SF News Biden Called Newsom a 'Helluva Governor' at Exploratorium Event; Gwen Stefani Performed, and There Were Fireworks That VIP event for APEC week hosted by President Joe Biden happened at the Exploratorium on Wednesday evening, and you might have seen or heard the fireworks going off as it was winding down.
Arts & Entertainment Exploratorium Getting Sexy With It Again With Popular ‘Sexplorations’ Show Thursday Night The sex lives of flowers, animals, and insects will be intimately explored in Thursday night’s return of Sexplorations at the Exploratorium, featuring Dr. Carol Queen and a sea urchin live sex show.
Arts & Entertainment Exploratorium’s New Executive Director is a Former PBS Exec Who Is Quite Buff A national search for the Exploratorium’s new chief has yielded the former CEO of PBS North Carolina Lindsay Bierman, who digs weightlifting and CBD.
Arts & Entertainment Coronavirus Fears Shut Down Beloved Bay Area Treasure, the Exploratorium's Tactile Dome Museums around the Bay Area are either temporarily closing or curtailing some exhibits as fears of the novel coronavirus spreading widely take hold.
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: What Would A Tour Of Your Childhood SF Look Like? Dear Rain, If you wanted to take someone on a tour of the San Francisco of your childhood, where would you take them? Signed, Gen-X'er Dear Gen-X'er. I don't have kids myself, but
SF News Man Sets Himself On Fire Near The Exploratorium A man ended 2016 with a bang, as police say he was caught in a fire he started near the Exploratorium Friday. Police say the they were called to the 1000 block of
Arts & Entertainment The 10 Coolest Niche Museums In San Francisco The Barbra Streisand Museum may be long gone, but SF has a great tradition of small, neighborhood-focused and niche museums, some zanier than others, dating back to the late 1960's when physicist and
Arts & Entertainment Behold The Wind-Powered Walking Dutch Sculptures Arriving At The Exploratorium Next Week 'Strandbeests' is Dutch for beach animals because it's the beach that physicist/artist Theo Jansen designed his kinetic sculptures to navigate. "They have to survive the storms, the water, the sand," Jansen tells
SF News Check Out The Exploratorium's Sweet Video From Yesterday's Eclipse You caught yesterday's live-stream of the total solar eclipse, right? The one in Micronesia? No? Well then, you're in luck, as the kind people over at the Exploratorium have put up a video
SF News Video: Exploratorium Livestreams Total Solar Eclipse From Micronesia Tonight According to the Exploratorium, there are just 100 miles in Southeast Asia from which a total Solar Eclipse, the astronomical event of the year, will be visible. Wait, you couldn't get to Micronesia
Arts & Entertainment 'Buckyball' From Bay Lights Artist Arrives At Exploratorium Art world luminary Leo Villareal is having another Bay Area moment. See: The reprise of his now-permanent Bay Lights thanks to $4 million from Caltrans and Illuminate the Arts, a solo exhibition at
Arts & Entertainment Get Ready For The Holidays: 5 Reasons To Exit Through This Gift Shop Shop Now Check out our top 5 unique items from the Exploratorium store that will impress your friends, family, and colleagues. NUMBER 1 Keith Newstead's Automata Just about anything is possible in artist
Arts & Entertainment Thursday Date Night Along the Embarcadero Five easy steps to create an unexpected (and totally Instagram-worthy) Thursday date night along the Embarcadero. 1. Meet in front of the iconic Ferry Building. There's no denying that San Francisco's Ferry Building
Arts & Entertainment Check Out Exploratorium For An Immersive, Devilishly Different Halloween AMAZING EVENTS FOR THE OMNICURIOUS Experience devilishly different, Halloween-inspired Cinema Arts events at the Exploratorium this October. They're part of their unique, ongoing Cinema Arts programming, which bridges art and science through projection,
Arts & Entertainment Go To The Exploratorium For Free Six Times This Year Put down your graphing calculator and compass and pick up your calendar. These are the six days that the one-of-a-kind Exploratorium at Pier 15 is absolutely, positively free. If you were a science
Arts & Entertainment Come For The Cocktails, Stay For The Exhibits, And Indulge In Endless Exploration Whether you need to break the ice on a first date, crave a ladies' night out, or simply seek a little more stimulation than your neighborhood bar can offer, head to the Exploratorium
Arts & Entertainment Come For The Cocktails, Stay For The Exhibits, And Indulge In Endless Exploration This post is brought to you by the Exploratorium. Whether you need to break the ice on a first date, crave a ladies' night out, or simply seek a little more stimulation than
Arts & Entertainment Amazing Full-Scale Flight Simulator At California Academy of Sciences And Exploratorium: Photos If you have ever envied the birds flying over San Francisco, now is your chance to experience what it's like. No, really. The mad geniuses behind Birdly are in town, with their full-scale
Arts & Entertainment In Which SFist Reviews The Exploratorium's New Tactile Dome Today marks the opening of the Exploratorium's new Tactile Dome, the pitch-black tactile experience where visitors feel their way through a maze-like path. Here to report on the new Dome, and to provide
Arts & Entertainment Zoë Keating Headlines Exploratorium’s After Dark on June 6 This post was paid for by our advertiser, Exploratorium. The Exploratorium’s After Dark returns June 6, 2013 with a special music- and art-focused evening featuring performances by acclaimed cellist Zoë Keating. Performing
Arts & Entertainment Science! The New Exploratorium Opens Today At Pier 15 After 44 years spent in the drafty belly of the Palace of Fine Arts, beloved city science center the Exploratorium has finally opened the doors to its new home at Pier 15. The
Arts & Entertainment Take A Look Around The Exploratorium's New Home On Pier 15 In advance of their official re-opening on April 17th, the Exploratorium showed off their bright new Pier 15 space to members of the press Tuesday morning. SFist was there to take a look
Arts & Entertainment Video: Reggie Watts Visits Mars, Speaks Martian Comedian/Musician Reggie Watts is in San Francisco this week for a couple performances at the the Outside Lands Festival this weekend. Before taking the stage in the Barbary Tent, Watts dropped in
Arts & Entertainment 1-2-3-4-5 Senses Working Overtime: Buddhist Science at the Exploratorium East meets West in a fascinating exhibit at the Exploratorium for just a few more days. "The World of Your Senses" delves into the surprising parallels in how traditional Buddhism and modern Western
Arts & Entertainment Exploratorium After Dark: Glow (By Angela Zimmerman) Among the myriad joys of living in San Francisco is having access to places like the Exploratorium. If you’ve never been there, as this writer had not until descending
