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Dear PANIC11 Participant,
Welcome to MIT and to Cambridge. PANIC11 PANIC11 has a full schedule of plenary and promises to be very exciting, with many new parallel sessions, and we would like to call results and a full program of current research your attention to the public lectures on Tuesday in particle and nuclear physics. We are very evening celebrating the 100th anniversary of excited to host PANIC11, and are delighted the discovery of the atomic nucleus, with talks you are able to attend. by historian Brian Cathcart and physicist and Nobel Prize winner Jerry Friedman. The MIT campus and surrounding Cambridge neighborhood offer many attractions and res- Welcome again to PANIC11 at MIT. taurants all within a short walk of the main PANIC11 venue, Kresge Hall. Downtown Boston and the waterfront are a short subway ride away. We hope you will find time to ex- Peter Fisher, co-chair Richard Milner, co-chair plore that area. The #1 or Dudley/Harvard Station bus stops at MIT on Mas- Location sachusetts Avenue (in front of the student center), and provides transportation to Central Square and Harvard Square (north- Located on the north shore of the Charles River Basin in bound), and Boston (southbound). Additionally, the CT1 Cambridge, MIT’s campus is within 3 miles of two major in- (Crosstown bus) stops at the MIT stop on Massachusetts Av- terstate highways, less than 6 miles from a major internation- enue, and the CT2 bus stops on the corner of Massachusetts al airport, and is accessible via public transportation. MIT Avenue and Vassar St. as well as at Kendall Square T Station. is a 15-30 minute walk from downtown Boston (depending on the weather). MIT is a 30-40 minute walk from Harvard The public transit website can be found at: www.mbta.com. University (located just up the river from the MIT campus). Taxis There are two cab stands on campus: one at the Kendall T stop on Main St., and one on Massachusetts Ave., in front of the Transportation Student Center.
While rental cars are readily available, we don’t recommend Please note that while it’s possible to flag down cabs in other using them. Parking near campus is neither easy nor inex- areas of town, you can’t catch a Boston cab if you’re in Cam- pensive. There are three modes of transportation that work bridge, and vice versa. To take out-of-town cabs, you have to best: the public transit system (“the T”), taxis, and walking. call them to pick you up.
Public Transportation Cambridge cab companies: Both the Kendall/MIT Station & Central Square Station are Ambassador Brattle Taxi & Yellow Cab: 617-492-1100 a short walk from campus. The walk from Central Square Green Cab & Yellow Cab: 617-628-0600 takes about 10 minutes, and leads you right down Massa- chusetts Avenue. The Kendall/MIT Station is on the eastern Boston-area cab companies: side of campus, and as soon as you enter an MIT building Metro Cab: 617-782-5500 Bay State Cab: 617-566-5000 you can get to the other buildings without going outside. Hello Taxi: 617-734-1111 Top Cab: 617-266-4800
3 Useful Information
Campus Tours FedEx Office Print & Ship Center Cambridge Trust Company Information about scheduled campus 600 Technology Square 1720 Massachusetts Ave. tours can be found on the MIT Events 617-494-5905 617-661-0398 page at events.mit.edu/index.html. Groups larger than 10 must make Childcare Citizens Bank special reservations by emailing 141 Portland St [email protected]. Bright Horizons Children’s Center 617-374-1550 Ste 1, 129 Franklin Street Internet Accessibility 617-621-9553 Wainwright Bank & Trust Company A computer cafe will be located in the 1 Broadway #1 lobby of Kresge Auditorium. Limited Parents in a Pinch 617-646-4800 printing will be available there. MIT 617-739-5437 www.parentsinapinch.com offers free short-term network service Companions - Welcome Coffee to campus guests. To get your personal Monday, July 25th, 10 a.m. machine connected to the MIT network, Dry cleaning/Laundry 3rd floor balcony, Student Center please reference the computer infor- Alpha Cleaners & Tailoring mation sheet that is included in your W20-006 (Student Center) Gym/Recreation registration packet. 617-354-2088 MIT Zesiger Center - visitor passes Banks/ATMs 120 Vassar St. Copy shops/Office supplies 617-452-3690 MIT Copy Tech Center Bank of America mitrecsports.com W20-102 (Student Center) W20-104 (Student Center) 617-258-0859 617-225-0086
4 Sightseeing The Sights Boston Common/Swan Boats Old Town Trolley Tours Copley Square 617-522-1966 *incl. free harbor cruise & Old State www.aviewoncities.com/boston/ www.swanboats.com House Museum ticket copleysquare.htm 1-888-910-TOUR (8687) Charles River/Esplanade www.trolleytours.com Classic Boston Neighborhoods www.esplanadeassociation.org Fenway Park Tour Beacon Hill Emerald Necklace park system 4 Yawkey Way www.beaconhillonline.com www.emeraldnecklace.org boston.redsox.mlb.com 617-226-6666 North End Freedom Trail Costume Guided Tours www.northendboston.com 617-357-8300 Boston Red Sox single game tickets www.thefreedomtrail.org/tickets/tours.html 4 Yawkey Way Day Trips 888-RED-SOX6 (733-7696) Shakespeare on the Common boston.redsox.mlb.com Concord - Home of Thoreau, Emer- Boston Common - Parkman Bandstand July 24th: Sox v. Seattle son, Hawthorne, the Alcotts, Sleepy 617-426-0863 July 25-28th: Sox v. Kansas City Hollow Cemetary, Walden Pond, and www.commshakes.org Minute Man National Park. Samuel Adams Brewery Tour www.concordnet.org/pages/index Boston Duck Tours 30 Germania St. 4 Copley Place 617-368-5080 Salem - New England coastal town, 617-267-DUCK (3825) www.samueladams.com location of the Salem Witch Trials. www.bostonducktours.com www.salem.org
5 Listed from Food in Cambridge $ to $$$$ Sunny’s Diner (Breakfast/Brunch) The Helmand (Afghan) East Coast Grill (BBQ, Seafood, Brunch) 7 Landsdowne St. 143 First St. 795 Main St. 617-491-9500 617-492-4646 617-491-6568 www.sunnysdiner.com www.helmandrestaurant.com www.eastcoastgrill.net
Cambridge Brewing Company (Brewery) Muqueca Restaurant (Brazilian) Hungry Mother (Southern) 1 Kendall Sq., Building 100 1008 Cambridge St. 233 Cardinal Medeiros Ave. 617-661-3278 617-354-3296 617-499-0090 www.cambridgebrewing.com www.muquecarestaurant.com www.hungrymothercambridge.com
Courthouse Seafood Restaurant Toscanini’s (Ice Cream) Oleana Restaurant (Turkish) 498 Cambridge St. 899 Main St. 134 Hampshire St. 617-491-1213 617-491-5877 617-661-0505 www.courthouseseafood.com www.tosci.com www.oleanaresataurant.com
Flour Bakery + Cafe Legal Sea Foods Craigie on Main (American, French) 190 Massachusetts Ave. 5 Cambridge Ctr., Ste. 1 853 Main St. 617-225-2525 617-864-3400 617-497-5511 www.flourbakery.com www.legalseafoods.com www.craigieonmain.com
Green Street Grill (American) Cuchi Cuchi (Tapas/Lounge) Salts (French, American) 280 Green St. 795 Main St. 798 Main St. 617-876-1655 617-864-2929 617-876-8444 www.greenstreetgrill.com www.cuchicuchi.cc www.saltsrestaurant.com
6 J.P. Licks (Ice Cream) ...and in Boston 352 Newbury St. 617-236-1666 Giacomo’s (Italian) The Oceanaire Seafood Room www.jplicks.com 355 Hanover St. 40 Court St. 617-523-9026 617-742-2277 The Barking Crab (Casual Seafood) www.giacomosblog-boston.blogspot.com www.theoceanaire.com 88 Sleeper St. 617-426-2722 Jacob Wirth Restaurant (German) Top of the Hub (American) www.barkingcrab.com 31 Stuart St. 800 Boylston St., Ste. 2 617-338-8586 617-536-1775 The Courtyard Restaurant www.jacobwirth.com www.topofthehub.net at the Boston Public Library (American, Afternoon Tea) Zaftigs Delicatessen (Deli, Breakfast) L’Espalier (French) 700 Boylston St. 335 Harvard St. 774 Boylston St. 617-859-2251 617-975-0075 617-262-3023 www.thecateredaffair.com/bpl/courtyard www.zaftigs.com www.lespalier.com
Pomodoro (Italian) Eastern Standard Kitchen (American) Meritage (Seafood, American) 319 Hanover St. 528 Commonwealth Ave. 70 Rowes Wharf 617-367-4348 617-532-9100 617-439-3995 www.pomodoroboston.com www.easternstandardboston.com www.meritagetherestaurant.com
Gaslight Brasserie du Coin (French) Fugakyu (Sushi Bar/Japanese) No. 9 Park (American) 560 Harrison Ave. 1280 Beacon St. 9 Park St. 617-422-0224 617-734-1268 617-742-9991 www.gaslight560.com www.fugakyu.net www.no9park.com
7 Cultural Attractions Mary Baker Eddy Library Mapparium 200 Massachusetts Ave. MIT List Visual Arts Center Boston Public Library 888-222-3711 20 Ames St., Building E15 700 Boylston St. www.marybakereddylibrary.org 617-253-4680 617-536-5400 listart.mit.edu www.bpl.org Museum of Afro-American History; African Meeting House MIT Museum Franklin Park Zoo 46 Joy St. 265 Mass Ave., Building N51 1 Franklin Park Rd. 617-725-0022 617-253-5927 617-541-LION (5466) www.afroammuseum.org web.mit.edu/museum www.zoonewengland.org Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) MIT Science Library Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) *New Art of the Americas wing 160 Memorial Dr., Building 14S, Rm. 134 100 Northern Ave. 465 Huntington Ave. 617-253-5671 617-478-3100 617-267-9300 libraries.mit.edu/esl/science www.icaboston.org www.mfa.org
Harvard University Museums Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Museum of Science 32 Quincy St. 280 The Fenway 1 Science Park 617-495-9400 617-566-1401 617-723-2500 www.harvardartmuseums.org www.gardnermuseum.org www.mos.org
Boston Children’s Museum JFK Library & Museum New England Aquarium 308 Congress St. Columbia Point 1 Central Wharf 617-426-6500 617-514-1600 617-973-5206 www.bostonkids.org www.jfklibrary.org www.neaq.org
8 Nightlife ...and Shopping
Dancing/Live Music Bars/Pubs AMC Boston Common 175 Tremont St. Regattabar (Jazz & Blues) Drink 617-423-5801 1 Bennett St. 348 Congress St. 617-661-5000 617-695-1806 www.regattabarjazz.com www.drinkfortpoint.com Shopping Cambridgeside Galleria (free shuttle @ Kendall Square!) Tango by Moonlight Miracle of Science Bar+Grill 100 CambridgeSide Place [email protected] 321 Massachusetts Ave. 617-621-8666 www.bostontango.org 617-868-2866 www.cambridgesidegalleria.com www.miracleofscience.us Wally’s Café (Jazz & Blues) Faneuil Hall Marketplace 427 Mass Ave. River Gods Located off of Congress St., 617-424-1408 125 River St. on the Freedom Trail www.wallyscafe.com 617-576-1881 www.faneuilhallmarketplace.com www.rivergodsonline.com Comedy Newbury Street Stroll down this classic Back Bay street! Improv Asylum Movie Theaters http://newburystreetleague.org 216 Hanover St. Kendall Square Cinema 617-263-6887 1 Kendall Sq. The Shops at Prudential Center/Copley Place Mall www.improvasylum.com 617-499-1996 800 Boylston St. 1-800-SHOP-PRU www.prudentialcenter.com
9 Smoking Policy In accordance with the city of Cambridge’s smoking ordinance, smoking is prohibited in all spaces of all MIT academic and service buildings Other Resources located in Cambridge.
Safety Websites Daily Newspapers MIT is an urban school. While most areas are www.mit.edu Boston Globe safe, you are urged to be careful and check with events.mit.edu Boston Herald local residents if you anticipate exploring www.cambridge-usa.org Christian Science Monitor Cambridge at night alone or in small groups. www.cityofboston.gov/ARTS/ www.tripadvisor.com Other Newspapers Campus police: 617-253-1212 www.visitnewengland.com Boston Business Journal or dial 100 from campus www.yelp.com/boston Boston Phoenix Metro Medical Care Magazines Tech Talk Emergencies on campus: dial 100 Boston Magazine The Weekly Dig Emergencies off campus: dial 911 Improper Bostonian
Conference Secretariat (Phones staffed during business hours) Week before conference: 617-253-2395 Week of conference: 617- 253-1644 Please, remember to wear your badge!