Calendar of Events

Waiting Far Away and Cycle
2025-12-05 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-12-05 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-12-06 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Southworth Planetarium — Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States
Cycle/ Waiting Far Away
These two short films look for beauty on the Earth and beyond. To create Cycle, Eric Freeman spent the summer camping and shot a bunch of beautiful timelapse photography with a fisheye lens to reveal the majesty of Earth’s natural environments. The results: a subtle meditation on how a small shift in our perception of time can heighten our awareness of the intricate ecosystem surrounding us. In Waiting Far Away, an explorer of the cosmos has traveled too far… And can’t find home. Follow in the footsteps of a cosmic traveler as he shares a wild story. Find out what grand mysteries he has uncovered while journeying deep into intergalactic space, searching.

Forward to the Moon
2025-12-05 15:30 - 16:30 | ME
Forward to the Moon
NASA’s 21st century Artemis program is the next step in our mission to explore the universe and land the first woman and person of color on the surface of the Moon. Kari Byron from Crash Test World and MythBusters narrates.

Lars the Little Polar Bear
2025-12-08 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-12-09 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-12-09 13:00 - 14:00 | Southworth Planetarium — Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States
Lars the Little Polar Bear
What happens when a frisky little polar bear named Lars ventures out on the first day of spring? He explores his Arctic home, meets new friends, and saves some endangered whales. Lars the Little Polar Bear is the beloved star of a children’s book “Little Polar Bear and the Whales” authored by Hans de Beer in 2008.

Living Worlds
2025-12-11 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-12-12 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-12-12 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-12-13 13:00 - 14:00 | Southworth Planetarium — Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States
Living Worlds
Whether earthly or alien, all life leaves a trace. Join narrator Daveed Diggs on a journey through space and time to discover how life makes Earth liveable, where it could be found elsewhere in the cosmos, and what new technologies we might use to find it

Audio Universe: Tour of the Solar System
2025-12-12 15:30 - 16:30 | Southworth Planetarium — Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States
Audio Universe: Tour of the Solar System
Experience the Solar System like never before – by traveling on a spacecraft that can turn the objects in space into sound!

Einstein's Gravity Playlist
2025-12-15 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-12-16 13:00 - 14:00 | Southworth Planetarium — Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States
Einstein’s Gravity Playlist
Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves in 1916. A century later, scientists detected these waves using precise laser devices here on Earth. Join Lucia, a PhD student in physics, on an exploration of how gravitational waves are formed, how they move through the universe, and how scientists like her work to hear them

Season of Light
2025-12-18 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-12-19 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-12-19 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-12-19 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-12-20 13:00 - 14:00 | ME
Season of Light
NPR’S Noah Adams narrates this planetarium program about the history and astronomy of the holiday season. What are the origins of the solstice festivals and Santa Claus? Why do we celebrate New Year’s Day on January 1st? What is the history of Hannukkah? “Season of Light” explores the rich and beautiful history of our holiday traditions

From Earth to the Universe
2025-12-22 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-12-23 13:00 - 14:00 | Southworth Planetarium — Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States
From Earth to the Universe
This voyage through space and time conveys, through sparkling sights and sounds, the Universe revealed to us by science. Viewers can revel in the splendor of the the Solar System, colorful birthplaces of stars, and the unimaginable immensity of myriad galaxies.

Distant Worlds, Alien Life?
2025-12-26 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-12-26 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-12-27 13:00 - 14:00 | Southworth Planetarium — Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States
Distant Worlds: Alien Life?
Distant Worlds – Alien Life? explores the possibility of life on other planets. It gives the limits of biology as we know it, then intersects those constraints with what we know about Milky Way exoplanets. Imaginative visualizations of possible life forms are animated in a full dome experience.

The Little Star That Could
2025-12-29 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-12-30 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-12-31 11:00 - 12:00 | Southworth Planetarium — Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States
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

Destination Solar System
2025-12-29 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-12-30 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-12-31 13:00 - 14:00 | Southworth Planetarium — Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States
Destination Solar System
Space Express Tours⁠—the first tour company in deep space⁠—offers a variety of adventures including its most popular trip, Destination Solar System.
