Entertaining Science at the Cornelia Street Cafe

Sunday, Mar 11 - 6:00PM at the Cornelia Street Cafe
ENTERTAINING SCIENCE: BEAUTY AND THE BEASTIES


Irene Moon and David Rothenberg sing about EO Wilson from Irene Moon on Vimeo.



Irene Moon performs My Queen and I from Irene Moon on Vimeo.


Roald Hoffmann, Dave Soldier, hosts
David Rothenberg, ; Irene Moon,

David Rothenberg, author of WHY BIRDS SING and SURVIVAL OF THE BEAUTIFUL (“ecstatic” says the Wall St Journal, “triumphant” says the Guardian) will tell us why evolution is as much about survival of the beautiful as it is of the fittest; why Charles Darwin said the peacock’s tail made him sick. Showing us bowerbird sculptures and playing animal sounds from whales to cicadas, he explains why beauty is a necessary part of nature.

Which leads most naturally to a surreal performance by Irene Moon, of the Museum of Natural History and the Begonia Society, “What is Beautiful?”. In vignettes, biological organisms act out short PowerPoint plays emerging out of the creative fascination with detail that could only come out of the intimate relationship a scientist has with his or her subject. Song and imagery will make the disgusting beautiful – believe us. Moon’s actors include internal parasites -- tapeworms, hookworms – and blood-sucking insects and their mouths -- mosquitos, fleas, and, since this is New York City, bedbugs.

$10 cover http://www.davidrothenberg.net , http://www.begoniasociety.org

Moon programs for Radio Boredcast!

Here is the list of Moon interviews for the A/V festival Radio Boredcast curated and organized by Vicki Bennett.
. There are a lot of good artists and musical material (24 hours worth!) on each of the days.

Day 1: Irene Moon: Let's Talk Science - The Ice Show - in conversation with Chris Watson

Day 5: Irene Moon: Let's Talk Science - Human Evolution - Part 1- A conversation with Andrea Lucky, North Carolina State University

Day 13: Irene Moon: Let's Talk Science - Human Evolution - Part 2- A conversation with Jiri Hulcr, North Carolina State University

Day 14: Rebroadcast of Irene Moon: Let's Talk Science - Human Evolution - Part 2- A conversation with Jiri Hulcr, North Carolina State University

Day 20: Rebroadcast of Irene Moon: Let's Talk Science - The Ice Show - in conversation with Chris Watson

Day 21: Irene Moon: Let's Talk Science - Sleep - A conversation with Dave Armitage, University of California, Berkley

Day 24: Rebroadcast of Irene Moon: Let's Talk Science - Sleep - A conversation with Dave Armitage, University of California, Berkley

Day 26: Irene Moon: Let's Talk Science - Rust - A conversation with John Selegue, University of Kentucky

Day 28: A rebroadcast of Irene Moon: Let's Talk Science - The Ice Show - in conversation with Chris Watson

Day 29: A rebroadcast of Irene Moon: Let's Talk Science - Rust - A conversation with John Selegue, University of Kentucky

That is a lot of days folks!!