Where Did I Put My Keys? How We Remember and Why We Forget with Lisa Genova
Doors will open 1 hour prior to the event.
Note that all tickets are 'General Admission' meaning you are guaranteed a seat, however not a specific seat. General Admission seats are first come, first served. If you are attending with a large party, we reccomend arriving early to find seats together. Please arrive no earlier than 1 hour before the show.
Tickets are non-refundable.
Bag Policy: All bags are subject to search. Bags bigger than 12x12 will not be allowed into the venue. No exceptions. Patrons will be asked to return backpacks and large bags to their vehicles before entering the venue. To expedite our ticketing process, please leave backpacks, large or overstuffed purses and bags in your vehicle.
Payomet is proud to present accomplished neuroscientist and author of Still Alice Lisa Genova in her performance of Where Did I Put My Keys? How We Remember and Why We Forget, an event to benefit the Alzheimer's Family Support Center.
As a culture, we tend to cast Forgetting as the bad guy in the epic battle against everyone’s favorite hero, Remembering. But our memory system isn’t a war between good and evil. Most of what we forget every day is actually 100% normal. But we tend to lay a lot of fear, shame, and stress on ourselves every time we forget to take out the trash, where we put our phones, why we walked into the kitchen, or the name of a movie a friend recommended. Dr. Lisa Genova aims to humanize forgetting, to help us understand why these normal kinds of memory failures happen so we can have a better relationship with memory.
In this talk focused on her newest New York Times bestseller, Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting, Genova will educate us about the intricacies of how we remember, why we forget, and what we can do to protect our memories.
Ticket Price: $50
About Lisa: Neuroscientist and author acclaimed as the Oliver Sacks of fiction and the Michael Crichton of brain science, Lisa Genova has captured a special place in contemporary fiction, writing stories that are equally inspired by neurological conditions and our shared human condition. She is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Still Alice, Left Neglected, Love Anthony, Inside the O'Briens, and Every Note Played.
Her first TED talk, "What You Can Do To Prevent Alzheimer's" has been viewed over eight million times. Her most recent TED talk, "How Memory Works--and Why Forgetting is Totally OK" was the sixth most watched TED talk of 2021. A sought-after speaker/edutainer, she has headlined in speaker series alongside Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Gloria Steinem, Jay Leno, Malala Yousafzai, Bryan Stevenson, and Goldie Hawn.
