Exploratorium After Dark: Let’s Play | Pier 15 Exploratorium founder Frank Oppenheimer believed that play—using objects and concepts in ways other than was originally intended—is essential to learning. “In fact,” he wrote, “in our rapidly changing culture, adults probably require play as much as children do.” Take a deep dive with emerging and ...

Hornblower Cruises & Yelp: Alive After Five City Cruise | SF Find your sea legs because on March 28th, Hornblower Cruises & Yelp are ready to set sail on the San Francisco Bay. Hornblower’s Alive After Five cruise will have you passing by iconic San Francisco Bay sights like the Golden Gate, Alcatraz and the city skyline. ...

Exploratorium After Dark: Outer Space | Pier 15 rom exoplanets to space biology, what exists outside of the boundaries of planet earth has long exerted a pull on the human imagination. Come catch a glimpse into what lies ahead in the future of space exploration and join Exploratorium host Ron Hipschman for Full-Spectrum ...

San Francisco Critical Mass

Critical Mass is a mass bicycle ride that takes place on the last Friday of each month in San Francisco starting at 5:30 pm at Justin Herman Plaza (foot of Market Street) and in cities around the world. Everyone is invited. No one is in charge. Bring your ...Monthly

41st Annual “St. Stupid’s Day” Parade | SF The Annual St. Stupid’s Day Parade is a celebration of stupidity. Time for yet another Parade in honor of Saint Stupid, patron saint of Civilizations and Parking meters. 41st Annual St. Stupid’s Day Parade Monday, April 1, 2019 | Noon Embarcadero Plaza, 1 Market Street, San Francisco FREE This annual spring time event will ...

Exploratorium After Dark: Throwback Thursday | Pier 15 We’re celebrating the Exploratorium’s 50th birthday, and you’re invited! At After Dark, we’re throwing it back to 1969, musing on the cultural environment from which the museum rose, and considering how that time period resonantes with the past and maybe impacts the future. From the ...

Exploratorium After Dark: Best Coast | Pier 15 The West Coast (often known as the Best Coast) and its unique history and environment have created an ever-changing culture and landscape. Come explore the work of California artists, learn about our coastline, explore hidden histories of the state, and taste sustainably caught seafood in ...

Exploratorium After Dark: Cannabis | Pier 15 Cannabis: Is it legal, or not? Cannabis became legal for recreational use in California in January 2018, but it remains a federally controlled substance. Dive into the social, judicial, economic, and environmental impacts of legalization, find out what has shifted in the legal and cultural ...

Exploratorium After Dark: Tune In | Pier 15 Sound travels. From whale sounds audible over the span of miles to podcasts transmitted and listened to all over the globe, we’re living in an ocean of sound waves. Tune into what’s playing all around you with curated experiences about sound, the ways we use ...

San Francisco Critical Mass

Critical Mass is a mass bicycle ride that takes place on the last Friday of each month in San Francisco starting at 5:30 pm at Justin Herman Plaza (foot of Market Street) and in cities around the world. Everyone is invited. No one is in charge. Bring your ...Monthly

Exploratorium After Dark: Let’s Ride Bikes | Pier 15 Jump on your saddle and ride down the waterfront as we celebrate cycles and promote pedal power! In collaboration with the SF Bicycle Coalition and Bike to Work Month, we’ll explore the physics, culture, and sustainable future of bicycles. Watch cycling demos, marvel at unusual ...

Exploratorium After Dark: Designed by Data | Pier 15 Data has never been more beautiful. As scientists, journalists, and researchers search for inventive and inclusive ways to share their work, the field of data visualization has flourished, extending into eye-popping terrain. In conjunction with Visualise, join visualization creators and experts from NASA, NOAA, the ...

Exploratorium Community Free Day: Mother’s Day 2019 | SF Pay-what-you-can (even free) on this special community day this Sunday

City Star Party & Telescope Night | Pier 17

The San Francisco Amateur Astronomers invite you to their next City Star Party, where you can take a gander at our universe through telescopes, socialize with more experienced amateur astronomers, and get some tips about the night sky. Take in the view from San Francisco’s picturesque Land’s End or other ...

Exploratorium After Dark: The MAX Festival | Pier 15 Kick off the inaugural MAX (Media, Arts, Exploration) Festival at the Exploratorium as we celebrate humanity’s modern frontier: space. Illuminating scientific exploration through artistic expression and shared experiences, the MAX Festival has gathered local and international artists who explore the new space age.

Exploratorium After Dark: Self, Made | Pier 15 Explore the many converging facets of identity on this journey to the center of the self. Question your assumptions, weigh your psychic baggage, and dare yourself to try on a new persona as you explore both self and society. Come as you are—and let’s take ...

Exploratorium After Dark: Mirror, Mirror | Pier 15 Mirrors, arguably the first “virtual reality” technology, lie at the intersection of nature, culture, and self-recognition. Once small, rare, and owned only by the wealthy, today mirrors are everywhere—and are key to many modern tools, from HDTVs to solar-power plants and space telescopes. Reflect on ...

San Francisco Critical Mass

Critical Mass is a mass bicycle ride that takes place on the last Friday of each month in San Francisco starting at 5:30 pm at Justin Herman Plaza (foot of Market Street) and in cities around the world. Everyone is invited. No one is in charge. Bring your ...Monthly

Exploratorium After Dark: #SELFIE | Pier 15 How do we represent ourselves through the literal—and metaphorical—filters of popular culture, and how much control do we have over our own image? Ponder the ways popular culture can shape us as individuals by reflecting, forming, or refracting our concept of self, then consider the ...

Exploratorium After Dark: You Are What You Eat | Pier 15 Literally and metaphorically, we are what we eat. From vitamins and minerals to our cultural heritages, food is physiologically and emotionally important. Cuisine is passed down from one generation to the next, becoming apart of who we are. Come explore how historical and current ...

Exploratorium After Dark: Self-Styled | Pier 15 Beyond the skin we live in, clothing and accessory is a ubiquitous human visual identity. It can be a strong marker of culture, values, and resources. It can define how we see ourselves or how we want to be seen. Get your hands on contemporary ...

Exploratorium After Dark: Pride | Pier 15 Fifty years after the Stonewall Riots in New York, and in conjunction with San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Celebration, come commemorate and celebrate LGBT heritage and culture. Everyone is welcome at this evening exploring LGBT history in San Francisco and learning more about ...

The Exploratorium’s Community International Peace Day | SF

The Exploratorium is a twenty-first-century learning laboratory, an eye-opening, always-changing, playful place to explore and tinker featuring hundreds of science, art, and human perception exhibits. While they don’t have monthly community days, they do host several special events throughout the year offering “pay-what-you-can” admission for all. ...

City Star Party & Telescope Night | Pier 17

The San Francisco Amateur Astronomers invite you to their next City Star Party, where you can take a gander at our universe through telescopes, socialize with more experienced amateur astronomers, and get some tips about the night sky. Take in the view from San Francisco’s picturesque Land’s End or other ...

Exploratorium Community 50th Anniversary Founder’s Day | SF

The Exploratorium is a twenty-first-century learning laboratory, an eye-opening, always-changing, playful place to explore and tinker featuring hundreds of science, art, and human perception exhibits. While they don’t have monthly community days, they do host several special events throughout the year offering “pay-what-you-can” admission for all. ...