Professor John Grotzinger is giving a talk at the MIT Faculty Club on March 8 on “Evidence for Water on the Surface of Mars”. If you’re an MIT alum I can recommend this talk highly as Grotzinger is an outstanding scientist and teacher. The event is run by the MIT Club of Boston and includes drinks and dinner starting around 5:30 or 6 pm. The talk itself is at 7:30. Doug Robinow and I are going. Register at http://bostonclub.mit.edu/events/050308.html
(If you’re not an alum you might be able to talk your way in.)
The “RSVP” section at the bottom of the linked page indicates that non-members can get in by paying $5 extra. Or perhaps that just refers to alumni who are not members of the club?