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David Byrne: Songs from The Knee Plays

9pm — Thursday February 1

WHERE:Carnegie Hall, 57th St and Seventh Ave
COST:$35-$45
SUMMARY:”David Byrne opens his Perspectives with the first performance in 15 years of the complete music from The Knee Plays, his 1985 music-theater collaboration with Robert Wilson.”

8:15pm — Thursday February 1

WHERE:92 St Y, Kaufmann Concert Hall, Lexington Avenue at 92nd St
COST:$25
SUMMARY:”Neil deGrasse Tyson leads us through the mysteries of the cosmos, explaining black holes and astral life from the frontiers of astrobiology and examining the friction between science and religion in the context of history. Tyson is an astrophysicist and the director of the Hayden Planetarium.”

7pm — Thursday February 1

WHERE:Strand, 828 Broadway at 12th St
COST:FREE
SUMMARY:”Begin Lincoln’s birthday month with a discussion of the New York speech “that made Lincoln president” and a look at Lincoln as the first online president.”

7pm — Thursday February 1

WHERE:Bluestockings, 172 Allen St between Stanton and Rivington
COST:$5-$7 suggested donation
SUMMARY:”The new book “Pranks 2″ is an introduction to the enormous body of unheralded, uncelebrated, undocumented pranking that has occurred within the past hundred years. The evening will include a panel discussion with local artists who appear in the book, including billboard liberator Ron English, Julia Solis, John Law and the Yes Men (tentative). Come engage with prankster pioneers and support the counterculture RE/Search publishing enterprise.”

7pm — Thursday February 1

WHERE:Orchid Lounge, 500 East 11th St, between Ave A and B
COST:FREE with 2 drink minimum
SUMMARY:”Nerdnite is a forum where nerds get together for nerdery of all sorts. It’s like the Discovery Channel with beer”
THIS WEEK:
Presentation #1: Genesis Rules! Wait, I Meant To Say Neurogenesis by Madeleine Johnson: “Madeleine will bring to life the finer points (and the duller ones too – no, not boring dull, general dull) of Adult Neurogenesis, the theory that new neurons are continually being born throughout one’s adulthood.”

Presentation #2: TETROMINOWLEDGE: How Four Blocks, Arranged In Different Patterns, Have Changed the World, Kind Of by Neil Janowitz: “In 20 minutes, you will be taken through 20 years of Tetris development, including (but not limited to!!!) the creation and ensuing lawsuits, the evolution, the competition and the strategy.”

6pm and 8pm — Thursday February 1

WHERE:CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave between 34th and 35th St
COST:FREE
SUMMARY:”Author Jennifer Ouellette’s The Physics of the Buffyverse uses the characters, concepts and plot lines of the popular television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer to illustrate a wide range of fundamental concepts in the physical sciences: everything from sound, electricity, materials science, and thermodynamics, to concepts of time (and time travel), wormholes, black holes, and string theory. The evening will include demonstrations of the martial art of ju-jitsu.”

2pm — Thursday February 1

WHERE:CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave between 34th and 35th St
COST:FREE
SUMMARY:”Robo Cup Junior is an international robot design competition organized in elementary through high schools. Witness the crazy, colorful dance moves of the ‘bots, designed by the New York City-area teams.”