{"id":1372,"date":"2026-04-06T09:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=228018"},"modified":"2026-04-06T09:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:23:12","slug":"max-goes-to-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/event\/max-goes-to-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Goes to the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Max (the dog) and a young girl named Tori take the first trip to the Moon since the Apollo era. Along the way, the story sets the stage for the more sophisticated science of the \u201cBig Kid Box\u201d sidebars, which cover topics including \u201cPhases of the Moon,\u201d \u201cWings in Space?,\u201d and \u201cFrisbees and Curve Balls on the Moon\u201d \u2014 all thoughtfully explained so that grownups and children can learn together about science. Toward the end, Max and Tori\u2019s trip proves so inspiring to people back on Earth that all the nations of the world come together to build a great Moon colony from which \u201cthe beautiful views of Earth from the Moon made everyone realize that we all share a small and precious planet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our shows are open to the public in the\u00a0<strong>Allen F. Blocher Planetarium<\/strong>.\u00a0The planetarium is located on the second floor of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/2001+4th+Ave,+Stevens+Point,+WI+54481\/@44.5281883,-89.5752272,16z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x88005aeaffe5cf27:0xcb286f85dce7430b!8m2!3d44.5281845!4d-89.5708498?hl=en\">Science Building<\/a>, by the Foucault pendulum, right above the east main entrance. Direct access is obtained through the east entrance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*Recommended for all families, ages 5-11<br \/>\nSunday Story Time at 3pm, Planetarium Show at 3:30pm<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Admission<\/h2>\n<p>There is no charge for our public programs, although donations of $1-$2 per attendee will be greatly appreciated to allow us to continue these public programs for our community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max (the dog) and a young girl named Tori take the first trip to the Moon since the Apollo era. Along the way, the story sets the stage for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1373,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[89,23,108,87],"tribe_events_cat":[14,23,10],"class_list":["post-1372","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-community","tag-planetarium","tag-space","tag-uwsp","tribe_events_cat-community-event","tribe_events_cat-planetarium","tribe_events_cat-reading","cat_community-event","cat_planetarium","cat_reading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/1372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/1372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1372"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=1372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}