Join us on the Julianne and George Argyros Plaza for an exciting, FREE day of science and discovery! Sponsored by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, the 3rd annual Beckman Arts & Science Family Festival invites innovators of all ages to explore the connections between science and the arts through fun and engaging performances, interactive exhibits, and hands-on activities along with other festival food and fun!

The Festival will bring together local science and education-based organizations that will provide a variety of interactive activities. Below is a list of our community partners participating in the Festival:

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
Bionerds, Inc
Brain Builders STEM Education
Bytes and Bots
Challenge Island Irvine
Child Creativity Lab
Columbia Memorial Space Center
Discovery Cube
Environmental Nature Center
Girl Scouts of Orange County
Girls IN Focus
Irvine Public Schools Foundation
Kaiser Permanente
Mesa Water
Orange County 4-H
Orange County Boy Scouts of America
Orange County Science and Engineering Fair (OCSEF)
Play-Well TEKnologies
Santa Ana Zoo
Science Heads Inc.
Shared Science

Activities provided by our community partners will include Lego car racing, live animal encounters, a walk-through solar system, robotic soccer, make and take projects including LED creations, magnetic robots and sundial watches, flipbook animation, wind turbines, and so much more!

Event Performances and Activities

Featuring performances of Polyglot Theatre's BEES at 1:00pm and 2:00pm

Explore a buzzing, humming hive of activity, as three human-sized Bees busy themselves in the creation of a community alongside children who transform into bees as they play. The bees are fascinating, strange and beautiful, traversing invisible pathways and mapping delicate patterns across the performance space.

Inspired by the mysterious life and work of bees, this re-imagining of public space involves the slow uncovering of an intricate unseen world.?Children are immersed in the sounds, shapes and scents of the bee world, from their familiar buzz to honeycomb houses.?Bees?uses ritual, non-verbal communication and the secret world of bee movement to provide a range of access points for children to participate.

Polyglot: Theatre is child's Play

Other festival activities include Free mini train rides around campus, balloon twisters, airbrush tattoos and a bubble play station provided by BubblePOP.

Event Food

Food & beverages will be available to purchase at George's Café as well as local food trucks. Attendees are also welcome to bring their own refreshments, however outside alcohol, glass containers, tables, barbecues, and food preparation will not be permitted on the Plaza.

Runtime: 3 hours

Date: March 16, 2024

Time: 12:30pm

Location:
Julianne and George Argyros Plaza,
600 Town Center Drive,
Costa Mesa, CA 92626.

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