My sister and some of my cousins and I went out to the Alameda County Fair yesterday for some old-timey fun. My family has been going to the Alameda County Fair for most of our lives. What's remarkable is how little is has changed over the decades. It still has the same slightly sketchy…
Category: SF Bay Area
Freeplay Crew brings the hawtness to City Hall for SF Pride’s VIP Party! (video)
Freeplay Dance Crew was honored to perform at the SF PRIDE VIP Party in San Francisco's elegant City Hall. What a rush it was dancing on the grand staircase of City Hall before hundreds and hundreds of revelers!
Helping teens teach science through music and dance
This summer, I've been given the opportunity to expand the range of youth programs I facilitate at the California Academy of Sciences. Along with the Digital Learning youth programs that I manage, I also started co-managing the Cal Academy's "TASC Force" last week. The Teen Advocates for Science Communication (TASC) is an initiative to…
Catch Freeplay Dance Crew at SF Pride 2013 this Sunday!
This weekend, as you may know, is PRIDE Weekend, when cities around the country celebrate the freedom to be who you are and love whoever you wish. San Francisco of course has the best PRIDE celebration anywhere, and my crew Freeplay has been a part of it for many, many years. This year Freeplay…
“Call of the Sea”: Learning Science and Seamanship on a Schooner
Last Saturday, I had the opportunity to take a group of ten teenagers on an incredible educational sailing trip in the San Francisco Bay courtesy of the "Call of the Sea" educational nonprofit. For three glorious hours, our teens and chaperones got to voyage out into the beautiful Bay on an 82' schooner called the…
“Hangout” with Cal Academy Scientists Tomorrow June 6, 4-5pm on Google+
Come "hangout" with three scientists from the California Academy of Sciences tomorrow, Thursday June 6 from 4-5pm. This is the Cal Academy's first Google+ Hangout, held in conjunction with the Google Science Fair 2013. You will get to see a live video stream of three of our researchers talking about their work and discoveries. And you…
The Jazzawockeez do the “B-boy Shim Sham” at 9:20 Special (video)
Thanks to the Iris and Kirk at the 9:20 Special for inviting us back to perform the “B-boy Shim Sham” at the 9:20 Special swing dance last Thursday. A fantastic crowd in the best place to swing dance in SF. The “Jazzawockeez” are B-boy J-Blaze, b-boy Chiao, b-boy Rikomatic, and featuring b-girl Chachi! Enjoy.
Catch the “B-boy (and B-girl) Shim-Sham” at the 9:20 Special Open House Tomorrow!
Tomorrow night, May 30, at the 9:20 Special Open House in San Francisco, myself, b-boys J-blaze, Chow and b-girl Chachi will be performing again the "B-boy Shim Sham". Debuted last year at the 9:20, we've freshened up the choreo and added a new dancer to the mix. We think you are going to like…
“Built for Speed” Exhibit at the Cal Academy Opens Tomorrow!
What marine animals swim the fastest? How many bones does an orca have? What does a squid and an F-16 plane have in common? Find out at the new "Built for Speed" exhibit at the Cal Academy! Today is the member's preview of the new "Built for Speed" exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences. I…
Cal Academy Teens Launch Environmental Social Media Campaign: “Put A Cap on Plastic Use”
I'm happy to share the news that yesterday a group of teens, as a result of their participation in a California Academy of Sciences program, launched a social media campaign to educate the public about plastic waste. Called "Put a Cap on Plastic Use," their campaign focuses on three social media tools: An Instagram Photo Challenge…