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California Repertory Company, part of the CSULB Theatre Arts Department, continues its spring season with End Days, by Deborah Zoe Laufer.

California Repertory Company, part of the CSULB Theatre Arts Department, continues its spring season with End Days, by Deborah Zoe Laufer.

Eddie Redmayne, the actor who portrayed Stephen Hawking in the film The Theory of Everything, paid tribute to Hawking at his funeral on Saturday in Cambridge England. According to Deadline, the actor gave a reading from Ecclesiastes during the service.

THEORY OF EVERYTHING Soundtrack To Be Reissued On Vinyl Following Deaths of Composer Jóhann Jóhannsson and Stephen Hawking

In what may be Stephen Hawking's last major television project, Smithsonian Channel explores his controversial position that the survival of the species depends on inhabiting another planet. Planet Earth has been home to humankind for more than 200,000 years, but with a population of 7.3 billion and counting and limited resources, some scientists believe it might not support human life forever. Stephen Hawking, one of the world's most prominent scientists, believed that humans must have an interstellar escape plan in place within the next 100 years. He asserted that this is the only way to safeguard the future of the human species from the next mass extinction – by leaving Earth and making a new home on another planet. The program visits an exo-planet observatory in the heart of the Atacama Desert, reveals a plasma-powered rocket engine that could revolutionize space travel, explores the giant greenhouses of Biosphere 2 and showcases NASA's own “robot army.” Hawking, top scientists, technologists and engineers around the globe investigate whether humans really do have what it takes to colonize another planet.

National Geographic to Make Neil deGrasse Tyson's STARTALK Interview with Stephen Hawking Available for Free

Discovery Channel and Science Channel will honor the legacy of Stephen Hawking, the legendary physicist who passed away earlier today at the age of 76. The networks will be airing their Hawking programs over the next several days including primetime presentations of the Emmy-nominated INTO THE UNIVERSE WITH STEPHEN HAWKING and STEPHEN HAWKING'S GRAND DESIGN.

The world is at a tipping point as the pace of change accelerates more rapidly than ever. Spurred on by technological advancements, environmental changes and evolving lifestyles, humanity will face challenges never before seen, and soon life will look completely alien to what it is today. Fast forward to 2050, as DREAM THE FUTURE calls on 100 visionary experts from all over the globe who are creating real solutions to our biggest challenges with innovations destined to revolutionize our lives for the better. Some seem more like science fiction, but they all have the power to become science reality. The ten-episode first season of the documentary series debuts on CuriosityStream's streaming and on-demand platform on Thursday, March 15.

Eddie Redmayne, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of young Stephen Hawking in the film The Theory of Everything, also paid his respects in a statement to Mashable.

Smithsonian Channel launches into space with four premieres centered around space exploration and humans' impact on the solar system. The first special, BILLIONAIRE SPACE CLUB, on Sunday, March 25 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, highlights the efforts of billionaire Sir Richard Branson and others to make space travel more accessible to the average person. The Sunday block also takes viewers on a journey revealing how humans have changed the planet Earth and how they will continue to shape its future on Sunday, March 25 at 9 p.m ET/PT in EARTH FROM OUTER SPACE. The following Sunday, April 1 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, FINDING LIFE IN OUTER SPACE explores one of the greatest mysteries of the universe – why life exists – and at 9 p.m. ET/PT, LEAVING EARTH: OR HOW TO COLONIZE A PLANET featuring Stephen Hawking reveals the secrets of space travel and what the future holds for exploration and potential habitation beyond Earth.These four hour-long premieres highlight innovators and pioneers who are forging ahead with space exploration to plan for an unknown future.

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and Live Nation announced today that death-defying magician, David Blaine, is taking his mind-blowing show 'David Blaine Live' on the road this spring and summer with a new round of 36 North American tour dates. Produced by Live Nation, the tour will kick off May 6, 2018 in San Diego, CA and make stops in U.S. cities including Orlando at the Walt Disney Theater on June 11, 2018.

Have you ever wondered what it's like to experience zero gravity? Here is a unique opportunity to find out.

Wilderness Films presents Moving Stories, a new documentary featuring members of Battery Dance directed by Rob Fruchtman and produced by Cornelia Ravenal, Mikael Sodersten and Wendy Sax. The film will be screened, with a discussion with the filmmakers and members of Battery Dance Company, on Sunday, February 18, 2018 at 7pm at The Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd Street, NYC, as part of Doc Fortnight 2018: MoMA's International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media. Tickets are $12 and are available at https://www.moma.org/calendar/film/3915.

Wilderness Films presents Moving Stories, a new documentary featuring members of Battery Dance directed by Rob Fruchtman and produced by Cornelia Ravenal, Mikael Sodersten and Wendy Sax. The film will be screened, with a discussion with the filmmakers and members of Battery Dance Company, on Sunday, February 18, 2018 at 7pm at The Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd Street, NYC, as part of Doc Fortnight 2018: MoMA's International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media. Tickets are $12 and are available at https://www.moma.org/calendar/film/3915.

The World Science Festival and Con Edison are pleased to announce that City of Science, the touring mini-metropolis of mind-expanding demonstrations and hands-on activities for families, comes to the Bronx on Sunday, March 11.

MacGillivray Freeman Films today announced that Academy Award-winning actor, Morgan Freeman, will narrate America's Musical Journey,the company's newest 3D documentary for IMAX and giant screen theatres. America's Musical Journey, produced in association with Brand USA and presented by Expedia, will be opening in select museums and institutions beginning February 16 th. The film celebrates the rich cultural diversity of America as seen through the story of its music.

The Winnipeg New Music Festival's (WNMF) unique relationship with Iceland its innovative composers and their uniquely evocative music has evolved over a number of seasons. This year is the 100th anniversary of an important milestone in Icelandic history: the Danish Icelandic Act, a pivotal point in Iceland's history and journey to independence. In celebration of that event, the 2018 Festival (running Jan. 27-Feb. 2, 2018) presents multiple world premieres by Icelandic composers including a major new work for orchestra and choir by Hilmar rn Hilmarsson on January 31.

Interested in being liberated from political-correctness, having a bawdy good time surrounded by likeminded adults? If dropping your filter and saying what's on your mind is your cup of tea, you have to see the improv troupe, Nine and Numb and their After Hours show at Dreamhouse Theater. Though they also do a regular family-friendly rendition, I prefer seeing what's really on the minds of the audience as they are the ones that dictate the direction of the show - going as far as supplying the scenario and keywords that the actors have to turn into a skit. I was happy to see that Dreamhouse Theatre tested an adults-only version of the often standing-room-only improv show.