Mad Science Valentine: Guerilla Grafters, steampunk lamps, DIY cosmetics, and crazy cocktails!

Come join us for an evening full of Valentine's workshops with the mad scientists at Counter Culture Labs. 

Individual workshops are $10-15 each. Please sign up on Meetup through the links below:

6-7pm: Celebrate Spring with the Guerilla Grafters

Spring is coming! The sap is rising, and buds are bursting - time for a grafting workshop! The Guerrilla Grafters graft fruit bearing branches onto non-fruit bearing ornamental fruit trees around town. Over time, delicious, nutritious fruit is made available to urban residents through these grafts. We will demonstrate how to do the wedge graft on neighborhood trees. Attendees can receive a small fruiting scion and tips for where to find more.

7-8pm: Build a Steampunk lamp

Put some more Glow in your life. Join us to upcycle some gorgeous giant light bulbs into a steampunk lamp. Kids welcome, but only under direct adult supervision, since we will be breaking glass, and working with electricity!

7-8pm: Grow edible mushrooms

Grow edible and tasty Oyster mushrooms with the good folks from Bay Area Applied Mycology. During this activity you will inoculate straw with mushrooms and take them home to grow and eat.

8-9pm: DIY cosmetics

Learn about the science of cosmetics, and make a Valentine themed bath BOMB! We'll have a very wide selection of essential oils available to choose from, so you can try your hand at blending your very own perfume.

9-10pm: Mad Science cocktails

Mad scientists and molecular gastronomists, unite! Join us for this after-hours workshop to play around with some crazy-ass drinks. We'll experiment with spherification, fluorescent beverages, dry ice, and then put it all together. (Cocktails will be non-alcoholic, but feel free to bring some spirits to liven things up yourself!)