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Discover how life is connected in Habitat Earth, our latest original planetarium show.
Music by DJ Jamie Jams
Show your love for the tentacled, the slimy, and the lumpy at this NightLife dedicated to all the curious creatures sometimes overlooked for the fuzzy and cuddly.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Curious Creature Menagerie
(East Garden)
Shows at 7pm & 8pm
-----> Visit the East Garden to meet animal guests from Classroom Safari’s menagerie—including a Burmese python, lynx, ringtail lemur, tarantulas, and much more. Plus, say hello to the very curious Willow and Chewy—an adult and baby two-toed sloth.
Curious Creature Lectures
(African Hall)
-----> 7:30pm: Examine squid specimens with science writer Danna Staaf, author of Squid Empire, one of Science Friday’s best science books of 2017.
-----> 8:30pm: Catch a screening of “Spider Seduction,” part of the Lens of Time series produced by Spine Films for bioGraphic. Learn about the high-speed cameras and laser-listening devices used to crack these complex seduction codes with UC Berkeley evolutionary biologist Damian Elias and Spine Films producers.
Moon Jelly Discoveries
(Moon Jelly Tank; Coral Reef)
-----> 7:00pm: Meet the biologists who raise and care for our translucent and highly-photogenic moon jellies during a very special Steinhart Aquarium talk.
Curiosities Unleashed
(Project Lab)
6:00 - 10:00pm
-----> Check out rodent skulls and learn about the ever-growing incisors of the order Rodentia with Zachary Calamari, PhD & Pauline Marangoni, PhD of UCSF's Klein Lab, Program in Craniofacial Biology, talk to Point Blue Conservation Science to learn why every creature, curious and cute, is critical for healthy ecosystems and a healthy planet and stop by Ant Lab to find out more about the oddest insects around.
Curious Creature Illustrations
(Swamp)
6:00 - 10:00pm
-----> Bay Area (and NightLife) illustrator Nigel Sussman returns to take live drawing requests of your favorite lively creatures.
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NIGHTLIFE TIPS
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PLANETARIUM PASSES
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EARTHQUAKE EXHIBIT CLOSED
*Please note—the Shake House will return in June with an all new look and feel!
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FOOD & DRINK
All bars accept cash and credit cards.
Discover how life is connected in Habitat Earth, our latest original planetarium show.
Where will we be likely to find life, how soon will it happen, and what will that discovery actually look like?
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