Defining Intelligence: The Golden Record Revisited Voyager is on the cusp of exiting our solar system and entering the great unknown; along with it The Golden Record! Poet Tomas Morin and Elena Passarello are in the process of editing an anthology on the Voyager mission and assembling poetry, fiction, non-fiction and plays that all respond to the content of this record and serve to illustrate the intelligence and diversity of life on Earth. KUT had the pleasure of hosting Tomas and Elena for KUT's Views and Brews at the Cactus Cafe to discuss the story of The Golden Record, from it's conception to completion, and what impact this time capsule continues to have on the way we see ourselves in the universe. We also had a chance to listen to readings of their work in progress and talk...
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Just in time for the start of the holiday season, the folks at Capital T Theatre are presenting The Pain and the Itch, an ensemble dark comedy about a particularly unpleasant family Thanksgiving. The play, by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Bruce Norris, features a cast of notable local actors including (among others) Lana Dieterich, Ken Bradley, Ben Wolfe and Liz Fisher. The story centers around Clay and Kelly, the protective parents of two young children; their holiday dinner plans start to spin out of control when Clay's socialist mother and right-wing brother come to visit. Add in the brother's much younger Eastern European girlfriend, a mysterious stranger, and the possibility of avocado-eating rodents and things really start to happen....
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