The Atlanta Science Festival

CRITIC’S PICK: The two-week celebration of local science and technology for all ages returns with more than a hundred interactive and educational events throughout Atlanta; it all wraps up with a big party in Piedmont Park. Visitors get to explore topics such as AI and brain imaging, amphibians and snapping turtles, circus acts, bugs and birds, as well as take walks through oak forests and attend storytelling shows. An array of hands-on activities, exhibits and demonstrations will feature robotics, brains, biology, space, art, nanotechnology, paper, computer science, wearable tech, bioengineering, chemical engineering, systems engineering, and more besides. — Kevin C. Madigan