Friday May 29th, 2026 at The Howland Cultural Center
This show will be out of this world!
Tickets on Sale MAY 1st! Early Bird Pricing ($15) from May 1st to May the 4th be with you. After May 4th, $20
TICKETS HERE.
Three fun-yet-informative visual presentations with music, prizes, refreshments and guaranteed good company.
Beacon Bicycle Coalition Co-Founder Yvonne Caruthers, a 35 year career cellist in the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington DC, presents Physics, Fashion, and Feminism: How Bicycles Continue to Change the World. The simple 2-wheeled vehicle that most of us learn to ride as kids has become a global phenomenon since its invention in the early 1800’s. No longer considered to be “just for kids”, bicycles have challenged our conceptions of clothing as well as city planning, and have become powerful cultural symbols as well.
Next, Astrophysicist, Author & Folklorist Dr. Moiya McTier brings us Constellations: the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly. Officially, the sky is divided into 88 zones called constellations, each with their own rich mythological histories and fascinating astronomical objects. But this astrophysicist/folklorist has to be honest: some constellations are undoubtedly awesome and some just objectively suck. This talk will reveal the best and worst constellations, scientifically and folklorically speaking.
Finally, Dr. Clara Sousa-Silva, a quantum astrochemist and molecular astrophysicist takes us into the strange and unknown with How to Maybe Find Aliens. Over the last few decades, scientists have found thousands of planets beyond our own. Some of those planets might be habitable, and perhaps even inhabited already; but how can we tell? Clara Sousa-Silva looks for signs of life on other planets by detecting faint signals emitted by potential alien biospheres. In this presentation, Clara draws on her experience investigating strange molecules on strange planets to discuss how often she gets to say: “Could that be aliens?!”
Friday May 29th at 7:30pm at The Howland Cultural Center in Beacon, NY.
Doors at 7pm. Be there and be square!
TICKETS HERE.