National Geographic Live Speaker Series: Mireya Mayor

Mireya Mayor has been hailed as a "female Indiana Jones," a real-world Dora the Explorer, and an adventure inspiration for young women fascinated by science and exploration. As part of National Geographic's Live Speaker Series, Mayor will speak at the Manship on her experiences, sharing wild, unbelievable stories, images, and film clips from her many adventures in the wildest and most remote places on earth. In addition to fantastic heroine tales of surviving poisonous snake bites, being charged by gorillas, and chased by elephants, Mayor will offer insight into the true hardships and dangers of life in the field as a primatologist, explorer, and wildlife correspondent for the National Geographic Channel. 2 pm. $38. manshiptheatre.org.