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Bay Area Book Festival — Outdoor Fair

Saturday 05/07/2022
11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Sunday 05/08/2022
11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Combine reading, art, and science with Science at Cal and The Lawrence On-The-Go in Downtown Berkeley at the Bay Area Book Festival’s Free Outdoor Fair. Visit our booth where you’ll get to meet UC Berkeley scientists from the Departments of Chemistry, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Integrative Biology. And make your own bookmark as you learn about iridescence!

Bay Area Book Festival flyer: Sat & Sun, May 7-8 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Family Fun Fest Zone MLK Jr. Civic Center Park Downtown Berkeley
Martin Luther King, Jr. Civic Center Park
151 Martin Luther King Jr Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
Free

The Bay Area Book Festival is a world-class literary extravaganza taking place each year over two days in Downtown Berkeley. The Outdoor Fair, a wonderland of literary vendors, kids’ activities, and family fun, is totally free, and all of their other programming—250-300 authors on 15 stages—is accessible with one $15 pass.

Iridescent Bookmarks

Learn about color, light and reflection while creating your own iridescent bookmark. Create a colorful bookmark using a super thin layer of nail polish on water. Explore how rainbow colors are created and find out how thin films can reflect light in special ways!

A child is making an iridescent bookmark at an event
A pair of hands is holding up an iridescent bookmark

Featuring

Kaimin Jia

Kaimin Jia
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Di Gu

Di Gu
PhD Candidate
Department of Chemistry

Ana Carneiro

Ana Carneiro
PhD Candidate
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Signe White

Signe White
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Integrative Biology

For more information visit Bay Area Book Festival.