Upcoming branch events in June June 9, 2009
Posted by Dan Richards in Branch News.Tags: bookclub, Central London, Save our Bees, South West
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Central London Branch
Cocktails, Chemistry and the Senses. 9th June, 20:00 – 22:00. 69 Colebrooke Row, N1
Watch the science behind creating the perfect cocktails | www.science-london.com
Popular Science Book Group. 30th June, 19:00. Costa Coffee, Waterstones Piccadilly.
With Lewis Wolpert: How we Live and how we Die | www.science-london.com
Hampstead Scientific Society
AGM. 25 June, 20:00. Age Concern Resource Centre, Prince Arthur Road, NW3
www.hampsteadscience.ac.uk
Thames Valley Branch
Garden Creatures – Save our Bees. 14 June, 11:00-15:00. RISC Roof Garden, 35-39 London St, Reading
Free drop-in workshop for families and bee adventurers | www.britishscienceassociation.org/thamesvalley
Cafe Scientifique – OUTBREAK! Tales of swine flu and other viruses. 29 June, 19:30. Deja Vu Bar & Eatery, 61 St Mary’s Butts, Reading
With Prof Ian M Jones, University of Reading | www.britishscienceassociation.org/thamesvalley
Bristol and Bath Branch
Science Cafe – Genetic Futures. 16 June, 19:30. Arnolfini Cafe, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol
With Dr Ainsley Newson, Biomedical Ethics, University of Bristol | www.BSciA-BSBA.org.uk
Click here for details of other British Science Association Branches in the South
Celebrating Science and Art May 14, 2009
Posted by Dan Richards in Other Organisations.Tags: Science and Art, Sculpture, South West
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School Children & Professional Artists join up to create new Large-Scale Sci-Art Works for Porthcurno Sculpture Garden, Cornwall, Launching May 28The launch of the Porthcurno Sculpture Garden on May 28, 2009 officially unveils a series of new large-scale art works – co-created by renowned artists and Cornish schoolchildren – that freshly articulate the invisible science behind telegraphic technology and celebrate Porthcurno’s surprisingly key role in world history.
Porthcurno made scientifically and historically important waves during the global communications revolution from 1870 onwards. It’s incredible to think of now, but Porthcurno really was the Silicon Valley of its age.
Libby Buckley, Museum Director
The six new sculptural works are the culmination of a three-year creative process and a series of responses to the unique exhibits and archives at the Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, home to the new Gardens and sited just a few miles from Lands End in the far West of Cornwall, in a programme sponsored by NESTA, Creative Partnerships, RiO, MLA South West, Arts Council England, Plymouth College of Art and the Heritage Lottery Fund. (more…)
