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Liberty Science Center In NYC Offers Student Tour Organizers A Great Time
Teachers looking for an outstanding experience when they take their students to New York City won't want to miss the Liberty Science Center, located in nearby Jersey City, New Jersey.
With a rich assortment of educational experiences inside, students will be talking about their trip for years to come.
From the minute they step inside one of the state-of-the-art laboratories, students will begin a hands-on learning experience led by knowledgeable science educators. Inquiry-based investigations facilitate comprehension of sometimes complex subject matter, with subjects ranging from native wildlife to chemistry to watersheds to the properties of light and many other areas of science.
One option is to take a comprehensive look at an exhibition gallery in great depth with a science educator, reinforcing the exploration through a hands-on lesson related to the exhibition, have the time to ask and have questions answered.
In the middle of one of the most densely populated areas in the world lies an ecological haven known as Liberty State Park. Teachers and students can go out in the field, where they'll learn about the plants, animals, habitats and geology of the Hudson River Estuary, as well as the impact of humans on the river, all with a choice of land-based or on-the river experiences.
In "Live From . . ." the Liberty Science Center brings teachers and students the thrill of real-time interactive videoconferencing with a series of hospital surgical suites, featuring cardiac, neurosurgery, kidney transplant and robotic surgery experiences. Students get to witness firsthand the sights and sounds of surgery and benefit from having a surgical team of doctors, nurses, technicians and physician assistants answer their questions, even while they are doing their jobs.
Students watch the surgery on a large screen in the Liberty Science Center's interactive theater, with staff educators facilitating the experience of learning about surgical procedures, the equipment and devices used, education paths leading to careers in medical professions and healthy lifestyle choices.
In Partners in Science, students at the Liberty Science Center go beyond textbooks and school-based labs by immersing themselves in authentic scientific research conducted by professional scientists. The intensive, eight-week summer experience for high school juniors and seniors pairs students with mentor scientists and challenges them to participate in on-going research and independent projects. Through Partners in Science, students are exposed to current questions driving scientific discovery in real laboratory settings. They also develop a network of advisors and lifelong connections that help them identify and focus their career goals.
People live in them, work in them, and stare at them. They're skyscrapers and they're an integral part of our lives and community. As works of art and expressions of human aspiration, they inspire, drawing us to understanding, making skyscrapers a perfect teaching point.
The Liberty Science Center's 12,800-square-foot Skyscraper! Achievement and Impact exhibit is the most comprehensive single exhibition ever presented on the topic. With multimedia, full-body kinetic experiences and experiment-based lab stations, visitors will learn about the planning, design, engineering and construction plus explore the environments that are created and changed when massive buildings go up.
Several additional displays offer students great opportunities to explore various aspects of science, all in a spirit of learning by touching.
Among the exhibits to look forward to:
Infection Connection: Where students explore interactions between microbes and humans, learn about emerging diseases, and see how science develops tools and technologies to prevent and treat them. They can even conduct microbiology and epidemiology experiments in a laboratory environment.
Communication: How people communicate, not only with advanced multimedia and personal communication devices, but with our bodies, language and symbolism.
Our Hudson Home: A hands-on learning experience that highlights the balance required for commerce, recreation and environmental preservation to co-exist in everyday life.
Eat and Be Eaten: Filled with scores of live animals, visitors understand and explore the complex interaction that has been elegantly called the "circle of life."
Breakthroughs: A fitting exhibition for our fast-changing world; an interactive, multimedia experience featuring exhibits and programs that address current issues and events in science and technology.
Energy Quest: Students take a journey through the five major sources of Earth's energy, learning about the many methods humans have used to explore and harness these energy sources.
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Something I Said - Interview With Gifted Playwright-Performer Jennifer Jajeh
Something I Said - Interview with Jennifer Jajeh
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It wouldn't be the least bit surprising if the FBI were already keeping tabs on Bedlam Theatre, what with shows like To Shining Sea... and other audacious challenges to unquestioning allegiance to the flag and the republic for which it supposedly stands. It's practically a certainty, now, with the upcoming production of I Heart Hamas: And Other Things I'm Afraid to Tell You. Imported from San Francisco, where it enjoyed a three-month run, I Heart Hamas promises to test just how open-minded, in fact, the Twin Cities, lauded bastions of forward thinking, actually are.
Authored and performed by accomplished upstart Jennifer Jajeh, I Heart Hamas is what she calls "a tragicomic one-woman theater show about my experiences as a Palestinian American and my decision to move to Ramallah in 2000. I take the [audience] on a surreal journey to auditions, the Ramallah convention circa 1986, on dates with Jewish boys, and then to Palestine as I navigate the complex web of identities, assumptions, and stereotypes about Palestinians in an increasing polarized world of East vs. West." Quite a mouthful. If that's not enough, she adds, "It also presents a realistic view of my experiences living in Ramallah under occupation. I created the show because I wanted to let people know what it was like being a Palestinian-American in today's world."
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A tried and true tenet of theater goes: If you want to send a message, use Western Union. The stage is a place for conveying truths, not standing on a soapbox. Which is all the more reason Jajeh and her controversial creation had better come with the bona fide theatrical goods. Not a problem, according to veteran director W. Kamau Bell, who runs San Francisco's Solo Performance Workshop. "When a legitimately talented actor like Jennifer shows up with such a compelling story," Bell reflects, "it makes the work of crafting the story much easier. She knows how to captivate an audience. Jennifer is an instinctual writer, and does an impressive job of creating the type of balance of tone and a dramatic arc that a full-length solo show needs." So there.
Jennifer Jajeh received her actor's training at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Conservatory (NYC) and the American Conservatory Theatre (San Franciso). She has worked as an independent film director and producer, a film programmer and an arts administrator in places including Prague and Palestine. Her two films, In My Own Skin and Fruition, have screened on PBS, at MOMA and Anthology Film Archives in New York, and in dozens of national and international film festivals, museums, art galleries, and universities. I Heart Hamas: And Other Things I'm Afraid To Tell You premiered at New York's International Fringe Festival in 2008 before taking San Francisco by storm. It goes from here to Chicago for a March-April run. After that, God alone knows, but look for this author-actor to carve out a national name of great consequence before long. She answered my questions via e-mail.
You are crazy, courageous, or a combination of the two. At any rate, congratulations on the success of I Heart Hamas: And Other Things I'm Afraid to Tell You. What, exactly, prompted you to create it?
Honestly, I created the show out of a sense of necessity. I'd been working as an actor for a number of years and had started to feel really disconnected from the work I was doing. I realized I needed to be engaged in a project that reflected issues that were vital and exciting to me, or to find another profession. So I started writing and knew pretty immediately I wanted to create a piece about my identity, what it felt like being me: a Palestinian-American woman in today's world. Both the biases I deal with and the ridiculous, often humorous situations that result from carrying such a loaded identity. Plus, after spending a year and a half living in Ramallah at the start of the Second Intifada, I really wanted to portray the arresting reality of what's happening on the ground there. It was important for me to present my experiences honestly, revealing both the funny and not so funny facets of being from a place that is so reported on in the media, yet so grossly misrepresented.
What is most satisfying about having created the piece?
The audience response has been the best part of this whole ride. I never imagined that people from all walks of life would be able to relate to the show and have such a profound reaction to hearing my story. It really resonates not only with people connected to the issue of Palestine, but also to those who feel like outsiders or just feel misunderstood or vilified in some way. And that's been very exciting. Plus, I've been telling people for years that I'm really funny, and I finally feel vindicated.
What does W. Kamau Bell bring to the production that another director wouldn't?
W. Kamau Bell is not only the show's director: I developed the piece in his solo performance workshops. He's an amazing comedic talent and a well-regarded solo performer and stand-up comedian. He really helped me find a lot of the humor in the piece, but he also has a gift for figuring out where the heart of the story lies. He really pushed me to go deeper.
Do you feel at all disadvantaged by not being able to see this work from the audience?
Not really. Sometimes I wonder what it looks like from the outside, but I'd prefer being on this end of it.
Have you had your solo work performed by other actors?
No. The show is intensely personal; everything in it is based on actual things that have happened to me. It's such an intimate examination of my identity and experiences that I'd find it hard to watch anyone else perform it.
Why Bedlam Theatre?
Bedlam has a history of presenting cutting-edge, challenging work to its audiences, so it felt like a really good fit for the show. Plus, the way they've cultivated a community around the space appealed to me. The team at Bedlam has been nothing short of amazing to work with, and extremely supportive of the show.
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Coming: "Angels Don't Really Fly" EP by Dwight Hobbes & The All-Star Hired Guns featuring Alicia Wiley. The crew: Me, Alicia Wiley, Stanley Kipper, Chico Perez, Jeff "Boday" Christensen, Aaron "Orange A.C." Cosgrove and Yohannes Tona. Singer-songwriter Dwight Hobbes recorded the single "Atlanta Children" (BeatBad Records) and gigged 10 years in the Long Island/NYC area, including The Other End, Kenny's Castaways and My Fathers Place. Fronted the Boston blues band Midlight. In Minneapolis, Hobbes opened for David Daniels at First Street Entry, James Curry at Terminal Bar, sat in with Yohannes Tona, Alicia Wiley at Sol Testimony's Soul Jam, The New Congress at Babalu, Willie Murphy at the Viking Bar and Wain McFarlane & Jahz at Lucille's Kitchen. Dwight Hobbes still drops in at the occasional open mic around town. Dwight Hobbes has written for ESSENCE, Reader's Digest, Washington Post, Minneapolis Star Tribune, St. Paul Pioneer Press, City Pages, Mpls/St. Paul, MN Law & Politics, Pulse of the Twin Cities, Twin Cities Daily Planet, Women & Word, San Diego Union-Tribune, The Circle, to Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder (where he contributes the commentary columns Hobbes In The House and Something I Said. He's spoken his mind over National Public Radio, Minnesota Public Radio and KMOJ in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Was regularly featured as guest commentator on NewsNight Minnesota (KTCA-Minneapolis/St. Paul) and Spectator (Minneapolis Television Network). His monthly column "Hobbes In The House" in MN Spokesman Recorder comments on domestic abuse and rape. His plays are Shelter - produced at Mixed Blood Theatre by Pangea World Theater, Dues - produced by Mixed Blood Theatre, University of Southern Illinois in Point of Revue, selected for Bedlam Theatre's 10-Minute Play Festival and published by Playscripts, Inc. You Can't Always Sometimes Never Tell - produced by Theater Center Philadelphia, Long Island University, reading at The Kennedy Center and published in the anthology CENTER STAGE, In the Midst - produced by Long Island University, starring Samuel E. Wright. Hobbes spoke on the panel "Farewell To August Wilson" at the Guthrie Theater, broadcast on Conversations With Al McFarlane (KFAI, KMOJ). Twin Cities Daily Planet articles archived at www.tcdailyplanet.net/dwighthobbes
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