If you are looking for a different type of event, the Kennedy Center has an idea. Come for its Earth to Space Festival, being held from March 28 to April 20.
What is it, you ask? Here is what the Kennedy Center has shared:
For three weeks, EARTH to SPACE: Arts Breaking the Sky will fill the Center with musicians and astronauts, poets and researchers, visual artists and engineers, actors and environmentalists, architects and astronomers, dancers and scientists, film makers and space designers. It is our conviction that insights into the marvels of the universe can inspire action to protect our own planet, and that the arts can stimulate fresh thinking about the challenges that confront us.
Some of the speakers include astronaut Chris Hadfield, physicist Kip Thorne, and astrophysicist Mario Livio. The full list is available on the Kennedy Center site.
Starmus has been holding such festivals since 2011, with this one in Washington, DC being the eighth. Last year’s festival was held in Bratislava, Slovakia. Astronomy magazine called last year’s event “a smashing success all the way around.”
You may want to add the event to your calendar. It sounds like a fun way to combine astronomy and the arts.
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