What if you could talk to animals and understand what they’re saying? In Disney and Pixar’s all-new feature film “Hoppers,” scientists have discovered how to “hop” human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, allowing people to communicate with animals as animals! The adventure introduces Mabel, an animal lover who seizes an opportunity to use the technology, uncovering mysteries within the animal world that are beyond anything she could have imagined.

Based on Andy Weir’s (The Martian) novel of the same name, Project Hail Mary is an exhilarating space adventure set in the near future. Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling), a school-teacher-turned-astronaut, wakes up from a coma, alone, on a space station with no memory of who he is or his mission. His memory returns in bursts and he pieces together that he was sent to the Tau Ceti solar system, 12 light-years from Earth, to reverse the impact of a space event that had already hurled our planet into the early stages of an Ice Age. As details of the mission unravel, Grace must call on all of his scientific training and sheer ingenuity, but he might not have to do it alone…

Enter the wonderfully wacky world of America’s funniest inventor! Join Rube Goldberg’s granddaughter, Jennifer George, for an evening of stories, rare art and laughs – and see how the zany imagination of this Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist still sparks creativity today. Jennifer will also bring her signature scarves and jewelry, with proceeds supporting The Rube Goldberg Institute – a nonprofit inspiring kids through hands-on, screens-down, STEAM education programs and joyful, inefficient invention. Jennifer’s book, The Art of Rube Goldberg, will be available for sale and signing after the event.