Get into the groove for this celebration of equality, self-expression, and San Francisco Pride!-----> Join drag queen extraordinaire Heklina, host of the weekly “Mother†party at SF nightclub The Oasis, for a drag show of fabulously unparalleled proportions celebrating “the future of love.â€------> In the Coral Reef, experience the celebratory, sexy stylings ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
Join WEN for an after-work hike through Tilden Regional Park to celebrate the start of summer! We’ll trek the 4-mile Wildcat Peak Loop through peaceful woodlands and open chaparral to take in sunset views of San Francisco Bay and the Berkeley Hills. Mix and mingle as you walk, and meet ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $5 advance, $7 day of
Cephalopod Movie Night with Science Friday!They’re quick, they’re clever, they’re masters of disguise and every year public radio program Science Friday dedicates a week to celebrating them. Cephalopod Week, Science Friday’s annual celebration of some of the smartest, most interesting invertebrates on Earth, is back for its fourth year, and Atlas Obscura and Science Friday are teaming ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 20
Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Current Treatments and Future Therapies (rescheduled from 6.15.17)Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) affects millions of people and can lead to vision loss. Prompt treatment for the “wet form†of AMD is important to prevent permanent vision changes. An update on current treatments and future therapeutic areas will be discussed.Speaker: Diana V. Do, MDRescheduled from 6.15.17
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Computational Microscopy Computational imaging involves the joint design of imaging system hardware and software, optimizing across the entire pipeline from acquisition to reconstruction. This talk will describe new methods for computational microscopy with coded illumination, based on a simple and inexpensive hardware modification of a commercial microscope, combined with advanced image ...
Where: SunnyvaleCost: $5 General, Free for IEEE members
The frequency of extreme and unpredictable weather events is increasing.What are the effects of an increase or decrease in carbon emissions?What is scientific research projecting for the future of climate change?Speaker: Tom Suchanek: USGS (Scientist Emeritus)Â
The University of Montreal's Lauren Weiss and Ohio State University's Marc Pinsonneault are NASAÂ Kepler Mission Experts. Together, and separately, they have helped to discover many MANY worlds orbiting other stars. In this Wonderfest dialogue, Dr. Weiss, a post-doctoral fellow, will talk about the sizes and compositions of the Kepler exoplanets. ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: Free
What Does It Take to Discover 2,332 Planets?: An Evening with NASA Kepler ScientistsOn June 22, 2017, join the Lawrence Hall of Science, the UC Berkeley Department of Astronomy, and NASA scientists to learn what has been discovered through NASA’s Kepler missionâ€"and how we might find Earth 2.0. Since 2009, the Kepler space telescope has been discovering “exoplanetsâ€â€"that is, Earth-size planets that orbit ...
Come ooooo and ahhhh at the science behind these big booms! Where do fireworks come from? Who invented them? What causes their beautiful colors, and how do the bursting shells create such different patterns? Join us for some real illumination, and learn the difference between a jerb and a lance.Part ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with After Dark Admission
