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OMSI After Dark (25-May-2011)

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OMSI After DarkOMSI After Dark presents The Art and Science of Creativity this Wednesday, May 25, 2011.

Treat yourself to childfree, brain-building science fun at OMSI After Dark! Check out live demos, new featured exhibitions, and old favorites. Sample tasty snacks and sweets along with beer and wine, and talk to regional food and beverage artisans about the science behind them. The OMSI Cafe will be open with a special dinner menu and cash bars will be available for those who want more than just a taste! It’s geeks gone wild!

Yup, childfree OMSI! With a bar!

Bring cash for the beer and wine bar. Enjoy special menu items at the OMSI Cafe.

Featured science demonstrations and activities include The Chemistry of Art, You Light Up My Dough: Squishy Circuits, and (Not So) Heavy Metal: Molten Aluminum Art. The A-WOL Dance Collective will mix the worlds of dance and aerial, and more!

Hours are 6pm to 10pm. Admission is $10 for nonmembers (free for members). You can buy tickets online, or at the door (no reservations necessary). 21 and over only!

OMSI After Dark (27-April-2011)

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OMSI After DarkOMSI After Dark presents Science of the Senses this Wednesday, April 27, 2011.

Treat yourself to childfree, brain-building science fun at OMSI After Dark! Check out live demos, new featured exhibitions, and old favorites. Sample tasty snacks and sweets along with beer and wine, and talk to regional food and beverage artisans about the science behind them. The OMSI Cafe will be open with a special dinner menu and cash bars will be available for those who want more than just a taste! It’s geeks gone wild!

Yup, childfree OMSI! With a bar!

Bring cash for the beer and wine bar. Enjoy special menu items at the OMSI Cafe.

Featured science demonstrations and activities include five senses trivia, Miracle Berry (synsepalum dulcificum) tasting, the amazing magic of Adam the Great, Ask the Expert with OHSU Tinnitus Clinic’s Dr. Billy Martin, and enjoy samples from local food artisans.

Hours are 6pm to 10pm. Admission is $10 for nonmembers (free for members). You can buy tickets online, or at the door (no reservations necessary). 21 and over only!

OMSI Science Pub (13-April-2011)

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Omsi Science PubMega Quake: What Lies in Wait for the Pacific Northwest and What You Can Do About It is the topic of the latest OMSI Science Pub, which takes place on Wednesday, April 13, 2011:

The news from Japan is devastating: whole towns destroyed in the recent earthquake and tsunami, thousands missing, the country in chaos. It may not seem like it, but the entire Pacific Northwest sits on the edge of a fault that, when it goes, could cause the same level of damage, or more. Yes, that’s WHEN it goes, not IF. The Cascadia Subduction Zone lies right off the coast of Oregon, Washington, and Canada, and when it slips, the entire PNW will likely suffer damage and the coastal communities could have as few as 20 minutes before a tsunami rushes ashore.

After a program including clips from the National Geographic feature Mega Quake, Geotechnical engineer Yumei Wang, Geohazards Team Leader from the Oregon Dept of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) and Allison Pyrch, senior engineer from Shannon & Wilson Geotechnical and Environmental Consultants, will host a Q&A.

This science pub takes place at the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne) from 7pm until 9pm, but arrive early (5pm doors open) to secure your beer, grub, and a seat! There’s a $3.00 suggested donation/cover charge. Minors with adults are welcome, otherwise this event is 21 and over.

OMSI Science Pub (4-April-2011)

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Omsi Science PubWhy Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite is the topic of the latest OMSI Science Pub, which takes place on Monday, April 4, 2011:

Do you wonder why people are so inconsistent? Why people often seem to contradict themselves? Why they believe things they know aren’t true? Why they say “don’t do X” and then do that very thing? This presentation, grounded in evolutionary psychology, explains why. The reason is that the human mind is “modular,” made up of a large number of parts with different functions. Sometimes these parts conflict with one another. The poet Walt Whitman once wrote, “I am large; I contain multitudes.” Robert Kurzban argues that Whitman was right. We all contain multitudes (of modules), which makes us all inconsistent. Or, at least, it makes everyone (else) inconsistent.

The presenter is Robert Kurzban, author of the book, Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind, and an associate professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Pennsylvania.

This science pub takes place at the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne) from 7pm until 9pm, but arrive early (5pm doors open) to secure your beer, grub, and a seat! There’s a $3.00 suggested donation/cover charge. Minors with adults are welcome, otherwise this event is 21 and over.

OMSI After Dark (30-March-2011)

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OMSI After DarkThe theme of the next OMSI After Dark is Sweet! The Science of Sugar. It takes place Wednesday, March 30, 2011.

Treat yourself to childfree, brain-building science fun at OMSI After Dark! Check out live demos, new featured exhibitions, and old favorites. Sample tasty snacks and sweets along with beer and wine, and talk to regional food and beverage artisans about the science behind them. The OMSI Cafe will be open with a special dinner menu and cash bars will be available for those who want more than just a taste! It’s geeks gone wild!

Yup, childfree OMSI! With a bar!

Bring cash for the beer and wine bar. Enjoy special menu items at the OMSI Cafe.

Featured science demonstrations and activities include Peeps in Space (involving the Easter treat and a vacuum) – Sugar Flare (setting candy on fire!), Sugar Glass Blowing (with Chocolate Craft Studio), performances by the Wanderlust Circus, a special themed dinner menu in the OMSI Cafe, and more!

Hours are 6pm to 10pm. Admission is $10 for nonmembers (free for members). You can buy tickets online, or at the door (no reservations necessary). 21 and over only!