

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Maynard Okereke, the Hip Hop MD-Author Visit (For Ages 6-11) Student Registration Requested
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Have you ever heard of a spider being turned into a useful robot? Or a real-life planetary defense team protecting the Earth from asteroids? Sounds like science fiction … but it’s not! 

Take a wild ride with Maynard Okereke, the Hip Hop MD, into some of the most fascinating and strange corners of scientific research, from physics and engineering to ecology and neuroscience. These wacky wonders of nature and technology will wow all readers and inspire budding scientists to look at the world with fresh curiosity and consider how science can be used to help people, help nature, or enhance our understanding about the world. Interviews with real scientists highlight representation for diverse children and how scientists from a wide range of backgrounds are working to build a better future for our planet. 

Maynard Okereke, aka the Hip Hop MD, is an award-winning science communicator, STEM personality, and keynote speaker. He founded Hip Hop Science to encourage minorities and youth to pursue more advanced careers in STEM. Okereke has won the Asteroid Award for Best Streaming Content and the People of Change Award and was named The National Society of Black Engineers’ Entrepreneur of the Year. He’s been featured on Netflix’s Ada Twist Scientist, The Science Channel, and Curiosity Stream, and in Scientific American. He has also partnered with NASA, the Natural History Museum, the Boston Museum of Science, the LaBrea Tar Pits, Blue Origin, Microsoft, and NVIDIA. Okereke lives in Los Angeles, CA and is online at hiphopscienceshow.com.  For more information, contact Pam at 317-398-7121 ext. 239 or message us on Facebook. Student registration is required only. Click https://myshelbylibrary.libnet.info/event/15783129 to sign up.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/shelbyville/maynard-okereke-the-hip-hop-md-author-visit-for-ages-6-11-student-registration-requested/200029735263621
- **Event Categories**: dance, entertainment, art, literary-art, business
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://myshelbylibrary.libnet.info/event/15783129?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=shelbyville-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Shelbyville
- **state**: IN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 57 W Broadway St, Shelbyville, IN, United States, Indiana 46176
- **lat**: 39.52273
- **long**: -85.77838
- **full address**: 57 W Broadway St, Shelbyville, IN, United States, Indiana 46176

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Shelby County Public Library (https://allevents.in/org/shelby-county-public-library/19729615)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 57 W Broadway St, Shelbyville, IN, United States, Indiana 46176
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Shelby County Public Library
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** dance, entertainment, art, literary-art, business
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Maynard Okereke, the Hip Hop MD-Author Visit (For Ages 6-11) Student Registration Requested ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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