Space Week Festival: Day 1Designed for space enthusiasts, adults, and explorers ages 5 - 12 with an adult caregiver. All ages and abilities welcome. Meet an astronaut! Hold real rocket parts! Launch a satellite!This festival weekend is a chance to engage your curiosity, connect with Bay Area scientists, explore your place in the future of ...
Where: OaklandCost: $24 General, $19 Students/Seniors/Youth
Vintage Computer FestivalCome and explore an extraordinary showcase of historical computers, from pristine originals to ingenious modern hacks. Computer enthusiasts around the world look forward to the annual Vintage Computer Festival.Experience hands-on demos of historical systems from the 1960s through the 1990s, learn preservation tips, and try out brands like Apple, Atari, ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: $40 General, $33 Senior/Student/Military/Teacher
First Saturday: Free Tour of the Santa Cruz ArboretumAround the World in 60-90 Minutes!On the first Saturday of each month, the Arboretum offers a docent or staff-led tour of the Arboretum.Sometimes you will see New Zealand, South Africa, California, and Australia. Sometimes you might see combinations of several gardens or the developing World Conifer Collection or Rare Fruit ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free with admission, and for members
City Public Star PartyCome join the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers for free public stargazing of the Moon, planets, globular clusters and more!The event will take place in Tunnel Tops National Park, parking is located adjacent to Picnic Place (210 Lincoln Blvd for GPS) with the telescopes setup in the East Meadow.Dress warmly as conditions ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Sunday, 08/03/25
Space Week Festival: Day 2Designed for space enthusiasts, adults, and explorers ages 5 - 12 with an adult caregiver. All ages and abilities welcome. Meet an astronaut! Hold real rocket parts! Launch a satellite!This festival weekend is a chance to engage your curiosity, connect with Bay Area scientists, explore your place in the future of ...
Where: OaklandCost: $24 General, $19 Students/Seniors/Youth
Tuesday, 08/05/25
Octopuses on Ecstasy and The Future of PsychedelicsJoin author Joe Dolce and neuroscientist Gül Dölen to discuss modern Psychedelics and how they can be used for new ways of healing.When the neuroscientist Gül Dölen gave octopuses ecstasy, these typically hostile animals did something extraordinary. They cuddled! Join author Joe Dolce and Dr. Dölen in conversation about that ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General
Wednesday, 08/06/25
The Nuts and Bolts of Teaching Astronomy 4: Exploring the Solar System - LivestreamJoin the ASP's Brian Kruse, Director, Teacher Learning Center and Formal Education for a series of workshops on the Nuts and Bolts of teaching astronomy.In this two-hour workshop, join experienced teachers who have taught astronomy to cover the “nuts and bolts'' of solar system exploration. Rovers on Mars, spacecraft orbiting ...
An hour after sunset for two weeks after the full moon, shallow Caribbean waters light up for a short time with arguably the most complex luminescent communication displays known in marine habitats. These displays are created by tiny crustaceans known as ostracods, colloquially known as ‘sea fireflies’, although they exhibit ...
Probing Europa’s Atmosphere and Surface RemotelySpeaker: Michael Velez, Southwest Research InstituteGravitons on the Move: Rethinking Gravity, Relativity, and Mercury’s Orbit Return?Speaker: Adolfo Santa Fe Duenas, University of New HampshireClick here to watch on YouTube
Our annual celebration of the San Francisco Bay and ocean science returns! We’ll be pulling our NOAA data-collection buoy out of the water for its yearly servicing, and have scientists on deck to showcase the fascinating organisms that grow on the buoy and elsewhere in the Bay. Immerse yourself in ...
There are a lot of reasons people believe misinformation - and it’s not just because they lack the facts. False beliefs are fueled by powerful social and psychological forces. Our identities, relationships, and information environments strongly shape what we believe and how we process evidence.Join us for a Skeptical Inquirer Presents ...
Where: Cost: Free
From Prototype to Publication - AI Initiatives for NewsroomsAn international panel of professionals will discuss AI's transformation of journalism around technical feasibility, business models, and transparency in real-world newsroom adoption. Cutting through hype to reveal practical realities.As part of our event series LAYERS, we’re bringing together journalists, technologists, and entrepreneurs to explore how artificial intelligence travels from code ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
NightLife: BAIDDF Pre-PartyKick off this year’s Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival with a celebration at NightLife featuring live dance performances and more.See weblink for more details
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
After Dark: Beneath the BayThe San Francisco Bay is a defining feature of our local landscape, but have you thought about what lurks beneath its surface? Join us tonight to dive into the rich ecology beneath the Bay, and interact with sea life at all scales. Examine plankton through a microscope, interact with nautical ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95
How we built the world's largest digital camera - LivestreamWatch the lecture live on our YouTube page. In person tickets are sold outIf you previously registered for this date, please re-register. See the weblink.The world's biggest digital camera was built at SLAC, and shipped to the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in northern Chile last year. This observatory has ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Friday, 08/08/25
Intro to AI-Driven World: Good, Bad, & The UglyWhat if everything you thought you knew about the future was about to change?This isn't a lecture about abstract algorithms or futuristic fantasies. This is an urgent, captivating exploration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) - the most profound, transformative force of our lifetime, already at work, already reshaping the very fabric ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $66.33 (early bird, 2 for 1)
Join us to hear from a MacArthur genius awardee, former rocket engineer, and passionate leader in the social enterprise movement - Jim Fruchterman - about using technology for positive social change.To a lot of people in big business, the only worthy ideas are those that make a lot of money, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, discount for members
The Astrobiological Exploration of Enceladus - SOLD OUTIn 2005, the Cassini spacecraft made a groundbreaking discovery - a massive plume of ice and gas erupting from the south pole of Enceladus, a small but geologically active moon of Saturn. The plume is now believed to originate from a subsurface ocean of liquid water beneath the moon’s icy ...
