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The lobby in building 13 by the elevators is not as far from the Student Center as Morss Hall, but it has many of the same problems. The temperature is greatly affected by the external weather simply because people are always cutting through the lobby and exiting to the outside. There is no nearby parking for our caller and cuer. At least there are no tables to move. The real problem with Lobby 13 is the acoustics. The lobby echoes in a way the makes it hard to hear what the caller and cuer are saying. We've been in Lobby 13 some in 2014 and have been finding ways to make the acoustics work better. (Comment from Veronica: Lobby 13 seems unpopular enough that we should only choose it over smaller rooms when we know we'll need the space – like during a class.) Cancellation deadline is 48 hours in advance.
W20W20-407 and W20-491
These virtually identical rooms are on the fourth floor of the Student Center. We can fit six squares in a pinch, but we are much more comfortable with only four. These are ideal rooms for our smaller dance workshops (squares or rounds). Cancellation deadline is 48 hours in advance.
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These are not booked through the CAC. This means they are available during the standard CAC “blackout” periods.
For For small workshops (1-2 squares) 4-261, 4-265, 5-134, 5-217, 5-233, 5-234, 5-217, 36-156, and 66-168 are all reasonable choices. Workshop rooms goes into more detail.
When filling in a request you'll want to list these preferred attributes: tile floor, flat room, moveable furniture.
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The schedules office writes "Room E19-202 is a department space, and is not managed by the Registrar’s Office. I can refer your request over to that department, but I can’t guarantee turnaround time or availability. For DLC (department/labs/center) managed spaces, our team creates a request and refers it over to the individual department on a student group's behalf. If the Squares are still interested in using E19-202 for your meetings, I can create a separate request in the system. However, it can sometimes take quite a while to hear back."
MIT Music and Theater Arts may have some spaces in W97 available. https://mta-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/spaceresources does not list the available spaces in W97, but other student groups have used spaces that may work for Tech Squares.
The Foundry is a community space a few blocks from the Kendall Square T stop. As of 2022, the price for the 1079 sq ft dance studio (with "sprung wooden flooring"), the 1335 sq ft Red Multi Room, or the 4256 sq ft "Community Hall" for a weekly recurring reservation is $35-40/hr. The one-time non-weekly price is $70-80/hr. A sliding scale is available, based on organization operating income. I assume this would be based on MIT operating income, not on Tech Squares operating income. If it is based on Tech Squares operating income, though, the cost would be free. Unfortunately, the venue also closes at 8 PM.
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