Because trouble comes in all sizes.
The 2023 NY Toy Fair taking place was of historic significance in of itself. The last one was held in February 2020 right before COVID collectively wreaked havoc on the entire planet. What had been a highly anticipated annual Toy industry event at the Jacob Javits Convention Center had been canceled thereafter. That is, until this year.
Gazing upon the Periodic Table normally leaves kids and adults alike perplexed. Explaining the relevance of each element and how it functions in the real world can be challenging. Yet the illustrated periodic table created by Boeing software engineer Keith Enevoldsen provides an accessible and fun resource.
Stephen Hawking (1942 – 2018) fit into an infinitely small category, Scientific genius. In the latter half of the 20th century and nearly the first two decades of the 21st, Hawking, a brilliant theoretical physicist, cosmologist, mathematician and a husband and father, was on par with Albert Einstein. Given his difficult journey living with ALS, it’s even more remarkable the world was graced with his presence. Mr. Hawking passed away this month at the age of 76. His legacy will endure.
Reading Rainbow fans nostalgically remember their own childhood watching Levar Burton. Every episode he’d embark on a whimsical storytelling journey. Now there’s a new reason to rejoice. Mr. Burton just launched a weekly storytelling podcast. Levar Burton Reads is available for free on all platforms including iTunes and Stitcher.
Off-Broadway’s STOMP has been bringing the noise to thousands of audiences at the Orpheum Theater in New York City since 1994. In fact, that year I took my future wife on a date to see STOMP, one of the hottest tickets in town. Unfortunately, she was dead tired from a combination of travel and hectic work schedule. The result? She inexplicably fell asleep during the middle of the show despite the wall-shaking volume. Nonetheless, I personally loved the performance and promised to take her again in the future when she was not in a state of exhaustion. That fateful day arrived this past Saturday for my family. Prior to the show I wondered if our kids would enjoy it and if my wife, now juggling work and parenthood, would resist napping.
According to the Webster dictionary science is defined as the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. Mad is defined as insane. Bring these two terms together and you have the potential for crazy experiments. Such is the case for author Ken Denmead’s new book “The Geek Dad Book for aspiring Mad Scientists”.