BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Uptown Film Center - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://uptownfilm.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Uptown Film Center
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20250309T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20251102T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20260308T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20261101T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20270314T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20271107T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260317T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260317T213000
DTSTAMP:20260506T162139
CREATED:20260121T225911Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260208T180758Z
UID:10000002-1773774000-1773783000@uptownfilm.org
SUMMARY:Science on Screen®: BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY - Hollywood Glamour Meets Hardcore Engineering - with special guest Sarah Rose Siskind
DESCRIPTION:BOMBSHELL:\nTHE HEDY LAMARR STORY\nwith extended introduction by special guest Sarah Rose Siskind \nPart of the SCIENCE ON SCREEN® Series\nAn initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre\, in partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation \nBOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY\nAlexandra Dean\, 2017\, 89 min\, documentary \n\nHollywood glamour meets hardcore engineering. Bombshell uncovers how screen legend Hedy Lamarr co-invented frequency-hopping technology\, a radical idea that laid the groundwork for Wi-Fi\, Bluetooth\, and GPS\, yet remained largely forgotten and unrecognized for decades. This 2017 documentary is a thrilling reminder that scientific innovation can come from the most unexpected minds\, and that credit is often unevenly distributed. \nScience comedian Sarah Rose Siskind will offer a brief\, entertaining meditation on Hedy Lamarr and her genius. \n\n \nGuest Speaker:\nSarah Rose Siskind \nSarah Rose Siskind is a science comedy writer who turns complex ideas into laughs and explores the intersections of technology\, gender\, and pop culture. Founder of Hello SciCom and former head writer for Neil deGrasse Tyson’s StarTalk\, she’s written for Fox\, Nat Geo\, and the White House Press Correspondents’ Dinner\, and has been featured in The New Yorker. \nTickets: (including $5 Symphony Space facility fee added at checkout)\n$12/adult\n$10/seniors & students\n$8/Community partner with code \nBUY TICKETS HERE \nThis program is supported\, in part\, by public funds from the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) in partnership with the City Council and the office of NY City Councilperson Shaun Abreu. \n\nWith the support of Thomas Campbell Jackson and the Brandt Jackson Foundation. \n\nCo-sponsors: BAiP\, LiLY\, W. 90s Neighborhood Assn.\, W. 102nd & 103rd Streets Block Assn.\, W. 104th St. Block Assn.
URL:https://uptownfilm.org/event/science-on-screen-bombshell-the-hedy-lamarr-story/
LOCATION:Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater\, 95th Street West of Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10025
CATEGORIES:Science on Screen
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uptownfilm.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Bombshell_poster_1350x2000-e1769534091540.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR