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How does a gasoline engine work? Instructors Joe Montgomery and Charles Crail conducted a three-hour hands-on Youth Basic Engine Class at the California Automobile Museum on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The class had half a dozen youth accompanied by their adult buddy. The Briggs and Stratton one-cylinder engine was utilized as one of the models. Participants were encouraged to disassemble and identify key engine parts, then reassemble the engine. General topics included the brief history of the engine, the purpose of an engine, internal/external combustion, the function of each cycle: intake, compression, power, exhaust, valve train, oiling system, fuel supply-carburetion-mixture
The Crocker Art Museum now hosts Thursdays ‘til 9. The event will feature four art experiences, Film Frame, Art Mix, Playlist and Open Art. Open Art is the theme every fourth Thursday of the month and was the theme this past Thursday. Thursdays ‘til 9 featured “Licensing in the Digital Age,” held in the Cemo room with seventy plus attendees. Robert G. Pimm, Esq., Chief Learning Officer and Director of Legal Services at California Lawyers for the Arts led the workshop. Pimm spoke on industry standards, intellectual property rights and how these rights are bought, sold and optioned. Intellectual property copyrights are not just one right but five. They include the right to reproduce