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Noche de Estrellas will feature dance, crafts, and bilingual educational programs, including a scavenger hunt with prizes, and environmental activities—offered in both English and Spanish.

Guests can experience the sights and sounds of performances by local African-American groups, including Mardi Gras second line dancers, hip hop and break dancers, jazz musicians, interactive drum circle musicians, and West African dancers.

This work included aiding in research to study the effects of warming seas on the coral populations, as well as techniques for scalable restoration methods.

The acts will include Emcee Big Llou Johnson, Bernie Pearl feat. Sonny Green and THEE Blues Man, Al Williams Jazz Society feat. Barbara Morrison, Alvin Hayes Jr., and New Blues Revolution.

In this lecture Aquarium of the Pacific Director of Education David Bader will discuss lessons learned from the story of the vaquita and what it can tell us broadly about what it will take to achieve conservation success and help us save other endangered porpoises around the world.

At the Festival of Human Abilities, visitors can watch performances and learn unique adaptive skills taught by artists and other experts with disabilities.

At the Aquarium’s forum, experts will gather to discuss sustainable options for decommissioned oil rigs in Southern California.

Dr. White is the founder and executive producer of IBECC: The International Business Ethics Case Competition and the Conrad N. Hilton Professor in Business Ethics Emeritus at Loyola Marymount University.

The Aquarium of the Pacific will host a screening of Sea of Shadows, a documentary from National Geographic Documentary Films and winner of the Sundance audience award, followed by a panel discussion featuring ocean conservation experts and one of the filmmakers.

The public is invited to enjoy the Aquarium of the Pacific after hours while taking advantage of special savings.