A Whale of a Time

That’s how Mediabistro’s FisbowlNY characterized the World Science Festival’s opening party Wednesday night at the American Museum of Natural History. Here are some images:

The whale (top) and the guests (below).

The evening’s surprise guest:

Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) telling the guests how he became a politician when his career in chemistry failed to take off.

The Abyssinian Baptist Church Choir with a demonstration of the power of music. To be explored further by Oliver Sacks in the Festival event, Music and the Brain, on Saturday evening.

Images: © Kathi Littwin for World Science Festival