Featured Featured April 5 @ 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm Laser Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Based on Pink Floyd’s 1973 album of humanitarian, political and philosophical empathy, Dark Side of the Moon is one of the most startling and bizarre laser light shows of all time! Considered by many critics to be the album that brought the commercial breakthrough to Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon offers a mixture... $5 – $7
April 6 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm The Sun, Our Living Star UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Discover the secrets of our Sun with never-before-seen images of the Sun’s surface. It is our nearest star and our planet’s powerhouse, the source of the energy that drives our winds, our weather and all life. The passage of the Sun’s fiery disc across the sky — day by day, month by month — was... Free
Featured Featured April 6 @ 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm Laser Taylor Swift UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States What’s better than a Tay Swift playlist? A Tay Swift playlist set to laser lights! Enjoy unforgettable hits from all of her ten distinct eras. Sing along to all your favorites and let the show transport you through different stories as only laser light can. Players gonna play, haters gonna hate, fakers gonna fake, so... $5 – $7
April 27 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm One Sky Project – Earth Week 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 4 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Explore UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Have you ever wondered how our modern spacecraft can navigate quickly and accurately to Earth orbit and beyond? Find out in EXPLORE! Humanity has always had a fascination with the stars — from ancient stargazers and astrologers to the breakthrough discoveries of Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler. EXPLORE begins with a look at how scholars... Free
May 11 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Spark: The Universe in Us UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Journey across space and time as we explore the remnants of stellar explosions, tracing the movements of elements through our galaxy to understand how stars live, die, and seed the Universe with the elements to build new generations of stars, planets, and life. Narrated by Diego Luna, the California Academy of Sciences’ all-new, original planetarium... Free
May 28 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Phantom of the Universe – The Search for Dark Matter UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States This planetarium show journeys across space and time, speeding alongside particles before they collide in a visually stunning explosion of light and sound. Then, learn how scientist around the world are collaborating to track down dark matter… the hunt is on. Narrated by Academy Award winner, Tilda Swinton with sound by an Academy Award winning... Free
Featured Featured June 4 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Planets of the Solar System (LIVE) UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States We will visit the Sun and the eight planets of the Solar System. Our itinerary will allow us to see our close celestial neighbors in great detail. Explore the Sun, the planets, some interesting moons, and a couple of dwarf planets of the Solar system, led by associate professor Sebastian Zamfir, director of the Blocher... Free
June 9 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Sunstruck! UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Heliophysics is the main component of the Sunstruck! planetarium show. It includes information on the sun, parts/layers, space weather and its impact on Earth. With amazing footage from NASA heliophysics missions, the audience should gain an enhanced understanding of the Sun and how it impacts our world. *Recommended for all audiences Admission There is no... Free
June 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Mars: The Ultimate Voyage UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Discover the many challenges astronauts will face and how creativity, communication, and collaboration are essential for deep space exploration. This full-dome show takes audiences to the Red Planet. On a two year journey to Mars astronauts will face extraordinary challenges—long distance, a closed environment, isolation, altered gravity, radiation. Witness what it takes to embark on... Free
June 18 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Supermassive Black Holes UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Shed light on the physics of black hole formation! Leading scientists in observational and theoretical studies of black holes and galaxies, industrial experts in cutting-edge big technologies, and professionals in science dissemination have been brought together to set up research projects which will combine the latest state-of-the-art observations, numerical simulations and innovative analytic tools to... Free
June 23 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Mysteries of Your Brain UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States Jump into an animated adventure following a girl and her crow companion as they explore what makes the human brain so special. Together you’ll zoom along the paths of neurons, find out how human and animal brains differ, and experience illusions on a grand scale! Along the way, you’ll learn how your brain makes you,... Free