Events & Appearances in 2010


Thursday, January 7 at 10 a.m.—Lecture on "Popular Perceptions of Galileo" at IAU Symposim 269 "Galileo's Medicean Moons," Padua, Italy.

Thursday, January 21 at 6:30 p.m.—Informal talk at "Thursday Night Writes," John Jermain Memorial Library, Sag Harbor, NY.

Thursday, February 11 at 7 p.m.—Speak on "Longitude" for Waterman Lecture Series, Newport Harbor Nautical Museum, Newport Beach, CA.

Tuesday, March 2 at 10 a.m.—Speak to student assemblies about "The Planets" at Birch Wathen Lenox School, Manhattan, NY.

Monday, March 8 at 8:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.—Speak about "Galileo's Daughter" at University of Wisconsin study-abroad program in Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.

Wednesday, March 5 at 10 a.m.—Keynote address "400 Years Ago Science Was Born," 5th Congress on the Social Communication of Science, Pamplona, Spain.

Thursday, March 18 at 7 p.m.—Speak on "The Planets" at Avalon Park and Preserve, Stony Brook, NY.

Saturday, March 20 at 12:30 p.m.—Speak about "The Planets" to students at The Lighthouse, Manhattan, NY.

Tuesday, March 23 at 7 p.m.—Speak on "Galileo's Daughter" for Livingston Concert/Lecture Series, Athens State University, Athena, AL.

Thursday, April 12 at 2:30—Guest speaker at Ladies' Village Improvement Society, Jewish Center, East Hampton, NY.

Saturday, May 1—Reading and participation in "Writer's Desk" panel discussion, Suffolk County Community College Creative Writing Festival, Selden, NY.

Wednesday, May 19 at 6 p.m.—Speak on "Longitude" at Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA.

Saturday, May 22 at 11 a.m.—Guest speaker at Friends of the Library Annual Luncheon, Central Michigan University Library, Mt. Pleasant, MI.

Friday, June 11 at 8:30 p.m.—Keynote speaker at Southeastern Planetarium Association 2010 Conference, Kingsport, TN. 

Saturday, June 12 at 2 p.m.— Public presentation, "Galileo's Daughter," for Lyceum Lecture Series at Northeast State Technical Community College, Blountville, TN.

Thursday, July 8 through Wednesday, July 14 — Group leader with Astronomical Tours trip to Tahiti and Easter Island for the July 11 total solar eclipse.

Thursday, July 15 through Sunday, July 18 — Readings and Panel discussions at "The Gathering" conference on "Chaos and Creativity," Keystone College, La Plume, PA.

Saturday, August 14, beginning at 5 p.m. — "Authors' Night" at East Hampton Library, East Hampton, NY.

Saturday, August 28, 11 a.m. — Book discussion of "Galileo's Daughter" at Amagansett Free Library, Amagansett, NY.

Friday, October 8 at 8 p.m. — Perform with "Galileo's Daughters" at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY.

Wednesday, October 27 at 7 p.m. — Keynote speaker for "Remembering Galileo" series, Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, MA.