As OSIRIS-REx approaches the asteroid Bennu, a family-friendly variety show explores how space unites science and the humanities.
A true variety show, BENNUVAL! will feature Emmy Award-winning host Geoff Notkin, improv comedy from Unscrewed Theater, readings of space poetry the UA Poetry Center, music from ChamberLab composer Chris Black, and performances by the renowned acrobatic ensemble Cirque Roots.
BENNUVAL! will feature a “TED-style talk” from Lauretta about the origin of life and the importance of asteroids, including details about both the OSIRIS-REx mission and JAXA’s similar Hayabusa2 probe. The UA College of Humanities named Lauretta its Alumnus of the Year in 2017. Lauretta, who studied Japanese as one of his triple majors at the UA, says his humanities background has been valuable in working with colleagues in the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA.
More info: https://humanities.arizona.edu/news/bennuval-celebrates-spirit-human-curiosity
Tickets are $10 for the general public and $6 for students and CatCard holders, and are available at the Fox Tucson Theatre.
BENNUVAL! Presenters:
Geoff Notkin, Emmy Award-winning host and producer of Meteorite Men
Selections from the 2016 exhibit The Poetry of Spaceflight, UA Poetry Center
Unscrewed Theater improv comedy
Takashi Miura and Nathaniel Smith, UA Assistant Professors of East Asian Studies
Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx principal investigator and UA Professor of Planetary Science and Cosmochemistry
Pearce Paul Creasman, UA Associate Professor of Dendrochronology and Egyptian Archaeology
Chris Black, ChamberLab composer
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