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Mar

Yuri’s Night Bay Area 2010

Categories: Hip Hop Shows, South Bay, Tours, Upcoming Events and Updates
Tags: Apollo, Bayonics, Common, DJ Qbert, Les Claypool, MC Supernatural, N*E*R*D, NASA Ames Research Center, Shortkut, The Black Keys, The Glitch Mob, Yuri's Night

This year’s event will span two days, with a full day of educational presentations and workshops on Friday, April 9 (FREE for Bay Area students), and an afternoon and evening of entertainment ranging from live music to aerial demonstrations on Saturday, April 10. We are honored and delighted to be back again this year at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California!

Get Tickets (for Saturday April 10) :
http://yurisnight2010.eventbrite.com/…
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Feb

Yuris Night feat. Common, NER*D and more

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Categories: Dance/Jam, Festival, Hip Hop Shows, South Bay and Upcoming Events
Tags: Bayonics, Common, DJ Qbert, Hamsa Lila, Les Claypool, N*E*R*D, NASA Ames Research Center, The Black Keys, The Glitch Mob

WHAT IS YURI’S NIGHT?

Taking place each year in over 120 cities world-wide, Yuri’s Night commemorates mankind’s first venture into space, by Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961, and the launch of the first Space Shuttle by NASA exactly twenty years later. It is the largest annual celebration of space exploration — and of mankind’s curiosity, scientific and technical achievements. Yuri’s Night was founded by members of the United Nations’ Space Generation Forum in September 2000. After seven months of planning, ultimately sixty Yuri’s Night events were held on April 12th, 2001. Every year, dozens of new Yuri’s Night events are added to the global space celebration. Continue reading ‘Yuris Night feat. Common, N*E*R*D and more’