Celebrating Night Skies Week

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- Mon, 09/20/2021 - 2:56pm

Celebrate the Night Week is September 19 - 25, 2021.

Andrew Papke-Larson with Starry Skies North IDA talks with North Shore Morning host, Mark Abrahamson about this celebration.

The Schedule of Events includes:

20th Monday
Speakers
Heart of the Continent Partnership
- Bob DeGross, Superintendent, Voyageurs National Park
- Ann Schwaller, USFS Forest Wilderness Program Manager
- Trevor Gibb, Quetico Provincial Park Superintendent City of Duluth
- Diane Desotelle, City of Duluth Natural Resources Coordinator

21st Tuesday
Speaker
- James Rock, Director of Indigenous Programming at University Minnesota, Duluth and Research in Ethno-astronomy and Archeoastronomy

22nd Wednesday
Speaker
- Mary Stewart Adams, Star Lore Historian, Storyteller, and host of the weekly public radio program and podcast “The Storyteller’s Night Sky.”

23rd Thursday
Speaker
- Travis Novitsky, Nature/Wildlife photographer and citizen of Grand Portage Reservation, Minnesota

24th Friday
Speaker
- Bob P. King (AstroBob), Astronomer, photographer, writer for Sky & Telescope magazine and author of several best selling astronomy books for amateur astronomers

25th Saturday
- Workshop Home Light Improvements by Cindy Hakala, President of Starry Skies North IDA
- Cafe Scientifque Twin Ports - Trivia Night!
- Tour of Wildlife Lighting at Capstone Apartments & Village at Matterhorn - Measure and learn about light spectrums

Listen:

Program:

North Shore Morning