THINK SCIENCE DAY: SATURDAY 14 MARCH, 10.30AM TO MIDNIGHT!
Wacky science spectacles! Think bubbles, think explosions, think science. Fun science activities with real scientists for kids and parents. Pay a visit to the TimeOut Festival Garden and experiment in the bioluminescent GlowBooth.
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THINK SCIENCE PANEL: SCIENCE AND THE CITY 11.00am-2.00pm Short and sharp talk-sessions that lift-the-scientific lid on Auckland’s infrastructure, planning and population. Learn what makes our city tick. Three science experts deliver fastand-furious 25-minute presentations followed by Q+A sessions, and then panel members debate Auckland’s future. Sessions: 11.00am, 11.45am, 12.30pm and 1.15pm Festival Club at the Paradiso Spiegeltent, Aotea Square $10 per session
THINK SCIENCE WHITE NIGHT SPECIAL EVENT 10.30AMMIDNIGHT FREE THINK SCIENCE FAMILY GARDEN TIME 10.30AM-12.30PM FREE
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BIOLUMINATION Dr Siouxsie Wiles challenges New Zealand artists and illustrators to translate their designs into masterpieces using just a cotton swab, a culture of glowing bacteria and a collection of Petri dishes. Vault, Q Theatre Presented in association with Art in the Dark and Q Theatre
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Check www.aaf.co.nz from February 2015 for more information.
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Blow things up Blow things over Blow your mind
Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall $15-$40
“It made you fall in love with your city again”
I wish I may, I wish I might.
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New Zealand’s science superhero, Nanogirl (aka Dr Michelle Dickinson) takes you and your family on a super ride in an unpredictable science performance.
“Ah-maaaazing!”
Saturday 14 March 6pm to Midnight Arts spectacular White Night returns on Saturday 14 March. Dress up, dress down, dress in your nightgown and take to our city streets for one special night of arts festivities, surprise performances and unexpected encounters all around town. From 6pm ‘til the clock strikes 12, you’ll be struck by sights, sounds, curiosities and art in Auckland’s galleries, squares, laneways and promenades. Free to explore until very, very late, more than 60 venues across Auckland, from north to south, east to west, present special events, exhibitions, performances, music, talks and films that the whole family can enjoy. So, ride on free White Night buses, venture indoors and out, run, frolic or amble to Auckland’s art-filled neighbourhoods in and outside the centre to linger for a twinkling at twilight.
Venues across Auckland FREE Visit www.aaf.co.nz from February 2015 and make a plan for your own White Night adventure.
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Or pick up a White Night event map from February 2015 to mark out your White Night moves. And keep a kaleidoscopic eye out for #entity255, the hypnotic living digital organism opening in the eye of the TimeOut Festival Garden which’ll have you hashtagging your heart out. @Aklfestival
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THINK SCIENCE SPECIAL EVENT NANOGIRL 5.00pm-6.00pm
Image credit: #entity255. Storybox