Tonight on Smile Politely Radio we’re going to get creepy and crawly with the organizers of the Insect Fear Film Festival. The Insect Fear Film Festival has been a long-standing tradition of the Department of Entomology showcasing the wonders of the insect and arthropod worlds. This year’s theme is Female Entomologists, and the feature film will be Mansquito, a film about a female entomologist who genetically engineers mosquitoes to be unable to transmit the “Gillan” virus. They will also be showing some of the Growing Up Creepie cartoons, which are about a girl who was abandoned and raised by insects. In its 32nd year, the festival will be held on February 28th in Foellinger Auditorium (U of I Campus). Admission is free, and the doors open at 6 p.m.
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