Et al: The Ultimate Bar Science Night, a combined science communication event put on with Anecdotal Evidence, Curiosity Collider, and Café Scientifique, hosted by Nerd Nite Vancouver on Tuesday, September 20 at 7pm at the Fox Cabaret, 2321 Main St.

You like science? You like drinking while sciencing? In Vancouver there are many options to get educated and inspired through science, art, and culture in a casual bar setting outside of universities. There’s Nerd Nite which focuses on nerdy lectures in the Fox Cabaret, Anecdotal Evidence, a science based storytelling show, Curiosity Collider, which creates events that bring together artists and scientists, as well as Café Scientifique the long running  series which focuses on one single speaker to engage in discussions while at the bar.

September 20th at the Fox Cabaret, all four institutions will team for the ultimate bar science night, Et al. This show is one night only, and not to be missed, and plus it’s Science Literacy Week to boot!

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Come out and discuss skepticism-related activities in Vancouver with your fellow science enthusiasts, rationalists, and critical thinkers, and maybe meet some new friends.

You can always find the latest event information on the Vancouver Skeptics Event Calendar on VancouverSkeptics.org.

Not superstitious? Vancouver Skeptics in the Pub invites you to celebrate Friday the 13th with some of your fellow Vancouver-area science enthusiasts and critical thinkers.

This will be a lot like one of our regular Skeptics in the Pub nights, but since it’s on a Friday we might see some people who can’t usually join us on a weeknight. Feel free to share stories of any interesting superstitions you’ve heard of, or that you used to believe yourself.

We’ll be meeting in the Railway Club’s back bar. If you arrive late and they’re collecting a cover charge at the door, just tell them you’re with the skeptics’ group to get in for free. Hope to see you there!

You can RSVP to this event on Facebook or Meetup.

Date: Sunday, November 30, 2014
Time: 9:30am to 5pm
Room: UBC’s Victoria Learning Theatre (Room 182), Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Address: 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, BC
Maps: Google or UBC Wayfinding

The eighth Vancouver SkeptiCamp is happening soon. SkeptiCamp is a fun, informative, one-day, free, open, attendee-driven, grassroots science & skepticism conference featuring many brief (~10 minute) presentations with Q&A sessions. We hope to make this year’s event as successful as the previous seven Vancouver SkeptiCamps, but we need your participation.

Registration is now open at the Vancouver SkeptiCamp website, so why not pick a topic and start working on your presentation today?

http://vancouver.skepticamp.org/registration/

Speaking time slots tend to fill up fast, but I ask all local skeptics to think of a topic that YOU would like to give a short talk about. It can be anything that interests you and that’s related to skepticism, the paranormal, science, pseudoscience, critical thinking, conspiracy theories, mystery investigation, irrationality, or how to promote a more rational world. In particular, I’d like to encourage more women of Vancouver to consider giving a presentation. We have lots of awesome skeptical and science-minded women in our community, and this would be great opportunity to highlight their knowledge and abilities.

You can also RSVP and leave comments on our Facebook event page.

Attention North Vancouver skeptics, science enthusiasts, critical thinkers, and anyone who appreciates reason and evidence! There’s a new monthly Skeptics in the Pub meet-up starting this month near Lonsdale Quay. For the inaugural North Vancouver Skeptics in the Pub night we’ll be meeting at 7 pm at the Rusty Gull Neighbourhood Pub, 175 E 1 St.

Come out on Tuesday, May 13 and meet some of your fellow skeptics in North Vancouver, including a recent arrival to the area and the host of this event, Samantha Chardin Møller. Of course, people from outside North Vancouver are also welcome to join us – note that our venue is just a short walk from the SeaBus terminal.

We may be trying out other locations for future events before settling on a home for this group, but we plan to meet monthly on the second Tuesday of each month. Join the Vancouver Skeptics in the Pub Facebook group to receive invitations to our future events.

If you’re not sure what skepticism is all about, please check out the “What is Skepticism?” page on the Vancouver Skeptics website.

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Every April 12th, people from around the world gather to celebrate the first spaceflight. Yuri’s Night parties and events are held around the world every April in commemoration of April 12, 1961, the day of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s first manned spaceflight, and April 12, 1981, the inaugural launch of NASA’s Space Shuttle.

The H.R. MacMillan Space Centre has kindly offered a special discount rate on April 12 to all local science enthusiasts who identify themselves to the cashier as “Yuri’s Night with the Vancouver Skeptics” guests.

There are two different evening shows in the recently-upgraded Planetarium Star Theatre, and you can choose to watch both shows or just one. Our group’s discount price for two shows is $14.00 per person, or $10.00 each to see just one show.

The 7:30pm show is “Life: A Cosmic Story“:

How did life on Earth begin? This tantalizing question forms the basis of the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre’s newest planetarium star theatre show. Begin your journey by shrinking down to enter a single redwood leaf, and discover that all life on Earth shares a common ancestry. Then, travel through time to witness key events since the Big Bang that set the stage for life. Along the way, you will see two scenarios for the dawn of life on early Earth, and discover how our planet has changed since those microscopic beginnings. Narrated by Jodie Foster.

The 9pm show is “Dark: Understanding Dark Matter“:

Dr. Alan Duffy is an Astronomer, and is looking for something that is very hard to find. Imagine trying to search for something that you can’t see. You don’t know what it looks like, what it’s made of, or where it is. But you do know that nearly 80% of the mass of the universe is made of it. At least we’ve been able to name it. Learn how the mystery of dark matter has changed our understanding of the Universe.

Neither of these two shows’ contents are specifically related to Yuri’s Night, but we’ve invited UBC Astronomy professor Jaymie Matthews to speak to our group at the 9pm show, and he will be able to tell us a bit about space exploration, including his own involvement with Canada’s MOST space telescope and other space missions. Helia Sharif, an Autonomous Space Robotics Engineer who completed the International Space University’s Space Studies Program, will also speak to our group about Yuri’s Night and space exploration.

In addition, the Space Centre’s exhibit areas about space exploration and much more will be available for our group to explore before and between the shows in the Star Theatre, from 7pm to 7:30pm and again from 8:30pm to 9pm.

Finally, weather permitting, after the 9pm show we can walk over to the Space Centre’s GMS Observatory and take a look through their ½-metre Cassegrain telescope to explore the skies around Vancouver.

Please join us, and spread the word to all your space- and science-enthusiast friends. Remember to tell the cashier you are there for “Yuri’s Night with the Vancouver Skeptics” to receive our group’s discount rates.

Vancouver Skeptics is a casual social group for local science enthusiasts who value reason, critical thinking, and skepticism. You can learn more about the group and our upcoming events at our website: http://vancouverskeptics.org/

You can also join the Vancouver Skeptics in the Pub group on Facebook to receive invitations to our monthly events, and RSVP on this event’s page on Facebook.

Join us on Wednesday, March 5 at 7:30pm for another evening of skeptical fun, food, drinks, and conversation at the Billy Bishop Legion. Come out and discuss skepticism-related activities in Vancouver with your fellow science enthusiasts, rationalists, and critical thinkers, and maybe meet some new friends. As always, the Billy doesn’t serve meals, but you are welcome to bring in food from the nearby restaurants, or go in with a few others and have pizza delivered.

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Join us on Thursday, February 27 at 7:30pm for drinks and food in a friendly atmosphere with local science enthusiasts who value critical thinking and skepticism. It’s a great place to meet local skeptics, make new friends, and get involved and informed about new events and activities. We meet on the fourth Thursday of the month at Harold’s Bistro & Bar in Richmond, located at 7551 Westminster Hwy, a few minutes from the Brighouse SkyTrain station and Richmond Centre. There is free parking at the Richmond Lawn Bowling Club across the street at 6131 Bowling Green Road in addition to metered parking outside of Harold’s.

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Join us on Sunday, February 23 at 1pm for brunch and conversation at The Met Bar and Grill, right beside Columbia SkyTrain Station in New Westminster. Eggs Benny is served until 2pm, but you can also order from their lunch menu or just drop by for drinks with our group. If the weather is good we’ll be on the patio, otherwise we’ll sit inside.

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Join us on Tuesday, February 18 at 7:30pm for another evening of skeptical fun, food, drinks, and conversation in the Railway Club‘s back bar. Come out and discuss skepticism-related activities in Vancouver with your fellow science enthusiasts, rationalists, and critical thinkers, and maybe meet some new friends. As always, if you arrive late and they’re collecting a cover charge at the door, just tell them you’re with the skeptics’ group to get in for free.

You can RSVP to this event on Facebook or Meetup.

Upcoming events:

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You can always find the latest event information on the Vancouver Skeptics Event Calendar on VancouverSkeptics.org.