Join Odd Salon as we kick off our FIFTH YEAR of odd talks!

Opening Night 2018:

CURIOSITY 

Exploring the nature of intellectual inquiry and its many manifestations from the cabinets of wonder of the Enlightenment and the collectors of oddities behind them, to the roots of the scientific revolution to the question of what exactly killed the cat. 

Featuring:

Reigh Robitaille: Treasures, Secrets, & Scandals of Rudolf II
James Manion: Barbara van Beck: A Face to be Seen 
Casey Selden: How Do You Measure a Pachy-term? Ibn Al-Jazari’s Amazing Elephant Clock
Andrey Tselikov: Curiosity Killed the Wives: Punishment and Reward in Myth and Folktales
Seth Rosenblatt:  Frederik Ruysch’s Anatomical Oddities and Human Dioramas
Amy Mains: The Egyptian Hall: Performative Curiosities in London’s House of Mysteries

Curated by Annetta Black

Doors at 6:30 for pre-salon cocktails
Talks begin at 7:30
Reserved seats available through ticket link
Ages 21+

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