Calendar of Events

One World One Sky
2024-12-17 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | ME
One World, One Sky follows Sesame Street‘s Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu, a Muppet from China. Together, they take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the moon, where they discover how different it is from Earth. Show length: 27 minutes

Earthquake!
2024-12-18 13:00 - 14:00, 2024-12-19 13:00 - 14:00, 2024-12-20 13:00 - 14:00 | ME
Earth experiences hundreds of Earthquakes every day, many hardly perceptible. Some prove catastrophic. What causes earthquakes? Can we ever predict them? How can we prepare for future quakes? Show length: 26 min

The Little Star That Could!
2024-12-21 13:00 - 14:00 | ME
A little yellow star travels through the galaxy in search of planets that will give it its special name. During his journey, this star learns about the many types of stars that live in the galaxy. Show length: 31 minutes

Season of Light
2024-12-22 13:00 - 14:00, 2024-12-23 13:00 - 14:00 | ME
Light up the cold dark season with our perennial, popular winter holiday show. Narrated by National Public Radio’s Noah Adams. (36 min.)

Destination Solar System
2024-12-26 13:00 - 14:00, 2024-12-28 13:00 - 14:00 | ME
The year is 2096. Space tourism is thriving and “Space Express Tours” is the world’s leading company in space. You’ve signed up for a quick trip around the Solar System.

Fragile Planet
2024-12-29 13:00 - 14:00, 2024-12-30 13:00 - 14:00 | ME
Fragile Planet combines scientific visualization with movie-making magic, highlighting Earth’s special place in the universe as the only known haven for life.

Dinosaurs at Dusk
2025-01-02 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-01-03 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-01-04 13:00 - 14:00 | ME
Dinosaurs at Dusk
A whirlwind time travel adventure back to the epoch of the dinosaurs! A larger than life extravaganza rife with roaring monsters from the ancient age: bounding, stomping, flying, hunting, and foraging frenetically above us. Show length: 44 minutes

Seeing a Photon's Journey
2025-01-05 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-01-06 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-01-07 13:00 - 14:00 | ME
Seeing: A Photon’s Journey
Follow the journey of a photon as it’s produced in a distant star, and travels across the vast expanse of space to land on someone’s retina. See the fascinating processes of the cosmos, from astrophysics to the biology of the eye and brain. Show length: 26 minutes

The little star that could
2025-01-08 13:00 - 14:00 | ME
The Little Star That Could
A little yellow star travels through the galaxy in search of planets that will give it its special name. During his journey, this star learns about the many types of stars that live in the galaxy. Show length: 31 minutes

Natural Selection
2025-01-09 13:00 - 14:00 | ME
Natural Selection
Join Charles Darwin on an adventurous voyage of exploration circumnavigating the World with the HMS Beagle, to the Galapagos islands where he got inspired for his later theory of transmutation by Natural Selection. Show length: 41 minutes

Traveling with light
2025-01-10 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-01-11 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-01-12 13:00 - 14:00 | ME
Traveling with Light
The Sun is the closest star to Earth, providing the heat, light, and energy necessary for life. But the Sun is not our only source of light, with fire and artificial life revealing the relationship between humanity, light, and life. Show length: 28 minutes

REDshift: A Play Reading Under the Stars
2025-01-10 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-01-11 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-01-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Southworth Planetarium — Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States

Earthquake!
2025-01-13 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-01-14 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-01-15 13:00 - 14:00 | ME
Earthquake!
Earth experiences hundreds of Earthquakes every day, many hardly perceptible. Some prove catastrophic. What causes earthquakes? Can we ever predict them? How can we prepare for future quakes? Show length: 26 minutes

Larry Cat In Space
2025-01-16 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-01-17 13:00 - 14:00 | ME
Larry Cat in Space
Diana takes a job on the moon and Larry, an inquisitive cat, sneaks into her luggage. He observes his human family and ventures from the space station Freedom to the Lunar Shuttle. Larry explores the moon and meets its inhabitants. Show length: 30 minutes
