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Programme 2012
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Wednesday 1 February
7.30pm for 8pm: Life, The Universe And Everything
Everything from the Big Bang to Big Brother in 13.72 minutes. Brighton and Hove Humanist Society.
Thursday 2 February
7.30pm: Hammer and Tongue – Science Festival Special Performance poetry science-themed slam. Komedia.
Tuesday 7 February
8pm: Brighton Skeptics: Secular Medicine Does religion have any place in healthcare? Caroline of Brunswick. £2. 18+.
Thursday 9 February
8pm:Catalyst Club – Catastrophe! Tonight brings a rain of terrors. Catalyst Club, Latest Music Bar. £5.
Friday 10 February
7.45am–9.30am: The Joy of Festival: Brighton & Hove Chamber of Commerce Inspirational Breakfast With Festival Director Richard Robinson. £24/£12.50. All ages.
7.30pm: God Collar – Marcus Brigstocke A sudden bereavement set Marcus pondering about God. Sallis Benney Theatre. £8/£6. Ages 14+.
Saturday 11 February
10am–5pm: BRIGHT SPARKS – Family Fun Weekend For a flying start. Hove Park Upper School. £6/£4/£18. Ages 7+.
11am and 3pm: BuildBrighton Electronics Workshop – Soldering is Easy! Make (and keep) your very own squeaky squawky Drawdio synthesizer pencil. £10. Ages 12+.
Sunday 12 February
10am–5pm: WHITE HEAT – Family Fun Weekend To get stuck in. Hove Park Upper School. £6/£4/£18. Ages 7+.
5.30pm–7pm: Smoke and Mirrors Presents…How to be Magic! Learn tricks and bamboozle our boffins. Blind Tiger. £5/£3. Ages 8+.
8pm: Helen Keen: Robot Woman of the Future Award-winning comedian & creator of BBC Radio 4’s ‘It Is Rocket Science’. Latest Music Bar. £5. Ages 18+.
9pm: Smoke and Mirrors Presents…Behind the Illusion: The Science of Magic The psychology of conjuring and the art of illusion. Blind Tiger. £8 . Ages 18+.
Monday 13 February
8pm: Monkey Butlers and Voices of the Dead with Sarah Angliss and Professor Elemental Phonographs, flying machines and other marvels. Latest Music Bar. £5. Ages 18+.
Tuesday 14 February
11am–4pm: Pocket Science Funfair The Incredible Machine, plus incredible other things, plus incredible talks. Latest Music Bar. £5/£3. Ages 7+.
Wednesday 15 February
10.30am–11.30am, 12noon–1pm, 2pm–3pm: Dinosaur Disaster Find out more about teh world of dinosaurs with the child friendly talk. Booth Museum. FREE. All ages.
2.30pm–4.30pm: In The Beginning – In The End Creation myths (lots of them) and destruction myths (not so many – you can make up your own). Jubilee Library. FREE. Ages 8+.
8pm: Lewes Skeptics in the Pub – Neutrinos: Chasing Ghosts and the Creation of the Universe How neutrino particles might hold the key to the origins of the universe. £3. Ages 18+.
8pm: Science Showoff Open mic night. Anything goes. Do you have a favourite scientific idea? Latest Music Bar. FREE. Ages 18+.
Thursday 16 February
11am-4pm: Brown Site, Green Site (workshop) Create an urban paradise in a box. Phoenix Brighton. FREE. All ages.
7.30pm: Bright Club: Bodies Comedy, science, and music making sense of the human body. Latest Music Bar. Tickets £5, available on the door. Ages 18+.
Friday 17 February
11.30pm: Film – The Day the Earth Caught Fire British reporters suspect a cover-up of a global disaster… and they’re right. Duke of York’s Picturehouse. £7-£13. Certificate 15.
Saturday 18th Feb
10am–4pm: What Can Possibly Go Wrong? Ecological disasters and how to avoid them. Latest Music Bar. FREE, Workshops £5/£3. Ages 10+.
10.30am–4pm: Broken Ground Symposium: How do we experience the city? Multidisciplinary event. Phoenix Brighton. £10. Ages 18+.
11am–5pm: BuildBrighton Electronics Workshop: Arduino Coding with Protosnap Learn how to code on the popular Arduino microprocessor environment. £40/£70. Ages 12+.
12noon–6pm: The Chewy Gummy Physics Funfair Mineral Miracle Berries, Jelly Baby Wave machine, Edible Balloons and a Gummy Bear Chandelier. Blind Tiger. £2/£1. All ages.
Sunday 19 February
10am–4.30pm: Quabinet of Quantum Quriosities What is quantum science? Why is it spooky? Schrodinger’s cat can help explain. Latest Music Bar. £5/£3. Ages 13+.
10am–6pm: Make It! Join Brighton Belles WI, Sew Retro, Quilty Pleasures and a host of craft superstars. The Blind Tiger. £2/£1. Ages 7+.
9pm: Festival of the Spoken Nerd A variety show for the fearlessly inquisitive. The Blind Tiger. £8. Ages 18+.
Monday 20 February
7.30pm:: Rupert Sheldrake: The Science Delusion Rupert Sheldrake is famous for probing the roots of our beliefs. Friends Meeting House. £8/£6. Ages 16+.
Tuesday 21 February
7.30am–10am: Mappiness – Sussex Enterprise Inspirational Breakfast How much does our immediate environment affect the way we feel? Ashdown Park Hotel. All ages.
8pm: Café Scientifique: Fone Fun with Jonathan Hare Your phone is an essential, but do you know how it works? Latest Music Bar. FREE. Ages 18+.
8pm: Skeptics in the Pub: Global Cooling Is the planet undergoing long term cycles of catastrophic cooling. The Caroline of Brunswick. £2. Ages 18+.
Wednesday 22 February
7.30pm: Simply Brilliant We celebrate a magic evening of inventions – yours, ours and Trevor Baylis’s. Sallis Benney Theatre. £7/£5 (IOP members free). Ages 14+.
7.30pm: Britain’s Climate Change Targets: Can We Reach Them? Should we all be buying electric cars? Will it ever be green to fly away on holiday. Friends Meeting House. FREE.
Thursday 23 Feb
6.30pm–8.30pm: The Science of Bees Find out more about the plight of British bees. Friends Meeting House. FREE. All ages.
7.30pm: Science Night at Due South Science-themed Wild Night. Innovative, exciting & delicious. Due South. £35.
8pm: Catalyst Club goes Cuddly Three speakers revel in the lovely things of life. Latest Music Bar. £5. Ages 18+.
Friday 24 February
7.30pm: Robin Ince: Happiness Through Science Robin Ince’s comic exploration of the human condition. Sallis Benney Theatre. £8/£6. All ages.
Saturday 25 February
10am–6pm: Big Science Saturday For all those who want to understand the future before we get there. Sallis Benney Theatre. £10/£6. Ages 16+.
11am: Lucy Hawking: George and the Big Bang Investigate the mysteries of physics, science and the universe, to the edge of a black hole and back again. The Book Nook. FREE. Ages 8+.
11am–2.30pm: PACA Fun Day A feast of science activities at Portslade Aldridge Community Academy. PACA. £5/£2. All ages.
6pm–12midnight: Astronomy in the Pub Spend the night discovering the stars in the Sussex countryside. Horns Lodge. All ages.
Sunday 26 February
10am–6pm: It’s Make Your Mind Up Time How much of our world is a figment of our imagination? Sallis Benney Theatre. £10/£6. Ages 16+.
11.30pm: Film – Mulholland Drive A twisting venture beyond dreams and reality. Duke of York’s Picturehouse. £7-£13. Certificate 15.
Tuesday 28 February
8pm: Brighton Skeptics: Skeptical Review of 2011 The last year’s top skeptical stories. Caroline of Brunswick. FREE. Age 18+.
Wednesday 29 February
7pm: Doctor Talk – The Old Person Whisperer Dr Muna Al-Jawad illuminates some of the scientific mysteries of old age. The Audrey Emerton Building. FREE. Ages 18+.
Wednesday 7 March
8pm: Lewes Skeptics in the Pub – How to Discover a Planet How to explore the universe from the comfort of your own sofa. Elephant and Castle. £3. Ages 18+.
Exhibitions
Saturday 11 February – Sunday 25 March
11am–5pm (Weds–Sun): Broken Ground An installation exploring urban redevelopment and upheaval. Phoenix Brighton. FREE. All ages.
Friday 17 – Sunday 26 February
11am–6pm: Intuition and Ingenuity – An Art Exhibition in Celebration of the Life of Alan Turing Celebrating the enduring influence on art and contemporary culture of Alan Turing, the father of the computer. Lighthouse.
Special events
Opening reception: 16 February, 7pm-9pm
Open day and talks event: 25th February 2012 11am-6pm
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Programme at a glanceSee the exciting events… you can enjoy at Brighton Science Festival 2012. Advance booking highly recommended, or turn up early for tickets on door. |
