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After Dark
Feed Your Head
Every Thursday Night • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Exploratorium, Pier 15
$15 General; $10 Members; Free for Lab Members; $10 Add-On Ticket for the Tactile Dome Available for Purchase Onsite
Adults Only (18+)
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Note: Some programs have limited seating that will be made available to visitors on a first-come, first-served basis.
Feed your head every Thursday night at After Dark. Savor unique, thought-provoking series for adults—plus, grab dinner and drinks by the Bay, play with hundreds of hands-on exhibits, crawl through our pitch-black Tactile Dome, and explore.
Upcoming After Dark Events
Superpowers
Thursday, October 6, 2016 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
What’s your favorite superpower? Shapeshifting? Teleportation? Explore the extraordinary abilities of insects, plants, fungi, and microscopic creatures, and learn how humans exceed their capabilities through training or technology. Also experience our Tactile Dome, exhibits, and demonstrations.
Ways of Knowing: Tom Stoppard and Carey Perloff in Conversation and Pairings: The Great Pumpkin
Thursday, October 13, 2016 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Join Academy and Tony award-winning playwright Tom Stoppard and A.C.T. Artistic Director Carey Perloff in conversation with Exploratorium Executive Associate Director Robert Semper. Also tonight, at Pairings: The Great Pumpkin, explore traditional indigenous foodways surrounding pumpkins with ethnobotanist Enrique Salmón.
Cinema Arts and Everything Matters
Thursday, October 20, 2016 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Learn the novel and nefarious uses of phosphorus at Everything Matters, or take a look at revolutionary visual storytelling from the ’60s and ’70s in the Cinema Arts program Seasons of Unrest: Activist Filmmaking in the Vietnam Era. Also, enjoy our pitch-black Tactile Dome, hundreds of exhibits, and an array of demonstrations.
Cinema Arts and Full-Spectrum Science
Thursday, October 27, 2016 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Join us for a Cinema Arts shorts program—outside on the Embarcadero. And if you’ve ever wondered where your flying car is, find out at Full-Spectrum Science. Also, explore our pitch-black Tactile Dome and an array of demonstrations.
Propaganda
Thursday, November 3, 2016 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Join us for First Thursdays (the first After Dark of the month) when we explore one topic—this time, propaganda—in a variety of ways. Also, experience our Tactile Dome, hundreds of exhibits, and an array of demonstrations.
Cinema Arts: Attention and Pairings: Long Live the Olive
Thursday, November 10, 2016 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Join us as Cinema Arts presents Attention, a world premier of new work by Pamela Z with the Del Sol Quartet. Also tonight, cultivate a taste for science through food at Pairings: Long Live the Olive. Plus, explore our pitch-black Tactile Dome, hundreds of exhibits, and an array of demonstrations.
Cinema Arts and Everything Matters
Thursday, November 17, 2016 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
See Occupy the Farm, a film about the controversy surrounding a publicly owned local research farm. Also tonight, be in your elements at Everything Matters: Sulfur. Follow tales of intrigue and invention and uncover fascinating connections between sulfur and our collective human experience. Plus, have dinner and drinks by the Bay, crawl through our Tactile Dome, play with exhibits, and explore.
Glow
Thursday, December 1, 2016 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Join us for First Thursdays (the first After Dark of the month) when we explore one topic in a vareity of ways. Excite your atoms at Glow, our annual celebration of ebullient lights and subtle glows honoring the close of the year. Bask in the mesmerizing gleams of special installations and kinetic sculptures, take a shine to illuminating exhibits, and show your sparkle with scintillating activities.
Pairings: Chicories
Thursday, December 8, 2016 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Cultivate a taste for science through food at Pairings, which focuses on chicories this time. Also, explore our pitch-black Tactile Dome, hundreds of exhibits, and an array of demonstrations.
Everything Matters: Chlorine
Thursday, December 15, 2016 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Follow tales of intrigue and invention, join in dynamic demonstrations, and uncover fascinating connections between an individual element and our collective human experience at Everything Matters: Chlorine. Also tonight, crawl through our pitch-black Tactile Dome, and experience exhibits and demonstrations.
Full-Spectrum Science: Mixing Color
Thursday, December 22, 2016 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Join Exploratorium scientist Ron Hipschman tonight as he asks: Are the primary colors ready red, yellow, and blue?—and other questions. Also, enjoy our pitch-black Tactile Dome and explore hundreds of exhibits and an array of demonstrations.
Tactile Dome and Explainer Demos
Thursday, December 29, 2016 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Reinvent your Thursday nights at After Dark. Experience a fascinating array of unique, adult-only programs and events that change each week. Grab dinner by the Bay, play with hundreds of hands-on exhibits, crawl through our pitch-black Tactile Dome, sip cocktails, and explore.
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After Dark Series
Pairings: Cultivating a Taste for Science Through Food
Robust presentations and refreshing conversations to inspire your scientific palate.
Everything Matters: Tales from the Periodic Table
Come be in your elements with Exploratorium host Ron Hipschman.
In the Balance: Bringing Science to Justice
Learn how science is used—and misused—in legal decision-making with host David Faigman.
