Feb 20, 2022

'Raiders of the Lost Ark' set for Science on Screen at Art Center Cinema

Posted Feb 20, 2022 1:12 AM
Image courtesy Art Center Cinema
Image courtesy Art Center Cinema

The next Science on Screen® at the Art Center Cinema is coming up Tuesday! And it's free!

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Art Center Cinema, 150 S. Santa Fe Avenue. Following the film, stay for Science on Screen®, with featured speaker Reese Barrick, director of Sternberg Museum at Fort Hays State University. Barrick will be discussing modern technology in archeology.

Now in its sixth season at the Art Center Cinema, Science on Screen® is a nationwide initiative to promote scientific literacy through entertainment, inspiring audiences an increased appreciation for STEM topics—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, according to a news release from the cinema. Science on Screen at the Art Center is free to everyone.

Other Science on Screen presentations that have been scheduled include the following.

March 22 - National Night of Science On Screen - Film: First Man, followed by a Zoom discussion with Mark "Forger" Stucky, astronaut, who will discuss the future of commercial space travel.

April 26Tortilla Soup, followed by a discussion with Chef Izaac Winter. Winter will discuss the "science of the first bite" and why food makes us so happy.

Science on Screen is an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre with major support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.