July 18 Premier 7-10 pm
July 19 Main Events 2-10 pm
July 20 Special Workshops 2-4 pm

Free Admission!

Giraffe 'n' Ant Productions invites you to join us for a weekend of stargazing and storytelling practically in your own backyard!

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Astronomers pointing out sunspots in the daytime and moon craters at night. Dr. Harold Williams of Montgomery College will take you on a Walk of the Planets. Play constellation games with him and the largest StarWheel you will ever see! Volunteers from National Capitol Astronomers will help you find the Southern Triangle and the Two Love Stars!

Storytellers weaving wondrous tales from every nook of our planet Earth. Our featured StarryTeller is Lynn Moroney, an Anglo and Native American from Oklahoma who will spellbind you with skylore from many cultures. Linda Fang will tell the Asian myth of the Two Love Stars. Ellouise Schoettler will transport you to African skies with a tale of the Orphan Boy. While Gail Herman will involve the littlest listeners with star/moon/sun stories to make them revolve in dance, song and mime!

Artists guiding you to see the universe through the eyes of different cultures. Dayle Brown, a long-time planetarium educator, illustrator and author, will tell stories from dozens of cultures through her interactive workshop on the Pleiades, Orion and the Milky Way. Lee Talbot of the Textile Museum will introduce the cosmology of East Asian cultures through beautifully woven clothing and fiber art.

Dancers bringing the constellations to life. Kuchipudi Dancers will bring the constellation we know as Orion to life in the Hindu myth of Prajapati. Learn to dance like the stars in this Indian dance workshop!

An awesome inflatable planetarium...crawl into the universe and Look up! John Meader of Northern Stars Planetarium is bringing his inflatable StarLab. Enjoy stories of the constellations while you view the night sky in the daytime!

Have you had trouble defying the laws of gravity lately? Well, Magician Benjamin Corey defies the laws of physics daily. Watch him send a planet-like sphere in orbit around the room. Like an astronaut on a space walk, see how Ben can make a rod fly in space.

Don't miss this exciting event because it might not come around again until the earth makes a full orbit of the sun.