Worlds of Curiosity

Thu · Sep 24·11 AM – 12 PM·Chabot Space & Science Center · Oakland

(15 min) Worlds of Curiosity dives into the questions of “What it would be like to live on an Earth with no Moon?” or “What if the Earth was tilted on its side, like the planet Uranus?”

Thu · Oct 1·11 AM – 12 PM·Chabot Space & Science Center · Oakland

(15 min) Worlds of Curiosity dives into the questions of “What it would be like to live on an Earth with no Moon?” or “What if the Earth was tilted on its side, like the planet Uranus?”

Sat · Oct 3·12 PM – 1 PM·Chabot Space & Science Center · Oakland

(15 min) Worlds of Curiosity dives into the questions of “What it would be like to live on an Earth with no Moon?” or “What if the Earth was tilted on its side, like the planet Uranus?”

Thu · Oct 8·11 AM – 12 PM·Chabot Space & Science Center · Oakland

(15 min) Worlds of Curiosity dives into the questions of “What it would be like to live on an Earth with no Moon?” or “What if the Earth was tilted on its side, like the planet Uranus?”

Wed · Oct 7·Main Library TeenZone, Oakland

Let Books Be: Protect the Freedom to Read Celebrate your freedom to read at the 2nd Annual Banned Books Teen Read-a-thon. From Tuesday, October 6th through Friday, October 9th, drop in to the Main Library TeenZone and curl up with a banned book anytime from opening to closing. American Library Association's (ALA) Offic…

Wed · Oct 7·Melrose Branch, Adult Area, Oakland

“Because of Our History” – Creativity Explored on African American history and artist’s place in the narrative. What is the role of the artist in the preservation and telling of history? “Because of Our History,” a quote from the late Creativity Explored artist Antonio Benjamin, speaks to the importance of Black cultur…

Sun · Sep 20·11 AM – 12 PM·Chabot Space & Science Center · Oakland

35 minutes Ages 8 and up Everyone’s favorite underdog among the planets, Pluto has been an icon of dark mystery and murky expectation…until now. In July 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made a historic encounter with the dwarf planet, giving us our first close look at its face and its entourage of moons. Come and j…

Sun · Sep 20·12 PM – 1 PM·Chabot Space & Science Center · Oakland

16 minutes All ages “ Lunaverse ” explores the nature of Earth’s moon: its motion and phases, lunar and solar eclipses, tides, and the Moon’s origin. The story unfolds as a conversation between a curious young child and the Moon—Luna—over the course of a night, from moonrise to moonset. Chabot Space & Science Center in…

Sun · Sep 20·1 PM – 2 PM·Chabot Space & Science Center · Oakland

35 minutes All ages Through the magic of technology and imagination, you are about to take a trip across time and space to visit a world as it no longer exists today: the world of the ancient Maya civilization! The great pyramid and other stone observatories and structures in the ruins of Chichen Itza in Mexico’s Yucat…