Wednesday, March 7th @ 8 PM: “A Night of Cosmic Mayhem”

Author and Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Lectures on Our Awesome (and Scary) Universe at 8 p.m.

Is the universe cuddly and friendly? NO! It’s full of “monstrous gamma-ray bursts, deadly pulsars, matter-crushing gravitational fields, [and] matter-hungry black holes that flay their bloated stellar neighbors.”

The author of Death By Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries, Neil deGrasse Tyson embarks on an interstellar journey to explore quasars, exploding stars, dwarf galaxies, AND what will happen if you fly your spaceship too close to a black hole.

The director of the Hayden Planetarium, Dr. Tyson is host of PBS’s Nova: scienceNOW and current chair of the Planetary Society, originally founded by Carl Sagan. According to People magazine, he is also the “Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive.”

Before: Groove to tunes inspired by the cosmic ballet.
Imbibe the Quantum Cocktails of the Night: the “Black Hole Russian” and the “Big Bang” — they will blow your mind.



“Starboy”: An Animated Rock Musical at 9:30 p.m.

In composer/musician Lee Feldman’s “Starboy,” a two-dimensional superhero from a dying outer-space world falls in love with a three-dimensional girl. Starboy zaps monsters, helps old ladies cross the street, and lives in an apartment with his uncle, “the mathematician.” Feldman’s songs are haunting, way past quirky, and strangely catchy. Selected lyrics: “On a distant star, many light years away, people are dying and the food isn’t satisfying to even the least-discerning …” The chunky, colorful animation is by Joe Campbell.

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