“I hold that the popularization of science is successful if, at first, it does no more than spark the sense of wonder.” - Carl Sagan
2023 Science on Screen®
OUR PROGRAMS
Science on Screen® creatively pairs screenings of classic, cult, and documentary films with lively introductions by notable figures from the world of science, technology, and medicine. This program is an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre, in partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
"23 Sounds is the best documentary you've ever heard." ROLLING STONE
Sunday, June 4, 2023 / 2:00 pm
32 SOUNDS
A FILM BY SAM GREEN MUSIC BY JD SAMSON
Bursting with humor, emotion and curiosity, 32 Sounds is a uniquely mind-expanding plunge into a human experience so many of us take for granted. Unless you’re a musician, an audio engineer or an otolaryngologist (ears, nose and throat doctor), chances are you don’t spend much time reflecting on the miracle of sound. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Green takes the audience on a journey through time and space — exploring many things from forgotten childhood memories to subaquatic symphonies — allowing us to experience the astonishing sounds of our everyday lives in new ways
HOW MUSIC CHANGES THE WAY WE THINK
Jack Conte and
Dr. G. Lois Montague
Jack Conte is an American musician and co-founder and CEO of Patreon, a platform for creators to share their work. He is one-half of the band Pomplamoose, along with his wife Nataly Dawn. Jack is also a Wonderfest Science Ambassador.
Dr. G. Lois Montague is an Otolaryngologist, head and neck surgeon who has been practicing in Napa since 2017. Dr. Montague attended medical school at the University of Mississippi in Jackson, finished residency at University of Chicago and completed fellowship training in Pediatric Otolaryngology at UCSF.
March 28, 2023 / 5:00 pm SOLD OUT
National Evening of Science on Screen
Linoleum
"How to Spend a Month on Mars"
with Dr. Pascal Lee
A Wonderfest science ambassador, Dr. Lee is a planetary scientist at the Mars Institute and the SETI Institute, and the director of the NASA Haughton-Mars Project, the leading Moon and Mars analog field research project.
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December 4, 2022 / 1:00 pm SOLD OUT
Goodnight Oppy
"NASA'S James Webb Space Telescope:
A New Way to See the Universe" with
Dr. Alex Filippenko
Dr. Filippenko is the Richard & Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor in the Physical Sciences and Professor of Astronomy, at the University of California, Berkeley. He was a member of both teams that discovered (in 1998) the accelerating expansion of the Universe, probably driven by "dark energy" -- a discovery that was honored with the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics to the teams' leaders.
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