Arts and Entertainment
April 2, 2024
From: Roc The Eclipse FestivalExperience a 3-day science-packed festival with immersive hands-on activities, speakers, live entertainment, telescopes, planetarium shows, and much more!
Festival Schedule:
Saturday, April 6, 2024
EISENHART AUDITORIUM:
10:30-11:15am: ASTRODANCE: Across the Universe
Noon-12:45pm: NASA'S WEBB AND ROMAN TELESCOPES Tony Whitman, L3Harris Technologies
1:30-2:15pm: ECLIPSE ACROSS AMERICA: WHEN THE MOON EATS THE SUN, Phil Plait
3:45-4:30pm: WHAT WE LAUGH ABOUT IN THE SHADOWS, Comedy on Deck
BAUSCH AUDITORIUM:
11:15am-Noon: HOW CAN WE FIND PLANETS AROUND OTHER STARS? Michael Richmond, RIT
12:45-1:30pm: PUSHING THE EDGE OF THE COSMIC FRONTIER, Jeyhan Kartaltepe, RIT
2:15-3pm: WE LIVE IN A PLASMA UNIVERSE David Schaffner, Bryn Mawr College
Sunday, April 7, 2024
EISENHART AUDITORIUM:
10:3O-11:15am: THE SEARCH FOR EARTH-LIKE PLANETS Matthew East, L3Harris Technologies
Noon-12:45pm: HAUDENOSAUNEE AND THE ECLIPSE Allie Hargrave
1:30-2:15pm: STUDYING THE GEOLOGY OF THE MOON Cate Larsen, AKA Groovy Geologist
3:45-4:30pm: EINSTEIN'S ECLIPSE Matthew Stanley, NYU
BAUSCH AUDITORIUM:
11:15am-noon: FRONTIERS OF PLASMA PHYSICS, Eva Kostadinova, Ph. D. Auburn University
12:45-1:30pm: GALAXIES & THE UNIVERSE Dr. Kelly Douglas, U of R
2:15-3pm: NASA HISTORY: 60 YEARS OF DISCOVERY Jim Porter, NASA Solar System Ambassador
Monday, April 8, 2024
L3HARRIS STAGE:
11:45am-12:30pm: THE ISOTOPES
l:15-l:55pm: NASA Astronaut Lee Marin & Representative Joe Morelle
COUNTDOWN TO TOTALITY
2-3:20pm
2:07pm Moon begins to cover the Sun
3:20pm Totality begins @ RMSC
DYLAN MARLOWE
Columbia Nashville Recording Artist
3:30ish Concert Begins
4:33pm Eclipse Ends for Rochester
BAUSCH AUDITORIUM & EISENHART AUDITORIUM:
10-10:30am & 11-11:30am: BALLET SOL Rochester City Ballet (Eisenhart Auditorium)
12:15-1pm: THE LAUGH OF TOTALITY (PG-13) the Facts Machine Podcast (Bausch Auditorium)
Fest Date: April 6 - 8, 2024
Hours:
Saturday: 10am–5pm
Sunday: 10am–5pm
Monday: 9am–5:30pm
Location: Rochester Museum and Science Center - 657 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14607
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