Super Solar Saturday: Family, Friends & Art Day

DETAILS:
-Doors Open: 12:30PM
-Performances begin at 1:00PM
-Hidden Figures screening: 7:00PM
-Re-entry is permitted throughout the day!
-Rain Date: August 20

Don’t miss this FREE community and family day at the Mann Center! For one day, The Mann campus will be transformed into a space-themed park with space-inspired face painting, hands on science experiments, global performances on four stages, roving life-sized Star Wars™ characters and more!

The Franklin Institute

Participate in an immersive Virtual Reality experience or engage with student astronomers who will be stationed with telescopes led by The Franklin Institute. Plus, take home Google Cardboard glasses to try VR at home! (*based on availability).

The Please Touch Museum

The Please Touch Museum will be onsite to provide a hands-on experience. Learn about flight, height and movement through creative, imaginative and physical play such as pretending they are a space shuttle orbiting through space or launching their very own paper rocket through interactive activities. Participants will be exposed to and learn dramatic play, collaboration, exploration, and basic STEM tenants through these engaging activities!

Science 2 the Max Audience Engagement Presentations
This is your chance to participate in interactive science experiments related to matter, static electricity, Newton’s three laws of motion, chemical reactions and forensic science. Led by Science 2 the Max, an educational organization that specializes in teaching science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (S.T.E.A.M.) through exciting interactive play, science experiments and child friendly entertainment.
The Science 2 the Max presentations are all aligned with Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey Common Core Standards and Next Generation Science Standards.

Live Global Performances
Local artists will be presented on four performance stages throughout the Mann’s campus, continuing the Mann’s commitment to identifying and providing performance opportunities for burgeoning young talent!

Performers include (but are not limited to):
The Rock School for Dance Education
Korean American Dance & Music Ensemble
Universal African Dance & Drum Ensemble
Zen One Caperioa
St. Thomas Gospel Choir
Michele Lordi
Clef Club Ambassadors Big Band (Jazz)
Shirley Lites (R&B / Soul)
Jawanza Kobie (Smooth Jazz)
Timi DredLock & The Bredren Band (Reggae)
Rising Stars
Philly Hoop Stars
Sistahs Laying Down Hands (All-Female percussion)

The day will conclude with a FREE community screening of HIDDEN FIGURES.
This Golden Globe®-winner and Academy Award®-nominated film reveals the untold story of NASA mathematicians Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn and Mary Jackson, three ingenious African American women who worked behind the scenes to help launch astronaut John Glenn into outer space.

Super Solar Saturday is a prelude to the Great American Eclipse scheduled for Monday, August 21.

Picnics are welcome for this performance!

PLEASE PRESENT YOUR TICKETS AT THE BOX OFFICE THE NIGHT OF THE PERFORMANCE!

Super Solar Saturday is presented through the PNC Arts Alive Initiative. Super Solar Saturday is presented in partnership with The Franklin Institute, The Free Library, Please Touch Museum, Science 2 The Max and NEWorks Productions.

Artists and repertoire are subject to change. Rain date: August 20th.