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SUMMARY:City Nature Challenge 2022: Triangle Area
DESCRIPTION:Want to help show the rest of the world just how amazing North Carolina’s citizen scientists are? Join the NC Museum of Natural Sciences for the City Nature Challenge! This event celebrates the biodiversity that can be found anywhere – even in your own home\, backyard\, or neighborhood!  Over 300 cities are participating in 2020 and will provide an amazing snapshot of our world’s biodiversity over a four day period. \n \n\n\n\nWe need YOUR help snapping photos of Triangle Area plants\, animals\, or fungi from April 29 to May 2 and submitting them through the iNaturalist smartphone app or website by May 8. \nYou can participate in the City Nature Challenge: Triangle Area by visiting any open outdoor space in the Triangle Area from April 29 to May 2\, take photos of the plants\, animals\, and fungi you see\, and submit them to iNaturalist.  Download the iNaturalist smartphone app for Android or Apple and submit as you go or carry a camera with you and upload them through the website to join in the fun! \nFollow along with the local event or check out the map of the area that’s included at https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2022-triangle-area.  Socialize with other Triangle Area City Nature Challenge participants through our Facebook group.  Or learn more about the City Nature Challenge across North Carolina on the NC CNC website. \nWant to get ready for the City Nature Challenge: Triangle Area now? Create an iNaturalist account (it’s free!) through the website or the smartphone app and practice submitting your sightings so you’re ready to help us win. Need help getting your iNaturalist account set up or using the website/app? Download a printable quick guide for iPhone and Android smartphones that will walk you through the basics. \nScheduled virtual Museum activities will be listed below as they are confirmed. Thanks for helping us show off our local citizen scientists in the City Nature Challenge: Triangle Area! \nActivity Schedule\nCheck back soon for a list of Triangle Area virtual and in person events!
URL:https://naturalsciences.org/calendar/event/city-nature-challenge-2020-2/
LOCATION:Prairie Ridge\, 1671 Gold Star Drive\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults,All Ages,Children,Citizen Science,Educators,K-12 Students,Special Events,Teens
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SUMMARY:Museum Movie Night: The Matrix (1999)
DESCRIPTION:5:30pm–7pm: Food\, live music and science stations.\n7pm: Movie begins in the WRAL 3D Theater\, followed by commentary. \nThe Matrix (1999)\nHave you ever had a dream that you were sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world? \nJoin us on Friday\, April 29\, 2022\, for Museum Movie Night as we flash forward to the digitized dystopian future of The Matrix! In a world ruled by malevolent intelligent machines\, where humans are nothing more than batteries\, can Neo discover the truth and unplug humanity before it’s too late? Learn the facts behind this science fiction classic with hands-on activities and interactive carts\, then stick around after the movie to see how deep the rabbit hole goes with trivia hosted by A/V Geeks and Q&A with our panel of experts from NC State University Libraries! \nColin Keenan\, Specialist for Immersive Technologies and mixed reality maker\, plant biologist\, and public broadcaster living in Raleigh.\nNeal Hairston\, University Library Technician and AskUs service manager involved in the management of the Libraries’ acclaimed technology lending services. \nOur experts are involved in the Libraries’ gaming spaces and collections and have a wealth of knowledge on music\, film\, games\, and technology! \nLike Morpheus says\, “no one can be told what The Matrix is… you have to see it for yourself!” \nBUY TICKETS! \nCheck out the upcoming movies and learn more about Museum Movie Night: Where Science meets the Cinema. \n\nTHE MATRIX (1999) Rated R\nThis movie is Rated R for sci-fi violence and brief language. Parental discretion is advised. \nThomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves) leads an unassuming life: a computer programmer by day\, he explores the net as a hacker named “Neo” by night. After beginning to question the world around him\, he is suddenly contacted by the mysterious Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) who tells him the answers lie with Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne)\, the leader of a secretive underground rebellion. Dangerous agents with seemingly impossible powers are determined to keep Neo from the truth as he unravels reality and tries to save humanity from the Matrix. \n\nSCIENCE STATIONS (5:30–7PM)\nElectric Animals\nNC Museum of Natural Sciences\nA shocking number of species can sense electric fields and even act as their own batteries through bioelectrogenesis. From fish to insects to mammals and more\, find out how these amped-up animals work! \nDodge This!\nNC Museum of Natural Sciences\nBend it back like Neo in the iconic slo-mo bullet-dodging scene during a game of limbo! \nStranger than Science Fiction\nNC Museum of Natural Sciences\nReal science is often stranger than what we can imagine. Delve into the mysterious forces of electromagnetism and the principal of buoyancy as we conduct weird and exciting experiments. \nFlex Your Reflexes\nNC Museum of Natural Sciences\nTest your abilities through these fun physical challenges and see if you have what it takes to fight the machines! \n\nMUSIC (5:30–7PM)\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nWilliam Woltz (voice\, guitar\, mandolin) is a North Carolina native who’s all over the map musically. He grew up loving both the Beatles and Buck Owens\, and has studied jazz and classical guitar. Over the last four decades he has played a lot of blues\, beach music\, and singer/songwriter material as well as playing in the pit orchestra for community theater productions. Will performs with Sara Monroe and Jim Loos in the trio Loos Change\, based in Raleigh\, and violinist and songwriter Angela DiPaolo. \n\nFOOD & DRINK\nEnjoy Quinoa and Avocado Salad\, Hot Dogs\, giant cookies (chocolate chip\, sugar and oatmeal)\, chips and rice krispie treats.  Sodas will also be available.  Cards only–cash cannot be accepted.
URL:https://naturalsciences.org/calendar/event/museum-movie-night-the-matrix-1999/
LOCATION:Downtown Raleigh\, 11 West Jones Street\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults,Downtown Raleigh,General Events,Museum Movie Night,Teens,WRAL 3D Theater
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