Aug 20 2008
Summer Learning and Fun
Two upcoming events of note to TAA students, family, and friends:
Dr. Allen Guelzo on Bill Bennett’s Radio Show
Tomorrow, Thursday August 21 at 7:30am on 990 am radio listen to our Advisory Board member Allen Guelzo being interviewed on the Bill Bennett radio show on the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates.
StarFest 2008
The Chester-Montgomery County Astronomical Society is holding their annual StarFest this Saturday, August 23, starting at 4:00 PM. The event will be held at Warwick County Park in northern Chester County, just off route 23 about 3.5 miles west of route 100. Admission is free, but the Chesco parks department will collect a $5 parking fee.
Schedule of Events:
- 4:00 to 6:00 Telescope set-up/ Solar Observing
- 6:00 to 7:00 Kids Corner Educational Activities
- 7:00 to 7:30 “How to get your Picture in the NY Times!” by Robert Werkman
- 7:30 to 8:00 “What We’ll See Tonight” by Martin Howe
- 8:00 to 8:30 Dark Sky Preservation by Rob Cordivari
- 8:30 to 9:30 Guest Speaker, Dr. Fronefield Crawford III, Franklin & Marshall College, “Stellar Death”
- 9:30 Drawing of the Grand Prize followed by…
- Public stargazing through Amateur Telescopes