Last month’s First Friday was just great! I think I finally understand where LA goes on a Friday night. The Natural History Museum was full of people wandering around looking at the exhibits, going on the tours and listening to the talks (all were at capacity!) and just hanging out listening to the musicians or the DJs. Reminds me a lot of that Josh Ritter event I went to a while back, but so much more extensive, since people were enjoying the entire museum space, and taking in the exhibits and listening to the short talks on the science. Tonight, it is on again. See here for program and details.
5:30pm & 6:00pm, TOUR:
Tour of the Vertebrate Paleontology Collections with Dr. John Harris – “Preview to the Human Evolution exhibit in the new Age of Mammals Hall.”
NHM Chief Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, Dr. John Harris, will show fossil casts from the Lake Turkana Basin, as well as Tanzania and South Africa, many of which will appear in the human evolution component of the Museum’s upcoming Age of Mammals exhibit.
6:00pm & 7:30pm, DISCUSSION (includes a Book Signing):
“Lucy’s Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins” with Dr. Donald C. Johanson
Also:
Music by Wolfmother, and by The Ruby Suns. DJs: The Phatal DJ and Chico Sonido (dublab, Mexico)
Above is a DJ (T-Kay, I think) spinning in the African Mammal hall, last month.
Imagine how much extra wonderful this is going to be when it connects by subway to downtown, not so long from now. The Expo line is coming!
-cvj
(If interested in the tours for tonight, you might find these posts (here, here and here) interesting too.)
hey, that’s me! where did you get that picture from?
It is a real pleasure to know you learned of it here, went to it, and enjoyed it. Thanks for letting me know!
-cvj
Thanks for posting this! I had no idea, and I go to school right across the street. The Don Johansen talk was excellent. I was quite amused by the entire setup, though, some of the exhibits had the feeling of being some sort of club, with DJs, food/drinks being served, and very, very dim lighting so that it was hard to read any of the informational plaques. But cool nonetheless 🙂