Brain Chemistry For Lovers opens for Dr. Helen Fisher at Illahee Lecture Series

On Wednesday, February 18th, Brain Chemistry For Lovers w/ Valerie Day and Darrell Grant will open for Dr. Helen Fisher for the Illahee Lecture Series. Also appearing for this 20 minute abbreviated version of the show (both onscreen and in-person) will be OHSU's Dr. Larry Sherman Ph.D. (advisor for Brain Chemistry For Lovers, Dr. Sherman also plays himself in the film for the show created by filmmaker Jim Blashfield).

Brain Chemistry For Lovers is one of Valerie's most recent projects. Fusing cabaret, concert, and science lecture, Brain Chemistry For Lovers uses music, film and the latest discoveries in the world of neuroscience to explore one of the most universal of all human experiences - Romantic Love.

Dr. Fisher is often called "The Doyenne of Desire" as she is one of the most prominent experts on the study of love and the brain. Her book "Why We Love - the Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love", and a ground breaking fMRI study she and her colleagues conducted to study the brain circuitry of romantic love, are are used as a part of the science lecture in the Brain Chemistry For Lovers performance during the phase of love having to do with Dopamine.

This lecture is a part of the 2009 Illahee Lecture Series on The Nature of Desire. For more about the Lecture Series and to purchase tickets, go to : www.illahee.org or click HERE.

Where: First Congregational Church (1126 SW Park, Portland). 7:30 PM (Doors open at 6:30). Tickets are $20