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	River of Bears Fri, Aug 28, 2026   11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: Free     Immerse yourself in a fulldome exploration of the world of bears in Alaska.
	River of Bears Sat, Aug 29, 2026   11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: Free     Immerse yourself in a fulldome exploration of the world of bears in Alaska.
	From Earth to the Universe Fri, Sep 4, 2026   11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        This stunning, 30-minute voyage through time and space conveys, through an arresting combination of sights and sounds, the Universe revealed to us by science.
	Night Sky in September Fri, Sep 4, 2026   7:00 PM - 08:00 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        See what's up in the night sky in September inside the planetarium.
	Fantastic Fractals Sat, Sep 5, 2026   11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        Watch animated fractals swirl across the full-dome screen to music.
	Introducing the Nancy Roman Space Telescope Fri, Sep 11, 2026   7:00 PM - 08:00 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        Learn about the newest NASA space telescope in the planetarium!
	Cosmic Mashups Sat, Sep 12, 2026   11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        Watch the formation of supermassive black holes in this full-dome planetarium film!
	Making Art in the Dark Fri, Sep 18, 2026   7:00 PM - 08:00 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: See description        Valles Caldera Artist-in-Residence Paul Atkinson shares his approach to night sky landscape photography.
	The Sun: Our Living Star Sat, Sep 19, 2026   11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        Discover the secrets of our star in this planetarium show and experience never-before-seen images of the Sun’s violent surface in immersive fulldome format.
	Fall Seed Harvest Sat, Sep 19, 2026   6:00 PM - 07:30 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: Free.    Discover the important role of seeds and learn how to harvest, dry, and store different types of them through hands-on activities.
	One Sky Sat, Sep 26, 2026   11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: $8/adult; $6/child; $20/family        Experience sky perspectives and stories from around the world in this full-dome film.
	ScienceFest Astrotour [AR] Sat, Sep 26, 2026   7:00 PM - 09:00 PM Audience: General Audience    Event Type: Planetarium & Astronomy Admission: Free!         Join us for a special ScienceFest Discovery after Dark program

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