Area organizations will host viewing parties, an eclipse cruise, and other activities.
RMSC
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Midwinter family activities to cure cabin fever
These family-oriented recreational activities are the perfect antidote to cabin fever.
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It’s gut check time at FLX Fermentation Festival this weekend
From kombucha to kimchi, the annual FLX Fermentation Festival in Naples has what’s good for your gut.
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‘Tenacious Women’ making their way to Geva’s stage
Geva Theatre Center’s new commissioning project calls on 25 playwrights to tell the stories of local women who have had a vital impact on society.
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With travel off the table, planetarium shows transport audiences
Beyond star shows, RMSC’s Strasenburgh Planetarium offers immersive programs on the National Parks and ‘Holiday Laser’ light & music shows.
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Earth Day: Events to celebrate home – from home
The coronavirus pandemic is at the forefront of daily life, but Earth Day reminds us that environmental stewardship is not to be eclipsed.
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Video: Lunar Eclipse
It might be too overcast to see the lunar eclipse this Sunday night. But Strasenburgh Planetarium director Steve Fentress tells us what we’ll be missing and why it’s a cool sight.
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Holographic tech hits RMSC
This summer, the Rochester Museum and Science Center will present a new interactive exhibition featuring a display of working holograms and interactive holographic technology. The star of the new exhibit is a Holographic Laser Projector, developed and donated by Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute of Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF. Fraunhofer is based in Jena, Germany, […]
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RMSC’s “ribbiting” new exhibit
A new travelling exhibit that opened at RMSC offers visitors the chance to explore the immense
biological variation within just frogs.
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Kid-friendly culture
It’s easy to imagine that the blessing of warmer weather arrives with the puzzle of how to fill up more than two months when the kiddos are sprung from school. And it’s understandable that adults might not want their time to be eaten up completely with events geared entirely toward children. Many of our local […]
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“Da Vinci — The Genius”
Humble beginnings don’t predict all there is to a life. Leonardo da Vinci was born out of wedlock to a peasant woman and a respected notary, but due to a precocious talent that exposed him to the movers and shakers of the day, he would go on to became one of the most celebrated figures […]
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“Race: Are We So Different?”
I have visited the “Race” exhibit at Rochester Museum and Science Center twice so far, and both times caught college classes crowding the different stations, with students and teachers strolling in pairs or small groups and discussing with one another — and with community members — the heavy things that we must discuss. I witnessed […]
