The annual Wisconsin Science Festival, a statewide celebration with an array of activities and events happening Oct. 16–22, is fast approaching.
Taking place during what Gov. Evers has once again proclaimed as Wisconsin Science Week, the weeklong festival includes more than 300 events in over 40 counties throughout the state. All are welcome to join the festivities through hands-on science exhibitions, performances, tours, pub nights, talks with scientists and authors, film screenings, and more. This year’s highlighted festival feature is time and its influence on science, art, and technology.
Science on the Square, one of the festival’s flagship events, will fuse with the Madison Night Market downtown, and a number of other events will be hosted citywide.
There will be a special screening of “The End is Nye: Midnight at Noon,” part of a new series starring Bill Nye, who uses science to demystify the planet’s disasters and phenomena. Show director Brannon Braga and producer Rachel Hargreaves-Heald will host a Q&A session after the screening for both the in-person audience and viewers online.
A new addition to the festival is How it’s Made in Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. (WEDC) and held in partnership with Wisconsin Tech Month, the initiative highlights unique products made in the state and the manufacturing processes that use science and technology to bring them to life.
More than 60 Wisconsin libraries are among the dozens of event sites across the state. For the third year in a row, select library locations will distribute more than 2,000 Science in a Bag STEM Kits, which are free for local families to take home. Inside the kits are hands-on science and art activities that connect to research conducted throughout Wisconsin.
For the full festival schedule, visit the Wisconsin Science Festival website.
