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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: The Life of Galileo\nEvent Url: http://www.artsbost
 on.org/event/detail/41703/The_Life_of_Galileo\nEvent Date Begin: 2009-04-1
 0\nEvent Date End: 2009-05-17\n\nIn celebration of the 400th anniversary o
 f the year Galileo first turned his telescope upward and changed the way h
 uman beings thought of their place in the cosmos\, Catalyst Collaborative 
 @ MIT and Underground Railway Theater present Bertolt Brecht's The Life of
  Galileo!  Playing Friday\, April 10 through Sunday\, May 17 at Central Sq
 uare Theater\, this production of The Life of Galileo\, Brecht's widely ac
 claimed masterpiece of science theater\, is translated by David Hare\, dir
 ected by David Wheeler\, and stars Boston area favorite Richard McElvain i
 n the title role.    One of Brecht's most well known and complex plays\, T
 he Life of Galileo explores the life of the founder of modern science and 
 the conflict between reason and faith.  Written on the brink of World War 
 II while the playwright was exiled from Germany and living in the U.S.\, B
 recht examines the ordeal Galileo was forced to undergo as he set his pers
 onal passions and beliefs against the authorities of Church and State.  It
  reveals the famous scientist's self-hatred for giving up his convictions 
 in the face of the Inquisition\, and poses powerful questions that resonat
 e today about the social responsibility of the scientist.  The Life of Gal
 ileo also takes a bold look at the costs and implications of scientific di
 scovery.  What are the repercussions of a fundamental paradigm shift?  Wha
 t must we change about the ways we live our lives when a single breakthrou
 gh rocks the very foundations of our belief systems?  In the late Renaissa
 nce\, it was the cosmos\; in the 19th century\, evolution\; today\, the po
 ssibilities that might be unearthed by unlocking the human genome.  In The
  Life of Galileo\, Galileo's scientific and personal integrity are put to 
 the test as he argues for his very life in a passionate debate over scienc
 e\, politics\, religion and ethics\; the debates rage on today.\nDuring th
 e run of The Life of Galileo\, there will be talk-backs after selected per
 formances led by world-class scientists such as Eric Lander (Co-Director\,
  Broad Institute and President Obama's newly appointed science advisor)\; 
 see www.centralsquaretheater.org for a complete schedule.\n\nIn addition\,
  a Galileo Symposia Series will take place before every Saturday night per
 formance.  Audience members will have the opportunity to participate in st
 imulating debates with renowned scientists and professors\, providing insi
 ght into Galileo's life and times\, and also into how the questions raised
  by the play impact us today.  The Galileo Symposia Series is free with th
 e price of admission to The Life of Galileo\, and the schedule is below.  
 Symposium leaders include Nobel Laureate Jerome Friedman\, Owen Gingerich\
 , Alan Guth\, Ian Hutchinson and Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek.\nSat.\, 4/1
 1\, 6 PM:	Who rocked our world more - Galileo or Darwin? \nSat.\, 4/18\, 6
 :45 PM:	Scientific discovery for whom?\nSat.\, 4/25\, 6:45 PM:	What did Ga
 lileo unleash? \nSat.\, 5/2\, 6 PM:	The battle for the truth: science vs. 
 religion.\nSat.\, 5/9\, 6:45 PM:	Brecht in action: the creation of a maste
 r-work. \nSat.\, 5/16\, 6:45 PM: 	Is the scientist responsible to anyone?
 \n\nStart time: Performances are Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 PM\, Fri
 days and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 3 PM.
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