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Sherry Turkle, M.I.T. professor, researcher, consultant and author, will discuss the timely topic of digital influences on our personal lives, from how we relate to our family, friends, and lovers, plus how technology affects how we think, conduct our business, our productivity, creativity and innovation. The emphasis will be on ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
Experience Strandbeest: The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen. On tour for the first time in North America, Dutch artist Theo Jansen's strandbeests-or "beach animals"-are mesmerizing in their motions and eerily lifelike. Equipped with sensory organs and ever-evolving survival strategies, they walk a wandering, wind-blown line between art and engineering, mechanics and biology.Featuring The ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General; $10 Members; Free for Lab Members
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San Francisco
Join us for NightLife's first foray into the wonderful world of wine. From how to sip and smell it to how to choose the most impressive (but least expensive) bottle for a special occasion.Check out wine flights curated by NOPA wine director Lulu McAllister at focused bars around the museum-from ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
Presented by Oakland Zoo staff members Natasha Tworoski and Liz Low. Since its establishment in 1989, ARCAS in Guatemala has grown into one of the largest and most complex wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centers in the world, receiving between 300 and 600 animals every year that have been rescued from ...
Countries and corporations united in Paris to forge a global climate deal to reduce carbon pollution while continuing to expand the economy. Now comes the hard part.California is pushing ahead with green policies and technologies that are creating jobs and markets. But in today's highly stratified society, many people don't ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
The Chemistry of Olive OilWhat elements make a healthy olive oil? Do you know how to taste the difference? Find out from two industry experts while sampling olive oil courtesy of Amphora Nueva, Lafayette. Polyphenols, peroxide value, free fatty acid and oleic acid all impact the health benefits, taste and quality of ultra premium ...