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Tickets Now Available: 2013 World Science Festival Gala
A Culinary & Performing Arts Salute to Science Featuring
Broadway Starts, Leading Chefs, and Renowned Scientists
Gala to Honor James D. Watson, Nobel Laureate, On the 60th
Anniversary of the Discovery of the Double Helix
Monday, April 8, 2013 at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s The Allen
Room
WHAT
The World Science Festival Gala: an annual celebration of
the culture and content of science. This year, Broadway
stars and star chefs will present music and dance with the
cuisine of celebrated, experimental chefs. This will be an
extraordinary evening to stimulate the mind, excite the
imagination, and dazzle the taste buds.
Individual tickets start at $750 and are on sale now here.
WHO
Alan Alda will host a show that includes “food-tripping”
with Moto’s star chef Homaro Canu, and a fusion of
performances by World Science Festival director Brian Greene
and Broadway stars: Ann Harada (Avenue Q), Greg Hildreth
(Cinderella), Alex Gemignani (Sweeney Todd), and Peter
Benson (The Mystery of Edwin Drood).
This year’s Gala adds the extra dimension of taste,
with culinary innovators concocting science-inspired
delicacies and molecular cocktails— including:
· Homaro Cantu from Moto and iNG
· Justin Hilbert from Gwynnett St.
· Michael Cirino from a razor, a shiny knife
· Experimental Mixologists from Booker and Dax
Gala will be chaired by Marilyn and Jim Simons and Ann Ziff.
WHEN: Monday April 8, 2013
SCHEDULE
6:30 - Cocktails
7:30 - Savory science-inspired supper
8:00 - Performance and celebration
9:00 - Champagne reception featuring desserts and cocktails
by culinary innovators prepared with Co2 tanks, liquid
nitrogen, hot-poker, a high-speed evaporator, and a
centrifuge.
WHERE
The Allen Room
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Frederick P. Rose Hall
33 West 60th St (at Broadway)
New York, NY 10023
TICKETS: Individual tickets from $750 to $2,500 on sale at:
http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/general-images/gala/WSF_2013_Gala_Overview.pdf
Ticket sales close Friday April 5th. For more information on
the evening and for tickets please call the World Science
Festival Gala office at (646) 200-8815.
MORE INFORMATION
Additional details are available at:
http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/gala or please
contact
Gala@worldsciencefestival.com .
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About the World Science Festival: The World Science Festival
is a production of the Science Festival Foundation, a
501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in New York
City. The Foundation's mission is to cultivate a general
public informed by science, inspired by its wonder,
convinced of its value, and prepared to engage with its
implications for the future. The World Science Festival has
been made possible with the generous support of its Founding
Benefactors: the Simons Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation, and the John Templeton Foundation.
The World Science Festival gratefully acknowledges the
generous support of its major sponsors, Ann Ziff, Con Edison
and The Kavli Prize; its media partners, ABC News, ABC
Radio, WABC-TV, Mental Floss, Scientific American, Popular
Science, Time Warner Cable, The Week, WNYC Radio; and its
university partners, New York University, The City
University of New York, Columbia University, The Rockefeller
University, The New School, and The Cooper Union.
To learn more about the World Science Festival, visit
www.worldsciencefestival.com .
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