Earth Fair this Weekend at The Franklin Institute (7/11-12) 10AM to 3PM

[ July 11, 2009 to July 12, 2009. ] Now, if this weekend is anything like the last, I cannot foresee that anyone would want to spend time indoors at all. But it is July in Philadelphia and the safe bet (without actually bothering to look up the forecast) is that it will be hot and muggy. (Especially) If so, then what a better [...]

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 [...]

Ted Daeschler @ Science on Tap 7/13, National Mechanics 6pm

[ July 13, 2009; 6:00 pm; ] Ted Daeschler, curator of vertebrate zoology at the Academy of Natural Science and co-discoverer of Tiktaalik, will present this month at Science on Tap at National Mechanics. I went to last month’s show and I must say that it is a great venue (which could benefit from a riser for the speaker, a box, something!). [...]

Atlas Obscura tour coming to Philly?

The Atlas Obscura has become the web’s preeminent site for touring the weird collections of the world. Recently, they’ve announced that they’ll be offering city tours at locations around the world…starting in Philly.
Beginning this summer, the Atlas Obscura will be offering day and weekend tours of the world’s most wondrous, curious, and esoteric cities. [...]

Make Botanical Sunprints this First Friday at the Chemical Heritage Foundation (6/5 5-8PM)

[ June 5, 2009; 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] OK, this looks like fun…the Chemical Heritage Foundation takes part in Old City’s First Friday celebration and always seems to have the most interesting — and most family-friendly — activities to go with it. Last month it was crotcheting, I believe. This time it is making prints using photographic paper. I picked some up at [...]

The Unknown Skeleton at Science on Tap! (National Mechanics, 6/8, 6 PM)

Sticky bits, bones, rotting flesh, mummified tissues – the stuff of forensic anthropology dinner conversation at this month’s Science on Tap.
This month’s guest is the Penn Museum‘s Janet Monge (who, if you’ll recall was recently at Penn’s Science Cafe). Dr. Monge is co-curator of Surviving: The Body of Evidence, which was recently hosted at the [...]

“The End of the Line” — Overfishing Documentary at the Academy of Natural Sciences (6/16. 6:30PM)

[ June 16, 2009; 6:30 pm; ] The Academy of Natural Sciences announced to today that they’ll be premiering locally “The End of The Line,” a new documentary on the perils of overfishing on Tuesday, June 16. The event is free. Reservations not required.

Fresh from its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, “The End of the Line” depicts overfishing, [...]