2011 Festival Events - Photo Gallery

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Science Day at the Ballpark

Wednesday, April 20 | 1:00PM

Citizens Bank | One Citizens Bank Way | Philadelphia, PA 19148

Penn Engineering’s Rebecca Stein, Jamie Gewirtz and Jordan Brindza escort PhillieBot onto the field.

Photos courtesy Philadelphia Science Festival.

Flavor-Tripping

Monday, April 18 | 6:00PM

Stephen Starr’s Continental Restaurant | 138 Market Street | Philadelphia, PA 19106

The Monell Chemical Senses Center takes you on a taste-altering journey where one little red berry can change everything.

 Collaborators: Monell Chemical Senses Center, La Salle University, Starr Restaurants, Philadelphia Weekly

Photos courtesy The Franklin Institute.

The Big Jump

April 15, 2011

Greenfield Elementary School | 22nd and Chestnut Streets | Philadelphia, PA 19103

Greenfield Elementary School students participated in the Philadelphia Science Festival's Big Jump.

Left: The Franklin Institute’s Derrick Pitts explains seismic events to middle-schoolers at Philadephia’s Greenfield School as part of “The Big Jump” – where Philadelphia area school children jumped for science April 15 @ 11 AM to kick off the Philadelphia Science Festival. Credit:  Photo by Jeff Fusco for GPTMC.

Right: Students from Philadelphia’s Greenfield Elementary School kick off the Philadelphia Science Festival by Jumping for Science on April 15 @ 11 AM. Credit:  Photo by Jeff Fusco for GPTMC.

Left: Philadelphia’s Greenfield school Jumps for Science to kick-off the Philadelphia Science Festival April 15 @ 11 AM with The Franklin Institute’s Derrick Pitts. Credit:  Photo by Jeff Fusco for GPTMC.

Right: Greenfield Elementary School – student Jakob Lehmann explains to the school that they are about to start jumping for science.  Flanked by principal Dan Lazar (l) and The Franklin Institute’s Derrick Pitts (r). Credit: Courtesy The Franklin Institute.

Opening of Science Made Clear: A Collective exhibit at TRUST

April 1, 2011

TRUST Gallery | 249 Arch Street | Philadelphia, PA 19106

The gallery opening for a new art exhibit, Science Made Clear: A Collective - created in conjunction with The Philadelphia Science Festival – was held on Friday, April 1.  The event took place at TRUST Gallery in Old City, and featured a 3D photo experience created by local company - Wasabi 3D – and made especially for the Philadelphia Science Festival. Visit our Facebook Photo Galleries for images from sites throughout the city.  

TRUST Gallery Opening - April 1.

Photo courtesy Laura Krasnow.

Photos from the TRUST Gallery opening event on April 1.

Photos courtesy Ken Zaret.

Left: Wasabi 3D art – featured at the event and throughout the city.
Right:  Philadelphia Science Festival Director Gerri Trooskin (right) and Philadelphia Science Festival Coordinator Josette Hammerstone (left).

These images are among the many that will be on display at TRUST Gallery (249 Arch Street) during April.

Left: Molecular Model by Axel Kolhmeyer, Institute for Computational Molecular Science at Temple.

Right: Molecular Model by Axel Kolhmeyer, Institute for Computational Molecular Science at Temple.

Center: Polyglutamine Neurodegenerative Disease model by Lili Guo.

Collaborators: TRUST Gallery, La Salle University, Temple University, Institute for Computational Molecular Science.

The Science and Art of Colonial Brewing

November 6, 2010

Kite & Key Restaurant & Bar | 1836 Callowhill Street | Philadelphia, PA 19130

"The Science and Art of Colonial Brewing," was the first of a series of events leading up to the Philadelphia Science Festival. The event, held in November 2010, included a demo and discussion of Spruce Ale, which is based on a recipe Ben Franklin himself used more than 200 years ago and a inside look at rarely-seen artifacts from The Franklin Institute archives, such as Franklin’s personal tankard.

Collaborators: The Franklin Institute, the Kite & Key, and Yards Brewing Company.

Photos courtesy The Franklin Institute.

Street Corner Astronomy with The Franklin Institute’s Derrick Pitts

September 18, 2010

2nd & Chestnut Streets | Old City, Philadelphia

The Franklin Institute’s Chief Astronomer Derrick Pitts brought his best telescope to the heart of Philadelphia to show off Jupiter and the Moon to anyone who wanted to see! The weather was perfect, the stars very visible - and Pitts had scouted an ideal location to see the night sky during this early Philadelphia Science Festival event.  Astronomy Night in Philadelphia will take place Thursday, April 21 (Rain Date: April 26).

Photos courtesy The Franklin Institute.