Emergency Survival Expo set for Saturday
The second annual Emergency Survival Expo will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, April 25, at the Robert Livermore Community Center, 4444 East Ave., Livermore. The expo will provide a variety of information and products to help you and your family prepare for an emergency, including: free mini-preparedness seminars, health emergency and pet safety information and free child identification and fingerprinting. Admission is free. The event is sponsored by the Livermore Area Recreation and Park District and Your Safety Place.
For further information, see the flier or call (925) 373-5700.
Play about 1941 meeting is anything but a Bohr
The prizewinning play, "Copenhagen" will be performed at the West End Theater of Livermore's Bothwell Arts Center at Eighth and H streets until April 25.
"Copenhagen" revolves around an actual secret meeting in 1941 between two physicists, Werner Heisenberg and Niels Bohr. The men had been colleagues in Copenhagen and pioneers in the field of quantum mechanics. During World War II, they found themselves on opposite sides: Heisenberg was working on a nuclear fission project for Hitler; Bohr was isolated from the world scientific community in Nazi-occupied Denmark.
There is an interesting Lab connection. As a young man, Edward Teller, renowned physicist and LLNL co-founder, was a graduate student at the University of Leipzig where he studied under Heisenberg and then went on to work with Bohr in Copenhagen.
The play is a production of Shakespeare's Associates, the Livermore-based professional production company that presents comedies by Shakespeare and modern plays. The troupe toured the Lab's National Ignition Facility last month, prior to performing in Livermore.
Remaining performances will be Friday, April 24, and Saturday, April 25, at 2 p.m. and Sunday, April 26, at 8 p.m. Audience discussions with scientists are scheduled after the Sunday performance.
For ticket information, go to the Shakespears Associates Website or call (800) 838-3006.
Energy innovator to discuss 'Oil Solutions'
Amory Lovins, co-founder, chairman and chief scientist of Rocky Mountain Institute, an independent, entrepreneurial, nonprofit, think-and-do tank, will present "Oil Solutions," April 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore.
Amory advises governments and major firms worldwide on advanced energy and resource efficiency, and has led the technical redesign of more than $30 billion worth of facilities to achieve huge energy savings at typically lower capital cost. There will be a question-and-answer period following the talk. The lecture is part of the Rae Dorough Speakers Series, and is sponsored in part by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. For more information, go to the Livermore Performing Arts Website or call 925-373-6800.
Note:A special discount will be given to LLNL employees. Mention the password "Lawrence" to receive 25 percent off admission. Tickets must be purchased by telephone, (925) 373-6800, or in person at the Bankhead Theater Ticket Office no later than Wednesday, April 29, to qualify for the discount.
