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PACIFIC 2020 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
HIGHLIGHTED The public is invited to get up close with
EVENTS & OPENINGS the ocean’s ultimate predators for free
Location: Aquarium of the Pacific, during Shark Lagoon Nights at the
100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach, CA Aquarium of the Pacific. Guests will have
90802 Info: 562-590-3100 or http:// the opportunity to touch small sharks and
www.aquariumofpacific.org/events see large sharks at the Shark Lagoon exhibit
on select Friday evenings from 6:00 p.m. to
9:00 p.m. Guests can touch and learn about
Thursday and Friday, January 2-3,
2020 sharks, purchase drinks and snacks, and
Winter Day Camp enjoy live music during select Shark Lagoon
8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Nights.
Give your kids a break and send the Cost: FREE
grandkids on an adventure. The
Aquarium’s Winter Day Camp is for Friday to Saturday, January 10-11, 2020
children ages seven to twelve. This day Winter Family Overnight
camp will take children on an 5:00 p.m.- 7:00 a.m.
adventure into the depths of the Pacific Explore the Aquarium’s exhibits with
Ocean through interactive learning at your family and friends; touch marine relationship with the ocean and what we and students presenting posters are
the Aquarium. Students will be able to animals like sharks, sea stars, and sea jellies; admitted free.
explore marine life through hands-on and discover amazing animal adaptations. can do to ensure a healthy ocean in the Co-Sponsored by:
future and one that benefits society.
activities, including games and crafts.. This overnight will be winter themed, with Aquarium of the Pacific
Topics for Winter Day Camp include programs about the Arctic creatures of the California’s offshore oil platforms have California Ocean Protection Council
cold-water habitats, penguins, and sea. Included in the overnight will be a been in place for many decades, but they (OPC)
will reach the end of their operational life
polar bears. pizza dinner, light snack, and cereal California State Lands Commission
Cost: $100.00 per child ($75.00 per breakfast. Space is limited. spans within the next fifteen years. Famed (CSLC)
Aquarium member child) Cost: $90 per person / $80 per Aquarium oceanographer and explorer Dr. Sylvia Honda Marine Science Foundation
Thursday, January 9, 2020 member Earle, California State Controller Betty (HMSF)
Guest Speaker Series: Dr. Thomas Ages: 5+ / Groups may not exceed a ratio Yee, and Ocean Protection Council Blue Latitude Foundation (Poster
White of 1 adult per 4 children. Executive Director Mark Gold will Session)
Topic: An Evolutionary and present three perspectives to open the In Partnership with:
Philosophical Answer to the Climate forum, which will be held over the two Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Change Mystery: Why the Doubt? Saturday, January 11, 2020 following days. (BOEM)
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Underwater Parks Day Cost: Free with advance registration

According to Dr. Thomas White, one 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, January 25-26, 2020
Offshore Oil Platform
of the most puzzling features of the Learn more about Southern California’s Decommissioning Forum for the Public Festival of Human Abilities
response to global climate change is network of marine protected areas through 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
the skepticism in the United States. films, educational booths, and activities in January 12, 13, and 14, 2020 Join the Aquarium of the Pacific for its
On January 12 to 14, 2020, the
Despite the fact that 97 percent of the Great Hall. Guests will be able to learn Aquarium of the Pacific will host a forum seventeenth annual Festival of Human
climate scientists agree that climate about the commercial and recreational Abilities, a celebration highlighting the
change is real and serious, a number of activities permitted and ways to explore to examine the afterlives of creative talents and abilities of people with
decommissioned oil rigs off the coast of
people express doubt. What is the cause these special ocean places. disabilities. This event will feature
of this skepticism? Dr. White will Cost: General Admission—$34.95 adult California. At the Aquarium’s forum, wheelchair dance, live music, sign
explore the possibility that skepticism (12+), $31.95 senior (62+), $24.95 child (3-11), experts will gather to discuss sustainable language choirs, art demonstrations, and
options for decommissioned oil rigs in
is the product of a central but and free for children under age three and accessible SCUBA diving demonstrations.
potentially dangerous feature of Aquarium members Southern California Participate in free classes led by people
Registration includes:
American culture American who have disabilities. All major
exceptionalism. Keynote with Sylvia Earle, Mark Gold, programming will have sign language
Cost: $5 for public; FREE for January 12, 2020 and Betty Yee on January 12 at 7:00 p.m. interpreters for guests who are deaf, and
Aquarium members, seniors age 62 and California and the Ocean: Three Student poster session on January 12 the Aquarium will provide visitor guides
up, teachers, and students with valid ID Perspectives on the Future Forum on January 13-14 in Braille and audio tours for guests who
Lunch included on January 13 full-day
and advanced reservations. 7:00 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. are blind.
Info/Tickets: (562) 590-3100 The Aquarium will host an evening session Cost: General Admission—$34.95 adult
Cost: Early registration (before 12/10/
or https://pacific.to/whythedoubt keynote presentation to kick off a forum on 19): General $85, Student $50, and (12+), $31.95 senior (62+), $24.95 child (3-
Sponsors: Courtyard Long Beach the future of decommissioned oil rigs off the 11), and free for children under age three
students presenting posters are
Downtown and Gazette Newspapers coast of California. Three leaders in ocean admitted free and Aquarium members
Friday evenings, January 10 through conservation and management will discuss Sponsor: Courtyard Long Beach
June 12, 2020 (except 1/10, 2/14, 3/6, 3/ their perspectives on California’s unique Registration after 12/10/ Downtown
13, and 4/17) 19: General $125, Student $75,
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