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LIMITS OF KNOWLEDGE This brochure is crammed. We have tried to squeeze a long fortnight into a short booklet, but it’s not easy. Do look on the internet for more detailed introductions to the events. It’ll be worth the search. Speaking of the internet, we will be analysing it during the Festival, and asking the increasingly vexing question; should we limit its freedom? We will also examine the love life of Neanderthals, the colouration of dinosaurs, the maths of the Simpsons, the science of disgust, fairness, war and all creation. Half term (Feb 15 - 23) is so full of activities for families and teens that the back half of the brochure is devoted to them (the front half is for the adult programme). There’s a lot of robotics and computing: Raspberry Pi workshops, LEGO Mindstorm, Robot Wars, toy hacking etc, but you can also learn a thousand fascinating tricks to do with a single piece of paper if that’s what you want. The Pocket Science Festival is touring the Festival deeper into Sussex - Billingshurst, Crawley and Uckfield this year. We hope we’ll be able to support more science, debate and craft activities round Sussex in future years. In the meantime, search through the Festival for the following: a twenty foot python, a missing ‘L’, a sad banker, a cuddly molecule, an exploding whale, a paper fart machine, singing sand dunes and a house made of toothbrushes. And wonder if there are any limits to knowledge. Contents p 4-13 - Adult programme p 14 - Half term entertainment - addresses p 15 - Half term Saturday and Sunday 15th-16th p 16 - Half term Monday 17th p 17 - Half term Tuesday 18th p 18 - Half term Wednesday 19th p 19 - Half term Thursday 20th p 20 - Half term Friday 21st p 21-22 - Half term Saturday and Sunday 22nd - 23rd p 23-24 - Information, addresses and maps
INTO THE BLUE till August 31st.
Step into the blue at Hove Museum for a journey through science, history and art. Discover why no mammals have blue fur, find out what a khillazon is and experience the shade known as the ‘diamond of pigments’ - a guaranteed remedy for the blues. Mon - Sat 10.00am - 5.00pm. Sun 2.00pm - 5.00pm. Closed Weds. Hove Museum, 19 New Church St. BN3 4AB FREE.
Thursday 6 February HAMMER AND TONGUE. 7.30pm.
Brighton’s liveliest poetry night takes on a scientific twist - can you think of a rhyme for “deoxyribonucleic”? Even if you can’t, join in the open poetry slam and watch other able wordsmiths do so; with very special guests. Komedia Studio Bar, 44-47 Gardner Street, BN1 1UN. £5 on the door. Ages 14+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult).
LATE LOVE. 6.00-8.00pm.
Stay late at Brighton Museum and explore the science of attraction. Featuring alternative gallery talks, provocative performances, a silent disco, fancy dress, cocktails and much more. Royal Pavilion Gardens, BN1 1EE. £5 in advance, £7 on the door, £4 mbrs. Book via visitor.services@brighton-hove.gov.uk or call 03000 290 902. Ages 18+.
Sunday 9 February WHAT IF MONEY GREW ON TREES? 6.00pm.
What if we followed an economic model where people and the planet mattered? Imagine a world where gold is worthless, everyone earns the same and banks don’t exist. Ask “What if...” and join the discussion. The Blind Tiger Club, 52-54 Grand Parade, BN2 9QA. FREE. Ages 18+.
PHILOSOPHY IN PUBS round table debates. 7.00pm.
“Can we ever be without conflict?” What’s to stop us just being nice to each other? Richard Robinson, Festival director, asks us to consider what might happen. PIPs arranges monthly informal pubbased discussion for those with a passion for enquiry. The Palmeira pub, Cromwell Road, BN3 3ES. FREE.
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Tuesday 11 February SKEPTICS IN THE PUB. 8.00PM.
Lectures by experts, followed by famously lively question and answer sessions - in the pub. See http://brighton.skepticsinthepub.org The Caroline of Brunswick, 39 Ditchling Rd, BN1 4SB. £2 on the door. .
Friday 14 February - Monday 31 March STORIES FROM THE FRONT LINE outdoor exhibition.
SICK! presents four medical stories from the lives of doctors and patients living and working in Brighton & Hove. Four comic book artists have been invited to work with one doctor and one of their patients each to tell their stories, once from the doctor’s side, once from the patients. The resulting graphic narratives are presented in a large-scale light-boxes installation in Jubilee Square. Jubilee Square, BN1 1GE. FREE.
14 - 21 February MICROSCOPIC WORLDS at ONCA Gallery.
‘Small Wonders’, Katie Goodwin’s 3D film expl.oring microorganisms plus Iona Scott’s 3D ‘Swimming With Plankton’. Weds - Fri 12 noon - 7pm, Sat - Sun 11am - 6pm. (Closed Mon & Tues)
Saturday 15 February, Artist Katie Goodwin and Microbiologist Terence Preston in discussion. 3.00pm. FREE.
Tuesday 18 February. CAFÉ SCIENTIFIQUE: FINDING THE FALLEN OF WWI. 7.30pm. In Flanders Fields there still remain the bodies of thousands of missing soldiers; lost in the horrors of trench warfare. Discover how science, archaeology and anthropology join forces to identify these missing soldiers whenever their remains are discovered - from the bones in the soil to a full military funeral. Latest Music Bar, Manchester Street, BN2 1TF. FREE but arrive early to avoid disappointment. Ages 18+.
Wednesday 19 February SPEED MATING. 7.00 - 9.00pm.
Speed mating? No, no, not like that! Get matey with new friends while participating in a fun and lively scientific experiment, which uses revolutionary new technology to measure how people get along. Dress code: no lab coats. Falmer Bar (back rooms), University of Sussex, BN1 9RH. £5 on the door, includes one drink. Ages 18+
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Wednesday 19 February Ready, Steady, Science! 7.30pm
Could you be the next Brian Cox? Or more of a Jim Al-Khalili? At Temptation Café take part in a whirlwind of classroom teasers and watch the scintillating imagination of science communicators at work. Temptation Café, 56 Gardner St, BN1 1UN. £1 on the door. Recommended age 18+
Thursday 20 February CATALYST CLUB. 8.00pm for 8.30pm start.
Three speakers on subjects close to their heart, and near to the bar. Fifteen-minutes is all they get; time enough to put their case succinctly, which these three can do with great skill. Tonight we find three ways in which seemingly obvious truths are turned on their heads. Too, Too Sweet Artificial sweeteners, starting with saccharin, have been around since the 1890s, but their benefits and risks have been repeatedly contested. Erik Millstone shows how, side effects or no side effects, they may have increased sugar addiction rather than reduced it.
Sweet and Sour There has been plenty of excitement and hype about the idea that moral feelings and friendly behaviour can be traced to the activity of a single neuro-active substance, oxytocin, the ‘cuddly molecule’. While there is a lot of intriguing evidence supporting this idea, things are not quite so simple. Join Anil Seth from the Sackler Centre for Consciousness on a whistle-stop tour of the new neuroscience of social behaviour, and find out why we are much more than the sum of our molecules. Sour or Sweet? When humans emerged there were lots of human species. But in the past 50,000 years all the others have disappeared, leaving just us. So making love or making war? Did we wipe the others out on our evolutionary journey; win some Darwinian battle royal? Or did we interbreed our way here? Dr Matt Pope will help us resolve our evolutionary guilt and come to terms with our genetic inheritance. The Latest Music Bar, 14-17 Manchester Street, BN2 1TF. £6 from http://www.catalystclub.co.uk/ or on the door. Ages 18+
NERD NITE. 7.30pm doors for 8.00pm start.
A dream combination - cake, drink, and three presentations from a wide range of nerds. See www.brighton.nerdnite.com for more details. The Caroline of Brunswick, 39 Ditchling Road, BN1 4SB. £5 on the door.
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Saturday 22 February. 8:00pm. FESTIVAL OF THE SPOKEN NERD presents FULL FRONTAL NERDITY
The Nerds are back! Fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe, the unstoppable fusion of science, comedy and explosions returns to Brighton with a brand new show to feed your brain, tickle your ribs and light your Bunsen burner. The Old Market, 11A Upper Market Street, BN3 1AS. £15 / £13 from www.theoldmarket.com & on the door. Recommended age 15+
ASTRONOMY IN PUBS. 6.00pm - midnight.
South Chailey turns off the lights to view the night sky in one of the darkest corners of the country, with astronomers and telescopes. Horns Lodge, South Street, South Chailey, BN8 4BD. FREE.
Sunday 23 February, SUNDAY ASSEMBLY. 11.00am
With guest Adam Rutherford. A Sunday Gathering free from myth, magic or denomination - a time for togetherness and warmth. St Andrew’s Church, Waterloo Street, BN3 1AQ. FREE. (collection).
Monday 24 February, CITY BOOKS PRESENTS BRIAN CLEGG - DICE WORLD. 7.00pm.
As any weather forecaster can tell you, randomness is the underlying heartbeat of nature. In a reaction against Newton’s ‘clockwork universe’, discover how chaos is the only way to understand the world we live in. Ropetackle Arts Centre, Little High Street, Shoreham, BN43. £8 from www.ropetackle.co.uk or City Books, 23 Western Road, BN3 1AF, or on the door.
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Monday 24 February PARKINSON’S: FROM MOVERS TO SHAKERS. 7.30pm. Parkinson’s disease affects 127,000 people in the UK. Hear about research into improving treatment. Presented by The Pharmacological Society. Latest Music Bar, 14-17 Manchester Street, BN2 1TF. FREE.
Tuesday 25 February THE PORTSLADE SCIENCE ACADEMY LAUNCH. 6.00pm.
Experience the facilities of Portslade Science Academy - a state-ofthe-art Science centre. Portslade Aldridge Community Academy, Chalky Road, Portslade, BN41 2WS. FREE but book through l.i’anson@paca.uk.com.
SKEPTICS IN THE PUB. 8.00pm.
Lectures by experts, followed by famously lively question and answer sessions. The Caroline of Brunswick, 39 Ditchling Rd, BN1 4SB. £2 on the door. More info from http://brighton.skepticsinthepub.org/.
Wednesday 26 February. EASTBOURNE SCEPTICS - ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE. 8.00pm. Ghosts, socialism and the origin of species - the life and ideas of Alfred Russel Wallace, who co-discovered evolution with Darwin. Bibendum, 1 Grange Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4EU. £3 on the door or via the website http://eastbourne.skepticsinthepub.org
MEDICINE ON THE EDGE. 7.00pm.
Air Ambulance Service is a unique environment, fast moving and time-critical, using the most up-to-date pre-hospital medicine. Join Doctor Paul Ransom as he shares his experience within the field. Audrey Emerton Building, Eastern road, BN2 5BE. FREE, but book at hospitalfriends@lineone.net. Recommended age 14+
THE FUTURE OF US. 7.30pm.
Science and technology have already radically changed what it means to be human, but how will future mankind differ from us? Join a variety of speakers exploring the ways in which might we might shape who and what we are; from cognitive enhancement to life extension. Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, BN1 1AF. £5/£3 online or on the door. Rcommended age 16+
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Thursday 27 February PROJECT BIOCARE MARINE. 7.00pm - 9.00pm.
The search for new molecules to use in healthcare under the sea is ongoing . Find out what the University of Brighton’s researchers have discovered in the oceans, with live demonstrations mixing science, entertainment, movies, images, artworks and of course, fish! Sealife Centre, Marine Parade, BN2 1TB. FREE but please reserve a place at c.j.bowyer@brighton.ac.uk
WHOSE WEB IS IT ANYWAY? 7.30pm.
Cyber Security is a very hot topic for us all. What rights do we have to privacy on the Internet? Should we at all cost protect the freedoms to learn, share, inspire and experiment, but also the freedoms to peddle porn and extremism, to invade privacy and spread rumours? Or must we have safeguards; in which case how can we do that fairly: who will ‘guard the guards’? Simon Fanshawe chairs a discussion with Dame Wendy Hall, professor of computer science at the University of Southampton, and experts Michael Yip, cyber-intelligence analyst at Price Waterhouse Cooper, Sadie Creese, professor of cyber security in the department of computer science at Oxford University, and Brian Collins, head of the department of science, technology, engineering and public policy. Sallis Benney Theatre, 58-67 Grand Parade, BN2 0JY £8/£4 online or on the door. Recommended age 14+.
Friday 28 February, SONIC WONDERLAND with TREVOR COX. 7.30pm.
What are the sonic wonders of the world? Trevor Cox made a career out of eradicating unwanted sounds. But after an epiphany in the London sewers, Trevor now revels in exotic noises – creaking glaciers, whispering galleries, stalactite organs, musical roads, humming dunes, seals that sound like alien angels, and a Mayan pyramid that chirps like a bird. With forays into archaeology, neuroscience, biology, and design, Trevor will explain how sound is made and altered by the environment, how our body reacts to peculiar noises, and how these mysterious wonders illuminate sound’s surprising dynamics in everyday settings. Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, BN1 1AF. £5/£3, online or on the door. Recommended age 12+.
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BIG SCIENCE SATURDAY A full day of talks and demonstrations with extra free events in the Blind Tiger. Sallis Benney Theatre, 58-67 Grand Parade, Brighton, BN2 0JY Tickets £10/£6, from the website or on the door. Recommended age 16+
10.00am Hormones and the mating game All animals reproduce, but what drives this urge? Are we all slaves to our hormones? How do we choose a mate? Is libido treatable? Join the Society for Endocrinology and its panel of experts to discuss what makes us trust, lust, love and cheat. 11.30am Andrea Sella: Strange Ice Although it exists in almost every freezer in the world, ice is a material so strange it breaks almost every rule in our textbooks. Go beyond the tip of the iceberg and stop taking ice for granted. Find out how water ice may be the herald of a future much less certain than we imagine, in the company of one of our great communicators 2.00pm Martin Birchall: Bringing Bodies Back to Life Scientists have aspired to regenerate humans for millennia. UCL’s Professor Martin Birchall interviews three ‘men’ regenerated using the best technology from yesterday, today and tomorrow. Between interviews, he explains the principles of Regenerative Medicine and the challenges faced by scientists and doctors to fully realize its amazing potential. 3.15pm Dinosaur social behaviour: crests, colours and signalling Reconstructing dinosaurs from their bones is one thing, but finding out how they actually behaved is much more challenging. New studies have shed light on how they communicated and interacted - often with complex social behaviour. Modern techniques can add amazing detail to our understanding of the biology of these animals. 4.30 Hunting for the Higgs Boson Forty years ago, three physicists made a spectacular breakthrough. Against a backdrop of high politics and billion dollar budgets, Frank Close tells the story of their work, the quest for the Higgs boson, and its eventual discovery.
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1 March, 10am-5.30pm RESTAURANT TALKS / DEBATE
Fifteen-minute talks followed by debates, if debatable issues come up. 11.00 The What’s and Nots of Research Current researchers at the Brighton & Sussex Medical School describe their work. They want to know what you think: Who should decide what is researched? What’s important, cost or benefit? 1:30 Disgust Disgust is a powerful and fascinating emotion that seems to defy logic. Why can a plastic worm put you off your food, and why are some bodily fluids acceptable? And why are politicians often labelled ‘disgusting’? Val Curtis explores what disgusts us and what we can learn from it. 3.00 ‘Evidence Matters’ What is acceptable evidence? A newspaper article? A single survey? An anecdote? Join Sense About Science & Brighton Skeptics in a discussion about how best to make sensible policy based on real things. 4.00 The Waste House The construction industry throws away 20% of all the materials it uses. Here’s the alternative - a house built entirely of discarded materials, including old toothbrushes. A fantastic showcase of a sustainable future pioneered by Duncan Baker Brown on C4 TV’s Grand Designs and now built here at the University of Brighton.
FREE IN THE BLIND TIGER - EXHIBITIONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS
Including the best pick of the Royal Society’s Summer Fair Understanding The Higgs Boson (Birmingham University). What is a Higgs Boson? Dr Cristina Lazzeroni’s demonstration links to Frank Close’s talk Prehistoric Colours. Dinosaurs were colourful. New discoveries reveal their true shade - and their feathers. Linked to the talk University of Brighton Design. The alchemy of products created from new, unusual and inspiring materials University of Sussex. Spectrometers are a key tool in astrophysics - learn how to build one out of household objects Immunology Society. ‘Draw your allergy’ activity. What actually happens when you’re allergic to something? Express your allergy in art British Pharmacological Society. Pharmacologists explain how water fleas’ heart rates vary with changes to their watery environment
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Saturday 1 March ORBIT EVER AFTER 1.15pm
BFI short film: a sci-fi love story, then Q&A with the director and space experts about living and loving in space. Dukes@Komedia, 44-47 Gardner St, BN1 1UN. £6.50 / £5.50, (£4.50 Under 12s). Tickets on www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Dukes_At_Komedia/
Sunday 2 March Get Into Orbit! Workshop Watch a screening of space film, Orbit Ever After, then make your own film using cunning cinema tricks Lighthouse, 28 Kensington Street, Brighton, BN1 4AJ. Tickets £10 . Ages under 12. Details - www.lighthouse.org.uk.
SIMON SINGH 8.00pm THE SIMPSONS & THEIR MATHEMATICAL SECRETS.
Simon Singh, the man who puts the mirth in maths, takes on the hidden mathematics that is scattered throughout America’s favourite yellow cartoon family. The Simpsons is probably the most successful show in television history, with 27 prime time Emmy Awards. But most people don’t know that The Simpsons writing team is bristling with Maths PhDs, and the series contains enough mathematics to form a university course - and then some. That’s even before you tune in to its wicked younger sister, Futurama. Singh’s mathematical stories explore everything from perfect numbers to prime numbers; from narcissistic numbers to taxicab numbers; from Euler’s equation to the googolplex; from the Mobius strip to the topology of doughnuts; from infinity to even bigger infinities Sallis Benney Theatre, 58-67 Grand Parade, Brighton, BN2 0JY Tickets £7/4 available from the website and on the door. Advanced booking highly recommended. Ages 16+
Sunday 2 March SUNDAY ASSEMBLY with guest JIM AL-KHALILI 11.00am
A Sunday gathering to explore and celebrate the one life we know we have - a non-denominational coming together of people seeking warmth and togetherness without the trappings of magic and myth. With president of the British Humanist Society Jim Al-Khalili. St Andrew’s Church, Waterloo Street, BN3 1AQ. FREE.
PHILOSOPHY CAFÉ - GOD DOESN’T PLAY DICE
Scientists search for the Grand Unifying Theory of Everything. Eastern Mysticism has at it’s heart the underlying unity of all. Is there really a ‘God Equation’ that not only explains the physical universe, but the metaphysical universe as well? With tea and cake. talk. 2:00pm - 4:00pm. Open Art Gallery Cafe, 6 Nevill Road, Rottingdean, East Sussex, BN2 7HG. FREE.
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Sunday 2 March ALL THE FUN OF THE UNFAIR, 12.30pm - 5.30pm
Fairness is important; so important that it evolved soon after life appeared on Earth. The day studies fairness from pond-life to bankers in ten talks lasting 15 minutes. Sallis Benney Theatre, 58-67 Grand Parade, BN2 0JY. £10/£5 online or on the door. Recommended age 16+. 12.30 The Mirror Maze - Frans de Waal’s TED talk shows how much like humans capuchin monkeys behave when they’re given a raw deal. A taster for the rest of the day’s events.
1.00 The Freak Show - Do bacteria have a sense of fairness? Simon Park explains how cheats are punished at a microbial level. 1.30 The Obstacle Course - “It’s not fair!” Which child gets the better deal? Is equal treatment always right? Alison Pike studies the subtle biases of families.
2.00 Bash the Rat - Dan Jones on experiments suggesting the evolutionary origins of a sense of fairness among children. 2.30 The Tunnel Of Love - All’s fair in love and war? Clearly not! Both are all about favouritism, as Tom Farsides explains. 3.00 Swings and Roundabouts Richard Wilkinson, author of The Spirit Level, argues that what makes a society happy is not how much people earn but how equal they are to everyone else.
4.00 - Helter Skelter - When the financial world imploded in 2008 Paul Moore was the ‘whistleblower’ who exposed the banks’ unfairness. He tells the stiory
4.30 - The Wheel of Fortune - Are banks at the root of unfairness? And how can we fix them to create greater equality? Ben Dyson ofrers explanations and examples. 5.00 - The Shooting Gallery - What happens when you try to make things fairer? Paul Moore, who suffered for speaking out, tells it like it was for him, and for many others.
5.30 The Death Slide - Caroline Lucas MP explores why fairness is fundamental to progressive politics, from how we elect our MPs to how the economy is run
Sunday 2 March ADAM RUTHERFORD - CREATION 8.00pm
Adam takes a four-billion-year journey through genetics and life, from its origin to the present - and speculates what the future may hold. A perfect introduction to your planet Sallis Benney Theatre, 58-67 Grand Parade, BN2 0JY. £8/£5 online or on the door. Recommended age 14+.
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FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT THROUGH HALF TERM Eight pages of blue for nine days of things to do. For ages 11+, 7+, 3+ and parents, workshops and shows are blossoming all over town. Many are free, most are cheap - we are trying to keep prices down everywhere. Mostly they are pay-at-the door events, although some are timed events and a few have limited space and must be booked. More can be found out by going on-line to www.BrightonScience.com Each event is posted here with a recommended age. (Children under 11 must be accompanied).
Venues for Half Term events: Arthropod Arts 20-22 High St Rottingdean BN2 7HR Billingshurst Centre, Roman Way, Billingshurst, RH14 9QW. Blind Tiger Club, 52-54 Grand Parade, BN2 9QA Booth Museum, 94 Dyke Road, Brighton, BN1 5AA Brighton Youth Centre, 64 Edward St, BN2 0JR. BuildBrighton, Rodhus (Freehold Terrace entrance), off Hollingdean Road, BN2 4AB. Churchill Square, Russell Place, BN2 2RG Cockcroft Theatre, Cockcroft Bulding, University of Brighton, Lewes Road, Brighton, BN2 4GJ Duke Box theatre, The Iron Duke, 3 Waterloo Street, BN3 1AQ. Emporium, 88 London Road, BN1. 1RD. Hawth, Hawth Avenue, Crawley, RH10 6YZ. Hove Museum, 19 New Church Road, BN3 4AB. Hove Park Upper School, Nevill Road, BN3 7BN. Jubilee Square, Jubilee Street, BN1 1GE Komedia, 44-47 Gardner St BN1 1UN Latest Music Bar, 14-17 Manchester Street, BN2 1TF Lighthouse, 28 Kensington Street, BN1 4AJ. MacLaren Room, (next to the Vélo Café), The Level, Union Rd. Marlborough, 4 Princes Street, BN2 1RD ONCA Gallery, 14 St George’s Place, BN1 4GB. Phoenix Gallery, 10-14 Waterloo Place, BN2 9NB. Regency Town House, 13 Brunswick Square, BN3 1EH. Uckfield Civic Centre, Bellfarm La, Uckfield, TN22 1AE.
16 February - 22 February ARTHROPOD ARTS workshops
Arthropods were the first land animals, and include creatures like crabs, butterflies, bees and ants. Join scientists and artists at Arthropod Arts and help create enormous sculptures of arthropods using stone, wood, card and plastic - and then return for the grand finale when the giant arthropods take over Rottingdean. Sunday 16 February 10:00am - 4:00pm. Monday 17 February. 12.00 - 3.00 Friday 21 February 12:00pm - 3:00pm. Saturday 22 February 12:00pm - 4:00pm. See www.ArthropodArts.co.uk for details. FREE. All ages
DUKEBOX THEATRE SCIENCE WEEK Workshops & shows
A fun-packed programme with science and medicine-themed events. See www. facebook.com/dukeboxtheatre for details All ages
15-16 February Bright Sparks
Family Science days - see opposite
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Tickets: free for under 7s, ÂŁ5 ages 7+ ÂŁ16 for a family ticket (2 adults, 2 children) Buy from www.BrightonScience.com or on the door. Advance booking recommended.
Sunday 16 February FLASH SCIENCE
BHASVIC students science flash mob. Somewhere in Churchill Square, some time on Sunday 16th, some shoppers will get the shock of their lives, Outside Churchill Square, Russell Pl., BN1 2RG. FREE.
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FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT MONDAY 17 FEBRUARY
POCKET SCIENCE FESTIVAL BILLINGSHURST
Science Fun Fair all day, plus a show at about 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. The Incredible Machine, plus incredible other things, plus incredible talks from Richard Robinson roughly every hour. (“Victor Meldrew meets Basil Fawlty! Fantastically engaging!”) Billingshurst Centre*. £4 or £14 family ticket (admits 4) online or on the door. Recommended age 7+.
WAR GAMES
11.00am – 4.00pm. Drop-in workshops. War; what is it good for? In this case, tonnes of activities aimed at under 14s. Make marshmallow blow-guns, miniature trebuchets and paper planes. Learn to camouflage, send messages on a lightbeam, and then soothe things down with some peaceful paper cranes. Blind Tiger Club*. £2 on the door. Recommended age 7-14.
PAPER MAGIC
11.00am – 4.00pm. Drop-in workshops. Drop in & learn some easy magic tricks to amaze your friends using nothing but a piece of paper and simple science The Marlborough*. £1 on the door. Under 5s FREE. Recommended age 7+ .
LEGO MINDSTORMS robotics workshops 11.00am, 12.00pm, 2.00pm & 3.00pm. Build and program a robot using the famous LEGO Mindstorms kits: programme the robot to complete challenges, exploring the interaction between programming and robot mechanics. Run by The Curiosity Hub. Latest Music Bar*. £3. Book online. Recommended age 11-16.
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SILHOUETTES with Regency Townhouse
12.00pm, 2.00pm & 4.00pm. Workshops Silhouettes were the selfies of their day. Make them for yourself on our Georgian silhouette machine. You can take home the result. Sessions are 70 - 80 mins. The Regency Town House*. FREE. Booking necessary. www.rth.org.uk/profilesworkshops. Ages 9+ (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.)
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THROUGH HALF TERM TUESDAY 18 FEBRUARY INVESTIGATE THE IGUANODON
10.30am - 11.30am (7’s & under). 12pm - 1pm, 2pm - 3pm Find out more about the spiky thumbed Iguanodon, a dinosaur discovered right here in Sussex. A child-friendly talk supported by artefacts from the Museum’s collection The Booth Museum*. FREE. Ages 8+.
PAPER MAGIC
11.00am – 4.00pm. Drop-in workshops. See Monday. The Marlborough*. £1 on the door. Under 5s FREE. Recommended age 7+.
SILHOUETTES with Regency Townhouse
12.00pm, 2.00pm & 4.00pm. See Monday. The Regency Town House*. FREE. Booking necessary www.rth.org.uk/profilesworkshops. Ages 9+ (Under 16s must be with an adult).
POCKET SCIENCE FESTIVAL - CRAWLEY
Science Fun Fair & show, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm. See Monday. The Hawth, Crawley*. £4/£14 for family ticket (admits four). Online or on the door. Recommended age 7+.
WAR GAMES
11.00am – 4.00pm. Drop-in workshops. See Monday. Blind Tiger Club*. £2 on the door. Recommended age 7-14.
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RASPBERRY Pi WORKSHOP
11.00am, 12.30pm, 2.30pm and 4.00pm. Discover the magic of the Raspberry Pi. Bring your own or use ours. There will be a number of projects you can try. These include working with sensors, lights and even making a fart machine! Sessions are one hour. Latest Music Bar*. £3. advanced booking online advised. Recommended age 11+.
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FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT WEDNESDAY 19 FEBRUARY
THINK FORENSIC: ‘WHO DUNNIT?’
9.00am, 11.30am, 2.00pm, 4.30pm, 7.00pm workshops Are you a budding detective? Use real forensic techniques, gather evidence and solve the crime. Sessions are two hours. Latest Music Bar*. £10 . £30 family of 4. Booking necessary via email info@thinkforensic.co.uk or phone 01484 860 599. All ages.
SHAPE-MAKER PLAY
11.00am - 4.00pm drop-in Discover a whole host of toys and games. Bring your children and let them play with Miller Goodman’s open-ended toys. Have a cuppa and a slice of cake or get down with the kids and have a go yourself. The Emporium*. FREE. Recommended age 3+.
WAR GAMES,
11.00am – 4.00pm. Drop-in workshops. See Monday. Blind Tiger Club*. £2 on the door. Recommended age 7-14 .
PAPER MAGIC
11.00am – 4.00pm. Drop-in workshops. See Monday The Marlborough*. £1 on the door. Recommended age 7+.
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THROUGH HALF TERM THURSDAY 20 FEBRUARY POCKET SCIENCE FESTIVAL - UCKFIELD
11am - 4pm Science Fun Fair & shows. See Monday for details Uckfield Civic Centre, Bellfarm Lane, Uckfield, TN22 1AE.
WeDo ROBOTICS WITH CURIOSITY HUB
11.00am, 12.00pm, 2.00pm & 3.00pm timed workshops The famous LEGO robotics kits provide a perfect introduction to motors, gears, cams, pulleys and programming robots, for young scientists-to-be. Latest Music Bar*. £3 online or on the door. Booking advised. Rec’d age 7-11.
PAPER FOR PEACE
10.00am - 4.00pm drop-in Turn your old clothes to pulp, and that pulp into fiction with the Peace Paper Project. Plus, discover the technology behind papermaking and how paper was made from wartime flags and uniforms. Drop-in. Phoenix Gallery*. FREE. All ages
ANTWEIGHT ROBOTS
BIGGER BANG: RELOADED
11.00am and 2.00pm timed workshops Design and build fighting robots that do battle. Will yours flip the enemy over, pierce them, squash them or just saw them in half? Sessions are two hours. Blind Tiger Club*. £3, online or on the door. Recommended age 7+.
2.00pm and 7.00pm shows. Hal Sosabowski’s legendary high end chemistry extravaganza is back for one day only... don’t miss out. Cockcroft Lecture Theatre, Cockcroft Building, University Of Brighton. Lewes Road, BN2 4GJ £7 or £24 family ticket (admits four) online or on the door. Recommended age 7+.
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FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY
Friday 21 February FLAVOUR SENSENATION
11.00am - 4.00pm. Drop-in. An exploration into the senses and how we experience flavour. Back by popular demand after packing them in last time. Blind Tiger Club*. £1 kids, £2 12+, on the door. All ages.
BRAD GROSS - PROJECT EAR DRUM
11am, 12pm, 2pm & 3pm show A whistlestop comedy tour de farce about the mystery of sound and how we hear complete with live experiments, musical performance, audience participation and lots of laughs. Almost certainly very loud.. Latest Music Bar*. £3 online or on the door. Recommended age 7+.
OKIDO
11.00am - 4.00pm drop-in workshop, Fuse art, craft and science to create trees, skeletons, organs and hairy greeting cards. From the experts at Okido science magazine. The MacLaren Room* (next to the Vélo Café). £2 on the door. Recommended age 3+.
SIMON WATT - DISSECTIONS UNCUT,
7.00pm show. Get under the skin of some of the world’s largest animals - may include exploding whales. Latest Music Bar*. £6/£4, online or on the door. Recommended age 11+.
PROFESSOR POBBLE AT THE BOOTH
10.30am -12.30pm, 1.30pm -3.30 drop-in What have you found on the beach? Bring your rock, pebble or fossil to show our experts. Every stone tells a story. The Booth Museum*. FREE. All ages
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THROUGH HALF TERM SATURDAY - SUNDAY 22 - 23 February Saturday 22 February BUILD YOUR OWN GAMES CONSOLE
11.00am - 2.00pm workshop. Build a hand-held games console from scratch - and then program your own games. BuildBrighton*. £45 (inc. all components). Recommended ages 11+. Tickets available from https://build-your-own-games-console.
Saturday 22 February 11am - 6pm. Sunday 23 February 10am - 3pm. SCI-ACTI-HACK
Mine the Met Office’s data banks to build climate-related things ... clothes? or decorations? It’s your choice. Lighthouse*. FREE. Drop-in. Recommended age 12+. Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.
PHYSICS BUSKING,
A glorious fusion of ingenious engineering and hilarious street theatre. Outside Churchill Square*, Russell Place, BN1 2RG. FREE.
B. RADICAL
12 noon - 10.00pm workshops & shows A Radical day of cutting edge scientifically inspired activities. Brighton Youth Centre*. For more info see www.BrightonScience.com. FREE but suggested donation £3. Recommended age 11+.
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Sunday 23 February KOMEDIA SUNDAE
10.30am - 2.30pm shows & workshops Creative fun for children and families - with films, live theatre, craft workshops, games and live band. Komedia*. £6.50 / £8.50 / £25 family tckt, under 2s FREE on door or www.komedia.co.uk/brighton or phone 0845 293 8480 . Age 2-8 + adult
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Hove Park Upper School, Nevill Road, Hove, BN3 7BN Travelling to Hove Park School Train: 5 min walk from Aldrington Station. Right onto Old Shoreham Rd, then first left onto Nevill Rd. The school is 200m on the left. Buses: The 5 and 5A go from Churchill Sq. to Sackville Rd, travelling every ten minutes on Saturday and every twenty minutes on Sunday. Car Parking on street. No parking on school grounds.
Travelling to events in central Brighton We recommend taking public transport into the centre of town. Street parking is very limited, although there are several car parks (marked P on map). Tickets Some tickets will be sold at the door but you are advised to book in advance for all events through our website: www.brightonscience.com Website tickets are purchased through PayPal and there will be a handling charge. The receipt number given by PayPal is your ticket. Please print the email or bring the number with you. Concessions are given to full-time students, registered disabled and registered unemployed. Please be prepared to show proof of eligibility at the door. No unaccompanied children under eleven years old.
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18 Temple Street Brighton BN1 3BH Phone 01273 777 628 Email richard@BrightonScience.com Website www.BrightonScience.com
CENTRAL BRIGHTON VENUES & CONTACT DETAILS 1. Sallis Benney Theatre 67 Grand Parade, BN2 0JY
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2. Blind Tiger 52-54 Grand Parade, BN2 9QA 3. Latest Music Bar Manchester Street, BN2 1TF 4. Friends Meeting House Ship Street, BN1 1AF 5. Lighthouse 28 Kensington Street, BN1 4AJ 6. Phoenix Brighton 10-14 Waterloo Place, BN2 9NB 7. Jubilee Square Jubilee Street, BN1 1GE 8. Brighton Youth Centre, 64 Edward St, BN2 0JR. 9. Emporium, 88 London Road, BN1. 1RD. 10. Komedia 44-47 Gardner Street, BN1 1UN 11. MacLaren Room, (by the Vélo Café), The Level, Union Rd. 12. Rodhus Studios, 16-30 Hollingdean Road, BN2 4AA, 13. The Marlborough, 4 Princes St, BN2 1RD 14 ONCA Gallery, 4 St George’s Pl, BN1 4GB.
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