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Celebrate one of life’s most classic combos—coffee and chocolate—in a tribute to two of the Bay Area’s favorite ways to get buzzed.
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Live Talks: Spilling The Beans
African Hall
At 7:30 PM, Catch a short talk from UC Berkeley’s Michael Alberto Gomez, plant and microbial biologist, on a plan to use CRISPR to make cacao plants resistant to the diseases that plague them.
At 8:30 PM, Learn the secrets of small-batch, bean-to-bar chocolate with a live talk from Christine Keating, Lead Chocolate Educator at Dandelion Chocolate.
Experience: Beloved Brew
Swamp
6 - 10 PM
Sharpen your sense of taste and smell with low-stakes taste tests with the Sunset’s Andytown Coffee Roasters (now being served in the Academy Café!) and Henry’s House of Coffee. Plus, get to know Coffee Manufactory, a coffee roaster born out of Tartine Bakery.
Experience: Taste of Chocolate
Project Lab
6 - 10 PM
Get a crash course in what it takes to transform beans into dreams with unique offerings from Dandelion Chocolates, Casa de Chocolates, Jade Chocolates, Recchiuti Confections, and TCHO.
Experience: Cafecito y Cubilete
Swamp
6 - 10 PM
Take part in an interactive installation in the form of a mobile cart where you'll be offered un cafecito and invited to play a Cuban dice game.
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Explore what Academy researchers are doing behind the scenes in this live Planetarium show.
Journey through our solar system, guided by Tom Hanks.
Explore the immense scale of the known Universe in this live presentation that leaves Earth far behind.
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Attention Earthlings: our planet's calling & it's time to answer. Join us for a night of community & activism.
Feel the beat of connection through the power of musical instruments.
See what’s revealed once the sun goes down and explore the nocturnal side of the Academy.
Carnaval is taking over! Join the party and celebrate Latin American, Caribbean & Afrodiasporic cultures.
Why is California so special? Find out at the grand opening of our newest exhibit, California: State of Nature.
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