If You’re In New York, Check Out The World Science Festival

The World Science Festival started on Wednesday in New York City.  While the USA Science and Engineering Festival is growing, the World Science Festival is likely the biggest annual science festival (in scope, if not in numbers) in the U.S.  (At a minimum, the World Science Festival is definitely more all-ages than it’s younger cousin in D.C.)

As an aside, I haven’t been to any science festivals in other countries, but I think it likely that there are some interesting cross-national comparisons.  I would love to get pointers to any comparisons and/or hear from people who’ve been to other science festivals.

The events are all through the city, and the first performance of The Rap Guide to Evolution in its current run is a festival highlight.  (Brinkman’s limited run of three rap works – Evolution, Human Nature and Canterbury Tales will run for at least the next four weekends at The Player’s Theater.)  Other festival highlights include a Science Street Fair on Sunday (including basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and string theorist Brian Greene), a presentation by James Watson on Saturday, and science-themed editions of The Moth (a storytelling collective) and Ask Me Another (an NPR puzzle show).

Many of the events are sold out, which is great.  One of these years I will have to bite the bullet and try and swing a prolonged stay in New York City for the Festival.