ART, PERFORMANCES & CONVERSATIONS

All New Center programs speak to Jewish audiences and to the broader community. Attracting large and diverse groups of people, our past programs have explored wide-ranging themes and ideas, including: the Exodus story told from multiple cultural perspectives; the blending of Klezmer and swing music; and the influence of a Jewish up-bringing on the lives and careers of acclaimed writers, artists, musicians, actors, political figures and humorists.

We invite everyone to come and experience the insight, passion, humanity, and humor that lie at the heart of our programs.

THE BEST MEDICINE: HUMOR AND THE HEALING ARTS

Date:

Tuesday April 20, 2010
7:30 PM

Venue:

Temple Israel
477 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02215

 THE BEST MEDICINE: HUMOR AND THE HEALING ARTS

TICKETS FOR THIS EVENT ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE ONLINE OR BY PHONE!
THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR STARTING AT 6:45 PM!

Cartoonist Roz Chast joins neurologist Martin Samuels for a conversation about the allure of medical science for imaginative artists and the fertile inventiveness of the human mind and body--the cruel betrayals, the miraculous recoveries, and the stranger-than-fiction surprises. Roz Chast has published more than 800 cartoons in The New Yorker, many on health and science, including “Mental Baggage Claim,” “The M.R.I. of Love,” and “Entrance Exam for the Mildred School of Medicine.”

Dr. Martin A. Samuels is the Founding Chair of the Department of Neurology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the recipient of numerous honors, including the first Harvard Medical School Faculty Prize for Excellence in Teaching. He has written and lectured on such subjects as “Scared to Death,” “Voodoo Death,” and “Death from a Broken Heart.”