Discovery After Dark

• Button, Keychain & Magnet Making, 5 pm - 8 pm, at Samizdat Bookstore & Teahouse

Stop by Samizdat for a treat and make a trinket with local artist, Margarita Ryan.

Trinkets include button-pins, keychains and magnets. Draw and design your own!​

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• Silent Disco, Mocktails & Glow Paint, 5 pm - 8:30 pm, Fuller Lodge 

Dance like nobody’s listening! Grab headphones, sip a fun mocktail, and dance the night away with friends. Switch between music channels and get ScienceFest-themed black-light paint from ColorMeRadical to glow under the lights!​​​

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• Code-Breaking Games and Elemental Scavenger Hunt, 5 pm - 9 pm, Bradbury Science Museum

Put your code-breaking skills to the test! Solve WWII-inspired secret spy codes, crack hidden messages, and see if you have what it takes to become a master decoder, then enter a quest for the hidden elements within the museum!​

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• Lava Lamp Activities, 5 pm - 9 pm, Mainstreet Marketplace

Get hands-on with science and creativity in this fun, interactive lava lamp workshop hosted by the YMCA Teen Center! Explore density, liquids, and chemical reactions while creating your own colorful, bubbling lava lamp to take home.

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• Play Like a Kid Again!, 5 pm - 9 pm, STEAMLab

Play Like a Kid Again! Climb, build, bounce, and laugh your way through a playful adventure featuring aerial silks, Magna-Tiles, and bumper balls. Leave your grown-up worries at the door and rediscover the joy of simply playing!.​

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• ASTROTour & Star Party, 7 pm - 9 pm, PEEC 

Look to the stars! Spend the evening with STEMarts and the Pajarito Astronomers Club gazing at Saturn and other spectacular September-night sights. Explore interactive cosmic art projects created by STEMarts students and discover something new about our universe. This event is weather-dependent.​

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• One Act Plays, 6 pm - 9 pm, Los Alamos Little Theater​

Experience a lively double feature of one-act plays from Los Alamos Little Theatre, pairing Chekhov’s hilarious marriage farce The Proposal with Alice Gerstenberg’s clever exploration of social expectations and inner desires in Overtones. Stay after the performance for a special talk-back with the cast and directors, offering audiences a chance to dive deeper into the characters, themes, and theatrical choices behind these two entertaining work.