Science & the
Arts Series
Past Events
- by season:
- Fall 2007
- Spring 2007
- Fall 2006
- Spring - Summer 2006
- Fall 2005
- Spring 2005
- Einstein Lecture Series
- Fall 2004
- Spring 2004
- Fall 2003
- Summer 2003 Showcase
- Spring 2003
- Fall 2002
- Spring 2002: Science & Theater
- Fall 2001
Fall 2007 Events
- Illuminating Coney Island >
- #7427 - Tuesday, September 25, 6:30 PM
- Synagogues in Germany: A Virtual Reconstruction >
- #7428 - Monday, October 29, 6:30 PM
- Science As A Creative Adventure of the Mind >
- #7455 - Tuesday, November 6, 6:30 PM
- A Scientist Goes to the Movies: The Matrix >
- Thursday, November 8, 6:30 PM
- Background >
- #7457 - Tuesday, November 20, 6:30 PM
Spring 2007 Events
- A Meeting of the Athanasius Kircher Society >
- Tuesday, January 16, 2007 7:00 PM
- Robot Dance Competition >
- Thursday, February 1, 2007 2:00 PM
- The Physics of the Buffyverse >
- Thursday, February 1, 2007 6:00 & 8:00 PM
- "Flight," a play by Arthur Giron >
- Play-reading by Break A Leg Productions
- Tuesday, February 27, 2007 6:30 PM
- Ben Franklin's Glass Armonica >
- Wednesday, March 21, 2007 6:30 PM
- Yuri's Night: A Celebration of Space Exploration >
- Thursday, April 12, 2007 6:30 PM
- Geometry and Art: From Escher to Animation >
- Wednesday, May 2, 2007 6:30 PM
- String Theory for Dummies >
- Tuesday, May 22, 2007 6:30 PM
Fall 2006 Events
- Benjamin Franklin’s Arcs and Sparks
- Monday, October 16, 7:00 PM
- Being Beakman
- Tuesday, October 24, 7:00 PM
- Theatre of Science
- Thursday, November 9 through Sunday, November 12
- A Scientist Goes to the Movies
- Friday, November 10, 6:30 PM
- Verse and Universe
- Friday and Saturday, November 10 and 11
- Tesla's Letters
- Monday, December 11, 6pm
Spring - Summer 2006 Events
- Science Valentine
- Tuesday, February 14, 6pm Free
- Soft Science: Experimental films on science
- Wednesday, March 1, 7pm Free
- An Experiment with an Air Pump
- Tuesday, March 28, 6pm Free
- Robot Dance Competition
- Friday, March 31, 2-3pm Free
- The Violin: De-Coding Perfection
- Wednesday, April 5, 6pm Free
- Nanotech: When Things Get Small
- Wednesday, April 26, 6:30 pm Free
- Some Fantastic Realities, Friday
- April 28, 3:30pm Free
- Big Bang: Premiere of a new musical work inspired by astrophysics
- Monday, May 15, 6pm Free
- “Intelligent Design” under the Microscope
- Monday, May 22, 6:30pm* Free
- Street Fair Science
- Saturday and Sunday,
June 17-18
Click for pictures of the Street Fair!
Click for links to video of the Street Fair! - Copenhagen
- Monday, June 26, 5:00 PM
- Big Bang
- Tuesday, June 27, 5:00 PM
- Lovesong of the Electric Bear
- Wednesday, July 26, 7:00 PM
Presented by Science & the Arts as part of
The 26th International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics.
Fall 2005 Events
These programs are supported in part by the National Science Foundation and are part of the celebration of the World Year of Physics.
- Crocheting the Hyperbolic Plane
- Thursday, September 22 5pm &7pm
- Flyer
- Monday, October 17 6pm
- Albert Einstein and Religion
- Monday, October 24 6pm
- Voodoo Science in the Age of Intelligent Design
- Monday, October 31 6pm
- Visual Art & the Brain: At the Interface of Art and Science
- Saturday, November 5 10am-6pm
- Magic and Comedy about Science
- Monday, November 7 7pm
- Idea Café – Crossing Disciplines
- Monday, November 7 7pm
- Big Bang: The Origins of the Universe
- Wednesday, Nov. 9 7pm
- Perpetual Motion: Revolutions in 17th Century Science and Music
- Monday, November 28 6pm
Spring 2005 Events
- Science to a Samba Beat
- Monday, January 31, 6 PM
- Einstein Simplified: Cartoons on Science
- Monday, February 28, 6 PM
- Celebrate Einstein's Birthday
- Monday, March 14
- Two of Einstein's Associates Reminisce
- 4:00 PM
- Einstein's Greatest Blunder: A Cosmic Mystery Story
- 6:00 PM
- I Spy Walter Wick
- Saturday, March 12, 3:00 PM,
- The Magic of Science
- Monday, March 28, 6 PM
- Two Plays about Einstein, Mass, and The Day Einstein Died
- Monday, April 18, 6 PM
- A Celebration of the American Physicist Richard Feynman: The Best Mind Since Einstein
- Panel Discussion
Monday, May 2, 4:30 PM- 5:30 PM
Staged reading of the full length play Moving Bodies
Monday, May 2,6PM
Einstein Lecture Series
- An Overview of the Life of Einstein and his Impact
- Monday, February 14, 6:00 PM
- Einstein and Freud: A Discourse Concerning Two New Sciences
- Monday, March 7, 6:00 PM
- How to Think Like Einstein
- Monday, March 28, 6:00 PM
- Einstein, Surveillance and Social Activism
- Monday, April 11, 6:00 PM
- Einstein's Vision of Space, Time and Parallel Universes
- Monday, May 9, 6:00 PM
Fall 2004 Events
- The History of Science and Magic
- symposium, Monday, September 27, 7pm
- Music
and Media, Three Evenings – conversations:
- Humboldt Festival
events:
Wide World - theatre premiere, Thursday, October 14, 6:45 pm
- Wilkommen!
- choral and orchestral music, Sunday, October 17, 3 pm
- Possible Worlds
- conversation, Monday, October 18, 6pm.
- Zyklon
- science opera, Monday, December 13, 6pm
Michel Gondry & Ed Halter, Thursday, September 30, 7 pm
Brian Eno & Todd Haynes, Thursday, October 7, 7 pm
Spring 2004 Events
- The Water-City: A Public Art Project in Mexico City
- Illustrated
lecture
Wednesday, January 21, 4pm - Science Friday
- live radio broadcast
Friday, January 23, 2-4pm - Science Vaudeville
- fun for all
Monday, March 1, 6pm. - Women and the Machine
- illustrated lecture
Monday, March 15, 5pm - The Doctor's Dilemma
- science theater and discussion
Tuesday, March 30, 6pm - The Physicists
- science theater
Monday, April 19, 6pm - Partition
-
science theater
Monday, May 17, 6 pm
Fall 2003 Events
- Galileo: The Emotional Life of a Spacecraft
- rock concert
Wednesday, September 17, 6 and 8 pm - Science as Theater - Theater as Science
- lecture
Monday, October 20, 6 pm - Feynman Lives!
-
solo performance
Monday, October 27, 6 pm - promises.com
- play by Israel Horovitz - Monday, November 3, 7 pm
- Look Up! "Chaos" Comes to New York
-
new media and music
Monday, December 1, 6 pm - Pierre and Marie: Love and Chemistry
- comedy
Monday, December 8, 6 pm
Summer 2003 Showcase Event
- Science as Performance
- Showcase Event, Wednesday, July 23, 2003
Spring 2003 Events
- Genomic Issue(s): Art and Science
- exhibition
February 26 –April 5, 2003;
opening reception, February 25, 5 - 7 pm - Thread of Life
- a new play, Monday, March 10, 6 pm
- Graphic Science
- Frank Burnet, Tuesday, March 11, 5pm
- Artist Discussion: Genomic Issue(s),
- Friday, March 14, 6 pm
- Dance, Music and DNA
- an evening of performance, Friday, March 28, 6 pm
- Science and Theater:
- new one-act dramas,
Monday, May 19, 6pm - Einstein-related events, Spring 2003
Fall 2002 Events
- ArtSci2002
- Science & Arts Symposium, Fri - Sun, December 6-8
- The Science, History and Music of the Concertina
- Monday, Nov 4, 6 pm
- Einstein's Dreams
- World Premiere of a Staged Reading, Monday, Oct 7, 6pm
Spring 2002 Events: Science & Theater
- Science Vaudville
- An original science revue, Monday, March 4, 6 pm
- Schr¬ödinger's Girlfriend
- A staged reading, Monday, April 22, 6 pm
- Oxygen
- A staged reading, Break-A-Leg Productions Monday, May 20, 6 pm
- Feynman F(Ph)ysics Festivaland the play QED
- March 16
- Why Einstein Would Love Spaghetti in Fundamental Physics
- April 4
Fall 2001 Events
- Science and Dance: The Physics of Ballet
- Monday October 1
- Science and the Art of Fractals
- Monday, November 5
- Science and Theater: Fermat's Last Tango
- Monday, December 3
- The Resilient Horseshoe Crab: Exhibition & Discussion
- Tuesday, December 4
Our events at The Graduate Center are free, unless noted. Pre-registering holds your seat until 15 minutes before curtain, then seating is first come, first served. Pre-register by phone or email: 212-817-8215 or continuinged@gc.cuny.edu.
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