From ravi at MIT.EDU  Wed Oct  4 00:04:46 2006
From: ravi at MIT.EDU (Ravi Purushotma)
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 00:04:46 -0400
Subject: [Mitbaevents] Movies that Matter Saturday 7:15pm
Message-ID: <5fe67d4b0610032104n42444a3do9da64cb86de2f363@mail.gmail.com>

Hey Everyone --

Some of us were getting together to watch _Innocent Voices_ on
Saturday 7:15 pm in the Sidney Pacific seminar room if you and/or any
friends wanted to join us!

~Ravi


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Based on the true story of screenwriter Oscar Torres's embattled
childhood, Luis Mandoki's Innocent Voices is the poignant tale of
Chava (Carlos Padilla), an eleven-year-old boy who suddenly becomes
the "man of the house" after his father abandons the family in the
middle of a civil war.

In El Salvador in the 1980s, the government's armed forces are already
recruiting twelve year olds, rousting them out of their classes at the
local middle school. If he is lucky, Chava has just one year of
innocence left, one year before he, too, will be conscripted to fight
the government's battle against the peasant rebels of the FMLN.
Chava's life becomes a game of survival, not only from the bullets of
the escalating war, but also from the dispiriting effects of daily
violence. As he hustles to find work to help his single mother pay the
bills, and experiences the pangs of first love for a beautiful
classmate, Chava's tiny home village becomes both playground and
battlefield.

Armed only with the love of his mother (Leonor Varela) and a small
radio that broadcasts a forbidden anthem of love and peace, and faced
with the impossible choice of joining either the army or the rebels,
Chava finds the courage to keep his heart open, and his spirit alive,
in his race against time.

(In Spanish with English Subtitles)
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From dgray at MIT.EDU  Sun Oct 15 00:23:26 2006
From: dgray at MIT.EDU (David S Gray)
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:23:26 -0400
Subject: [Mitbaevents] Prayers, readings about service, and music
Message-ID: <20061015002326.o6nfoonrzs4k0g4g@webmail.mit.edu>

Hi,

Iman Yazdani and I plan to host a devotional gathering Sunday in the Seminar
Room of Sidney Pacific tomorrow.  We plan to read prayers and passages about
service and listen to music.  Everyone is welcome and we would love to see you

Devotional Gathering -- Service
Seminar Room, Sidney Pacific
2 - 3:00 pm
Sunday, October 15
(refreshments provided)

David


From dgray at MIT.EDU  Tue Oct 17 16:56:19 2006
From: dgray at MIT.EDU (dgray@MIT.EDU)
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:56:19 -0400
Subject: [Mitbaevents] Upcoming events
Message-ID: <20061017165619.xfx2r19lg8xwgo0w@webmail.mit.edu>

Hi,

There are a lot of great events this week.  A group plans to meet, pray, and
discuss the life of the Bab, who foretold the coming of Baha'u'llah,the founder
of the Baha'i Faith.  There is a celebration commemorating the Birth of the Bab,
and drama, stories, and music is planned.  An introductory talk about the Baha'i
Faith is scheduled to be at Harvard, and there is an Arts Night with Persian
folk music and art on display.  I'm happy to go to these events with anyone
interested or provide more information.  Friends would love to see you

Study Circle -- The Twin Manifestations
Wednesday, October 18, 7:00 pm
Quincy House
58 Plympton Street

Celebration of the Birth of the B?b
Thursday, October 19, 7:30 pm
Boston Bah?'? Center
595 Albany Street
Boston

Introductory Talk about the Baha'i Faith
Friday, October 20, 8:00 pm
Quincy House
58 Plympton Street

Arts Night
Performing Artist:
http://www.dissonanceresolved.com/artsnight/Shiraz_Ensemble.html
Visual Artist:
http://www.dissonanceresolved.com/artsnight/hesam_sabetian.html
Saturday, October 21, 7:00 pm
Boston Bah?'? Center
595 Albany Street
Boston


David



From dnawi at MIT.EDU  Fri Oct 20 02:51:54 2006
From: dnawi at MIT.EDU (David Nawi)
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 02:51:54 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Mitbaevents] Woohoo!  It's a birthday celebration!
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.62L.0610200245180.20248@all-night-tool.mit.edu>

So it's the Birth of the Bab today...

How about everyone who is available meet together in the first floor of 
the MIT Student Center around 1:00 pm?  Lunch will be my treat, and I've 
had my eye on that air hockey table for quite a while.  Not that any of 
you could beat me... ;-)

David

PS Sorry if this email is sent more than once; I wanted to make sure I 
included everyone in the area.


From jackievilladsen at gmail.com  Sat Oct 21 17:35:47 2006
From: jackievilladsen at gmail.com (Jackie Villadsen)
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 17:35:47 -0400
Subject: [Mitbaevents] Interfaith event at MacGregor tomorrow 2 pm
Message-ID: <77064b1c0610211435jbf3f496x67fed08ea5c1bf2a@mail.gmail.com>

Hello everybody!

I am holding an interfaith event in the MacGregor Seminar room at 2 pm
tomorrow, and you all are (most warmly) invited.  It will consist of music
and reading and quiet reflection on quotations from many different religions
about a certain theme. Tomorrow's will be inner and outer peace.  I want to
have this event because religion should unite, not divide, and I think that
one way to bring this about is for people to benefit from religions other
than their own.   I have often found that reading from other religions'
writings helps me grow.  So come and reflect on the wisdom of Krishna,
Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Muhammad, Baha'u'llah, and more.

I want to have an event like this regularly, so if you're interested in
coming, email me, and I can pick a time that works for everyone. Or just
come and don't tell me beforehand.  Please tell anyone else who might be
interested (not just MacGregor residents). Also, if you have any ideas for
the program (cool quotations, music, etc.) or if you can sing or play an
instrument, please let me know!

Much love,
Jackie
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From jackievilladsen at gmail.com  Sun Oct 22 11:53:17 2006
From: jackievilladsen at gmail.com (Jackie Villadsen)
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 11:53:17 -0400
Subject: [Mitbaevents] Fwd: Interfaith event at MacGregor today 2 pm
Message-ID: <77064b1c0610220853j169ee9bfm5d7f2d6fdc85552c@mail.gmail.com>

This email didn't go through earlier when I sent it, but there'll be
something like this regularly, so let me know if you'd like to come....


Hello everybody!

I am holding an interfaith event in the MacGregor Seminar room at 2 pm
today, and you all are (most warmly) invited.  It will consist of music and
reading and quiet reflection on quotations from many different religions
about a certain theme. Tomorrow's will be inner and outer peace.  I want to
have this event because religion should unite, not divide, and I think that
one way to bring this about is for people to benefit from religions other
than their own.   I have often found that reading from other religions'
writings helps me grow.  So come and reflect on the wisdom of Krishna,
Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Muhammad, Baha'u'llah, and more.

I want to have an event like this regularly, so if you're interested in
coming, email me, and I can pick a time that works for everyone. Or just
come and don't tell me beforehand.  Please tell anyone else who might be
interested (not just MacGregor residents). Also, if you have any ideas for
the program (cool quotations, music, etc.) or if you can sing or play an
instrument, please let me know!

Much love,
Jackie
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From eamon at MIT.EDU  Mon Oct 23 12:39:02 2006
From: eamon at MIT.EDU (Eamon Jacob Aghdasi)
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:39:02 -0400
Subject: [Mitbaevents] Marjane Satrapi in Kirsch Auditorium at 7pm
Message-ID: <20061023123902.xaj4v9plktcgoosc@webmail.mit.edu>

Hi,

Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian author/cartoonist, is speaking tonight in Kirsh
Auditorium in the Stata Center at 7pm. Anyone want to go?

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/arts-satrapi-1018.html

Sorry for multiple emails.

Eamon


From ravi at MIT.EDU  Thu Oct 26 12:00:10 2006
From: ravi at MIT.EDU (Ravi Purushotma)
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:00:10 -0400
Subject: [Mitbaevents] Osama -- Movies that Matter -- Saturday 3:30pm
Message-ID: <5fe67d4b0610260900m25f1e96y8ca5b805c50bb41a@mail.gmail.com>

Hey Everyone --

Some of us were getting together to watch _Osama_ on Saturday 3:30 pm
in the Sidney Pacific seminar room if you and/or any friends wanted to
join us!

~Ravi

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A 12-year-old Afghan girl and her mother lose their jobs when the
Taliban closes the hospital where they work. The Taliban have also
forbidden women to leave their houses without a male "legal
companion." With her husband and brother dead, killed in battle, there
is no one left to support the family. Without being able to leave the
house, the mother is left with nowhere to turn. Feeling that she has
no other choice, she disguises her daughter as a boy. Now called
'Osama,' the girl embarks on a terrifying and confusing journey as she
tries to keep the Taliban from finding out her true identity. Inspired
by a true story, Osama is the first entirely Afghan film shot since
the fall of the Taliban.
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From dgray at MIT.EDU  Sun Oct 29 02:06:24 2006
From: dgray at MIT.EDU (David S Gray)
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 02:06:24 -0500
Subject: [Mitbaevents] Devotional gathering -- Sunday
Message-ID: <20061029020624.a9hbg6zp8k6cgcos@webmail.mit.edu>

Hi,

A devotional gathering is planned to be hosted in Sidney Pacific tommorow. 
Passages from many religious traditions have been selected and music is planned
to be played during a period of praising God and reading His Word.

Devotions in Sidney Pacific
Seminar Room of Sidney Pacific Graduate Residence
3:30 pm
Prayer and reflection with music and writings of many religious traditions.
Map: tinyurl.com/y6n6fd
www.cambridgebahais.org/devotions/October29/SidneyPacific

Warm regards,

David


