November 2017
November First Friday: Stargate
11/3/2017 -
Travel through the Stargate and explore new worlds! Learn how intersteller space travel and ancient Egypt connect, see the wonders of the Egyptian world in The Discovery of King Tut special exhibition and meet one of the stars of the Stargate Atlantis and Star Trek Enterprise TV series, Connor Trinneer! Special Meet and Greet opportunity with Connor Trinneer: Get your tickets now to participate in this exclusive reception with our special guest at First Friday: Stargate, Connor Trinneer! Participants will join Mr. Trinneer, who portrayed Trip Tucker in Star Trek: Enterprise and Michael in Stargate Atlantis, for an exclusive reception in the Science Center’s GROW Pavilion. Your ticket includes: -- Participation in a private reception, limited to 25 people, with Connor Trinneer -- Soft drinks and appetizers, as well as a drink ticket for wine or beer -- A photograph with Mr. Trinneer, which will also be autographed by him. -- A reserved seat at the public presentation, "A Conversation with Connor Trinneer", which takes place at 8pm in the OMNIMAX Theater. Cost: $125 Date and Time: Friday, November 3 from 5:30pm to 7pm Location: The Science Center’s GROW Pavilion Tickets at: https://tickets.slsc.org/venues/ItemList.aspx?node_id=249765 Full Schedule: First Friday – November 3, 2017 Stargate Unless otherwise noted $, all activities are FREE! Free parking on First Fridays! All items marked with a TR require tickets. Tickets for free screenings available at any box office, starting at 6pm. Not to Be Missed! 8pm, OMNIMAX Theater TR $ A Conversation with Connor Trinneer Learn more about Stargate actor Connor Trinneer during this in-depth conversation, hosted by local media personality Julie Tristan. Did you know that Mr. Trinneer also appeared in Star Trek: Enterprise? 6-9pm, Main Lobby/1 Stargate Quest with UMSL Technology Learning Center Stargate Command has directed the team to return home to Earth, but we are missing five symbols for the Stargate! Help the team find the missing symbols and earn a prize (while supplies last). Ongoing Activities, 6-9pm Lower Level-LL Learn about the gods and goddesses of Ancient Egypt at our matching activity. See local crafters and artists including: Panda Squid, Arleana Holtzmann, and Everyday Geek. First Floor-1 Snap a selfie at tonight’s out of this world photo opp! See the latest innovations from local hacker space, Arch Reactor. Try out board games with Game Nite in the Life Science Lab classroom. Visit our special exhibition, The Discovery of King Tut, at a special First Friday rate! $14 for Adults and $12 for Children; $7 for Member Adults and $6 for Member Children. The Loft-2 Learn more about Geekinomicon STL, Archon, Extra Life. Grab tonight’s exclusive food and drink specials! $ Makerspace-2 Design your own Stargate symbols or glyphs to help decorate our walls! Check out the newest innovations with robots from ROBOMO. Planetarium Experience Flight: Test out our flight simulators – $5 and $7 Public Telescope Viewing – weather permitting (Archery Field) – solar observing starting at 6pm and night sky viewing beginning at 8pm, with the St. Louis Astronomical Society Learn about space exploration with St. Louis Space Frontier and the Moon Society. Contribute to a better understanding of the Universe through CosmoQuest, a citizen science project. Scheduled Activities 5:30pm, GROW Pavilion/1 TR $ Meet and Greet with Connor Trinneer Tickets $125, space limited to 25 people. Tickets available at slsc.org. 6:30pm, OMNIMAX/2 TR $ Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs All tickets $6, $5 for college students with valid id. (2015, 40 minutes) 6:30pm, CenterStage/LL Amazing Science Demonstration 7pm, Planetarium/2 TR Planetarium Show: Live Sky Tonight Free! (45 minutes) 7pm, The Loft/2 First Friday Trivia Limited seating; sign up in The Loft. 8pm, OMNIMAX/2 TR A Conversation with Connor Trinneer Learn more about Stargate actor Connor Trinneer during this in-depth conversation. (45 minutes) 8pm, CenterStage/LL Amazing Science Demonstration 9pm, OMNIMAX/2 Autograph signing with Connor Trinneer For $30 get an autograph from Connor! $20 for a selfie. Want an autograph and a selfie? Only $45! 9pm, Planetarium/2 TR Stargate Free! (1994, 116 minutes) 10pm, OMNIMAX/2 TR Stargate: Atlantis episodes Introduced by Connor Trinneer! Free! Answers to Your First Friday Questions How does First Friday Trivia work? To play, register as an individual or with a team at The Loft. We can accommodate up to 15 teams. There will be five rounds of trivia, with five questions each round. Prizes for the winners of each round! How do I get free tickets? (for shows, presentations, activities, etc.) Get your tickets at any box office, starting at 6pm. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Each person is allowed up to four tickets for your group. Once you have a ticket, you must be in the theater by showtime to claim your seat. If you decide not to use your ticket, please return it to the Membership Desk in the Main Building Lobby. Tickets turned in for sold out shows will be redistributed at the Membership Desk until 30 minutes prior to showtime. After this, visitors without tickets may wait in a standby line outside of the show’s venue. We will let in those standing by to fill all seats not claimed by showtime. What are the costume guidelines? We encourage guests to wear costumes! Thanks to our partner Johnnie Brock's Dungeon for providing costumes for Science Center staff. We ask that your costume not interfere with your safety or the safety of others. You may use face paint and partial face-masks. We ask that you carry any full-face masks or helmets while entering and when you are walking through the Science Center. You may wear your headgear while being photographed. Weapons as part of costumes are subject to the approval of Saint Louis Science Center Security. No firearms or illegal weapons are allowed and if the weapon has a blade, you must have a covering for it. Plan to attend these upcoming First Fridays! December 1 Doctor Who January 5 Star Wars February 2 Marvel’s Black Panther March 2 Indiana Jones Thank you to our First Friday Sponsors: US Army Johnnie Brock's Dungeon State Farm