Today I got my first chance to check out the new Exploratorium museum located on Pier 15 on the Embarcadero. I was there for a digital learning symposium with fifty other researchers, developers and educators in the field. We were lucky enough to get a guided tour of the new Exploratorium facilities, barely open for…
Category: SF Bay Area
SF Taiko at the Japantown Cherry Blossom Festival, Upcoming Shows
Check out my friend Christine and SF Taiko Dojo killing it at the Sakura Matsuri / Cherry Blossom festival in Japantown in San Francisco yesterday. She is performing with the SF Taiko Rising Stars, their young drummers group. I love taiko drumming, and love that I have friends that do it. Video cannot capture…
“Re/Genesis” Dance Show: Post-Script
We did it! After months of work, Freeplay and Prince on Point dance crews pulled off an ambitious and demanding dance show this weekend. "Re/Genesis" was for me a very personal project that grew out of something in my own heart and has blossomed into this colorful quilt of dance pieces. It was really only…
“Re/Genesis” Debuts Tonight!
It's showtime! The Freeplay Dance Crew and Prince on Point collaboration "Re/Genesis" debuts tonight at 8pm at the Garage Theater in San Francisco. It's been a long, sometimes difficult, even painful, creation process. But reviewing video of our final rehearsal last night, I'm blown away by all that we've accomplished together. And I can't wait to share…
Cal Academy Welcomes a New Penguin Chick: Help Name Him!
The California Academy of Sciences welcomed today a new penguin chick to our African Penguin tank in the Tusher African Hall. Scores of visitors young and old were on hand to witness the two-month old baby penguin splash around in the water, get feed and preen himself with his proud daddy. This is the…
OMG, “Re/Genesis” Show is This Weekend!
I can't believe that after months of work, we are just days away from my dance crew's show "Re/Genesis" April 12 and 13 in San Francisco. It's been an incredible journey for me, as the original instigator of this show with my piece "The Message" that I created a year and a half ago. A…
What I Did Over Spring Break: 3D Marine Animal Design Camp at the Cal Academy
I worked with ten awesome middle schoolers at the California Academy of Sciences who made their own models of marine animals like this one. More soon…
If You’re a Single Lady Octopus, Put Your Tentacle Up
On Wednesday, the California Academy of Sciences put on publc display for the first time a little-known encephalopod (thanks, Laura!) called the "Larger Pacific Striped Octopus." This little lady has been barely studied at all — it doesn't even have a scientific name! One of the Academy's biologists, Rich Ross, specializes in octopi, personally raising…
Buddy 170i Scooter in Front of the Cal Academy (pic)
My colleague Matt took this pic of my new Buddy 170i scooter and me in front of the California Academy of Sciences. Last night, I rode the scooter for the first time in the rain, and it performed admirable. Still very impressed with the stability and handling.
“The Bay Lights” Debuts in San Francisco (video, pics)
Tonight was the official public launch of "The Bay Lights" art installation on the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. A monumental light display comprised of 25,000 LED lights, "The Bay Lights" was created by artist Leo Villareal. I happened to be coming out of dance practice at the Embarcadero YMCA a few minutes after…