The Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Project
Drs. Heather Berlin and Tia Powell join playwrights Deb Laufer and Anna Ziegler and journalist Robin Henig for this year’s EST/Sloan Artist Cultivation Event on October 20
http://www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org/drs-heather-berlin-and-tia-powell-join-playwrights-deb-laufer-and-anna-ziegler-and-journalist-robin
Graeme Gillis, Program Director
Linsay Firman, Associate Director
The Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Project is an initiative designed to stimulate artists to create credible and compelling work exploring the worlds of science and technology and to challenge the existing stereotypes of scientists and engineers in the popular imagination.
The partnership between the Ensemble Studio Theatre and The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is the creative engine behind hundreds of new American plays that challenge and broaden the public’s understanding of science and technology and their impact in our lives. Plays from the EST/Sloan Project are produced again and again across the country. This begins at EST’s home base in Hell’s Kitchen, New York, for forty years a crucial platform for new and unheard voices in the American theatre. Over the past fifteen years, this reputation has been enhanced by the critically acclaimed productions presented on the theatre’s Mainstage every season under the banner of the EST/Sloan Project.
Beyond New York, the program now has a nationwide reach. It supports development and production of new plays in theatres across the country through a combination of seed grants and production incentives. These initiatives provide an extended life for EST/Sloan plays in subsequent regional productions, and the seed grants provide a broader base of artistic opportunity for communities outside of New York, allowing the program to cast a wider net for new work.
Proposals will be accepted starting September 1st, 2015
Deadline for artist proposals and script submissions: November 1, 2015
Deadline for regional workshop grants: December 1, 2015
Click here for submission guidelines
Drs. Heather Berlin and Tia Powell join playwrights Deb Laufer and Anna Ziegler and journalist Robin Henig for this year’s EST/Sloan Artist Cultivation Event on October 20
http://www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org/drs-heather-berlin-and-tia-powell-join-playwrights-deb-laufer-and-anna-ziegler-and-journalist-robin
Graeme Gillis, Program Director
Linsay Firman, Associate Director
The Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Project is an initiative designed to stimulate artists to create credible and compelling work exploring the worlds of science and technology and to challenge the existing stereotypes of scientists and engineers in the popular imagination.
The partnership between the Ensemble Studio Theatre and The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is the creative engine behind hundreds of new American plays that challenge and broaden the public’s understanding of science and technology and their impact in our lives. Plays from the EST/Sloan Project are produced again and again across the country. This begins at EST’s home base in Hell’s Kitchen, New York, for forty years a crucial platform for new and unheard voices in the American theatre. Over the past fifteen years, this reputation has been enhanced by the critically acclaimed productions presented on the theatre’s Mainstage every season under the banner of the EST/Sloan Project.
Beyond New York, the program now has a nationwide reach. It supports development and production of new plays in theatres across the country through a combination of seed grants and production incentives. These initiatives provide an extended life for EST/Sloan plays in subsequent regional productions, and the seed grants provide a broader base of artistic opportunity for communities outside of New York, allowing the program to cast a wider net for new work.
Proposals will be accepted starting September 1st, 2015
Deadline for artist proposals and script submissions: November 1, 2015
Deadline for regional workshop grants: December 1, 2015
Click here for submission guidelines
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Science Goes to the Movies is a new monthly series, co-hosted by Faith Salie and Dr. Heather Berlin, that looks at the science in contemporary motion pictures. Guests are drawn from different scientific disciplines, illuminating scientific truths or imaginings in films like Interstellar, Birdman, The Theory of Everything, Into the Woods, The Imitation Game and more. The series encourages lively and informative conversation about concepts, as well as film portrayals of scientists and scientific inquiry, asking if there is real science behind a story, or if a screenwriter made something up. Is science leading dramatic imagination, or does imagination create new science? Faith Salie is a television and national public radio host, political and pop culture commentator, interviewer, journalist and actor. Dr. Heather Berlin is an American neuroscientist focusing on brain-behavior relationships affecting the prevention and treatment of psychiatric disorders. |
http://www.cuny.tv/show/sciencegoestothemovies
The premiere episode will be available to watch here beginning Friday, February 20.
Hallucinations and black holes vie for the 2015 Oscar. Co-hosts Faith Salie and Dr. Heather Berlin are joined by AMNH astrophysicst Dr. Emily Rice for a look at the science in three of the top films of the year, Birdman, The Theory of Everything, and Interstellar.
Science Goes to the Movies is made possible by generous support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
The premiere episode will be available to watch here beginning Friday, February 20.
Hallucinations and black holes vie for the 2015 Oscar. Co-hosts Faith Salie and Dr. Heather Berlin are joined by AMNH astrophysicst Dr. Emily Rice for a look at the science in three of the top films of the year, Birdman, The Theory of Everything, and Interstellar.
Science Goes to the Movies is made possible by generous support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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Empiricist League #14: Free Will Wednesday, February 4 at 8:00pm in EST Union Hall, 702 Union St, Brooklyn, New York 11215 (718) 638-4400 info@unionhallny.com https://www.facebook.com/events/374224422751460 Tickets $8 in advance, $10 day of show. Available online at: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/752899. Are we really in control of our own decisions? Do we have a “self” that actively makes choices, or do unseen processes within the brain make our decisions for us? Join a neuroscientist, a biologist/comedian, and a philosopher at the Empiricist League’s fourteenth gathering, covering the many ways that scientific discoveries are undermining one of our most cherished beliefs. Genetic Predestination: How Our Genes Are Ruining Our Lives Raj Sivaraman is a writer, comedian, and Ph.D. scientist. He is one of the co-hosts of the Universe City podcast, which breaks down scientific papers for mainstream audiences, and has performed in several festivals all over the country and presented his research at as many international scientific conferences. Dr. Sivaraman will speak to the Empiricist League about how our genes constrain our ability to have “free will”. |
The Automaton Within: Determinism and the Philosophy of Free Will
Dr. Justin Garson is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy department at Hunter College. He specializes in the Philosophy of Biology, with an emphasis on the intersection between biology and mind. Dr. Garson is the author of “The Biological Mind: A Philosophical Introduction” in which he outlines a philosophical perspective on morality and altruism, and how it unfolds in evolution. He will speak to the Empiricist League about the philosophical roots of the concept of free will.
You Are Your Brain: What Neuroscience Says About Who’s In Charge
Dr. Heather Berlin is a cognitive neuroscientist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She explores interactions of the human brain and mind with the goal of contributing to improved treatment and prevention of impulsive and compulsive psychiatric disorders. Dr. Berlin is a presenter on the Discovery Channel series Superhuman Showdown and has made numerous media appearances including the History Channel, BBC World Service, World Science Festival, StarTalk Radio, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and TEDx. Dr. Berlin will speak to the Empiricist League about recent research in neuroscience and their implications for our understanding of free will.
Dr. Justin Garson is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy department at Hunter College. He specializes in the Philosophy of Biology, with an emphasis on the intersection between biology and mind. Dr. Garson is the author of “The Biological Mind: A Philosophical Introduction” in which he outlines a philosophical perspective on morality and altruism, and how it unfolds in evolution. He will speak to the Empiricist League about the philosophical roots of the concept of free will.
You Are Your Brain: What Neuroscience Says About Who’s In Charge
Dr. Heather Berlin is a cognitive neuroscientist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She explores interactions of the human brain and mind with the goal of contributing to improved treatment and prevention of impulsive and compulsive psychiatric disorders. Dr. Berlin is a presenter on the Discovery Channel series Superhuman Showdown and has made numerous media appearances including the History Channel, BBC World Service, World Science Festival, StarTalk Radio, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and TEDx. Dr. Berlin will speak to the Empiricist League about recent research in neuroscience and their implications for our understanding of free will.
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Off the Top: The Neuroscience of Creativity
Date: Sun, Mar 1, 2015, 8 pm Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd St Venue: Buttenwieser Hall Price: from $30.00 Science rapper Baba Brinkman (Rap Guide to Evolution) teams up with neuroscientist Dr. Heather Berlin, neuropsychologist Rex Jung and cognitive psychologist and science writer Scott Barry Kaufman to explore the brain basis of improvisation, mixing freestyle rap with the latest research. http://www.92y.org/Event/The-Neuroscience-of-Creativity.aspx |
The Curiosity Review
July 23, 2014
Curious about the brain basis of spontaneous creativity?
Tonight at Rockefeller University, neuroscientist Dr. Heather Berlin, a Weizmann Advocate for Curiosity, will team up with science rapper and freestyle fanatic, poet, and playwright Baba Brinkman, best known for recordings and performances that combine hip hop music with literature, theatre, and science, to explore the subject.
http://www.weizmann-usa.org/care-share-repair/blog/the-curiosity-review/2014/07/23/curious-about-the-brain-basis-of-spontaneous-creativity
July 23, 2014
Curious about the brain basis of spontaneous creativity?
Tonight at Rockefeller University, neuroscientist Dr. Heather Berlin, a Weizmann Advocate for Curiosity, will team up with science rapper and freestyle fanatic, poet, and playwright Baba Brinkman, best known for recordings and performances that combine hip hop music with literature, theatre, and science, to explore the subject.
http://www.weizmann-usa.org/care-share-repair/blog/the-curiosity-review/2014/07/23/curious-about-the-brain-basis-of-spontaneous-creativity
Live at the Bell House:
Heart of Darkness: Jaguar Paw
With Dave Hill / Cocoon Central / Musical guest Matt Kilmer & Mind Warrior Heather Berlin Ph.D.
Hosted By Greg Barris
Friday, Jun 28, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT (Doors open at 7:30 PM)
The Bell House
149 7th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Brooklyn, NY
21 years and over
General Admission: $14.00
Purchase tickets in advance at:
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3539834&pl=bellpl
Heart of Darkness: Jaguar Paw
With Dave Hill / Cocoon Central / Musical guest Matt Kilmer & Mind Warrior Heather Berlin Ph.D.
Hosted By Greg Barris
Friday, Jun 28, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT (Doors open at 7:30 PM)
The Bell House
149 7th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215 Brooklyn, NY
21 years and over
General Admission: $14.00
Purchase tickets in advance at:
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3539834&pl=bellpl
World Science Festival 2013
Friday, May 31, 2013 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Measuring Consciousness Philosophers remain puzzled over the meaning of consciousness, but now scientists are asking another question: How do you measure it? In this salon, we reveal the techniques and technologies that scientists are developing to peer inside the human brain and eavesdrop on neurons. The World Science Festival’s annual salon series offers in-depth conversations with leading scientists, extending the discussion of the Festival’s premiere public programs to graduate students, postdocs, faculty and well-informed members of the general public. Moderated by Carl Zimmer. Participants: Heather Berlin, Mélanie Boly, Christof Koch, Joseph LeDoux, Gary Marcus, Rafael Yuste http://worldsciencefestival.com/events/measuring_consciousness http://worldsciencefestival.com/participants/heather_berlin |
World Science Festival 2013
Saturday, June 1, 2013 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM The Rap Guide to Evolution At once provocative, hilarious, intelligent and scientifically accurate, The Rap Guide is an unusual exposition of Charles Darwin’s theories, navigating natural selection, sexual selection and the evolutionary roots of human behavior, all in the setting of the world’s first peer-reviewed hip-hop show. How is bling like a peacock’s tail? What do scorpions, geese and gangster rappers have in common? Can white people be Afro-centric? Through clever re-workings of popular rap songs and original character driven story lines, explore a culturally evolved take on Darwinian evolution. The Rap Guide to Evolution is part of a three show cycle, Evolutionary Tales, running May 31 to June 22 at the Player’s Theatre. Performance by Baba Brinkman and Jamie Simmonds http://worldsciencefestival.com/events/rap_guide_to_evolution http://worldsciencefestival.com/participants/baba_brinkman http://worldsciencefestival.com/participants/jamie_simmonds |
The Secret Science Club
Tuesday, May 21, 8 pm @ the Bell House, FREE! Secret Science Club presents "It's All in Your Mind!" w/ Cognitive Neuroscientist Heather Berlin
How much control do you have over your brain? In recent years, scientists have discovered a tremendous amount of human behavior is actually motivated by unconscious processes. At the Secret Science Club, neuroscientist Heather Berlin delves into your deepest, darkest thoughts.
She asks:
--Who’s really in control? Is there a neural basis for free will?
-- How do conscious impulses and thoughts become unconscious (as in repression) and vice-versa (Freudian slips)?
-- What can brain imaging and neuropsychological experiments tell us about our emotions, obsessions, and compulsions?
--What is consciousness and how did it evolve? What purpose does it serve?
A cognitive neuroscientist in the departments of psychiatry and neuroscience at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Dr. Berlin researches impulsivity, compulsivity, and emotions with the goal of developing more targeted treatments for a variety of disorders. She has appeared as a featured scientist on the Discovery Channel’s Superhuman Showdown and Neil deGrasse Tyson’s StarTalk Radio.
Before & After
--Groove to unrepressed tunes
--Stick around for the compulsive Q&A
--Try our Cartesian cocktail of the night, the “I Think, Therefore I Drink”
This brain-boggling edition of the Secret Science Club meets Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at 8 pm @ the Bell House, 149 7th St. (between 2nd and 3rd avenues) in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Subway: F or G to 4th Ave; R to 9th St.
Doors open at 7:30 pm. Please bring ID: 21+
No cover. Just bring your smart self!
http://secretscienceclub.blogspot.com/2013/05/tuesday-may-21-8-pm-bell-house-free.html
Tuesday, May 21, 8 pm @ the Bell House, FREE! Secret Science Club presents "It's All in Your Mind!" w/ Cognitive Neuroscientist Heather Berlin
How much control do you have over your brain? In recent years, scientists have discovered a tremendous amount of human behavior is actually motivated by unconscious processes. At the Secret Science Club, neuroscientist Heather Berlin delves into your deepest, darkest thoughts.
She asks:
--Who’s really in control? Is there a neural basis for free will?
-- How do conscious impulses and thoughts become unconscious (as in repression) and vice-versa (Freudian slips)?
-- What can brain imaging and neuropsychological experiments tell us about our emotions, obsessions, and compulsions?
--What is consciousness and how did it evolve? What purpose does it serve?
A cognitive neuroscientist in the departments of psychiatry and neuroscience at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Dr. Berlin researches impulsivity, compulsivity, and emotions with the goal of developing more targeted treatments for a variety of disorders. She has appeared as a featured scientist on the Discovery Channel’s Superhuman Showdown and Neil deGrasse Tyson’s StarTalk Radio.
Before & After
--Groove to unrepressed tunes
--Stick around for the compulsive Q&A
--Try our Cartesian cocktail of the night, the “I Think, Therefore I Drink”
This brain-boggling edition of the Secret Science Club meets Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at 8 pm @ the Bell House, 149 7th St. (between 2nd and 3rd avenues) in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Subway: F or G to 4th Ave; R to 9th St.
Doors open at 7:30 pm. Please bring ID: 21+
No cover. Just bring your smart self!
http://secretscienceclub.blogspot.com/2013/05/tuesday-may-21-8-pm-bell-house-free.html