When we went to Arizona last year on vacation, we learned a lot about light pollution. It was the first place we had every been in a long time that at night it was truly dark out. When you live as close to Chicago as we, you forget that people can actually see the stars [...]
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Dark Sky Festival
Posted by Lisa on April 16th, 2009
Posted in Florida 
Tags: Astronomy, environment, Green Bay, Light pollution, Lighting designer, Night sky, Regulation, United States 
No Comments »Free Museum Days in Chicagoland
Posted by Lisa on November 20th, 2008
Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum: 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive; 312-922-7827. Free days: Oct. 6-9; Oct 13, 14, 20, 21, 27 & 28; Nov. 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24 & 25
Art Institute of Chicago: 111 S. Michigan Ave.; 312-443-3600. All exhibits free after 5 p.m. Thursdays [...]
Posted in Chicagoland Tags: Adler, admission, amp, Art, Arts, Astronomy, Ave, Block, Chicago, children, Circle, Conservatory, Cultura, Dec, Drive, DuSable, E. Chicago, E. Grand, election, Evanston, exhibit, ext, Field, Free, Freedom, Garfield Park, honor, Institute, Instituto, Italiano, Loyola, McCormick, Mon, month, museum, N. Cannon, N. Central, N. Clark St, N. Michigan, Navy, Oct, Pier, Planetarium, S. Greenwood, S. Lake, S. Michigan, Season, Shore, Sugar, suite, Thu, Tribune, W. Walton St, Wed, week 6 Comments »
