science cafe in susanville

A Science Cafe in Susanville?

I just received my E-newsletter from American Scientist and saw that

WGBH Boston and Sigma Xi have teamed up to help promote the idea of

Science Cafes:

The joint venture is the product of an ongoing partnership that began

in 2004. That's when Sigma Xi chapters around the country started

holding informal public discussions in restaurants, pubs, coffee

shops, science museums and other venues, drawing on themes presented

in the PBS television series NOVA scienceNOW, produced by WGBH.

At Science Caf�s, scientists and engineers share their expertise in a

relaxed, friendly setting. Topics have been wide-ranging, from bird

flu, human space flight, chaos and global warming, to the Irish Potato

famine, green building, the ivory-billed woodpecker, honeybees and

dark energy/dark matter.

I'm thinking it might be a good idea to get one of these going here in

Susanville (I'm thinking Starbucks...). More information on organizing

and maintaining a science cafe can be found at the Science Cafe

website.