Archived Outdoors

Party with PARI

out planetariumThe Friends of Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute’s will unveil a new outdoor amphitheater planetarium with an adjoining nature center on Friday evening, Sept. 12, as part of the annual meeting.

There will also be activities for the astrologically minded, including behind the scenes tours and project demonstrations by students, researchers and PARI staff, exhibits and a guided tour of Jo’s Nature Trail. PARI is located in Transylvania County.

Scott Sheffield, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at Brevard College, will give a keynote presentation titled Leo Szilard and the Public Role of Science. Szilard was a Hungarian-American physicist and inventor credited with conceiving the nuclear chain reaction and patenting the idea of a nuclear reactor. In later years, Szilard became increasingly concerned about the dangers of nuclear weapons and worked to bring them under control.

Free for members. www.pari.edu or 828.862.5554.

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