is brought to Fresh Pond and purified into drinking water. A staff member of the Cambridge Water Department will describe the process, answer our questions, and give us a tour of the building. We will meet in the SP lobby and take public transportation to get to the plant. The tour goes on from 6 to 7:30 PM. RSVPs required!

Contact: sp-environment-chair [at] mit.edu

Vietnamese Cultural Coffee Hour

We are happy to bring the Vietnamese theme to the series of Cultural Coffee Hours to SP residents. Some traditional Vietnamese snacks, drinks and music will be served.

Contact: sp-cultural-chair [at] mit.edu

Sidney Pacific Art Exhibition

Attention, talented artists at SidPac! Are you a painter? Photographer? Graphic designer or calligrapher? Are you interested in showcasing your masterpieces at the S-P gallery? Now it’s the time! You are invited to participate in Lens and Strokes—Sidney Pacific Resident Art Exhibition. Selected works will be displayed by early November. Contact sp-arts-chair@mit.edu right now to submit your artwork!

Contact: sp-arts-chair [at] mit.edu

Sidney Pacific Lecture Series: Scientific Imagery

Next lecture in the Sidney Pacific Lecture Series. Harvard & MIT affiliated photographer & scientist Felice Frankel will be speaking about the power of scientific imagery in communication. See web.mit.edu/felicef for more information on Ms. Frankel.

Contact: sp-cosi-chair [at] mit.edu

SP Resident Concert

Musicians of Sidney-Pacific, come forward! We want to hear you at the resident concert which will be held on Saturday, November 21 at 8 P.M. here. This is an opportunity for all residents to showcase their talent and share it with each other. If you are interested in performing, please email sp-music-chair@mit.edu with a description of your act. It should be no more than 10 minutes.

Contact: sp-music-chair [at] mit.edu

Housemaster Thanksgiving Dinner

SP residents are invited to share a Thanksgiving meal with the Housemasters on Wednesday November 25 at 6:30pm in the SP multipurpose room. We will be serving turkey with all the fixings! The first 180 respondents will be seated, and the remainder will be put on a waiting list. Please see your email for the evite to RSVP, or contact rtang[at]mit.edu

Contact: sp-housemaster [at] mit.edu

Sidney Pacific Lecture Series: American Civil War

Second lecture in the Sidney Pacific Lecture Series. Professor of History Roe Smith will present a technological perspective of the American Civil War. Promises to be an interesting opportunity to learn about an important portion of American history - and the influence of technology on that era. RSVP for dinner afterward - sp-cosi-chair@mit.edu

Contact: sp-cosi-chair [at] mit.edu


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