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PROGRAM GUIDE SEPTEMBER 19 - 23, 2018 | CALGARY, ALBERTA Beakerhead.Com 01 PROGRAM GUIDE SEPTEMBER 19 - 23, 2018 | CALGARY, ALBERTA Beakerhead.com 01 For decades, people have been streamed into either the arts or sciences, yet it is precisely at their intersection where ingenuity lives. WHAT IS Beakerhead is an annual program that brings together the arts, sciences, and engineering sectors to build, engage, compete, and exhibit interactive works of art, BEAKERHEAD? engineered creativity and entertainment. Why? Because creativity is crucial. When you throw open the doors to science and engineering through a welcoming world of art and entertainment, a lot can happen. Bridges are built. People learn from each other. New ideas are sparked. Communities thrive. Could this be how healthy economies are built, ones that are good for all people and the environment? WHERE DOES IT HAPPEN? HOW TO BUY TICKETS Beakerhead takes place indoors • Most installation sites are free. and out, and involves venues and Explore with abandon! public spaces throughout the city. • Register and buy tickets online for See page 6 for a map! workshops, shows and Beakernight at Beakerhead.com. WHO CAN TAKE PART? Everyone! HOTEL PACKAGES Take in free and ticketed events with Beakerhead a hotel package. Visit Beakerhead.com @Beakerhead for details. @Beakerhead ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Beakerhead takes place on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot and the people of the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta. The City of Calgary is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region III. Beakerhead is committed to the reconciliation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples and looks to the future with hope. While we’ve got your attention, here’s something that’s good to learn – how to pronounce the names of the Treaty 7 First Nations. Siksika (sik-sik-ah), the Piikuni (bee-goo’-nee), the Kainai (guy’-n), the Tsuutina (tsoo’-tsee-nah), and the Stoney Nakoda (na-koh’-dah). POWERED BY VOLUNTEERS Beakerhead is powered by a crew of dedicated volunteers! If you’d love to be part of the behind-the-scenes magic that goes into making the five days fabulous, please apply anytime Photo: Raymond Wong before September 13 online at www.Beakerhead.com. Cover Photo: Trevor Lalonde 02 HIGHLY SCIENCE AND ART ARE A-BUZZ ON THE STREETS – SOCIAL DAY AND NIGHT! SCIENCE BEAKERNIGHT Fort Calgary and SATURDAY East Village RiverWalk, SEPTEMBER 22, 6:00 – 11:00 PM 750 9 Ave SE SCIENCE JUST GOT MAINSTREAM – AND SPECTACULAR! Photo: Michelle Hofer Don’t worry, the giant electric bolt you’ll see arcing across the night sky is perfectly safe. It’s Beakernight! Add fire, lasers, light and music and you’ve got the making of science’s biggest garden party with installations, hands-on experiences and stage performances spread out across Fort Calgary and the RiverWalk. Check out the drones and linger for a while with an inspirational cocktail in hand. Please, just watch your step – rumour has it that a UFO is on a collision course for Calgary. By the way, there is no dress code. Really. This is a time to show the true you – as wild and wacky or as simple and true as you feel in your inner core. Show up! Want some ideas? Check out the new Beakerhead digs at 1405 4 St SW, and get inspired. Tickets: $8 in advance online, $10 at the gate, ages 14 and under free. Beakernight has an official afterparty! Check out British electronic music production duo Delta Heavy at the Palace Theatre, 219 - 8 Ave SW, 11 pm to late!r Sign up, get tickets and learn more at Beakerhead.com Photo: Johanna Hung 03 THE SHOWS OF A MATTER OF METTLE Photo: Clare Gibson WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, DOORS OPEN: 4:30 PM TALK: 5:30 PM SEVEN WONDERERS BEAKERHEAD EEEL Building, University of Calgary, 750 Campus Drive NW THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 7:30 – 9:00 PM Studio Bell, home of the National Music MEET THE PERSON BEHIND ONE LUNCH WITHOUT LIGHT Centre, 850 4 Street SE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SCIENTIFIC WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY BEHIND THE FRONTLINES OF Dark Table, 731 6 Avenue SW HUMAN INGENUITY Jocelyn Bell was a young physicist when A SERVING OF SCIENCE, EXTRA RARE! she noticed “a bit of scruff” in the data Some say science holds the greatest gathered from deep space by a radio adventure stories on earth – in the hands Dark Table is a restaurant in Calgary telescope. It was pretty subtle but oddly of the right storytellers. This evening of where you dine in the dark. In this special regular. She kept digging, and the rest sparkling storytelling will take you to the Beakerhead seating, the serving staff are is history. She famously discovered the front lines of human ingenuity – seven joined by science writer and broadcaster pulsar, described as “one of the most stories with music to match – all brought Jay Ingram and Jadeep Bains from the significant scientific achievements of the to life by famous and not-yet-famous Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the University th 20 century.” Join Jocelyn Bell Burnell, scientists, artists and brilliant minds. This of Calgary. Not only will you be guided by one of the world’s outstanding physicists Beakerhead original sells out every year, so servers living with vision loss, you’ll have in conversation. get your tickets early. And this year, there’s a most amazing lunchtime experience Tickets: Free. Register at a twist in the mix of the storytellers. You’ll about how your senses are intertwined. go.ucalgary.ca/Beakerhead have to hear them to figure it out! Pass the neuroscience! Tickets: $44.99 Tickets: $59.99 FOUR TO SIX ON FOURTH WEDNESDAY – FRIDAY 23 to 26 Ave SW on 4 ST SEPTEMBER 19 – 21, 4:00 – 6:00 PM RUSH HOUR JUST GOT FUN Holy welding torch, Batman! Beakerhead is bonding with Maker Faire Calgary and things are about to get even more eclectic! Blocks of open–air experimentation in a family friendly and yet somehow also cocktail hour environment. Stretch your legs in the human–sized hamster wheel, roll up your pant-legs to walk on a non- Newtonian fluid (aka cornstarch), and explore a cacophony of artists and performers – both human and machine. Bring your co-workers or family to this daily new take on rush hour and experience what happens when the street becomes a laboratory. Tickets: Free Photo: Jackie Ho 04 THE INTUITION PROJECT WEDNESDAY – SATURDAY: 8:00 – 9:30 PM SPECIAL SATURDAY LATE NIGHT: 11:59 PM – 1:30 AM Location: West Village Theatre, 2007 10 Avenue SW DINNER WITH DRONES PRESENTED BY GHOST RIVER THEATRE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 7:00 – 9:00 PM Are you a Believer or a Skeptic when Location will be a surprise! it comes to the power of intuition? AN INTERNATIONAL FIRST Ouija boards, extra-sensory perception, confirmation bias? The Intuition Project Bundle up for an international first . Dinner with Drones! This outdoor allows you, the audience, to observe, experience will sweep you up in a story that unfolds before your eyes in the participate, and analyze the evidence night sky. You’ll check in right next to a hive of drones. Please stay in your for yourselves. This hands on immersive groups as you get cozy in soft seating. The drones are cooperative, but they experiment into our most elusive and can get rambunctious. Julie van Rosendaal will welcome you with a beautiful mysterious sense is the newest picnic dinner prepared for your group. This Beakerhead original is powered by installment of Ghost River Theatre’s the Great Lakes Drone Company. Six Senses Series. Tickets: General $30.00, Artists $25.00, Tickets: $2500, for a group of eight, with a $1000 tax receipt. Thank you for Students/Seniors $20.00 available at supporting the charitable work of Beakerhead Creative Society! theintuitionproject.brownpapertickets.com Photo: BEAKEREATS Kenneth Fung WEDNESDAY – SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 13 - 23 SCIENCE OF DELICIOUSNESS Dining is a whole new experience when chef and bartender become scientist! Each year, creative Calgary chefs, mixologists and brewmasters experiment with a new theme. This year, the theme ingredient is canola! There’s a lot of science in its history, and a lot of magic in its chemistry! Deep fried Beakerhead, coming up! Participating restaurants include: SHOKUNIN 2016 4 St SW HOME & AWAY 1331 17 Ave SW BRASSERIE 1131 Kensington KENSINGTON Road NW DEANE HOUSE 806 9 Ave SE OXBOW 1126 Memorial Drive NW RIVER CAFE 25 Prince’s Island BURGER 320 814 1 Ave NE 126 10 St NW YELLOW 119 12 Ave SW AVEC 105, 550 11 Ave SW 1314 9 Ave SE DOOR BISTRO 05 EXPLORE A SERIES OF NEIGHBOURHOOD INSTALLATIONS THAT ARE WILD AND FREE! VISIT ALL 12 OR YOU CAN SIMPLY BEACONS PICK SOME FAVOURITES AND SPEND A BEACON FEW HOURS WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE. OPERATING WEDNESDAY - SUNDAY, SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 19 - 23 SAY AWE! ALL DAY. EVERY DAY. All of the Beacons are installed from (UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED) September 19 – 23. Some have operating 1 DUNG BEETLE hours if there is a hands-on element. Location: SAIT corner of 16 Ave and Guided tours are available. Register at 10 St NW 1 16TH AVE NW Beakerhead.com. EVERYDAY ENTOMOLOGY 4 11 Check Respect! A dung beetle is not only the Beakerhead.com world’s strongest insect, it’s also the strongest animal on the planet compared to its body weight. This massive insect made of recycled material is the creation MEMORIAL DR NW of artist Max Streicher, originally from Alberta and now living in Toronto. 8 1st AVE NE 2 NE KENSINGTON RD NW 3 BOW RIVER ST 4 LILLY IN CENTRE STREET TH THE LAB 4 AVE SW 5TH AVE SW TH Location: Marda Loop, TH 5 AVE SE 6 AVE SW 7 33 Avenue and 20 Street SW 10 6 STREET TH TH IS SHE THE SCIENTIST OR 14 9 AVE SW 5 12 8 THE EXPERIMENT? 11TH AVE SW ST SW Whoa.
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