In a Flash: After Dark

Presentations

Everything Matters: Bromine With Ron Hipschman
8:00 p.m.  |  Osher Gallery 1, Kanbar Forum

The element bromine is full of drama, but its compounds are perhaps best known for keeping flashes and flares in check they’ve long been used as flame retardants, though they’re increasingly being phased out. Get to know this volatile element with Exploratorium scientist Ron Hipschman as part of Everything Matters, our series on the Periodic Table.

Ongoing

Flash Cinema With Cinema Arts
6:00-10:00 p.m.  |  Osher Gallery 1, Micro Cinema

Time dwindles until it simply flies by in this collection of short films. From the opportunity to experience days in seconds through the power of timelapse to the pupil-dilating, brain-crimping overload of flicker films, each of these film restricts and redefines how much information can be packed into a flash.

Nematocysts With Dana Carrison-Stone
7:00-9:00 p.m.  |  Gallery 4 Bio Bar

Cnidaria anemones, corals, and jellyfish, among others aren't supervillains; they're just trying to eat. But it's all the same to the victims of their nematocysts, or body parts that inject poison into their prey. Learn about nematocysts with marine biologist and Living Systems manager Dana Carrison-Stone.

Flash Pickling With Explorables
7:00-10:00 p.m.  |  Gallery 4

Pickles in a flash not too bad, right? Officially, these aren’t true pickles, a term reserved for foods that are fermented with acid-producing bacteria. What you’ve really done here would be more properly called “flash-marinating”: rapidly infusing brine into food with the help of a pressure drop. As you might suspect, the secret to the trick lies in extracting the gases hiding within the veggies. Learn how to flash-pickle with Explorables volunteers then eat what you make!

Chronophotography With PJ Reptilehouse
7:00-9:00 p.m.  |  Osher Gallery 1, Black Box

Explore the spectra of light and dark, figurative and abstract, simple and complex with the photography of PJ Reptilehouse. Capturing the human form with constantly evolving custom strobe lights, he creates unique kaleidoscopic images. A gallery of selected photographs will be projected on a large screen and visitors will have a chance to peer into his image-making process at the adjacent Black Box entrance.