The “Pirate Cinema” installation at the Grey Area Festival displays a real-time interpretation of P2P transfers on networks using the BitTorrent protocol, by DISNOVATION.ORG.
This week’s Curator: Annetta Black of Odd Salon.
This coming week brings you plenty of cocktailing in costumes, confrontations between science-fiction and science facts, and a chance to finally see what all that construction downtown has been hiding.
COMING UP THIS WEEK:
NeuroNight: Cocktails & Connectomes
Viren Jain, of Google AI is joined by a cadre of experts exploring the intersection of neuroscience and the emerging technology of AI – plus cocktails and a DJ set by Elexos Park.
July 25 – WED. 6:30. Swissnex San Francisco. $0-$20
The Grey Area Festival
This weekend is the fourth iteration of the Greay Area Festival of “culture through the lens of art and technology”. With speakers and workshops by day, and performances and music in the evenings, the programming ranges from techniques of integrated technology in art, to future facing discussions of the evolution of technology, and economic models for artists.
July 26-29. Gray Area’s Grand Theater, San Francisco. Tickets range from $20-$250
Victorian Visions: Nineteenth-Century Costume Day
Pull out the crinolines and top hats: The Legion of Honor is kicking off theire exhibit of Victorian artists “Truth and Beauty: The Pre-Raphaelites and the Old Masters” with a day of costumed festivities.
July 28 – day. 12pm-5pm Legion of Honor museum, San Francisco. $15, members FREE
Highly Mixological: A Star Trek Celebration
Chabot Observatory is hosting their 2nd Annual Star Trek adult night with coktails, Klingon classes, film screenings, a Star Trek costume contest (obligatory), and a talk about the junk science in sci-fi by Yvette d’Entremont, aka SciBabe.
July 28 – day. 6PM. Chabot Observatory, Oakland. $20. Ages 21+
The San Francisco Pancakes & Booze Art Show
Together at last: fine art appreciation, booze, and pancakes. Apparently. The Pancakes and Booze Art Show is a pop-up art gallery, bringing together over 100 local artists work, live painting, body painting, craft beers, signature cocktails and, as previously indicated, rather a lot of pancakes.
July 28 – day. time Mezzanine, San Francisco. $10-$13. Ages 21+
Mt. Tamalpais Movie Night: Apollo 13
Join Jeffrey Silverman and Kishore Hari from Science VS Cinema for a screening of the 1995 space epic “Apollo 13” and a post-movie discussion of fake science and cinematic trickery.
July 28 – day. 7:30PM. Cushing Memorial Amphitheater, Mill Valley. FREE (parking pass required)
Nerd Nite East Bay: Key Streetcars, Deep Space Network, Art & Health
A look at the heyday of the East Bay’s “Key System” streetcars, the questions of how we can plan to keep in contact with the robot minions of the future across the vastness of space, and how art therapy can integrate with modern medicine to make us healthier and more creative.
July 30 – MON. 7PM. Club 21, Oakland. $10 Age 21+
A Foundation of Trust:
Building a Blockchain Future
The Interval hosts Open Source pioneer, Brian Behlendorf for a discussion of his work exploring the future of blockchain beyond cryptocurrency. Salon Talks at the Interval often sell out ahead, so be sure to get advance tickets.
July 31 – TUES. 6:30PM. The Interval at Fort Mason, San Francisco. $25-$100
Andy Weir on “Artemis”
The Commonwealth Club and Wonderfest have conspired to bring author Andy Weir to talk about the science and storycraft of his second space adventure novel, “artemis”, set on a future moon base.
July31 – day. 7PM. Schultz Cultural Hall, Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto. $15-$40
Public Tours of the new Salesforce Transit Center
From July 31-Aug 7th the Transbay Joint Powers Authority is bringing the public inside the Salesforce Transit Center, and rooftop gardens. Multiple dates and times available.
July 31-Aug 7. Salesforce Transit Center, San Francisco. FREE, but RSVP is required
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