The Oxford Kinetics Festival is a celebration of people-powered propulsion. With tons of activities for kids, live music and creative fun, highlights of the event include The Scramble — part parade, part race and part obstacle course — and hands-on kids’ activities. For the hands-on activities, learn to build your own kinetic contraption or make something at Happen, Inc.’s ToyLab, launch your own air-powered soda bottle rocket, make a Rube Goldberg contraption and more.
Noon-5 p.m. Free. Millett Hall, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, oxfordkineticsfestival.org.
This article appears in Apr 2-8, 2014.