WonderLab. Photo by Rodney Margison
Editor’s note: The following is adapted from a press release from WonderLab. Bloom
has republished it here with edits for style and clarity.
On January 18, WonderLab Museum of Science, Health and Technology will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day by offering two free virtual science programs.
“Dr. King understood the importance of science,” says the organization in a press release. “In 1963 he published a series of sermons titled
Strength to Love. In the first sermon
, A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart, Dr. King noted that, ‘… science gives man knowledge, which is power …’ Four years later he spoke at the American Psychological Association’s Annual Convention in Washington, D.C., and in a powerful speech challenged the nation’s social scientists to use facts to combat systemic racism.”
Written by Ellen Gitelman
Kulhawik, Burr at separate workshops
Belmont World Film s Family Festival, the 18th annual, goes virtual in 2021, from Jan. 15 through 24, expanding from its typical four days to 10.
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UPDATED, Jan. 13: The festival provides 3- through 12-year-olds and their families the opportunity to see some of the world s most remarkable current films for children films that provide a window into the lives of kids in other cultures, races and ethnicities.
Several workshops, including three sessions on model making for animated films conducted by the senior model maker from Aardman (the Wallace & Gromit films) on Saturday, Jan. 23, and a two-day workshop on film criticism led by Joyce Kulhawik and