UP LATE: Experience Sound

Welcome to Up Late:
EXPERIENCE SOUND

Science Center Up Late returns with a new installment: Experience Sound! From music to nature, this event will explore the science and technology behind sound and music. Featuring a range of experiences throughout the entire Science Center campus! Scientists, musicians, and engineers will be on hand to discuss all things sound and you can enjoy countless of other hands-on activities.

Unique cocktails, non-alcoholic beverages and snacks will be available for purchase at our cafe, second floor loft outside of the OMNIMAX® Theater, and throughout the building.

COST: $20, non-members, $15 members
AGES: 21+ Adults Only, valid ID required
TIME: 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM

We’re rewinding the tape and bringing back Science Center Up Late: Experience Sound! The popular 21+ event returns this July 25 for an encore presentation sure to get a standing ovation!

We’ll feature classic hits like Silent Disco with our T. rex, our incredible Energy Stage shows, and a hands-on Makerspace activity. We’ll also bring in some new players to take things to the next level. New highlights include:

FIRST FLOOR

• Audio Outside – Local A/V and HiFi specialists at Audio Advice are showing off just how good outdoor music can sound!
• Smells Like a Sound – Join Aurelia Aromatica to explore the hidden relationship between perfume and sound through an immersive scent experience inspired by musical composition.
• Killer Queen Tournaments KQSTL – Our local Killer Queen league is here to teach you everything you need to know about this competitive 5-on-5 arcade game. Check out a tournament and hear the sounds of victory!

GROW

• Shorty’s Beer with Schlafly – Sample Shorty’s Beers from Schlafly on First Floor.
• Taiko Workshops – Osuwa Taiko, a local Japanese percussion group, will teach you the ins and outs of this ancient music form.
• Sounds of St. Louis – Our partners from Dekka Guitars will show off how they build their incredible stringed instruments. We’ll also feature amplifiers from local company Magnatone!
• Sound Playground – Get hands-on with sound science in a new opportunity we’re calling Be A Kid Again!

LOWER LEVEL

• Audio Immersion by SnapPro AV – Step into an immersive audio experience by SnapPro AV, featuring Meyer Sound, and explore the evolution of sound design in film, cinema, and live concert environments. This experience will include a special presentation by Bob McCarthy on immersive audio design, cinematic sound, and concert scale audio experiences.
• The Dawn of Stereophonic Sound – Look and listen to some of the finest early home stereo equipment, including vacuum tube Marantz and speakers promoted by Miles Davis himself! Learn how we experience dimensionality in sound, and how two channels of music combine into one record groove!
  • 6:00 PM: A History of Stereophonic Sound
  • Full Album Plays:
    • 7:00 PM: 1957 Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (Reiner/Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
    • 8:00 PM: 1959 Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue
    • 9:00 PM: 1967 The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour
• This Rocks! – All the materials inside speakers, amplifiers, and digital music players have to come from somewhere. Westminster College will share some of the geological origins of common components!
• Silent Disco – Dance the night away alongside our famous T. Rex with our live DJ from Glo Event Co.
• Energy Stage Shows – Our talented team at Energy Stage are turning the volume knob up to 11 on our regular shows featuring sound and music!
• Cocktail Classes – Learn how to make some perfect cocktails featuring liquor from partner J. Rieger Distillery & Co.

SECOND FLOOR

• Trivia with the Academy of Science – St. Louis – Step into the offices of our in-house partners, the Academy of Science. Have fun with their carefully curated trivia rounds!
• Take-Home Harmonicas – Our Makerspace team knows everyone needs a good souvenir! Make and take a “sandwich harmonica” for when you’re missing the Experience Sound vibe!
• Experience Sound! – The Science Center has put together some incredible exhibits that will help our guests visualize sound.
• Mobb at the MAX – Modular Mobb is back, this time under the dome of our famous OMNIMAX theater. Featuring live music creation and stunning visualization, you’ll be blown away by this first-of-its-kind experience!
• Sound Lounge – With local partners Audio Advice and HiFi company SVS, we’re creating a mini sound lounge near our Loft concession stand. Check out how good high-end equipment can sound!

PLANETARIUM

• Two Scientists Walk Into a Bar – It’s back! Mix and mingle with our friendly scientists and ask ‘em a question. What’s your favorite Star Wars ship? Who’d win in a fist-fight between Kirk or Riker? How’d you get into frogs, anyway? Ask away!
• Experience Surround – Audio Advice and partner SVS are putting together an incredible audio visual experience in our Experience Flight room. Drop in on your way to the Planetarium!

• Ballet and the Planets – Ballet 314 will be bringing a very special intermission to our regular Planetarium programming as they perform pieces from the classical work The Planets by Gustav Holst!

Schedule of Events

LOWER LEVEL

6:00 PM – 10:00 PM – Silent Disco All Night!

ENERGY STAGE

Tune in and sound off at the Energy Stage for Sound Science! Join Science Center educators as we make waves, play with pitch, test amplitudes, and jam out to an Up Late-exclusive demonstration! 

7:30 PM – 8:00 PM – Stage Show
9:00 PM – 9:30 PM – Stage Show

GAMEXPLORATION – KQ STL League

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM: Free Play
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM: Pick-Up Tournament
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Free Play
9:00 PM – 10:00 PM: Pick-Up Tournament

MAY HALL – LOWER LEVEL

6:00 PM – 6:30 PM: Hi-Fi Audio and Movie Demonstrations
6:30 PM – 7:10 PM: Bob McCarthy: Designing Immersive Sound — Beyond the Speaker
7:10 PM – 7:30 PM: Leonard Blanche: SpaceMap Go — Sound in Motion
7:30 PM – 8:00 PM: Hi-Fi Audio and Movie Demonstrations
8:00 PM – 8:20 PM: Leonard Blanche: SpaceMap Go — Sound in Motion
8:20 PM – 9:00 PM: Bob McCarthy: Designing Immersive Sound — Beyond the Speaker
9:00 PM – 9:30 PM: Hi-Fi Audio and Movie Demonstrations
9:30 PM – 10:00 PM: Leonard Blanche: SpaceMap Go — Sound in Motion

SECOND FLOOR

6:30 PM – 7:20 PM – Trivia presented by The Academy of Science
8:00 PM – 8:50 PM – Trivia presented by The Academy of Science

OMNIMAX THEATER

6:00 PM – 10:00 PM – Mobb at the MAX All Night!

PLANETARIUM LOBBY

Two Scientists At The Bar

• 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
  • Jordan McCall
  • Ream Al-Hasani, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, WashU
    
    Expertise: Understanding how opioids in the brain are altered in addiction,
• 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
  • Chief Halbrook, Taylor, Nuclear Field Coordinator, U.S. Navy Nuclear Power Operations, Submarine Operations
    
  • Dr. Chris Arnatt, Associate Professor, SLU School of Science and Engineering – Synthetic Chemist/Medicinal Chemist/Pharmacologist
  • Mark H.X. Glenshaw, Award-winning Naturalist, Forest Park Owls
    
    Expertise: Great Horned Owls
• 8:30 PM – 9:30 PM
  • Petty Officer McLemore, Carl, Assistant to the Nuclear Field Coordinator, U.S. Navy Nuclear Power Operations, Submarine Operations
    
  • Megan Dickson, Assistant Lab Technician at Washington University in St. Louis – Astrophysics and dark matter
  • Walter J. Lee, Volunteer tour guide – National Museum of Transportation
    
    Expertise: BS Electrical Engineering – Drexel University, Medical School – Des Moines University, Specialty Obstetrics and Gynecology

PLANETARIUM STAR BAY

7:00 PM – 7:30 PM: Ballet 314 – Astra Planeta
8:00 PM – 8:30 PM: Ballet 314 – Astra Planeta

EXPERIENCE SOUND MENU

– Vegetarian

OPENING ACTS

• Sound Box
  Spiced nuts, pickled fruit, artisan crackers, and chocolate-covered pretzels
• Soundcheck Mac Bites
  Crispy fried macaroni and cheese bites served with tomato cream sauce
• Hot Mic Pretzel Bites
  Warm pretzel bites tossed in hot honey cheese sauce
• Bass line Potato Puffs
  Cheddar potato puffs served with black pepper bacon aioli
  

MAIN STAGE CALZONES

• The Headliner
  Bacon BBQ chicken calzone
• The Deep Track
  Italian sausage and mushroom calzone
• Acoustic Harmony
  Spinach and artichoke calzone

ENCORE

• High Note Donut Holes
  Strawberry-dusted donut holes served with vanilla whipped cream

Special themed food and beverage will be available throughout the building. All tickets include free Planetarium shows featuring our brand-new star projector system!

Presenting Sponsor

Science Center Up Late: The Saint Louis Science Center is THE place to be for STEM learning opportunities in our region. We know the Science Center is thought of as a fun place for kids, and while that is true, with this new adult series, we are putting the grownups first!

Learn more about our other Up Late events.

Parking: Free parking at the Oakland Lot with a paid ticket. The McDonnell Planetarium parking lot and doors will be closed.
Location: Entire Science Center Campus