March 1 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Two Small Pieces of Glass – The Amazing Telescope UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Two Small Pieces of Glass – The Amazing Telescope show follows two students as they interact with a female astronomer at a local star party. Along the way, the students learn the history of the telescope from Galileo's modifications to a child's spyglass — using two small pieces of glass — to the launch of... Free
March 8 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm From Earth to the Universe UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States The night sky, both beautiful and mysterious, has been the subject of campfire stories, ancient myths, and awe for as long as there have been people. A desire to comprehend the universe may well be humanity's oldest shared intellectual experience. Yet only recently have we truly begun to grasp our place in the vast cosmos.... Free
April 12 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm One Sky Project UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States The concept for each film was conceived by the One Sky Project partnership to showcase the ways different cultures see and interpret humanity’s shared sky. The One Sky Project collaborative was convened in the summer of 2019 and involved astronomers, planetarium professionals, educators, and cultural experts from Canada, China, India, Japan, and the United States.... Free
May 10 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Seeing! A Photon’s Journey Across Space, Time and Mind UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Follow the journey of a single photon as it is produced in a distant star, before travelling across the vast expanse of space to land on someone’s retina. This fulldome planetarium show explores some of the fascinating processes of the cosmos, from astrophysics to the biology of the eye and brain. Funded through a generous... Free