Live Nude Cells!
Floral Peep Shows!
Sex Toy Striptease!
Sex involves the exchange of genetic information resulting in evolution and specialization—and is the reason you have your father’s nose. Peek into the whys and hows of sex and discover some of the surprising ways nature brings sperm and eggs together.
See sexual deception of the floral kind, tease apart the mechanics of sex toys, and find out how eggs and sperm may become the most unique and specialized cells in the body with UCSF ...
Live Nude Cells!
Floral Peep Shows!
Sex Toy Striptease!
Sex involves the exchange of genetic information resulting in evolution and specialization—and is the reason you have your father’s nose. Peek into the whys and hows of sex and discover some of the surprising ways nature brings sperm and eggs together.
See sexual deception of the floral kind, tease apart the mechanics of sex toys, and find out how eggs and sperm may become the most unique and specialized cells in the body with UCSF professor Dr. Diana Laird.
Uncover the astonishing sex lives of flowers with Exploratorium emeritus biologist Dr. Karen Kalumuck, and taste honeys made from different nectars—or sample a sautéed bull testicle. Guess which sperm is human, catch insects in the act, and watch a live egg become fertilized.
Arouse your scientific curiosity in romantic love, and hear the history behind “hysterical paroxysms” from Good Vibrations sexologist Dr. Carol Queen. Explore interventions for infertility, flirt with the advantages of sexual versus asexual reproduction, and get up close and personal with dissections of gonads, ovaries, and other naughty bits.
From your own DNA to cinematic exposés, it’s all on display at After Dark.
Presentations:
Sex Cells: Mergers, Dwindling Reserves, Toxic Assets, and the Competitive Marketplace of Egg and Sperm
With Diana Laird, PhD
7:30 p.m.
Kanbar Forum
The Bouquet Between Your Legs: The Scandalous Sex Lives of Flowers
With Karen Kalumuck, PhD
6:30, 7:45, and 9:00 p.m.
Bay Observatory Gallery
Circles of Engagement: What Is This Thing Called Love?
With The Really Big Questions (TRBQ) Project
8:00–9:30 p.m.
Central Gallery classrooms
We Get the Sex Thing, But What Is Love?
TRBQ Exhibit Prototypes
6:30–9:30 p.m.
West Gallery
Demonstrations:
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Orchids But Were Afraid to Ask
With the San Francisco Orchid Society
6:30–9:30 p.m.
East Gallery
Surgical Interventions for Infertility
With the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
6:30–9:30 p.m.
West Gallery
Live Sex Show: Sea Urchin Egg Fertilization
7:15, 8:15, and 9:15 p.m.
Phyllis C. Wattis Webcast Studio
Gonad A-Go-Go
With the Explainers
7:00, 8:00, and 9:00 p.m.
East Gallery
Activities:
Sexplorations of the Mechanical Kind: Take Apart Sex Toys
With Tinkering Studio staff
With Carol Queen, PhD
6:30–9:30 p.m.
South Gallery
The Mating Game
With Explorables
6:30–9:30 p.m.
Central Gallery
Your Family Jewels: Extract Your DNA
With the Explainers
6:30–9:30 p.m.
West Gallery
Tastings (while supplies last):
Bees Do It
With the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA)
6:30–9:30 p.m.
East Gallery
Cowboy Caviar
7:30, 8:30, and 9:30 p.m.
Central Gallery
Exhibits:
Love Nest
6:30–9:30 p.m.
East Gallery
Which Sperm Is Human?
6:30–9:30 p.m.
East Gallery, Microscope Imaging Station
Films beginning at 9:00 p.m.
Kanbar Forum
• The Kiss by John Smith
• Removed by Naomi Uman
• Little Deaths by Ruth Lingford
• Speechless by Scott Stark
Kiss by Takahiro Kimura
Pin-Up In 3D by Kerry Laitala
Ongoing 6:00–10:00 p.m.
West Gallery
Green Porno by Isabella Rossellini
Ongoing 6:00–10:00 p.m.
West Gallery, Mind Cinema
The Operation by Marne Lucas and Jacob Pander
Please note: Explicit content.
Ongoing 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Central Corridor
Love Life of the Octopus by Jean Painlevé
6:00, 7:00, 8:00, and 9:00 p.m.
Phyllis C. Wattis Webcast Studio
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Experience life After Dark, an evening series exclusively for adults that mixes cocktails, conversation, and playful, innovative science and art events.
Not a theater, cabaret, or gallery, After Dark contains aspects of all three. Each evening showcases a different topic—from music to sex to electricity— but all include a cash bar and film screenings, plus an opportunity to play with our hundreds of hands-on exhibits. Join us and mingle with inventive scientists, artists, musicians, programmers, and designers. Enjoy live performances, provocative films, interesting music, cutting-edge technology, unexpected extravaganzas, and more, depending on each evening's lineup. Leave the kids at home and meet friends or take a date. Where else can you find an intellectually stimulating playground for adults?
Note: A ticket to Thursday evening adult-only hours does not guarantee admission to special programs with limited seating. Tickets for limited-capacity programs will be made available to visitors on a first-come, first-served basis.
Admission: $15 General; $10 Members; Free for Lab Members
Please Note: Adults Only (18+)
Buy Tickets → http://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/calendar/after-dark/february-2014