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2026

Chess Night

January 28, 2026, 5 - 7PM

Digital graphic with a black and white drawing of a building with a chess board pattern on the side of the building. A collection of four chess pieces are above the building and the queen is winking. A bright green banner at the top with black text. Text reads "Wednesdays and Thursdays 5:00–7:00PM

Chess Night

January 22, 2026, 5 - 7PM

Bright green banner along the top above a chess board with a row of chess pieces and a black banner at the bottom. The black text on the green banner reads "CHESS NIGHT at the List Center"

Maria Molteni Studio Visit

January 21, 2026, 6 - 7PM

Portrait of a woman wearing sunglasses with long hair standing in front of a brightly colored patterned mural wall.

Chess Night

January 21, 2026, 5 - 7PM

Digital graphic with a black and white drawing of a building with a chess board pattern on the side of the building. A collection of four chess pieces are above the building and the queen is winking. A bright green banner at the top with black text. Text reads "Wednesdays and Thursdays 5:00–7:00PM

Chess Night

January 15, 2026, 5 - 7PM

Digital graphic with a black and white drawing of a building with a chess board pattern on the side of the building. A collection of four chess pieces are above the building and the queen is winking. A bright green banner at the top with black text. Text reads "Wednesdays and Thursdays 5:00–7:00PM

Preview | List Projects 34: Brittany Nelson

January 14, 2026, 6 - 7PM

A black-and-white photo of a figure holding a candle in complete darkness. The image is predominantly black, with a lit candle at the bottom center of the frame. A faint silhouette of the figure is partially illuminated by the candlelight.

IAP Workshop: Activating Public Art through Design

January 13 - 15, 2026

Courtyard with greenspace and brick buildings in the backyard.

Chess Night

January 8, 2026, 5 - 7PM

Digital graphic with a black and white drawing of a building with a chess board pattern on the side of the building. A collection of four chess pieces are above the building and the queen is winking. A bright green banner at the top with black text. Text reads "Wednesdays and Thursdays 5:00–7:00PM

Chess Night

January 7, 2026, 5 - 7PM

Digital graphic with a black and white drawing of a building with a chess board pattern on the side of the building. A collection of four chess pieces are above the building and the queen is winking. A bright green banner at the top with black text. Text reads "Wednesdays and Thursdays 5:00–7:00PM

2025

Art Break

December 12, 2025, 12 - 6PM

Overhead view of two hands folding colorful geometric paper. There is a white mug of tea to the left side and a stack of unfolded paper to the right.

Art Break

December 11, 2025, 12 - 5PM

Two hands folding colorful geometric paper. There is a white mug of tea to the left side of the hands and a stack of unfolded paper in the foreground.

Graduate Student Talk: Allegra Farrar

December 10, 2025, 5:30 - 6PM

An installation of a rocket test containing sandbags, wiring, and canisters rest in a gallery space in front of two projections depicting people sitting in a desert landscape.

Art Break

December 10, 2025, 12 - 5PM

Overhead view of two hands folding colorful geometric paper. There is a white mug of tea to the left side and a stack of unfolded paper to the right.

Reading Discussion with MIT Science Fiction Society

December 3, 2025, 5:30 - 6:30PM

Three pink notecards with handwriting in black pen on top of a dark blue background inside of a black frame that hangs on a white wall.

Chess Night

December 1 - 31, 2025

Digital graphic with a black and white drawing of a building with a chess board pattern on the side of the building. A collection of four chess pieces are above the building and the queen is winking. A bright green banner at the top with black text. Text reads "Wednesdays and Thursdays 5:00–7:00PM

Silt Magazine: DISGUISE Launch Party

November 19, 2025, 6 - 8PM

Special Program

Camera video recording screen of a fish eye light gray pixelated circle with large black text. Text reads "DISGUISE LAUNCH PARTY"

Lavine Lecture: Julia Weist

November 13, 2025, 6:30 - 8PM

Pink, yellow, and white rubrics collaged together taking up the entire frame.

Behind the Scenes: Fall Exhibitions

November 13, 2025, 5:30 - 6:30PM

Digital rendering of tree bark crying a neon green tear drop on the right side overlayed on a dark green background. A bright red rectangular cube encasing a tree crying a neon green tear with the root system below.

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