Monday, January 30, 2006
SCIENCE ENTERTAINMENT
There are several very interesting and very popular programs devoted to "science entertainment" in the New York area. (NOTE: THESE PROGRAMS ARE OFTEN OVER-SUBSCRIBED. IT'S BEST TO MAKE A RESERVATION EARLY AND ARRIVE EARLY!)
The CUNY Graduate center program (led by Dr. Brian Schwartz and Adrienne Klein) includes robots dancing and a look at the history and craft of the Stradivarius violin.
At the Cornelia Street Cafe, Nobel Laureate (chemistry) Roald Hoffman's program includes a look at Darwin, with guest Jonathon Weiner, author of The Beak of the Finch (a great book about a research program observing evolution occuring in "real time" in birds at the Galapagos Islands),
AT THE CUNY GRADUATE CENTER
- February 14 - "Science Valentine" (Tuesday, 6 PM, Free)
- March 1 - "Soft Science: Experimental Films On Science" (Wednesday, 7 PM, Free)
- March 28 - "An Experiment with an Air Pump: Furtive Romance, Farce, Science and Buried Secrets" (Tuesday, 6 PM, Free)
- March 31 -"Robot Dance Competition" (Friday, 2-3 PM, Free)
- April 5 - "The Violin: De-Coding Perfection" (Wednesday, 6 PM, Free)
- May 15 - "Big Bang: Premiere Of a New Musical Work Inspired By Astrophysics" (Monday, 6 PM, Free)
- May 22 - “ 'Intelligent Design' under the Microscope" (Monday, 5-9 PM, Free)
- June 17-18 - Street Fair Science, (Saturday and Sunday)
AT THE CORNELIA STREET CAFE
- Feb. 5, 2006 - "Darwin" with Richard Milner
- March 5, 2006 - “Hearing, really Hearing” with A.J. Hudspeth and friends.
- April 2, 2006 - to be announced...
- May 7, 2006 - “The Hard Stuff: Biomineralization” with Lia Addadi, Joanna Aizenberg and friends
- Coming... "Wine and Other Intoxicating Beverages" with Patrick McGovern
