On Friday, September 29, we will be doing TWO (2) shows of Improbable Dramatic Readings as part of the Cambridge Science Festival, organized by the MIT Museum. What Luminaries (of various wattage) will each do brief dramatic readings from seemingly absurd, genuine research studies and patents. Some of those studies and patents have won Ig […]
Tag: readings
Dramatic Improbable Readings for Arisia 2022
Improbable Research organizes a Dramatic Improbable Readings session at Arisia every year — dramatic readings from published research studies that make people laugh, then think. In 2022, The Covid-19 pandemic led Arisia to cancel the 2022 convention. Undaunted, Improbable Research did and video recorded a new Dramatic Improbable Readings session. Marc Abrahams, editor of the […]
Further dramatic readings from bizarre studies, Friday night
We’ll be doing some more Improbable Dramatic Readings — brief public readings from bizarre — yet genuine — scientific studies, this Friday night, September 26, at Porter Square Books, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, starting at 7:00 pm. The studies — which we will treat as if they are dramatic literature written for actors to perform — […]
Improbable Research After Dark (Cambridge)
Join a big bunch of us late Saturday night for our temptation-filled event at the Cambridge Science Festival: Improbable Research After Dark. SATURDAY NIGHT, May 7, 11:00 pm. Central Square Theater, Cambridge, MA. TICKETS are on sale at the Central Square Theater and online. This will be a benefit for the Catalyst Collaborative@MIT Science Theater […]
Ig Nobel readings Saturday in Cambridge
We are planning final details for Saturday’s big (free) event at the Cambridge Science Festival — public readings from studies that have won Ig Nobel Prizes, plus Ig Nobel opera songs performed by Neara Russell and Julia Lunetta. Spread the word, please! We’ll select the readings from all 19 years of Ig winners. There will […]