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COSMOS with COSMOS RETURNS!
Celebrate the 46th Anniversary of Carl Sagan's Cosmos! On the first Sunday of 2026, sip a classic cocktail and enjoy episode 4: Heaven & Hell! Our January voyage embarks on a dramatic, awe-inspiring exploration of the cataclysmic role of comets and asteroids in shaping planetary history.
Take a journey through “the uncharted reaches of the cosmic ocean” in our speakeasy for monthly screenings of episodes of Carl Sagan’s PBS series Cosmos paired with cocktails and mocktails inspired by the themes of each show! Aired for the first time in 1980, Cosmos combined revolutionary special effects and whimsical narration to take viewers on a dream-like voyage through space and time. The delightfully retro-futuristic aesthetic of Cosmos is enriched by Sagan’s observations about science, nature, and human civilization, which remain as relevant today as they were forty-six years ago.
In this episode: HEAVEN AND HELL, Sagan investigates the cataclysmic role of comets and asteroids in shaping planetary history—covering events like Tunguska—then turns his attention to Venus, detailing its hellish surface and examining how past scientific theories and the Venera missions offer a grave warning about Earth's own greenhouse effect.
"Revered as one of the greatest science communicators of his time, Sagan possessed a unique gift for demystifying complex scientific concepts, making them accessible and thrilling for the general public. If you never had the pleasure of watching him on television, you could imagine him as something of a Scientific Mister Rogers. Friendly, a wonderful storyteller, and always able to distill difficult lessons into their simplest form." -Upworthy
