LIVE from the NYPL (Venue Partner)
5th Ave & 42nd St
212 930 0855
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Oliver Sacks
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Monday Sep 21, 2009 (7pm)
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$25
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“The thought-provoking LIVE from the NYPL series kicks of its season in the grand digs of the Celeste Bartos Forum (complete with a 30-foot-high glass dome ceiling) with Oliver Sacks, who's best known for his 1973 memoir Awakenings, and the subsequent film starring Robin Williams. Most recently, he explored the effects of music on the brain in his book Musicophilia. Tonight, he tackles hallucinations of many kinds, including those of the deaf and blind. Be sure to get there early as this one's bound to fill up fast.”
Chris Kompanek, Flavorpill
Note:
Some stand-by tickets may be available at the door.
The Robert B. Silvers Lecture
Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks examines how the normal brain, if deprived of perceptual input, may generate illusory sensations — as with the visual hallucinations of the blind, or the musical hallucinations of the deaf.
The Robert B. Silvers Lecture is an annual series created and sponsored by Max Palevsky. This event is also sponsored by Sutherland.
