PPIE100 Community Day: Activities for all as Palace of Fine Arts reopens on Feb. 21
A celebration of history, innovation, art and music
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21
Opening Day Dedication — Noon. Join together under the Rotunda of the Palace of Fine Arts for the opening ceremony of the PPIE100 Centennial, including a Native Californian Dance.
Uke-A-Thon — 3 p.m., Outside Rotunda, featuring Ben Ahn, Hana Hou 100, Hiram Kaailau Bell, Academy of Hawaiian Arts, and special guests. All are welcome. Lessons, dancing, fun!
The Exploratorium — Help the Explora torium celebrate the legacy of the fair and the Exploratorium’s own history in the Palace of Fine Arts. Movies in the Innovation Hangar Studio (formerly known as McBean Theater) include Historic Films with the Cinema arts Department at 12:30 p.m, 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. and Blast From the Past, The Exploratorium at The Palace of Fine Arts at 2:30 p.m. From noon to 3 p.m., sttaff will offer an activity: Early Animation and Color Mixing with Explor ables. Walking tours will include The Ex ploratorium Remains—Tours Inside the Palace of Fine Arts at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. and Historic Light at 1:30 p.m. All tours will meet out side the Innovation Hangar Studio. Music in Schools Today — In the spirit of both the incredible array of musical offerings at the PPIE and Music in Schools Today, artisans will work with guests t make instruments out of “found” and recycled materials, teaching that music can be found in everything. A drum maker will show how drums are made, and an Instrument “Petting Zoo” will allow attendees to try out musical instruments.
San Francisco Recreation and Parks
Department - Two art projects offered by the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department will create objects celebrat-ing Community unity Day’s theme of “Then, Now andToomorrow,” by putting a mod-ern twist on important elements of the Fair. In recognition of the importance of brooches and medallions at the attendees can create jewelry with LED lights and a selection of found materials. Staff will also help visitors create an Adhoc that will serve as a tribute to the fair's tallest building: the 43-story Tower of Jewels, which was covered in “jewels” known as Novagems. Visitors can choose from a vari ety of materials to add to the Tower, whi ch will be constructed over an illuminated base that will direct colored beam of li ght up through the center. Come watch the Tower grow as people contribute to the hands-on construction.
IHangar Junior Aviators — Spark!Lab Smithsonian, in conjunction with the Bay Area Discovery Museum, offers a hands-on invention experience. Devel-oped by the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, this experience encourages children between the ages of 6 to 12 to create, collaborate, test, experiment and invent. Visitors will use materials to create inventions to take home. Spark!Lab reveals the stories behind inventors’ work and help kids learn the history and process of invention.
Participating food vendors: Three Twins, Alicia’s Tamales Los Mayas, Hongry Kong, Le Café Roule, Grilled Cheez Guy, Little Green Cyclo, Bowl’d Acai