Please note, all events in our spaces may not be listed on this calendar. Please contact openspace@mit.edu with any questions.
Rambax MIT
This outdoor performance features Rambax MIT, an ensemble dedicated to learning the art of sabar, a vibrant drum and dance tradition of the Wolof people of Senegal, West Africa.
Bike Tune Ups!
Stop by with your bike for a 15 minute bike safety check with bicycle technician from Landry's. Tune ups will take place on a first come, first served basis; no advance registration required. Free & open to all.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Midday Music: New England Jazz Collaborative
Spend your lunch hour grooving to acclaimed drummer-vocalist Lumanyano Mzi and his unique brand of South African-infused jazz.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Movie Night: Reel Rock
Join the MIT Outing Club for the 18th Annual REEL ROCK Film Tour, premiering the best new climbing films.
LEAP Lab: Creative Dance for Kids
Creative Dance for Kids introduces young children to the art of dance using patterns, movement, words, music, and storytelling in collaboration with Jean Appolon Expressions.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Speed Networking for Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
Join us for an informal speed networking session and build your professional network. This event is presented in collaboration with The Economic Opportunity and Development Division of The City of Cambridge in honor of National Small Business Month.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Film Screening: CCTV Youth Media Program
Join the CCTV Youth Media Program in celebration of their hard work during this year's School Year Production Program. Watch films by 11 young filmmakers alongside their friends, family, and community members
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Spring Plant and Book Sale
Stop by the Kendall/MIT Open Space and peruse this pop-up outdoor market, featuring books from The MIT Press Bookstore, and plants from the MIT Endicott House.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Midday Music with Sol y Canto
Spend your lunch break with Sol y Canto, an award winning Pan-Latin ensemble led by Puerto Rican/Argentine singer and percussionist Rosi Amador and New Mexican guitarist and composer Brian Amador.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
CAC’s Do It Your Damn Self!! National Youth Film Festival
Community Art Center's 27th Annual Do It Your Damn Self!! National Youth Film Festival, the longest running youth film festival in the country!
Join us for an evening celebrating teen voices from across the nation, featuring the 2024 film reel, food trucks, outdoor activities, and a panel discussion with the featured filmmakers.
Pop Up Exhibit: Are You OK?
We’re delighted to collaborate with MIT’s offices of Women and Gender Services (WXGS) to show a digital, outdoor display of Are You OK?, featuring portraits of trans and non-binary youth by queer-identifying photographer Jesse Freidin (He/His).
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Speed Networking with MIT Career Advising and Professional Development
Join us for an informal speed networking session and build your professional network. This event is presented in collaboration with MIT Career Advising and Professional Development.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Movie Night: Spirited Away
Join us for a movie night under the stars. Free popcorn will be provided, while supplies last!
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Bike Tune Ups!
Stop by with your bike for a 15 minute bike safety check with bicycle technicians from Casa Bik.s Tune ups will take place on a first come, first served basis; no advance registration required. Free & open to all.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Summer Solstice
☀️ Celebrate the start of summer and the longest day of the year with ice cream, music, activities, and more!
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Movie Night: Hidden Figures
Join us for a movie night under the stars. Free popcorn will be provided, while supplies last!
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Kendall After Party
Kick back with friends, neighbors, and co-workers and enjoy 21+ beverages from Rebel Rebel and Remnant Brewing in the Kendall/MIT Open Space.
Midday Music: Brazilian Percussion
Spend your lunch break grooving with BatucadaMIT, an informal Brazilian music and arts ensemble.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Movie Night: Patrick and the Whale
🐋 We’re delighted to show the documentary film Patrick and the Whale – an inspiring and engaging tale of Patrick Dykstra and a sperm whale “Dolores.”
Film Screening with MIT Solve
Join MIT Solve in this outdoor film screening to learn about Solve’s work and the brilliant innovators in their community. Free and open to the public, no registration required. In case of inclement weather, this event will take place in the MIT Welcome Center.
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Innovation starts with the spark of a big idea. If the idea gets traction, it can mean months and years of development, pitch meetings, tech revisions, and funding challenges. The pace is brutal but for a small group of people, it’s all worth it. These are the select few who are driven by forces so large that they will tolerate any hardship to see their idea succeed. These are the people who change the world.
“The Big Idea” features three innovators (‘Solver teams’) and their stories as they explore groundbreaking solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. These brilliant and bold innovators are united by their desire to use technology, science, and engineering to create radical, systemic change. From a solution to keep vaccine temperatures stable in remote places, to antiracist technology aimed at reducing the Black maternal mortality rates, to hands-on robot-building kits for Indigenous youth, these ideas are meant to shake up the status quo and ultimately, change the world.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
LEAP Lab: Clothing and Toy Exchange
Out with the old, in with the new! Join us for a kids clothing and toy exchange for children ages birth to 5 years old. Co-presented with MIT Spouses and Partners Connect, the exchange will include kids’ clothing, outerwear, shoes, toys, and books. Expectant parents are welcome.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
MIT’s 4th Annual Research Slam Showcase
Research Slam is a research presentation that builds on the classic “elevator pitch” or 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. Presenters explain their research to a curious, non-specialist audience in ≤3 minutes (strictly enforced) using one slide with no animation, video, or props.
Speed Networking with Cambridge Volunteers
Join us for an informal speed networking session and build your professional network. This event is hosted in collaboration with our friends Cambridge Volunteers.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
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[RESCHEDULED] Movie Night: Spirited Away
Join us for a movie night under the stars. Free popcorn will be provided, while supplies last!
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Lunch Break with Wide Tim
Enjoy your lunch break and celebrate Wide Tim - a joyful beaver character created by Tianyuan (Margaret) Zheng, MIT '23, MEng '24 who loves spreading positivity, and injecting levity into MIT life.
Open Air Movie Night: Wakanda Forever
Experience the magic of an open-air movie night with friends. Join us for a viewing of Wakanda Forever. This event is organized by MIT Sloan MBA Program Office.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
[CANCELED] Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
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[POSTPONED] Midday Music: Brazilian Percussion
Due to rainy weather in the forecast, this event has been postponed. Please stay tuned for a new date.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Food Trucks
Join us every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space for a mouth-watering selection of food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
Book Talk: Get Off My Neck
Former Baltimore prosecutor, Assistant Attorney General for the State of Maryland, and trial attorney Debbie Hines will discuss her new book from The MIT Press, Get Off My Neck: Black Lives, White Justice, and a Former Prosecutor's Quest for Reform.
Food Truck Wednesdays
Join us in the Kendall/MIT Open Space on Wednesdays for delicious food from local family-owned and operated food trucks.
LEAP Lab: Robot Dog Demo
Meet a robotic dog with our friends from the NSF Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI).
Dance Film Shorts: Rachel Linsky
Dance Film Shorts is a series of two film showings by The Dance Complex in association with MIT Open Space Programming. Events in this series include Ali Kenner Brodsky on March 7, 2024 and Rachel Linsky on March 21, 2024.