East 68th Street
This venue is where Martha Graham presented new works, Jonathan Miller staged his celebrated Hamlet and Pinchas Zukerman made his New York recital debut. After extensive renovations in the early 1990s, the Kaye Playhouse has become a valuable performing arts venue. The 624-seat auditorium features top artists in international dance, music, theater, opera and family programming. The Kaye is home to the Little Orchestra Society, the Paper Bag Players, Dances Patrelle, the Shakespeare Society and many others.
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World Science Festival 2012: Why We Tell Stories: The Science of Narrative
Sat, June 2, 2012 Join a spirited discussion seeking to explain the uniquely human gift of narrative—from how neurons alight when we hear a tale, to the role of storytelling in cognitive development, to the art of storytelling itself, which informs a greater understanding of who we are as a species.
World Science Festival 2012: Quantum Biology and the Hidden Nature of Nature
Fri, June 1, 2012 Can the spooky world of quantum physics explain bird navigation, photosynthesis and even our delicate sense of smell? Join leading thinkers in the emerging field of quantum biology as they explore the hidden hand of quantum physics on the scales of everyday life.
World Science Festival 2012: Einstein, Time, and the Coldest Stuff in the Universe
Sat, June 2, 2012 Nobel prize-winning physicist William Phillips returns to the World Science Festival for another spellbinding journey to the lowest temperatures ever recorded. What’s an atomic clock and why does it keep better time when cold? Through crackling, fizzing, popping experimentation, see what happens when ordinary objects plunge to the edge of absolute zero.