Category Archives: Events

Museum of Science: Free, All-Day Forum on Using AI to Engineer a More Sustainable City, June 26

Boston’s Museum of Science will host a free, all-day forum — EmPowered by AI: Should We Engineer a More Sustainable City? — on June 26, 10AM-4PM. The forum will explore how artificial intelligence and machine learning can be used to develop sustainable solutions to the climate crisis on cities. Lunch will be provided. No background knowledge of artificial intelligence is required. This program is supported by the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, Toyota Research Institute, BNY Mellon, and The Boston Foundation.

Woods Hole Film Festival at Museum of Science: June 16, July 21, Aug. 18

As part of its Summer Thursdays evening events for ages 18+, Boston’s Museum of Science will host three films from the Woods Hole Film Festival at the museum’s Mugar Omni Theater:

  • June 16:  Bruce & Alvin, a short documentary about the history and future of Alvin, one of the world’s only remaining publicly-funded manned submersibles
  • July 21: After Antarctica, a documentary about an international expedition to this changing continent
  • August 18: Our Future, Our Fight: Wildfires, a short episode from a 10-part docuseries about climate change and fire

N.E. Sci-Tech Celebrates Ham Radio Field Day, June 25-26

The New England Sci-Tech (NEST) STEM education center will celebrate ARRL Field Day — a worldwide event for amateur radio operators — with a family friendly Ham Radio Field Day open to the public, on June 25 (2PM-5PM) and June 26 (10AM-2PM) at 16 Tech Circle, off Route 9 in Natick. There will be tours of the NEST center, soldering workshops, maker activities, hidden transmitter hunts, and radio-operator license testing. You do not need a radio license to participate. On-site training will be provided.

N. E. Sci-Tech Rocketry Club: First Launch, May 28

The Rocketry Club of the New England Sci-Tech (NEST) STEM education center (16 Tech Circle, off Route 9 in Natick) meets on Fridays, 7PM-8:30PM, and Sundays, 2PM-4PM. It’s open to adults and children ages 13+ (parents of registered children may participate for free). Meetings are for club administration, guest speakers, and the designing and building of rockets in preparation for five rocket launch events between May and September, at 320 School Street in Acton. The first launch event will be May 28, 10AM-4PM. For more information, email info@nescitech.org.

McAuliffe Center Open House: First Images from Webb Space Telescope, July 29

The Christa McAuliffe Center at Framingham State University will host a free open house on July 29, 6PM-9PM, to celebrate the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope. Participants will be able to ask NASA Solar System Ambassadors their questions about the universe and explore the night sky with telescopes. A keynote presentation will talk about the Webb Space Telescope and the first images received from it, and there will be free-choice learning activities related to astro imaging. For directions, use 7 Maynard Rd in Framingham. Face masks are required indoors.

Tonight (if skies are clear): Total Lunar Eclipse and International Space Station

A reminder…  If the sky is clear tonight, May 15, we can see a total lunar eclipse starting at 10:27PM, with full eclipse at 11:29PM. And before that, the International Space Station (ISS) will be visible for about 6 minutes starting at 9:55PM, appearing in the west, reaching a maximum elevation of 41 degrees, and disappearing in the northeast. The ISS circles the Earth every 90 minutes or so, but its visibility varies. You can check Spot the Station to find when and where it will be visible and sign up for alerts of when it’s most visible in your location.

McAuliffe Center: Stargazing and Planetarium Show, June 3

The Christa McAuliffe Center at Framingham State University will host a free evening of stargazing and observation on June 3, 8:15PM-9:30PM (weather permitting), in FSU’s O’Connor parking lot by Maynard Road in Framingham.

Earlier in the evening, 7:30PM-8:15PM, the Center will present a planetarium show, Undiscovered Worlds, about the search for habitable exo-planets. The show is for ages 12+, and you can purchase tickets ($5) here. Masks are required indoors. For more information, email cmc@framingham.edu.