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After Dark: Brains & Games at miSci

There's another adult night at miSci June 2. The theme this time around is "Brains & Games," in connection with the museum's BRAIN: The World Inside Your Head exhibit.

Pasttime Legends will be there will retro video games to play around the main gallery. There will also be yard games outside (weather permitting), planetarium shows, board games, and science demos. And attendees will also get to sample beverages from producers such as Artisanal Brew Works, Brown's, Chatham Brewing, Electric City Roasters, Fort Orange Brewing, and Shmaltz Brewing. A food truck be there sell food.

The event is Saturday, June 2 from 6-9:30 pm at miSci. It's 21 and over. Tickets are $12 ahead / $15 at the door. Planetarium shows are an additional $5.

After Dark: Butterflies & Brews at miSci

misci butterfly house

The butterfly house.

It's adult night at miSci March 31 with an event called "AFTER DARK: Butterflies & Brews." Blurbage:

The AFTER DARK series is a social event for adults 21+ featuring full museum access, alcoholic beverages, board games, planetarium shows, and exciting science demonstrations. A chance for adults 21 years or older can come enjoy the museum during an evening event without kids. And all money raised will go towards providing the best informal STEM education to Capital Region children and their families!
Escape winter's chill in our popular indoor butterfly house, and learn all about brilliantly colored native butterflies such as Monarchs, Black Swallowtails, Buckeyes, Painted Ladies, Tiger Swallowtails and Spicebush Swallowtails. Don't miss the chrysalis chamber which offers visitors the chance to learn about the exciting life cycles of butterflies.

There will be samples from Albany Distilling, Artisanal Brew Works, C.H. Evans, Mad Jack, Shmaltz, Rare Form, Yesfolk Tonics, and others. Also, Given to Fry will be there selling food.

The After Dark event is Saturday, March 31 from 5:30-9:30 pm. Admission is the regular museum admission, $10.50. Planetarium shows are an extra $5.

Drawing: Monarchs & Moonshine at miSci

monarch butterfly

Drawing's closed!

The Museum of Science and Innovation -- miSci -- in Schenectady is hosting a Monarchs and Moonshine event this Thursday with a butterfly house, cocktails made with local spirits, music, demos, planetarium shows. and more.

AOA is a media sponsor for Monarchs & Moonshine, and we're giving away a pair of tickets to the event.

To enter, please post an answer to this question in the comments:

Butterfly sightings are the kind of little moments we're looking forward to this spring. What are you looking forward to this spring?

It could be anything. We'll draw one winner at random.

Monarchs & Moonshine is this Thursday, April 2, from 6-8 pm. Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door. Tickets includes food and one free drink ticket. There will be a cash bar and door prizes. It's a 21-and-over event.

Important: All comments must be submitted by noon on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 to be entered in the drawing. You must answer the question to be part of the drawing. (Normal commenting guidelines apply.) One entry per person, please. You must enter a valid email address (that you check regularly) with your comment. The winner will be notified via email by 5 pm on Tuesday and must respond by 5 pm on Wednesday, April 1.

Drawing: Sparks and Spirits at miSci

misci sparks and spirits promo image

Drawing's closed!

MiSci is hosting a "Sparks and Spirits" night at the museum January 15. Event blurbage: "Enjoy signature drinks and eats with a 1920s vibe: running model trains, music, planetarium shows & more. 1920s attire optional."

And we have a pair of tickets to give away -- maybe to you. To enter the drawing, please answer this question in the comments:

What's something local to which you're looking forward this year?

Could be anything. We'll draw one winner at random.

Sparks and Spirits is from 6-8 pm on Thursday, January 15 at miSci. Tickets are $35 ahead / $40 at the door. They include admission, food, and one free drink. The event is 21 and over.

Important: All comments must be submitted by 5 pm on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 to be entered in the drawing. You must answer the question to be part of the drawing. (Normal commenting guidelines apply.) One entry per person, please. You must enter a valid email address (that you check regularly) with your comment. The winner will be notified via email by noon on Wednesday, January 7 and must respond by noon on January 8.

MiSci advertises on AOA.

Drawing: Chemistry and Cocktails at miSci

misci chemistry cocktails event

Drawing's closed!

In honor of National Mole Day -- October 23, of course -- miSci is hosting a "Chemistry and Cocktails" event at the museum. Blurbage for the evening:

Enjoy a night of mixology and molecular gastronomy with specialty drinks, food science, live music, interactive exhibits, planetarium shows & more!
Sip a special "Mole"ito in honor of National Mole Day (10/23), which commemorates Avogadro's Number (6.02 x 1023), which is a basic measuring unit in chemistry.
Sample molecular gastronomic treats as you explore the science of food by Chef Stamets and the SCCC Culinary Arts Students:
+ Cheese Board with CO2-infused Fruit
+ Shrimp Cocktail with Pipettes of Cocktail Sauce
+ Caesar Salad Foam
+ Tomato Mozzarella Salad with Basil Oil Powder and Balsamic Pearls
+ Butternut Squash Soup in Test Tubes
+ Sous Vide Pork Loin, Goat Cheese Pokenta Cakes, Apple Cider, Mustard Jus
+ Ice Cream Station: Liquid Nitrogen, Nutella and Peanut Butter Powder

We have two tickets for the event and we're giving them away. Maybe to you. To enter, please answer this question in the comments:

What's the food of the future?

This could be anything. (Maybe it helps you think of it as... the future.) Freeze-dried bacon ice cream. Kale-flavored Tang. Self-tending farms in each backyard. Whatever. We'll draw one winner at random.

Tickets for Chemistry and Cocktails at miSci are $35 ahead / $40 at the door. It's from 6-8 pm. And it's a 21-and-over event.

Important: All comments must be submitted by 10 pm on Monday, October 20, 2014 to be entered in the drawing. You must answer the question to be part of the drawing. (Normal commenting guidelines apply.) One entry per person, please. You must enter a valid email address (that you check regularly) with your comment. The winner will be notified via email by midnight that day and must respond by noon on Tuesday, October 21.

AOA is a media sponsor of this event.

Butterfly house at miSci

misci butterfly houseOpening this weekend at miSci in Schenectady: an indoor butterfly house. Blurbage:

Escape winter's chill and discover hundreds of brilliantly colored native butterflies at miSci's new indoor butterfly house. Discover Monarchs, Black Swallowtails, Painted Ladies, and Red Admirals flying about (and possibly landing on you!) as miSci re-creates their habitat - the edge of an open field with flowers and trees. Be sure to stop at the chrysalis chamber to see the butterflies as they emerge. Learn about the exciting life cycles of the butterflies, and learn how to create butterfly-friendly environments outside your own home.

The exhibit runs through April 7. It's free with miSci admission.

The museum also has extended school break hours next week (February 16-24) and next month (March 29-April 7): Monday-Saturday 9 am-5 pm, and Sunday 12-5 pm (closed on Easter).

photo via miSci Facebook

Next on the playlist: something from 1878

edison with tinfoil phonograph 1878

Thomas Edison with a tinfoil phonograph, probably in 1878. The tinfoil was later replaced by wax cylinders.

Old-school sound: miSci -- formerly the Schenectady Museum -- will be revealing the recording from its 1878 Edison tinfoil tonight (Thursday). It's the second oldest documented Edison tinfoil recording -- it includes what is probably the oldest playable American voice, as well as the first ever recording of a musical performance. From the blurbage:

Attendees will learn the background of the object, how it fits into miSci's collections, what its significance is in the timeline of larger technological innovations and the latest breaking news - the owner of the voice is revealed!
The presentation will also tell why the recordings couldn't be recovered until now, the story of some of the challenges faced, the technological innovations (the development of special software programming called PRISM) made to read the tin foil and where the tin foil fits in the spectrum of surviving recordings throughout the world.

Here's a bit more about the recording from an AP story.

The miSci event is at the GE Theater at Proctors at 6:30 pm. It's free.

If you go, take a moment to imagine yourself 300 years in the future at an event in which scientists and curators are debuting a recently developed emulator for an archaic audio format known as an "mp3" and display a quaint little device called an "iPod." (The use of iPods, mp3s, AACs, and other related tech was made obsolete once Apple introduced the iBrain and started streaming music directly to a chip in people's heads.)

Earlier on AOA: What you can't see at the Schenectady Museum

miSci advertises on AOA.

photo: Levin C. Handy via the Library of Congress via Wikipedia

New name for Schenectady Museum

miSci logoThe Schenectady Museum is now called miSci.

miSci = Museum of Innovation and Science

It's pronounced "my-sigh."

The museum has been changing things up this year. In February it ousted its executive director. And it's been focused on bringing in new interactive exhibits, including a series of visiting exhibits from the Exploratorium in San Francisco. The first of those exhibits will open in October.

Earlier on AOA:
+ Now on YouTube: Steinmetz, Felix the Cat, and other figures from GE's history in Schenectady
+ Now on YouTube: Steinmetz, Felix the Cat, and other figures from GE's history in Schenectady

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