Exhibit Focuses on Native Americans
The Palm Springs Desert Museum opens its 1994 season with an exhibit on the life and culture of Native Americans in the Palm Springs area.
“Cahuilla Voices: We Are Still Here,” documents their traditions and the ways their culture is active today. Baskets, pottery and other artifacts, along with photographs and oral narratives, present a picture of the Cahuilla.
The exhibit will run through Nov. 6. Call (619) 325-7186.
GEOLOGY
* The inaccurate and often humorous ways in which geology is perceived by the public will be discussed by geology professor Dorothy Stout in “Geology Goes Hollywood,” today at 11 a.m. in Room 214, Seaver South at Pomona College. Call (909) 621-8676.
ENVIRONMENT
* The first day of fall will be observed Friday with an autumnal equinox hike, offered by the William O. Douglas Outdoor Classroom in Hollywood’s Franklin Canyon at 6 p.m. Call (310) 858-3090.
* A two-seater electric vehicle designed by General Motors will be on display at the California Museum of Science and Industry in Exposition Park on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The display is part of the museum’s “Our Urban Environment” exhibit housed in the Science South Hall. Call (213) 744-7400.
ASTRONOMY/PLANETARY SCIENCE
* Glenn S. Orton, chairman of the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility Shoemaker-Levy 9 Science Team, will discuss the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy on Jupiter’s atmosphere at the meeting of the American Meteorological Society on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Von Karman Auditorium of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Call (213) 343-2222.
* The scientific search for signs of extraterrestrial life, and what forms that life may take, will be explored in “E.T.: The Real Search,” at the Los Angeles Valley College Planetarium on Friday at 8 p.m. Call (818) 781-1200, extension 335.
MARINE SCIENCE
* Museum staff members will present an overview of marine mammals, sharks, invertebrate animals and ocean ecology in a four-session class at the Burbank Discovery Center of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County/Burbank beginning Oct. 5. Advance registration is required. Call (213) 744-3534.
SCIENCE FOR KIDS
* Renowned children’s author Jean Craighead George, who writes environmentally oriented fiction for children, will discuss the sequel to her award-winning story, “Julie of the Wolves,” at the Pages book store in Tarzana on Thursday at 10 a.m. Call (818) 342-6657.
* Visitors to the Kidspace Museum in Pasadena this week can learn about the “Homes and Habitats” of various animals in several workshops. On Wednesday, toddlers 4 and under can learn about turtles at 3 and 4 p.m.; on Saturday, children 6 and older can dissect a fish and explore other specimens in workshops at 2:30 and 3:30 p.m.; Sunday, children ages 5 and up can learn about the hibernation homes of turtles, bats and frogs in workshops at 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. Call (818) 449-9144.