MSUM Planetarium Presents “Season of Light”
This holiday season the MSUM Planetarium is showing “Season of Light,” a Loch Ness Productions special program that explores the history of holiday traditions.
The presentation runs from Nov. 29 to Dec. 23. Showings will be held Mondays and Thursdays at 7 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Learn about holiday customs including the burning of the Yule log, candles in windows, kissing under the mistletoe, gift giving and the lighting of the Hanukkah Menorah. The show narrates to not only Christian and Jewish traditions but also Celtic, Nordic, Roman, Irish, Mexican and Hopi.
The audience will learn a variety of astronomy related details including, hemisphere winter constellations, why we have seasons and the possible astronomical explanations for a “Star over Bethlehem.”
The MSUM Planetarium is located at 11th St. and 8th Ave S. on the MSUM campus in Bridges Hall room 167.
General admission is $5 and $2.50 for children, seniors, and Tri-College students.
For more information about the MSUM Planetarium, visit mnstate.edu/planetarium.