Science on Screen
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Throughout the year, the Museum of Science and the Coolidge Corner Theatre co-present exciting feature films or documentaries with a basis in science. Each film is introduced by a noted local scientist in a related field. Museum of Science members get a special benefit of $2.00 off the ticket price and pay only $7.75. Programs take place at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard Street, Brookline. Tickets are available in advance at coolidge.org or at the theater box office.
Schedule of films and presenters:
> The Wild Child Monday, January 18, 7:00 p.m. with linguist Judy Shepard-Kegl, professor of linguistics and director of the Signed Language Research Laboratory, University of Southern Maine.
> Fight Club Monday, October 19, 7:00 p.m. with Dr. Richard Wrangham, author of Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence, and professor of biological anthropology at Harvard University.
> Best in Show Monday, March 15, 7:00 p.m. with Dr. Nicholas Dodman, BVMS, MRCVS, professor, section head, and program director of the Animal Behavior Department of Clinical Sciences at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University and author of The Dog Who Loved Too Much.
