After Dark
Really Cool Experiences Happen After Dark
Chabot offers many wonderful experiences, many of them After Dark. Whether you are looking for a unique date night experience or a fun place to search for galaxies and nebula, Chabot has something for everyone. We are open late every Friday and Saturday evenings and feature telescope viewing from our three giant telescopes, weather permitting of course. In addition, we will have special events, lectures and parties for many occasions including group events and corporate team building.
From time to time we rent out our Center for weddings, corporate holiday parties and private events. Check our calendar for those dates.
The list below is just some of the wonderful things you will find AFTER DARK at Chabot.
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NightSchool: Detention
Where Social Meets Science
Friday, February 17 (7pm - 11pm)
Adults 18+
$15 General Admission / $5 Members
Where do you go when you get busted for bad behavior? Detention of course! But just like those cool Club kids who made detention rock, Chabot's NightSchool is for the leaders in science cool, not for the misguided of school. Indulge in a night of acting up and acting out with our misfit science activities including graffiti taggin’, tattoo making and more mad science.
Slumber with the Stars
A Family/Group Overnight
Friday, February 10 (6pm - 10am)
Ages 5 & Up
Please note: we require a minimum of 1 adult for every 5 kids
Spend a night under the stars or with some really cool exhibits. Join us for Slumber with the Stars, Chabot's newest family night out. An overnight in our Center that includes games, exhibit exploration, hike in the Redwoods, a live planetarium show and viewing through our renowned, large telescopes.* An experience your family will remember for a lifetime.
*weather permitting
Members: $75
Guests: $85
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Member Movie Night
Sunday, February 26 (5:30pm)
FREE Member Admission, RSVP Required!
Cozy up in the MegaDome Theater for this Members-only event. We’ll be screening the movie Contact (PG). Refreshments will be available by donation.
Space is limited and by reservation only,
so call (510) 336-7373 for tickets today.
Moonlight Hike
Friday, March 2 (5pm)
Hike through the redwoods in twilight and moonlight on a moderately strenuous 4-5 mi hike. Hikes are led by an experienced hiker and Chabot educator and feature discussions about the natural environment and events and objects in the sky. Hike will take place rain or shine.
Tickets: $7 (does not include admission into the Center)
RSVP Recommended, space is limited!
Register online or call (510) 336-7373
NASA Family Night
Destination Station
Friday, March 9 (6pm - 9pm)
FREE with General Admission
Destination Station is NASA Johnson Space Center's national awareness campaign that promotes research opportunities, educates communities about activities preformed on the International Space Station, and communicates the real and potential impacts of the station on our everyday lives. This special NASA visit to Chabot will include astronaut presentations, autographs, demonstrations and craft activities for the whole family.
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NightSchool: Extra Credit
Where Social Meets Science
Friday, March 16 (7pm - 11pm)
Adults 18+
$15 General Admission / $5 Members
2012: The Future. Curious what your future holds? NightSchool's Extra Credit will examine the future from many angles including scientific, spiritual, technological and philosophical. What better place to toy with big kid questions than at a super cool science center with colossal telescopes, fascinating exhibits, great food, drinks and plenty of friendly smart people to postulate with!
Future Fridays
Brian David Johnson
FutureCaster, Intel
SciFi Author, The Tomorrow Project Anthology
Friday, March 23 (6pm - 7:30pm)
Are you an active participant in your future?
What kind of future do you want to live in?
What kind of futures should we avoid?
How is Intel using Science Fiction to design better technologies?
Intel's Futurist Brian David Johnson will explore these questions and his futurecasting work.
Purchase your reservation in advance and receive a copy of The Tomorrow Project Anthology
Earth Hour
Saturday, March 31 (8:30pm - 9:30pm)
Free with General Admission
On Earth Hour hundreds of millions of people will come together to call for action on climate change by doing something quite simple - turning off their lights for one hour. Chabot will join the world's largest global climate change event and so can you. We will be shutting off most of our lights at 8:30pm. Join us on our observatory deck to watch the Bay Area go dark! Visit earthhour.org for more information about getting involved.Moonlight Hike
Friday, April 6 (6pm)
Hike through the redwoods in twilight and moonlight on a moderately strenuous 4-5 mi hike. Hikes are led by an experienced hiker and Chabot educator and feature discussions about the natural environment and events and objects in the sky. Hike will take place rain or shine.
Tickets: $7 (does not include admission into the Center)
RSVP Recommended, space is limited!
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Future Fridays
Ben Burtt
Sound Director, Designer & Engineer,
LucasFilms/Pixar
Friday, April 20 (6pm - 7:30pm)
"From the Deathstar to Wall-E and Beyond!"
Ever wonder who created the voice for R2D2, Wall-E, or Darth Vadar's heavy breathing? Join us for a rousing evening of dynamic conversation about the science of noise and sound effects from the one and only Ben Burtt, Sound Designer and Director, Lucasfilm/Pixar.
Ben has won four Academy Awards for Sound Effects in such films as E.T., Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, for which he created the sound of the lightsabers by mixing the humming sound of his TV set - tuned between channels - with the sound of an old 35mm projector. Ben was a Physics major and has enjoyed an illustrious career in the motion picture industry for over 30 years. "Sound Effects in the movies are there to create an illusion," says Burtt, "But behind all this sonic "make-believe", I exploit scientific principles to create special noises."NightSchool: Field Trip
Where Social Meets Science
Friday, April 20 (7pm - 11pm)
Adults 18+
$15 General Admission / $5 Members
The coolest part of school was being out of school and going on Field Trip... Take a field trip to Chabot and celebrate Earth month with an invigorating night hike, contribute to science, race to find climate change solutions in our award-winning Climate Lab and connect with earth-friendly people and ideas over music, drinks and locally grown food.
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