Kinetic Museum Eureka

Today was a perfect day in Eureka for an art filled commute to KME. City of Eureka Visit Eureka Eureka Street Art Festival Project Eureka Humboldt Made Lost Coast Outpost Eddy Alexander ... https://youtu.be/8xjRBLrdfsY See more

Approximately two score, plus or minus some other math ago, human powered art triathlon enthusiasts would be excitedly waking up for a glorious race weekend. From 1974 - 1982 The Cross Country Kinetic Challenge (one of the many names for the event at the time) happened on Easter weekend rain or shine, but mostly rain. Photo, Art by Matt O'Brien for the 2004 Kinetic Egg-stravaganza; not a Kinetic Easter event, but one of the many from our history that include eggs, which are synonymous with the holiday, and chickens, like our mascot Glory.

After much community feedback, to better reflect our mission, we here at KME have decided to change our name to The Museum of Fun, Art, Racing, Technology and Sustainability. Thanks you for your continued support, - Museum of FARTS staff.

Kinetic Universe , the nonprofit responsible for producing the Kinetic Grand Championship (and this year's Kinetic Sculpture in Place) wants to know more about YOU. Please complete this brief, anonymous survey to let us know a little information about you and your relationship to the Kinetic Grand Championship. Your responses will help us better serve our existing friends, fans and followers while letting us know what work we need to do to bring Glory to more people! Thank y...ou! https://docs.google.com//1xBlLXBLrbZO01oGb3T3WSgL5o1z/edit

The Kinetic Universe family is grateful to the City of Eureka for all of the art & community opportunities we're able to get involved with! Thanks to an anonymous sponsor, KME had the honor of being chosen to participate in the Eureka Window Poetry Program. Artist Brandi Beeman created a piece of art to pair with Barbara Brinson Curiel's poem "5 Directions to My House."... "Citizens can support the project by touring the community and checking out these pieces and developing more creative ways to express Eureka's resiliency through window art. Window art is a safe way to express yourself during COVID-19, lifting spirits while doing something the entire neighborhood can enjoy." Walk by the Kinetic Museum and check out the new art and ever-changing Kinetic window displays! For the Glory! #ResilientEureka

Humboldt residents, Tomorrow, March 9th at 5:35 p.m. on Access Humboldt - Channel 11, you can view Dawn Thomas, author of Kinetic Kompendium: 50 years of Kinetic Sculpture Racing, talk about Kinetic Sculpture Racing at the Humboldt Historical Society! Glory!!! Bonus: you can view one of her previous talks right now!

Happy birthday to our favorite Pisces, and Glorious Founder, Hobart Brown! "I was born under the sign of Pisces, with a Sagittarius rising and a Leo moon -- so that kinda tells you the story about me. Sagittarius makes me an adventurer, Pisces an artist, and Leo makes me wanna tell you about it." - HB

Players of popular augmented reality mobile games, like Pokemon Go and Ingress, can now pick up virtual items and missions at Kinetic Museum Eureka! Catch 'em all -- for the Glory!

Join Kinetic Universe on Tuesday, March 2 at 5:00 pm for Kinetic Universe happiness hour! This free, virtual event, presented by Kinetic Universe’s Transition Team, is the second in a three-part series that aims to bring community together for updates on Kinetic Universe and its events while creating a space for anyone to ask questions or share feedback.

The Pentacycle wobbled so we could roll.

Ahoy from the Kinetic Museum! Captain Chuck, and USS Yellow Submarine crew, Trent and Tony, stopped by to check out the place, while on R & R (or lunch for some of them.) and left their craft and uniforms behind! Since it's last race in 2002 the Yellow Sub has been converted to race Rails! ... While the body is the original (new 90s) sub, the mechanics underneath are new-er-ish. Finding the original - original sub is another adventure. Well let you know if it surfaces. (See what we did there? ) - While filming for the virtual New Years party, Queens Robot and Monica mentioned to eachother that the space could really benefit from something large and yellow to brighten up the place. That's some Glorious manifesting superpower!

Exciting things happening today at KME.

Open Letter to the Kinetic Community Subject: In Person Kinetic Grand Championship Cancelled for 2021 Kinetic Universe places the highest value on the health a...nd wellbeing of our kinetic family, which includes not only builders, racers, peons and pit crews, but also the many dedicated volunteers, generous sponsors and supporters, and our many thousands of fans. The threat of harm from COVID-19 is all too clear and continues to impact all facets of our lives. Even though vaccines are beginning to be distributed, all indications are that widespread vaccination and herd immunity will not be achieved until perhaps the end of the year. While we hope for earlier relief from the pandemic, it takes months of effort to plan for the race and we believe it is important to act early and prudently. After consulting with Humboldt County Department of Health & Human Services, we have determined that it is in the best interest of public health to cancel the in person Memorial Day (May 29, 30, and 31st, 2021) Kinetic Grand Championship race. There is no glory in cancelling this beloved event for the second year in a row and we take this unprecedented precaution out of a sense of care for the kinetic community. Though we are not planning an in person race this year, we will be keeping the spirit of kinetics alive with virtual events. We look forward to collaborating with those of you able to contribute your ideas, talents, time, and love of the race so that we may celebrate kinetic glory safely in 2021 and continue building our great tradition. Kinetic Universe Board of Directors Steve McHaney, President Robert van de Walle, Treasurer Jenette Kime, Secretary Jennifer Thelander