The upcoming edition of the adults-only event at Orlando Science Center will feature a mishmash of M words, from microgravity to mythbusting to music from the ’90s.
Oh, and more.
Science Night Live returns to the museum Saturday, Aug. 22. Attendees will hear producer-director Natasha Tsakos, founder of Space Wonders, discuss “Paraboles,” a multimedia performance created in microgravity, an intersection of art, science and spaceflight. She will reveal how performers’ preperation included underwater training, acrobatic flights, virtual reality before they experience “bursts of weightlessness aboard a parabolic aircraft,” the science center says.
The evening also will include the debut of Myth Lab, an interactive experience that will work to increase media literacy and critical thinking. Visitors will be part of a journalistic investigation sequence that, on Saturday, will include Central Florida Public Media journalists Brendan Byrne, Molly Deurig and Joe Mario Pedersen. It’s part of the science center’s Mythbusing Misinformation campaign, an initiative supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
The museum’s new laser-light shows for the evening will featuring music from ’90s alternative artists — think Rage Against the Machine, Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters and others — at 9:15 p.m., 10:15 p.m. and 11:15 p.m. Seats in the Dome are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. There will also be a live planetarium show there at 8:15 p.m.
Science Night Live-goers can meet STEM professionals from Lockheed Martin during “Meet the Engineer” sessions and learn about the company’s activities in Orlando. In addition, there will be trivia sessions hosted by Curtis Earth (at 8:45 p.m., 9:30 p.m., and 10:15 p.m.), telescope viewing and hands-on workshops in The Hive: A Makerspace.
The event is designated for ages 18 and older, and it runs from 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Tickets, which cost $25, include access to the center’s four floors of exhibits. A traveling exhibit now on the second level is “Phenomena,” which delves into the science of illusions and human perception.
Food, beer, wine and cocktails are available for purchase during Science Night Live. For tickets or more information, go to OSC.org/snl.