Congress has cut federal funding for public media — a $3.4 million loss for LAist. We count on readers like you to protect our nonprofit newsroom. Become a monthly member and sustain local journalism.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
LOS ANGELENOS, ASSEMBLE!
()
So, you're seen the banners (Bruce, and otherwise) all over town, hanging from lightposts. You've wondered what they are all about. Well, it's time to activate your latent mutant genes, and go find out for yourself at the California Science Center.
Last month they opened the brand spanking new Marvel Superheroes Science Exhibit, and it's one of the most exciting and innovative ways we've seen to get both children and adults interested in science. They have exhibits explaining how strong Spiderman's webs are, how powerful Iron Man's exoskeletal armor is, what it took to get Wolverine that nifty adamantium skeleton, how Storm controls the weather, and our favorite, how Iceman forms ice from thin air.
There were several school groups visiting the morning that we attended, and they loved the entire exhibit. In one exhibit, explaining how sonic powers work, kids yell at an approaching sentinel robot (they hunt down mutants) and use the power of their voices to beat him. You can control one of Doc Ock's robotic tentacles to send an alert to Spiderman, find out how Daredevil uses his sonar powers to see in the dark, and even have your face worked into an existing Marvel comic book cover.
Support for LAist comes from
The adults in attendance (including us) enjoyed the oversized artwork, the replicas of parts of Xavier's School for Mutants, and the hands on portions of the exhibit. As you wind your way through everything, you'll find that it does dump you, very Disney-style, into gift shop, where you can purchase everything from expensive porcelain statues, to Fantastic Four candy, to comic books. You'll also see, just outside the gift shop, a short but entertaining film featuring Stan "The Man" Lee talking about how science insprired him when he created everything from Spiderman to the Fantastic Four, to the X-Men.
Enjoy some more shots from our Flickr pool! The Marvel Superheroes Science Exhibit runs through September 4th at the California Science Center. Excelsior!
|
As Editor-in-Chief of our newsroom, I’m extremely proud of the work our top-notch journalists are doing here at LAist. We’re doing more hard-hitting watchdog journalism than ever before — powerful reporting on the economy, elections, climate and the homelessness crisis that is making a difference in your lives. At the same time, it’s never been more difficult to maintain a paywall-free, independent news source that informs, inspires, and engages everyone.
Simply put, we cannot do this essential work without your help. Federal funding for public media has been clawed back by Congress and that means LAist has lost $3.4 million in federal funding over the next two years. So we’re asking for your help. LAist has been there for you and we’re asking you to be here for us.
We rely on donations from readers like you to stay independent, which keeps our nonprofit newsroom strong and accountable to you.
No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, press freedom is at the core of keeping our nation free and fair. And as the landscape of free press changes, LAist will remain a voice you know and trust, but the amount of reader support we receive will help determine how strong of a newsroom we are going forward to cover the important news from our community.
Please take action today to support your trusted source for local news with a donation that makes sense for your budget.
Thank you for your generous support and believing in independent news.
Chip in now to fund your local journalism
(
LAist
)
Trending on LAist
-
With less to prove than LA, the city is becoming a center of impressive culinary creativity. -
Nearly 470 sections of guardrailing were stolen in the last fiscal year in L.A. and Ventura counties.
-
Monarch butterflies are on a path to extinction, but there is a way to support them — and maybe see them in your own yard — by planting milkweed.
-
With California voters facing a decision on redistricting this November, Surf City is poised to join the brewing battle over Congressional voting districts.
-
The drug dealer, the last of five defendants to plead guilty to federal charges linked to the 'Friends' actor’s death, will face a maximum sentence of 65 years in prison.
-
The weather’s been a little different lately, with humidity, isolated rain and wind gusts throughout much of Southern California. What’s causing the late-summer bout of gray?
Best of LAist