Close Modal Public Event Poetry Night - Where Science Speaks in Verse Thursday, August 13 | 7:00 p.m. Join SubSpace for an evening of verse and inquiry, exploring how language and creativity illuminate the neurological mysteries that research is still working to explain. Member Ticket Presale: Starting June 4thGeneral Public Ticket Launch: June 11thPoetry is coming to the Museum of Science because some of the most profound discoveries begin not in a lab, but in language. In a year dedicated to revolutionary science, we are expanding the conversation to explore the intersection of art and inquiry. Emotions like grief, joy, wonder, and love are more than just fleeting experiences; they are biological and neurological realities that shape every decision we make and every connection we form. This summer, SubSpace presents a unique gathering that examines how two of humanity's most enduring tools—science and poetry—have always been in a secret conversation with one another, helping us navigate the deep complexities of the human condition.This special evening offers a space to reflect on how language gives shape to our inner lives and how creativity often illuminates truths that traditional research is still working to define. Boston has long been a city where innovation and culture breathe the same air, and this event brings that legacy to life in a new, more poetic way. Whether you are a lover of the arts or a student of the sciences, you are invited to witness how these two worlds meet to explore what it means to feel and how we find meaning in everyday life.Join us for a night where science speaks in verse and creativity opens new doors to understanding the world around us. Register for the Event Date and Time Thursday, August 13 | 7:00 p.m. Audience Adults 18+ Location Blue Wing View Map Price Free with Pre-Registration Language English Register for the Event Date and Time Thursday, August 13 | 7:00 p.m. Audience Adults 18+ Location Blue Wing View Map Price Free with Pre-Registration Language English Member Ticket Presale: Starting June 4thGeneral Public Ticket Launch: June 11thPoetry is coming to the Museum of Science because some of the most profound discoveries begin not in a lab, but in language. In a year dedicated to revolutionary science, we are expanding the conversation to explore the intersection of art and inquiry. Emotions like grief, joy, wonder, and love are more than just fleeting experiences; they are biological and neurological realities that shape every decision we make and every connection we form. This summer, SubSpace presents a unique gathering that examines how two of humanity's most enduring tools—science and poetry—have always been in a secret conversation with one another, helping us navigate the deep complexities of the human condition.This special evening offers a space to reflect on how language gives shape to our inner lives and how creativity often illuminates truths that traditional research is still working to define. Boston has long been a city where innovation and culture breathe the same air, and this event brings that legacy to life in a new, more poetic way. Whether you are a lover of the arts or a student of the sciences, you are invited to witness how these two worlds meet to explore what it means to feel and how we find meaning in everyday life.Join us for a night where science speaks in verse and creativity opens new doors to understanding the world around us. Featuring Image Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah is a Ghanaian American poet, editor, and educator living out the diaspora in Boston, Massachusetts. They are both Black & alive.Born in 1993, Emmanuel is the school librarian at the Joseph Lee School in Dorchester, and Boston’s current poet laureate.In the past, Emmanuel has served as a high school English teacher at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, and as a teaching artist at organizations such as the Massachusetts Literary Education and Performance Collective, the Cambridge Arts Council, Northeastern University, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.The pursuit of joy, and that which sustains life, is essential to Emmanuel’s creative practice, and to their practice of living. Emmanuel’s chapbook “not without small joys” (published by Game Over Books Press) explores the centrality of joy as an animating force, especially in the face of human suffering. In his free time, Emmanuel enjoys hot carbs, brightly colored chapbooks, and the long sigh at the end of a good book.
