Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

[Barry Karr <SkeptInq@aol.com>]

 Fairfield, CT; Albany, NY; Amherst, NY; Cleveland, OH; Lexington, KY;
 Springfield, IL; Des Moines, IA; and Portland, OR

  From CSICOP and the Skeptical Inquirer (www.csicop.org)

 We are pleased to announce the North American tour of Massimo Polidoro, one
of          today's leading skeptics on the paranormal and fringe sciences
and co-founder and
 Executive Director of the Italian Committee for the Investigation of Claims
 of the Paranormal. Below is a brief biography and a list of dates and cities
 where he will be speaking.

 During the last thirteen years, Massimo Polidoro has investigated dozens of
 cases of supposed paranormal events. His work follows two main lines. One is
 historical investigations that have helped bring new light on famous cases
 like: The Feilding Report on Eusapia Palladino; Franek Kluski's Spirit
 Moulds; Alla Vinogradova's PK demonstrations; Uri Geller's Watch Test...and
 many others. The results of this kind of work have been published in both
 The Skeptical Inquirer and the Journal of the Society for Psychical
 Research.

 The other one is the testing of psychics, often conducted along with his
 colleague Dr. Luigi Garlaschelli, at Pavia's University. Clairvoyants,
 mediums, human magnets, girls with X-ray eyes, table-tippers, prophets,
 healers and many other claimants have been tested under test conditions.
 Although the results do not furnish proof of real paranormal activities,
 they tell a fascinating story about the will to believe. During the lecture,
 Massimo makes ample use of video material and, especially, live
 demonstrations of psychic trickery.


 Fairfield, CT
 Saturday, August 4th at 1:00 pm. The meeting will be held at the Fairfield
 Public Library, 1080 Old Post Road, Fairfield, CT (203) 256-3155. For more
 information call Jon Blumenfeld at (203) 847-9045, E-mail jon@blumenfeld.com.
 hosted by New England Skeptical Society http://www.theness.com/


 Guilderland, NY (Albany, New York Area)
 Monday, August 6th at 7:00 pm. The meeting will be held at the Guilderland
 Public Library, 2228 Western Avenue, Guilderland, NY. Doors open at 6:00
 pm-Event starts at 7 pm. For more information call Mike Sofka at (518)
 437-1547, E-mail sofkam@rpi.edu.
 hosted by The Inquiring Skeptics of Upper New York (ISUNY)
 http://www.rpi.edu/~sofkam/ISUNY/


 Amherst, NY (Buffalo, NY area)
 Tuesday, August 7th at 7:30 pm. The meeting will be held at the Center for
 Inquiry, 1310 Sweet Home Road, Amherst, NY 14226. For more information
 contact Barry Karr at (716) 636-1425, ext. 217 or skeptinq@aol.com.

 Bereau, OH (Cleveland area)
 Wednesday, August 8th at 7:30 pm in Room 18 of the Life and Earth Science
 Building at Baldwin-Wallace College. The parking lot is located on Front
 Street just north of Bagley Road in Bereau, Ohio. Both the talk and the
 parking are free. For more information contact Steven Hilliard
 sdhilliard@mediaone.net (440) 933-8902.
 hosted by the South Shore Skeptics  http://home.earthlink.net/~jimkutz/sss/


 Lexington, KY
 Thursday, August 9th from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Barnes & Noble Hamburg
 Place, 1932 Pavillion Way, Lexington, Kentucky. Group Talk-Thursday, August
 9th from 8:30 pm-10:00 pm. Ryan's Family Steakhouse, 701 Red Mile Rd.,
 Lexington, Kentucky. For more information contact Fred Bach fwbach@visto.com
 (859) 539-2111 or (859) 543-2503. Back-Up: Bob Baker (859) 272-2561
 hosted by the Kentucky Assn. of Science Educators and Skeptics (KASES)


 Springfield, IL
 Saturday, August 11th at 1:30 pm at the Lincoln Library's Carnegie North
 Room. The Lincoln Library is at the corner of 7th and Capitol.
 For more information contact David Bloomberg davidbloomberg@hotmail (217)
 726-5354
 hosted by Rational Examination Assoc. of Lincoln Land (REALL),
www.reall.org.


Des Moines, IA  August 13th, 2001
Current Schedule for Massimo's appearances:

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Des Moines Central Library
Discussing Book "Final Seance"

1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
West Des Moines Library
Discussing Book "Final Seance"

4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Room 1414 in ISU's Molecular Biology Building
SECRETS OF THE PSYCHICS

7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Franklin Library in Des Moines
Discussing Book "Final Seance"
hosted by the Central Iowa Skeptics  http://www.dangerousideas.net/

 Tigard, OR (Portland Area)
 Town Hall Room, Tigard City Hall, 13125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, Oregon,
 August 15, 7:00 pm. For more information contact Jeanine Denoma
 wilkinsa@peak.org (503) 838-8859 or
 hosted by the Oregonians for Rationality (O4R),
http://www.teleport.com/~or4think/home.htm