4/14

Science On The Rocks

Discovery Place Science’s monthly after-hours, adults-only social event offers an evening of cocktails, animal encounters, science shows and hands-on lab experiences in a kids-free environment. Patrons can check out exhibits like Top Secret: License to Spy, which features activities based on a James Bond-style exotic locations and high-tech gadgetry. Guests can also add on tickets to the IMAX presentation Planetarium: Edge of Darkness, which explores our solar system with a spectacular flight through the cliffs of comet 67P, breathtaking close-ups of Ceres and Pluto, and the first-ever look at a dwarf binary planet.

More: $18-22; April 14, 6 p.m.; Discovery Place Science, 301 N. Tryon St.; science.discoveryplace.org