Portland, Ore. – FEATURED EXHIBITIONS
Animation
In OMSI’s Featured Hall
CLOSES January 11
Step into the exciting and visually rich world of animation. From concept to finished product, visitors explore the science behind storyboarding, character design, voice acting, sound effects, and video editing while larger-than-life graphics of popular Cartoon Network characters provide a colorful backdrop to the exhibit.
ANIMATION™ was created and is circulated by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, Oregon and © 2013 Cartoon Network. All rights reserved.
NEW ITEM
MAZES
In OMSI’s Featured Hall
Opens February 7
Explore 13 interactive mazes and come face to face with mystifying illusions and mind-boggling puzzles! Each maze features a dynamic environment where guests will discover a surprise around every corner, and develop new methods of problem-solving through improvisation, trial and error, observation and testing, and logic and reasoning. Solve puzzles and patterns, challenge the relationship between the mind and the eye and nurture your inner musician! MAZES offers challenging and interactive maze experiences for all ages including the Music Maze, Puzzle Maze, Color Maze and Maze of Illusions!
EXHIBITIONS
Mind to Hand: Art, Science, and Creative Collision!
In Turbine Hall
CLOSES January 4
What sparks creativity? What does art have to tell us about science? How does science inspire artistic decisions? In the hands of eleven talented master artists 60+ years old, materials become objects of beauty, whimsy and wit. Mind to Hand explores the benefits, exciting outcomes and new ways to see our world when art and science collide!
EVENTS
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Anime at OMSI
January 9-11
Cost:
Tickets: $7 Adult; $6 Youth (3-13) & Senior (63+); OMSI members receive $1 off
The Empirical Theater celebrates the closing days of OMSI’s Animation exhibition with a trio of landmark Japanese anime films: Akira, Ghost in the Shell, and Princess Mononoke. Each film will be presented on the Empirical’s four-story screen in Japanese with English subtitles.
Reel Science
Watch and learn at the Empirical Theater as OMSI brings the science of your favorite movies to life on the big screen. Perfect for science and film lovers alike, this series combines the best of Science Pub with the fun of movie night, bringing in experts to amplify your movie-watching experience.
Cost: $7 for non-members & $6 for members.
NEW INFO
January 14, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Reel Science: Monty Python and the Holy Grail with Meg Roland, PhD, Chair, Department of English, Marylhurst University.
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January 27, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m
TBD
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Fashion Meets Film
January 24; 5:30pm
Cost: Varies
On January 24 OMSI and Paul Mitchell the School Portland will bring you a fashion event showcasing the work of some of the best designers in the world. Attendees will be treated to a completely immersive experience, delving into the minds of these designers as their work walks down the runway.
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Meet a Scientist
Current science gets up close and personal at Meet a Scientist. This program, held on the second Saturday of each month, features local scientists who share their research and knowledge with you through hands-on activities and conversation. Meet a Scientist exclusively features professionals who are OMSI Science Communication Fellows.
January 10; 1 – 4 p.m.
February 14; 1 – 4 p.m.
NEW INFO
$2 Days!
Explore the museum and all exhibits for just $2 per person on the first Sunday of every month! Submarine Tours, Theater and Planetarium shows are also reduced to $5 per person, or less with applicable discounts.
January 4
February 1
Theory Eatery
NEW INFO
January 21, 6 – 8 p.m.
Better Bites: Winter Wellness
Cost: $25, includes a four-course tasting menu and refreshments.
In partnership with the National College of Natural Medicine, OMSI brings you Better Bites – a seasonal cooking series focused on cooking for healthy solutions. Now that the holidays are over and resolutions have been made, join us for a dinner to help kick-start your new healthy habits. Enjoy a small-plate, four-course meal with cooking demonstrations by Ryan Morgan, Executive Chef, Bon Appetit at OMSI and nutritional information from Dr. Julie Briley, ND of NCNM. 21+ only.
NEW INFO
January 27, 6pm (doors at 5:30)
Blind-Tasting Bingo
Cost: $25, beverages not included
Come test your mouth-mind connection with Blind-Tasting Bingo! A program started by Ecotrust and Edible Portland, this is a game of sensory deprivation and heightened exploration that was first unveiled at the 2012 Time-Based Art Festival. In the game, Executive Chef Ryan Morgan of Bon Appetit will present 14 distinct bites that players taste with their eyes covered, seeking to identify the items on a non-traditional bingo board that includes both correct and false options. A few lucky winners will take home fun prizes!
OMSI After Dark
Enjoy child-free, brain-building science fun featuring live demos, new exhibitions and old favorites! Guests can indulge in tasty snacks, sweets and beer and wine from regional food and beverage artisans. 21+ only, IDs required. OMSI After Dark is held the last Wednesday of every month. omsi.edu/afterdark
Cost: $13 non-members, $6.50 members, Free OAD members
Get a head start on the science fun—drink up at happy hour starting at 5 p.m. in OMSI’s eatery, Theory! The event takes place before OMSI After Dark each month and features a special menu including stone hearth pizza and local beer and wine.
NEW INFO
OMSI After Dark: Sugar
January 28, 6 – 10 p.m.
Learn why we crave the sweet stuff and how it affects us inside and out! We’ll be setting gummy bears ablaze, pulling taffy, spinning sugar and seeing how peeps react in space!
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OMSI After Dark: Science of Sex
February 14, 7 – 11 p.m.
Let’s talk about sex (and the science behind it), baby, at this special Saturday Valentine’s Day edition of OMSI After Dark.
NEW INFO
OMSI After Dark: Sugar
February 25, 6 – 10 p.m.
Take a peek into the animal kingdom and find out why these premiere predators are the kinds of beasts.
OMSI Science Pub
Science Pub is a monthly event held in multiple locations throughout the state and is open ages 21+ or minor with adult. No RSVP or scientific background is required. Just bring your curiosity, sense of humor, and appetite for food, drinks and knowledge!
Science Pub Portland –Empirical Theater at OMSI
1945 SE Water Ave, Portland
Cost: $5.00 suggested donation.
omsi.edu/sciencepubportland
NEW INFO
January 20, 7 – 9 p.m. (doors open at 5pm)
Observing Our Changing Planet with Satellites
With Kurt Thome, PhD, Terra Project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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February 17, 7 – 9 p.m. (doors open at 5pm)
Hanford Hazards: Cleaning Up Nuclear Waste
With Ken Niles, administrator, and Dirk Dunning, technical staff, Oregon Department of Energy’s Nuclear Safety and Energy Emergency Preparedness Division
Science Pub Portland – Hollywood Theatre
4122 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland
Cost: $5.00 suggested donation.
omsi.edu/sciencepubportland
NEW INFO
January 12; 7-9 p.m.
Emerging viruses like Ebola, and the effort to make an HIV vaccine
With Andrew Sylwester, PhD, immunologist, Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute, OHSU
NEW INFO
February 2; 7-9 p.m.
Geophysics and Magnetotelluric Research
With Kyle McDonald, faculty research assistant, Oregon State University
Science Pub Hillsboro
Venetian Theatre & Bistro, 253 E. Main Street, Hillsboro, Oregon 97123
Cost: $5.00 suggested donation.
omsi.edu/sciencepubhillsboro.
NEW INFO
January 26, 7 – 9 p.m.
Memories of a Future Disaster: The Next Tsunami
With author Bonnie Henderson
NEW INFO
February 23, 7 – 9 p.m.
Wolf OR-7 Expedition
With Rachael Pecore-Valdez, Wolf OR-7 expedition team member
Science Pub Eugene
Cozmic Pizza, 199 W 8th Ave., Eugene, OR (Inside The Strand at 8th and Charnelton)
Co-presenters of Science Pub Eugene are OMSI (omsi.edu), The Science Factory (sciencefactory.org) and the University of Oregon’s College of Arts & Sciences (cas.uoregon.edu). Cost: $5.00 suggested donation.
omsi.edu/sciencepubeugene.
NEW INFO
January 8, 7 – 9 p.m.
The Visual Universe According to Babies
With Caitlin Fausey, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Psychology, University of Oregon
NEW INFO
February 12, 7 – 9 p.m.
The Physics of Rock ‘n Roll
With Stan Micklavzina, senior instructor, Department of Physics, University of Oregon
Science Pub Corvallis
Old World Deli, 341 2nd St., Corvallis
Cost: $5.00 suggested donation.
Co-presenters of Science Pub Corvallis are OMSI (omsi.edu), the Downtown Corvallis Association (downtowncorvallis.org) and Oregon State University (oregonstate.edu).
omsi.edu/sciencepubcorvallis
NEW INFO
January 12, 6 – 8 p.m.
Science and Gender: Women in the Scientific Enterprise
With Sarina Saturn, assistant professor, OSU School of Psychological Science
NEW INFO
February 9, 6 – 8 p.m.
Origins and Consequences of Starfish Wasting Disease
With Bruce Menge, Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology, OSU College of Science
THE EMPIRICAL THEATER AT OMSI
Named for knowledge gained through observation, the Empirical Theater emphasizes programming that engages and entertains visitors on educational, scientific and cultural topics. With a new giant screen, Dolby Atmos sound system and 3D capability, the theater is expanding the tradition of offering the latest in high-quality informative and entertaining films for all ages. omsi.edu/empirical-theater
NEW ITEM
Big Hero 6
From Walt Disney Animation Studios, comes an action-packed comedy-adventure about the special bond that develops between Baymax, a plus-sized inflatable robot, and prodigy Hiro Hamada. When a devastating event befalls the city of San Fransokyo and catapults Hiro into the midst of danger, he turns to Baymax and his close friends to uncover the mystery.
The Boxtrolls
A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator in this stop motion animated fantasy-comedy film from Portland’s Laika Studios.
D-Day: Normandy 1944
Blending multiple cinematographic techniques, including animation, CGI and stunning live-action images, D-Day: Normandy 1944 brings this monumental event to the world’s largest screens for the first time. Audiences of all ages will discover from a new perspective how this landing changed the world.
Guardians of the Galaxy
Brash adventurer Peter Quill forms an uneasy alliance with a group of space criminals who are on the run after stealing a coveted orb. The extraterrestrial misfits must work together to stop the fanatical villain Ronan the Accuser from obtaining the orb and destroying the galaxy. Experience it in DOLBY ATMOS.
Prehistoric Planet: Walking With Dinosaurs 3D
Join narrator Benedict Cumberbatch on an extraordinary journey back in time to the Alaska of 70 million years ago. Through the latest in CGI technology, BBC Earth invites you to witness the most authentic dinosaur experience ever to be presented on the Giant Screen.
Great White Shark
Misrepresented, maligned and on the verge of extinction, the great white shark is an iconic predator: the creature we love to fear. Great White Shark explores the great white’s place in our imaginations, in our fears and in the reality of its role at the top of the oceanic food chain.
Bears
An epic story of breathtaking scale, Disneynature’s new True Life Adventure showcases a year in the life of a bear family as two impressionable young cubs are taught life’s most important lessons. Set against a majestic Alaskan backdrop, Bears captures the fast-moving action and suspense of life in one of the planet’s last great wildernesses.
Flight of the Butterflies 3D
A scientific adventure story about the remarkable Monarch butterfly which makes one of the longest migrations on Earth with pinpoint navigational accuracy to a secluded place it has never been. Follow the monarchs’ perilous and extraordinary journey through the story of an intrepid scientist’s 40-year search to find their remote hideaway in the mountains of Mexico.
Wild Ocean 3D
The film highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy, an epic struggle for survival where whales, sharks, dolphins, seals, gannets and millions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator, mankind.
PLANETARIUM SHOWS
For more information, visit: omsi.edu/planetarium
NEW ITEM
Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity
Now Showing Daily at 3:30 p.m.; Sat-Sun at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end. It’s at this point, inside this fantastic riddle, that black holes exert their sway over the cosmos … and our imaginations. Travel through other-worldly wormholes, experience the creation of the Milky Way Galaxy, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Mathematical equations, cutting-edge science, and Einstein’s theories fill in holes along the way, providing the most complete picture yet on this mysterious phenomenon. Can you feel the pull?
Perfect Little Planet
Now Showing Daily at 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.; Sat-Sun at 4:30 p.m.
Imagine the ultimate space vacation! Discover our solar system through a new set of eyes—a family from another star system seeking the perfect vacation spot. Fly over the surface of Pluto, our best known dwarf planet. Dive over the ice cliffs of Miranda. Sail through the rings of Saturn. Feel the lightning storms of Jupiter. Walk on the surface of Mars. Which destination would you choose? A solar system journey for space travelers of all ages.
Starry Nights LIVE!
Now Showing Daily at 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.; Sat-Sun at 4:00 p.m.
Learn about the interesting stories of the constellations and others in this live presentation in OMSI’s Kendall Planetarium. It is not just stars in the night sky—planets, constellations, zodiac, shooting stars, and satellites are all there if you know when and where to look. Navigate by the stars and discover how you can become a backyard astronomer. Topics will change monthly and graphics will be programmed accordingly. All shows are hosted and narrated live by OMSI planetarium staff.
MATINEE LASER SHOWS
NEW INFO
Laser Medley
January 1 – April 30, 2015
Showing Daily at 3:00 p.m.; Sat-Sun at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
Celebrate Medley (Various); Hot Hot Hot (Buster Poindexter); Walk Like An Egyptian (The Bangles); 50’s Medley (Various); Jump, Jive and Wail (Brian Setzer Orchestra); YMCA (The Village People); La Copa de la Vida (Ricky Martin)
EVENING LASER SHOWS (Fridays and Saturdays only)
JANUARY
NEW ITEM
8:15 p.m.
Laser Bob Marley
Trenchtown Rock, Waiting in Vain, Get Up Stand Up, Stir It Up, Three Little Birds, Redemption Song, Jamming, I Shot the Sheriff, Is This Love, One Love, No Woman No Cry
NEW ITEM
9:30 p.m.
Pink Floyd: The Wall
In the Flesh?, The Thin Ice, Another Brick in the Wall (pt. 1), The Happiest days of Our Lives, Another Brick in the Wall (pt. 2), Mother, Goodbye Blue Sky, Empty Spaces, Young Lust, Hey You (edited), Comfortably Numb
FEBRUARY
NEW ITEM
8:15 p.m.
Laser Metallica
King Nothing, Fade to Black, Wherever I May Roam, The Wait, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Enter Sandman, Master of Puppets
NEW ITEM
9:30 p.m.
Pink Floyd: The Wall
In the Flesh?, The Thin Ice, Another Brick in the Wall (pt. 1), The Happiest days of Our Lives, Another Brick in the Wall (pt. 2), Mother, Goodbye Blue Sky, Empty Spaces, Young Lust, Hey You (edited), Comfortably Numb
OMSI HOURS
Winter: Tuesday – Sunday: 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
*Open Mondays when Portland Public Schools are closed
OMSI CONTACT INFO
Phone: 503.797.4000 or 800.955.6674
Website: www.omsi.edu
PRICING
Museum Admission: $13.00 Adults, $9.50 Youth 3-13 and Seniors 63+, FREE for members Submarine: $6.75 (Tours are for ages 3 and above) Empirical Theater Before 6pm: $8.50 Adults, $6.50 Youth 3-13 and Seniors 63+, $1 off for members Empirical Theater 6pm and After: $7 Adults, $6 Youth 3-13 and Seniors 63+, $1 off for members Planetarium: $5.75 Non-Members/$4.75 Members Matinee Laser Light Shows: $5.75 Non-Members/$4.75 Members Evening Laser Light Shows: $7.50
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