Monday, November 3 at 7:30 PM, we present:

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Admission is $5 per adult, $3 per child under 18, and $10 for a family of 3 or more. Lambuth students, faculty, and staff are admitted free with their ID.

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Monday, May 19 is the last planetarium show of the season!  Please join us for one last viewing of “Black Holes:  the Other Side of Infinity”:

The show begins at 7:30 PM. Admission is $5 per adult, $3 per child under 18, and $10 for a family of 3 or more. Lambuth faculty, staff, and students are admitted free with their ID.

The Planetarium will be closed for June and July, and we will reopen for the fall season on August 18.

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Tonight (May 5), we present the encore of “Black Holes: the Other Side of Infinity” at 7:30 PM. Admission is $5 per adult, $3 per child under 18, and $10 for a family of 3 or more. Lambuth faculty, staff, and students are admitted free with their ID.

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Encore presentations of “Black Holes: the Other Side of Infinity” are on May 5 and May 19 at 7:30 PM. Admission is $5 per adult, $3 per child under 18, and $10 for a family of 3 or more. Lambuth faculty, staff, and students are admitted free with their ID.

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The schedule of public events has been updated to reflect what’s coming up over the next few months:

• On May 5 and May 19, we will present encore viewings of Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity. As usual, the shows will begin at 7:30 PM, with admission being $5 for adults, $3 for 18 and under, and $10 for families of three or more. Lambuth students, staff, and faculty are admitted free with ID.
• The M.D. Anderson Planetarium will be closed completely during the months of June and July. Look for new show announcements for the fall!
• The first show for the fall season will be Monday, August 18.

Thanks to everyone who has made our first season with the new projector a great success!

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The Denver Museum of Nature and Science presents…

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Narrated by Liam Neeson

The show will be presented on

• April 21 at 7:30 PM
• May 5 at 7:30 PM
• May 19 at 7:30 PM

Admission is $5 per adult, $3 per child under 18, and $10 for a family of 3 or more. Lambuth faculty, staff, and students get in free with their ID.

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For the month of April, we have some new things to announce:

• Monday, April 7: The planet Saturn is still bright in the early part of the night, so in honor of the ringed world, we will present a short show on the results from the Cassini robotic probe mission.  Expect some truly beautiful graphics and news about the intriguing ice moon Enceladus.
• Monday, April 21: We present “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity”. This program was created by Thomas Lucas Productions in collaboration with Denver Museum of Nature & Science, NOVA and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. The show is narrated by Liam Neeson, and features truly exciting animations.

Both shows begin at 7:30 PM. Admission is $5 per adult, $3 per child under 18, and $10 for a family of 3 or more. Lambuth students get in free with their ID.

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The Jackson Sun ran a nice article on the Grand Reopening in yesterday’s “Neighbors” section. You can read it online at
http://www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080227/LIFESTYLE08/802270301/1032

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A few random announcements:

• I will be talking about the planetarium and the Grand Reopening on “Good Morning West Tennessee” (WBBJ-TV, Channel 7 in Jackson) at 6 AM on Thursday, February 7.
• The first public night is still on track for Monday, February 18 starting at 7:30 PM. We will be showing Hubble Vision 2, which was developed by Loch Ness Productions.
  
• The next total lunar eclipse visible in this part of the world happens on Thursday, February 21, beginning around sundown and reaching totality around 9 PM. I’m thinking of having a planetarium-hosted viewing of the event (weather permitting of course), with telescopes out on the lawn. Keep an eye on this space for more details as we get closer to the day.
• There is also an annular solar eclipse tomorrow (February 7), but unless you’re a penguin, you probably won’t be able to see it.  The eclipse will only be visible in Antarctica and the southern Pacific Ocean.

And of course, don’t forget about the Grand Reopening on February 9!

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The planetarium will resume holding public nights on February 18, 2008 at 7:30 PM, with a viewing of “Hubble Vision 2″.  Subsequent public nights will be the first and third Mondays of each month at 7:30 PM.

Admission will be $5 per adult, $3 per child under 18, and $10 for a family of 3 or more.  Lambuth students get in free with their ID.

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