NYC-Learn about rat laughter

An amazing artist, Kathy High, is coming to town on Saturday to give a talk and performance about rat laughter. Kathy will be handing out free bat detectors to people who keep rats as pets--rat laughter is ultrasonic and we need these devices to bring it down to the human hearing range. Her performance is part of a larger event series that I've hosted called the Multispecies Salon. Saturday's event marks the publication of a book, with an essay in it describing Kathy's early initiatives to rescue rats from biological laboratories. Details about the event are below. The Multispecies Salon presents: Biopolitical Tactics
When: Saturday November 1st, 2014.
Doors 7:00 p.m., Start 7:30 p.m.
Where: Babycastles Gallery + Interspace, 137 West 14th Street, Manhattan, NY. Free and open to the public. Performances and music through midnight.

Get schooled in the tactics of tickling, smelling, washing, listening, mind sensing, encrypting, caring, and hacking. Original art by Kathy High, Adam Zaretsky, Miriam Simun, Grayson Earle, Karin Bolender, Bob Pritchard, Eben Kirksey, Krista Dragomer, Dean Cercone, and Tessa Farmer. Inspired by the spirit of Beatriz da Costa. https://www.facebook.com/events/1479368678999095