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New Program to Launch as a Result of Dinner with a Dinosaur XI

Project Exploration’s annual benefit dinner, Dinner with a Dinosaur XI, took place on Friday, February 25, 2011 at 1460 North Halsted Street in Chicago. Over 400 people attended this annual event. Highlights include an Ornithomimid plaque cast from the original 95-million-year-old fossil mold, as well as live reptiles (including a six-foot alligator named Lucky), and hands-on science activities such as creating ice cream and slushies using chemistry Continue reading

PE Students are Teachers at Dinner with a Dinosaur X!

On Friday, March 12, Project Exploration celebrated its tenth anniversary at our annual gala, Dinner with a Dinosaur. At the heart of PE are all the students that bring their curiousity about the world and enthusiasm for science to every program. Dinner with a Dinosaur is a celebration of student work. So, at this year’s gala, students from Sisters4Science, Dinosaur Giants, Junior Paleontologist, and the Fossil Lab Internship Program shared their experiences and knowledge with over 450 guests!

Junior Paleontologists Genesis, Kayla, and Isaac  helped guests understand… Continue reading

Dinner with a Dinosaur – The blogging begins… with SouthSide on the Town!

Shout out to SouthSide on the Town‘s blog post! In its entirety below!

Thanks SouthSide! (posts, stories, shout-outs and photos coming soon!)

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Hey, blogspot readers, are you brave enough to eat dinner with a dinosaur? SouthSide was …even brave enough to touch a live alligator too! On Friday, this reviewer had the extreme pleasure of attending Project Exploration’s annual dinner and charity auction event at the historically famous Union Station. This nonprofit’s Dinner With A Dinosaur X brought the world of science alive for all of its attendees… Continue reading

March 12th! Happy “Project Exploration Day!”

The photo above was taken more than 10 years ago at the Chicago Cultural Center. The evening gave birth to Project Exploration.

Tonight we launch our 10th anniversary at Dinner with a Dinosaur X.

And to commemorate the event, Mayor Daley has officially proclaimed March 12th Project Exploration Day in the City of Chicago!

This evening at Union Station we will host more than 480 guests from around Chicago and the country.We’ll have a life-sized dinosaur, live reptiles courtesy our friends and partners from the Chicago Herpetological… Continue reading

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