Global Family Reunion

JUNE 6, 2015 | NEW YORK HALL OF SCIENCE

An Epic Family Festival
Music! Talks! Comedy! Genealogy! Contests! Potato sack races! Crafts! LOTS of celebrity cousins!

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David Blaine

Henry Louis Gates

400 Activities

Family History

Dr. Oz

Sister Sledge

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Entertainment

David Blaine

Henry Louis Gates

Ted Allen

Dr. Oz

Brady Rymer

Sister Sledge

Bill Weir

Andy Borowitz

Morgan Spurlock

Lisa Loeb

Marilu Henner

James Altucher

Jenna Ushkowitz

Daniel Radcliffe (via video)

George H.W. Bush (via video)

All Presenters:

Ron Aarons • Ted Allen • Kevin Allison • Tim Armour • Gary Auerbach • Jordan Auslander • Lou-Ellen Barkan • David Belgray • David Blaine • Andy Borowitz • Jonatha Brooke • Kasia Bryc • George Church • Lama Surya Das • Paula Davidoff • Lizzie Delgado-Valverde and Katy Olson • Wesley Eames • Ophira Eisenberg • Bruce Feiler • Helen Fisher • Henry Louis Gates • Adam Grant • Bennett Greenspan • Tammy Hepps • Marilu Henner • David Ippolito • Tracey Jackson • A.J. Jacobs • Gilad Japhet • Wilhelmina Kelly • Eowyn Langholf • Lisa Loeb • Sasha Martin • Hasan Minhaj • CeCe Moore • Maud Newton • Dr. Oz • Danny Lobell • Nando Pelusi • Daniel Radcliffe • David Rencher • Carol Rice • Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could • Eric Schoenberg • Scott Simon • Sister Sledge • Morgan Spurlock • Cass Sunstein • Rudy Tanzi • Josh Taylor • Maureen Taylor • Tuelo and her Cousins • Jenna Ushkowitz • Dirk Weissleder • Pamela Weisberger • Spencer Wells • Randy Whited • Paul Williams • The Three Wise Guys

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About the Global Family Reunion

Meet the Most Interesting People on Earth. And find out how they are your cousin! Bring your kids. Bring your grandparents. Fun for the Whole Human Family. Great speakers, Family activities, Music, Science, Comedy, Genealogy, Food - all to benefit Alzheimer’s. Join the World Family Tree of over 280 million people. See 50 speakers and entertainers for all ages.

Activities for the whole family!

World’s Biggest Family Photo

A family-themed scavenger hunt

A mini-golf course with an interplanetary theme

A sports challenge exhibit, including a surfing simulator, arm-wrestling machine and a pitching cage where a radar gun will measure the speed of your throws

A science-themed playground that includes slides, climbing nets, fog machines and a giant lever

A design lab where you can create movies, build structures and 3-D print objects

And that's not all!

Three stages with over 50 entertainers, storytellers, family historians and scientists
On-the-spot genealogy where you can try to figure out how you are related to everyone else
Sack races, tug of war and other games
Rocket Park, where you can see Gemini Titan II, Mercury Capsule and more
The Ultimate Family Trivia Pub Quiz (written by Jeopardy! champ Ken Jennings)
Classes on storytelling
Family Yoga
World record announcements
Freestyle Frisbee demonstrations
An enormous map from National Geographic
Lots of surprises

Worldwide Family Contest (tallest, biggest beard, youngest, etc.)
400 interactive exhibits
Place yourself on the Global Family map
Food from every part of the human family
The unveiling of the Global Family Cookbook
A kids section curated by Big City Moms that includes face-painting, soccer and magic.
Sing-along with Sister Sledge, who will be there live to belt out “We Are Family”
Classes in how to build your family tree.
A sports challenge exhibit, including a surfing simulator, arm-wrestling machine and a pitching cage where a radar gun will measure the speed of your throws.