Explore different ways to make flashy displays at After Dark: Bling. Follow hip-hop history, make digital bling, learn how insects bedazzle themselves, and get into the art of making grillz, goldwork, and more.Bling and Beyond: Adornment, Material Culture, and Hip-Hop With Eric ArnoldCrowning San Francisco’s SkylineWith Jim Campbell Metal Jewelry MakingWith The CrucibleDigital ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $17.95 advance, $19.95 door, free for AD members
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San Francisco.Cafe Inquiry is a social event hosted by the Center for Inquiry|San Francisco.For more information or if you have questions please email sf@centerforinquiry.net
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Smoked NightlifeGet some inspiration for your summer grilling and sink your teeth into a night of sweet, spicy, and smoky food and drink.-----> Head outside to the garden and join 4505 Meats as their expert smokers talk about the art (and science) of a nose-to-tail pig roast.-----> Learn a few creative ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
What do you think of when you imagine the conditions needed to create positive environmental and climate change outcomes? Do you think about scientific tools or the availability of new technologies? The existence and enforcement of government and local policies? In this talk I will discuss an even more fundamental ...
Air: With John Collins Learn how to make your own Tumbling Wing paper airplane with John Collins. This uniquely folded paper plane can stay adrift indefinitely when you scoop up air beneath it with a piece of cardboard. All ages welcome.Known as “The Paper Airplane Guy,â€Â John Collins has been invited to fly planes ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: included with admission
First Friday Family Night at CuriOdysseyFamilies with small children can swing into the weekend with music, science, food and fun! On the first Friday of every month, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m., parents and kids celebrate together at CuriOdyssey. Dance to live music including soul, funk and jazz of the 60’s and 70’s. Purchase ...
Where: San MateoCost: $12.50-9.50 / Free with Admission / Members Free
Speaker: Sandra Faber, UC Santa CruzTickets on sale at 12:00 noon April 18.
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $25
Saturday, 07/07/18
Alcatraz Gardens Class Series: Building MosaicsJoin us in the beautiful Alcatraz Gardens for this hands-on workshop to build your own mosaic tile with instructor Kristi Halva. Kristi has been involved with the arts since her days in high school and has recently studied under the direction of Laurel True, a well-known mosaic artist at the Institute ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $50
Marshlands of DreamsJoin Paul Mueller on a 1-mile walk of the LaRiviere Marsh Trail to find traces of the past. Prior to marsh restoration, learn how Californians utilized the area for farming, quarrying, salt production, and transportation.  There will opportunities for bird watching as well.
Where: FremontCost: Free
Biodiversity BioblitzCome explore the Modini Mayacamas Preserves with other serious “nature nerds†and experts. Our goal is to add species records each season to the Biodiversity of the Modini Mayacamas on iNaturalist. Each of us tends to spot, and share enthusiasm and knowledge about, species that others rarely notice. Mark your ...
Astronomers use the phrase "historical supernovae" to mean stellar explosions that were seen and recorded by someone before the invention of the telescope. All were, therefore, necessarily within our own Milky Way Galaxy. There are six or eight of them, most seen first by Chinese astronomers, though there are also records from ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $45 - $199
Sunday, 07/08/18
Wildflower Photography Friday Join other wildflower photographers (amateur and professional) on a meandering monthly excursion around the Modini Mayacamas to document wildflowers of the season. After our field time, each of us will add a few of our best images to an album that Friends of the Modini Mayacamas and ACR will use ...
Where: GeyservilleCost: $20 suggested donation
Wildlife Camera Walk with Ginny Fifield Spend the morning learning about some of the wildlife that inhabits the Preserves with Ginny Fifield, Wildlilfe Camera Specialist, ACR Living With Lions team member, and Modini Mayacamas Preserves volunteer. We’ll learn about identifying field signs of mountain lions, bobcat, coyotes and more. Based on what we find, we'll guess ...
Blockchain: What You Need To KnowDigital world has produced efficiencies, new innovative products, and close customer relationships globally by the effective use of mobile, IoT (Internet of Things), social media, analytics and cloud technology to generate models for better decisions. Blockchain is recently introduced and revolutionizing the digital world bringing a new perspective to security, ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
We're Doomed. Now What?A U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq, Roy Scranton writes about sailing through a melting Arctic, preparing for severe storms amplified by climate change and seeking meaning in life at a very precarious time in human history. His first book was Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
7:00-7:25: Allen Saakyan(Eureka! Science Comedy) on "The Greatest Story Ever Told"Where did we come from? Who are we? Where are we going? ...Read more7:25-7:50: Rosanna Guadagno(University of Texas at Dallas) on "Women, Men, and Social Media use at Work: An Example of Peace Data"A social network analysis ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
Wonderfest: AI and 'Robots and Frank'Following a special "Science on Screen" presentation of 2012's Robot and Frank (87% "Fresh" at RottenTomatoes.com), UC Berkeley computer scientist Michael Laskey will discuss the movie's fantasy/reality balance. He will also answer audience questions about recent advances in the general fields of robotics and artificial intelligence.
