A time to eat, drink & talk about science!

Celebrating 4 Years of Science on Tap!

Join us 

Science on Tap Series

Thursday, May 5, 2016

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Yanni's
will be offering Happy Hour Appetizers during SoT!
 
3109 Central Avenue NE

(505) 268-9250

http://www.yannisandlemoni.com/

 Featuring:

Deborah Slaney
Curator of History • The Albuquerque Museum

 Route 66: Radiance, Rust and Revival on the Mother Road

From her hotly debated beginnings to her decades-long role as a pathway for adventurers, migrant workers, post-war veterans, tourists, hippies and sentimental souls, Route 66 has fascinated and engaged us, and compelled us to follow her beaten, crumbling path. The Albuquerque Museum’s exhibit, Route 66: Radiance, Rust, and Revival on the Mother Road, explores the story of Route 66 in New Mexico and the Albuquerque area, set in the context of significant events of national importance and enhanced by personal stories from Albuquerque’s residents. Deborah Slaney, Curator of History at the aM, will present highlights from the exhibition which will open the following week, on May 14.

The Exhibit

May 14, 2016 to Oct 2, 2016

Conceived in honor of the 90thh anniversary of Route 66, this exhibition celebrates the art, history and popular culture of the iconic Mother Road.
Too often the history of Route 66 in Albuquerque has been overlooked, even though our city sits at the center of the Southwestern leg of the route and boasts, at 16 miles, the longest single-city urban stretch of the highway in the nation. We are also the only place on the Mother Road where the highway crosses itself! Indeed the very re-routing of Route 66 to the east-west alignment was a political scandal, but shaved time and miles off the odometers of road-weary travelers and their automobiles.

Hope to see you August 4 at a new venue!

A time to eat, drink & talk about science!

Celebrating 4 Years of Science on Tap!

Join us 

Science on Tap Series

Thursday, April 7, 2016

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Yanni's
will be offering Happy Hour Appetizers during SoT!
 
3109 Central Avenue NE

(505) 268-9250

http://www.yannisandlemoni.com/

 Featuring:

Dr Stephen Myers

Seeing Invisible Colors

There are certain colors of light that we can see with our eyes like red, green, blue, orange, yellow, indigo, and violet (remember roy g biv?) as well as many variations of these. However, there are also many “colors” that we cannot see with our eyes such as infra-red and ultra-violet. We encounter these invisible colors every day in various circumstances without realizing it. To see these colors we usually require special tools that can be complicated and expensive. In this interactive presentation I’ll discuss ways we can “see” these invisible colors using common everyday objects.

Biography

Stephen Myers currently serves as a research scientist and product manager at Skinfrared, LLC where he develops infrared detector technology and medical thermal imaging applications. Stephen is also a volunteer in Explora's Portal-to-the-Public (PoP) Science program and provides science demonstrations with The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History. Previously, Stephen received his PhD in Nanoscience and Microsystems (NSMS) at UNM during which he served as the President of the UNM SPIE student chapter and conducted outreach science demonstrations with the UNM NSMS program.

Coming up in May 5, 2016;

Route 66: Radiance, Rust and Revival on the Mother Road

Deborah Slaney

Curator of History • The Albuquerque Museum