June 21, 2011 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Hayden Planetarium Space Theatre and Arthur Ross Terrace
Come celebrate the longest day of the year! Join astronomers Steve Beyer, Joe Rao, and Ted Williams in the Hayden Planetarium as they explain the apparent path of the Sun as the Earth travels around it throughout the year. Observe the Sun's position on the solstice today compared to its position thousands of years ago. Then, enjoy a performance on the Arthur Ross Terrace by Sinchi Kuna as they present music and dance of the Andes celebrating the Inti-Raymi, or Festival of the Sun. Read more
In 2001 Gotham Chamber Opera opened its doors at the Abrons Arts Center on the Lower East Side of Manhattan with what was billed as the American stage premiere of the teenage Mozart's moral allegory "Il Sogno di Scipione," set in the Temple of Heaven. Now, after nine years spent establishing a repertory of rarities from Monteverdi to Piazzolla, the company is preparing its next space adventure. The vehicle this time is Haydn's comedy "Il Mondo Della Luna" ("The World on the Moon"), to be presented, with unassailable if quixotic logic, in the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History beginning on Tuesday evening. Read more
On the last Tuesday of each month, enjoy a live presentation under the brilliant stars of the Zeiuss Mark IX Star Projector. This tour of the heavens offers a view of the constantly changing night sky.