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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 [...]

Molecular Origami: First Friday at the Chemical Heritage Foundation

[ April 3, 2009; 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] It befits the Chemical Heritage Foundation’s unique place in the Philly science culture that it should take part in the whole First Friday art galleries scene.

This Friday, CHF will teach you how to make origami versions of molecules. It is an art AND a science.

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