NCSWA members are invited to the upcoming Cosmic Cabaret: Algebra Casbah! performance (see who-what-where-when-why below). NCSWA members may attend at no cost to themselves (dates, family, and friends must pay the full $10 cost). To take advantage of this free offer, you must make reservations by contacting Lynda Williams at lynda@scientainment.com.

What: Cosmic Cabaret: Algebra Casbah!

When: September 9, 16 & 23 at 8 pm

Where: San Francisco State University Charles Hagar Planetarium

Cosmic Cabaret is a multimedia musical show on science, technology and the Universe hosted by physicist and chanteuse Lynda Williams. At the Casbah, she will take you on a trip through the mathemagical musical landscape of algebra from the invention of zero to the multi-dimensional universe of string theory. The show will feature visual works produced by her algebra class at the Arts Institutes International in San Francisco. Also featured will be guest science entertainers Joe Gizmo who performs sci-tech musical comedy, Brian Malow, a science-flavored comic and host of the live internet show "But Seriously …," the films and vocal musings of Susan Volkan, and Wendy Phelps, engineer by day, belly dancer by night.

Cosmic Cabaret is held at the SF State Planetarium, Thornton Hall, 4th floor, room 422, in the northeast corner of the SFSU campus near 19th Avenue in San Francisco. Show time is at 8 pm and will run for about 90 minutes. The show is appropriate for all audiences. Tickets are $10 and benefit SF State's Planetarium Productions. Weather permitting, the SFSU Observatory will be open for telescopic viewing on top of Thornton Hall after the show. Seating is limited. Reservations are required.

Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.scientainment.com or by phone at  323-650-0845.

Highlights from the June Cosmic Cabaret: Black Hole Disco, are available as streaming video at http://www.scientainment.com/bhdisco.html.

Williams, a fellow NCSWA member, is a physics instructor at SF State University who produces and performs science musicals for both scientists and the general public. Her unique mix of science and entertainment has attracted a flurry of media attention from the New York Times, the Herald Tribune, The SF Chronicle, People Magazine, Evening Magazine, Good Morning America, the Osgood File, NPR's West Coast Live, To the Best of our Knowledge, AP Radio News and KPFA's Explorations in Science. According to People Magazine, "Williams puts the fizz back in physics."

For more information, contact Science Entertainment online: lynda@scientainment.com