AOF Activities & Events
Presenting the 29th fabulous year of the Darwin Day Birthday Gala, Sacramento's coolest, most singular, most go-to event of science and humanity, brought to you by area science advocates, civic groups and nerds on too much coffee. An in-person event at the MOSAC Science Mujseum, marking "Chuck" Darwin's 217rd birthday. Open to all. But ... you'll need a ticket.
Darwin Day is a science-rush like no other, a celebration of scientific inquiry honoring of the life and work of the great Charles Darwin (b. 12 February 1809), sponsored worldwide by community and educational groups. Strictly speaking it's not an AOF event, but AOF helped found the local gala, and continues to support it and commend it to all our friends in the Sacramento community of reason. Because science! And what's science but reason in the trenches?
The main speaker will be Rick Grosberg of the University of California, Davis. "Throughout my career, my research has centered on the major evolutionary transitions in the history of life, from DNA to genes, from unicellular to multicellular organisms, and from families to complex societies of multicellular organisms. I'm especially interested in the mechanisms that regulate the inevitable conflicts of interest between different levels of biological organization. I'm also fascinated and attracted by the history of ideas, and -- as a marine evolutionary biologist -- to Darwin's notoriously complicated and misunderstood relationship with the sea. Over the last few years, my research has inescapably emphasized the impacts of climate change and other human activities on the ecological and evolutionary resilience of marine populations and ecosystems. And, most recently, I have explored the causes and consequences of differing patterns of biodiversity across the major realms of life."
For background on this mind-growing event, visit https://darwinday.org/, the international website.
How to attend:
Please get a ticket. It's not pricey, and this is no time to grinch. Price is just $25 general, $20 for museum members, or $10 if you have a Student ID. Ticket link: https://visitmosac.org/darwin-day/. As a bonus you'll get sweet, sweet birthday cake.
Entertainment, snacks and parking included with your ticket.
