OFFICIAL GALA PROGRAM - Innovation Celebration Chairs: Doug & Stephanie Dickman - Rochester Museum & Science Center
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OFFICIAL GALA PROGRAM Innovation Celebration Chairs: Doug & Stephanie Dickman
A message from our President & CEO
Every day, I’m thrilled to see the Rochester Museum & Science Center fulfill
its promise by exploring the past and present through exhibits, programs and
experiences; I’m even more excited to see what the future will bring!
RMSC inspires a better future for all - that’s the first part of our mission
statement and we work tirelessly to make it happen, but we can’t do it
without you. It is the collective impact of our donors, members, trustees,
stakeholders, volunteers, and staff that allows us to create this inspiration in
every visitor, participant, and curiosity seeker that we encounter.
Tonight’s event is a celebration of RMSC - of what we’ve accomplished and
what we’ll continue to do to encourage curiosity, spur discovery, and inspire
a better future for all as a part of our thriving community. I’m so happy
you’ve chosen to travel back in time with us this evening. Please know that
what we accomplish here tonight will have a lasting impact on the future of
this organization and the future of the region. Thank you! I can’t wait to see
what our bright future holds.
Gratefully,
Hillary Olson,
President & CEO
A message from our Event Chairs If you could travel back in time, where would you go? Would you go to the Pleistocene Epoch – the Ice Age that began over 2 million years ago when glaciers covered upstate New York? Perhaps you would choose a time in the more recent past… around 10,000 years ago, when glaciers retreated, mastodons roamed, and the first people arrived in our area, the forebears of the local Omàmiwininiwak and Haudenosaunee people? Tonight we go back more than 75 million years to the Mesozoic Era when dinosaurs roamed the earth. We welcome you to the 2021 Innovation Celebration, an historic event to support the Rochester Museum & Science Center. This year’s theme, “An Adventure Back in Time,” invites you on a journey through history to explore the Mesozoic Era through the lens of science and nature. From our dig site experience to our upcoming Expedition: Dinosaur exhibit and archaeology days event, tonight we celebrate all the experiences, exhibits, and events at the RMSC, Strasenburgh Planetarium, and Cumming Nature Center that get our community thinking about the past and inspired about the future. The RMSC has played a vital role in our community for 109 years. Your support during tonight’s event enables the RMSC to foster a passion for science and learning for future generations through innovative programs and experiences that inform us about science, illuminate the timeline of history and culture, and invite us to learn about, protect, and enjoy our natural world. Thank you for joining us tonight. We believe in the mission of the Rochester Museum & Science Center to inspire a better future for all through curiosity, exploration, and participation in science, culture, and the natural world. Our family has been inspired by the RMSC for four generations and with your help, we will inspire the next generation of “time travelers.” We hope that this will be the most fun that you’ve had in 75 million years! Doug & Stephanie Dickman Innovation Celebration Chairs
Order of the Evening
5-6:45pm Welcome Reception
• Check-in
• Champagne welcome, compliments of ROAM Cafe
• Beer, wine, and cocktails, available at four bars located throughout the event
• Passed & stationary hors d’oeuvres
• Silent & premier auction — bid from your phone!
• Wine pull
• Photo booth
• RMSC Collections & Exhibitions spotlights
• RMSC Education spotlights
• Cumming Nature Center spotlights
• Telescope viewing
7pm Dinner
Winter Greens Salad & Fresh Warm Dinner Rolls with Butter
Duo Plate: Petit Filet Mignon and Spinach Artichoke Chicken served
with Yukon Smashed Potatoes and a Vegetable Medley
Butternut Squash Cassoulet with Fresh Herbs and Acorn Squash Bowl
(GF, Vegetarian, Vegan)
Tiramisu, Regular & Decaf Coffee, Hot Tea
• Silent & premier auction bidding ends at 8pm!
8pm Program
• Event program
• Live science demonstration
• Fund the future
• Back by popular demand — booze barrow raffle
8:45-11pm After Party
• Live music and dancing with Hall Pass
• After dinner drinks
• Check-out: silent & premier auction item pickup located on patio
RMSC SPOTLIGHTS
Collections
Dinosaurs, mastodons, and mammoths! Oh my! Come see photographs, paintings, and
books from the RMSC Research Library and Archives of past RMSC paleontological digs,
dinosaur books, and a painting by artist Ernest Smith.
Exhibits
Get a sneak peek of some of the fossils and bones we will be featuring in our upcoming
exhibit, Expedition: Dinosaur and learn more about this exciting new exhibit! Learn about
the exciting new exhibits coming to the Strasenburgh Planetarium, and try driving the
prototype Mars Rover.
Education
• Walk like a dinosaur!
Trace fossils of extinct animals, such as footprints, can give paleontologists
information about how animals, even dinosaurs, lived and walked. Run, walk, and
jump like a dinosaur...all in the name of science!
• Jurassic Code with Sphero Robot Raptors
Discover the fun and endless possibilities of coding and try your hand at driving a
Sphero Robot “Raptor.” “Bioengineer man-eating robots, put them on a lush tropical
island, and invite tourists – What could possibly go wrong?”
• 3D Printer Demonstrations
Get up-close and watch a 3D printing demonstration! Explore the numerous
applications it has to offer and what it means for the future of science! 3D printing
allows us to create any object (even fossils or skeletons!), no matter how complex,
from the ground up with just the click of the button.
Strasenburgh Planetarium
Enjoy the beauty of space with the new Unistellar eVscope eQuinox telescope.
Cumming Nature Center
Learn about prehistoric botany to answer the question - Do descendants of the Cretaceous
Period still exist amongst us? Check out botanical specimens whose ancestors once
towered over the heads of dinosaurs in a lush, tropical, and ever-evolving world of plants.
Make a rubbing and take home your own ancestral link to the past.
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS
Illumination Sponsor
Doug & Stephanie Dickman
Imagination Sponsor
Transformation Sponsors
John & Barb Bruning
Catalyst Sponsors Beer Sponsor
Adams Leclair LLP Three Heads Brewing
Nick Berno & Erin Lemcke-Berno Champagne Sponsor
Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC ROAM Cafe
Brown & Brown of New York
Canandaigua National Bank & Trust
Table Wine Sponsor
Agness Wine Cellars
Canfield & Tack
Betsy & John Carver
Amy & Jim Coté
DGA Builders
L3Harris
LaBella Associates
Nixon Peabody
Optimax
Paychex
Rochester Institute of Technology
Virginia & Charles Ruff
Terra Science & Education
Think Out
Xerox Corporation
THANK YOU TO OUR Figgy Pudding Art Pinnacle Wine & Liquor
Flower City Food Tours Powers Farm Market
AUCTION CONTRIBUTORS Fox Run Vineyards Ravines Winery
A Horse with Wings G&S Orchards REI
Laurie & Steve Adams Gallery Salon Record Archive
Angry Goat Pub Genesee Country Reminisce Soda Fountain
Barnes & Noble Village & Museum Rising Storm Brewing
Barnstormer Winery George Eastman Museum ROAR Rochester
Baytowne Wine & Spirits Frank and Kathy Giuffrida ROC Brewing
BearFoot Charters GJ’s on the Bay Rochester Americans
Big Oak Driving Range Good Luck Rochester Arc & Flame
Bill Gray’s Regional Iceplex Google Rochester Knighthawks
Bitter Honey Deb Gulla Rochester Philharmonic
Blackfriars Theatre Harry Bruno Salon Orchestra
Blossom Road Pub Hedonist Artisan Chocolates Rochester Public Market
Bodymind Float Center Horizon Fun FX Rochester Red Wings
Bon Ami French Bistro Iron Smoke Distillery RocVentures
Buffalo Museum of Science Jenni Close Esthetics Ryan Lorenz Photography
Buffalo Sabres JMS Painting Salon Bello - Michelle Hill
Canaltown Coffee Roasters JQ Cigar Hut Seabreeze
Carmen de Jesus Kettle Ridge Farm Seager Marine
John & Betsy Carver Kodak Center Seneca Park Zoo
Cayuga Lake Wine Trail Lasertron Seneca Wine Trail
Centerpointe Golf Club Laughing Gull Chocolates Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion
Living Roots Wine & Co. State Historic Park
Central Rock Gym
Lombardi’s Gourmet Imports Stokoe Farms
Century Liquors and Wines
Long Acre Farms Tennis Club of Rochester
Chariot Learning
Lucky’s The Little Theatre
Colonial Belle
MacKenzie Childs The Owl House
Comedy @ The Carlson
Martha MacPherson The Strong
Corning Museum of Glass National Museum of Play
Crazy Dog T-Shirts Martial Arts America
Thomas Austen Salon
Created by Us Max Chophouse
Trader Joe’s
Pottery Ceramic Studio Mayer Hardware
Twisted Rail Brewing Company
Creative Creatures Memorial Art Gallery
Vault Rochester
Cure New York Kitchen
Velvet Belly
Deep Lagoon Marco Island No BS Brew Company
Visit Rochester
Destiny USA Noble Shepherd Craft Brewery
Weiders Paint and Hardware
DiBella’s Subs Nolan’s on Canandaigua Lake
Wickham Farms
Doug & Stephanie Dickman Nox Cocktail Lounge
Wizard Of Clay
Dr. Konstantin Frank Winery NSP Studio
Wright Beverage Distributing
Empire Merchants North Original Steve’s Diner
Zotos International, Inc.
Empire Tennis Academy OSB Ciderworks
Zugibe Vineyards
Ethan Allen Laurie & Pat O’Shaughnessy
Fairport-Perinton Palmers Direct to You Market
Merchants Association
Thank you to our Event Committee
Event Chairs
Doug & Stephanie Dickman
Committee Members
Daryl Dear Cubitt
John Curtis
Martha MacPherson
Drew & Marie Nye
Laurie O’Shaughnessy
Deb Ross
David Wikiera
Liz Wille
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