WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn., April 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- More and more parents of young children find themselves missing important milestones in their children's lives as they struggle to maintain a balance between making ends meet and sharing once-in-a-lifetime moments with their kids.

NASA's first (and only, so she informed the audience) artist in residence creates an atmosphere like an eccentric favourite aunt as she saunters between dialogue, anecdote, computer synthesizer and challenging electric violin.

Laurie Anderson, the musician and performance artist, made her name in the 1980s with "The United States" and "Home of the Brave," vast multimedia cavalcades that went on tour with several 18- wheelers full of props and equipment.