Actress Dannica McKellarBack on August 8, I attended the New York Aquarium's Aqua Theatre in Coney Island...TalkingScience’s AquaCabaret gives the subject of science a wacky twist...The tickets were provided by the Brooklyn Blogade, they were free too...
It was a beautiful summer evening with the sea breeze keeping it cool...we got to see a seal perform in the pool...
Ira Flatow, Me...
Ira Flatow, host of NPR's Science Friday, was the emcee, Ira is the popular host of NPR’s Talk of the Nation: Science Friday...He whipped up a batch of ice cream with Liquid Nitrogen...the ice cream was extremely runny..!
NYTimes environmental reporter Andy Revkin fronting for the band Reckon So
The New York Times environment reporter Andy Revkin accompanied the band “Reckon So” for a few country/swing/blues numbers which kept the crowd tapping their toes...
Reckon So
Brooklyn's own cheerleader, Borough President Marty Markowitz was there doing his best to advocate for Brooklyn and the Aquarium. There were also performances by Coney Island sideshow performers Bambi the Mermaid and Sword Swallower...
Bambi the Mermaid
Those Phunky Physics Professors (a gang of scientists from Rutgers ) AKA "The Jersey Guys" lie on a bed of nails and blow things up...
Dannica McKellar and emcee Ira Flatow
Actress and mathematician Danica McKellar (best known as Winnie Cooper from The Wonder Years) was also on hand to test our math knowledge with a quiz. Score! with Danica McKellar: The beautiful actress, mathematician and author of Math Doesn't Suck and Kiss My Math revealed some of her math magic and explained how she feels that more girls should pursue math and science in their studies..
Dannica McKellar & me...
After the show there was a fascinating 3-D presentation about the Coney Island coastline by Gerald Marks...
3-d Glasses...
After all the fun, there was the regular Coney Island Fireworks which we watched from the best seats on the boardwalk at the Aquarium...!
Dannica with the Franqui family...
I enjoyed the show and would recommend others attend future TalkingScience events at the Aquarium...
