After Dark: Self-Styled

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Presentations

Make Up Yourself
With the Rice Rockettes
6:30–7:45 and 9:00–9:30 p.m.  |  Osher Gallery 1

Get in step with the Rice Rockettes for a hands-on skillshare of some of the essentials of drag: makeup, wigs, shoes, and attitude! Let these pros guide you through the steps to achieving a vibrant cut-crease look, advise on the perfect accessories, and teach you to walk the walk (in heels). Join in on the dress-up at our makeshift makeup counter and wear your new style with pride.

Contemporary Muslim Fashion
With Saba Ali
7:30 p.m.  |  Osher Gallery 1, Kanbar Forum

This year, for the first time, a model wearing a hijab and burkini appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue—a sign that a more nuanced discussion of Muslim dress and identity has entered the national conversation. Get a fresh and informed perspective with stylist Saba Ali—hear about her work in the fashion industry and ways in which cultural identity can be carried through this fast-growing fashion sector. Discover the vibrant and diverse palette of style represented in Muslim culture, what it signifies for the wearer, and what it signals to the observer.

All the World’s a Stage
With Heike Winterheld
8:00 p.m.   |  Osher Gallery 1

How much of what you did today—how you decided to dress, whether you worked out, what emotions you chose to display—was influenced by concerns about how others perceive you?  Self-presentation refers to the behaviors intended (even unconsciously) to manage the impressions others form of us. Come join Exploratorium social psychologist Heike Winterheld in an intimate and interactive conversation about the ways in which science-based strategies can help you present yourself as you intend, the role of shyness in impression management, and the costs of worrying too much about how we come across to others.

Everything Matters: Yttrium
With Ron Hipschman
8:00 p.m.   |  Bechtel Gallery 3, Wattis Webcast Studio

The metallic element Yttrium probably won’t spontaneously combust during Everything Matters: Yttrium—it requires temperatures over 400 C—but there’s no doubt it’ll be an explosive evening anyway. Come be in your elements with Exploratorium host and scientific raconteur Ron Hipschman; follow tales of intrigue and invention, join in dynamic demonstrations, and uncover fascinating connections between individual elements and our collective experience.

Articles of Interest
With Avery Trufelman
8:30 p.m.  |  Osher Gallery 1, Kanbar Forum

Hear the hidden, overlooked, or forgotten stories of clothes and styles in the American fashion lexicon with radio producer Avery Trufelman. Following up her six-part series Articles of Interest on the 99% Invisible podcast, Trufelman’s work covers a broad range of concepts like the rise of casualwear, the environmental impact of the textile industry, and why womenswear doesn’t have pockets. Try on something new and see what you discover.  

Ongoing

Sewn Scenarios
With PNosa
6:30–9:30 p.m.  |  Gallery 2

Think of any scenario. Using five words or less, describe it in a sentence. Now watch as artist PNosa interprets your words and uses his sewing machine to draw your idea, freehand, on fabric. Embroidered patches will be available for purchase.

Sewn Circuits
Tinkering Studio
7:00–9:00 p.m.  |  Gallery 2, Tinkering Studio

Light up your life by constructing a working, wearable circuit. You’ll experiment to learn how to connect a circuit, and then design a way for it to work on a wearable item. We’ll provide the tools, you’ll provide the energy—then take what you make with you.