Avery Brooks and Samuel Delany at the Franklin Institute 7/31 7PM

[ July 31, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] I’ll admit that every post here is meant to stoke your inner nerd. This, however, registers a Nerd Alert factor of at least 7.5.

Star Trek’s Avery Brooks and woefully under appreciated science fiction author Samuel Delany team up to talk about race, science and, of course, Star Trek.

An Evening with Star Trek’s Avery Brooks [...]

Aldrin Buzzes into Town 67/21, 7:30 at The Free Library of Philadelphia

[ July 21, 2009; 7:30 pm; ] He’s the second man on the Moon, but the first guy you don’t want to accuse of faking the moon landings. He’s Buzz Aldrin, and he’ll be at the Free Library’s Central branch to hawk his new book Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon

The deets:

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 [...]

Galileo is Open!

Galileo, the Medici and the Age of Astronomy opens today.
Tickets here.
Read all about it here and here and here.

Rainy Day weekend

[ March 28, 2009; ] According to weather guys, Saturday is supposed to be a little crummy here in sunny Philadelphia.

You’ve spent all winter inside watching the same DVDs over and over again, why not take a field trip?

Here’s some things to do with the kids:

Go to The Franklin to see stuff blow up (and other things get dissected!). Its [...]

Galileo Opens at the Franklin April 4

[ April 4, 2009; ] I think it is safe to say that Galileo, the Medici and the Age of Astronomy will be epic. And who doesn’t like Galileo? He’s so cool, even the Pope came around. Eventually.

First off, its the International Year of Astronomy — have you ordered your Galileoscope yet? With it, you can see the same [...]

The naturalists that made England into a gardener’s paradise (Academy of Natural Sciences, 4/29)

[ April 29, 2009; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Three generalities about Englishmen (and Englishwomen, although the first two apply with slightly less strength):
They love their football (and they mock our football…baseball too, of course)
They love their beer (and they mock our beer)
They know the Latin names of every plant in the garden

Its uncanny. Enter any bar or pub, almost anywhere [...]

Celebrate The Birth of Spring (Training) at the Franklin (3/14)

[ March 14, 2009; 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] You yearned for it. You screamed for it. You rioted for it. Now its your chance to worship the World Series Trophy in person.

In honor of the start of Spring Training, The Franklin is hosting a special Phillies event this Pi Day. The events are all free with admission, but you get $2 off [...]