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• FOAP Planetarium Show - Living Worlds

  • When
    05/17/2025
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    6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium

  This program is offered by the Friends of Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium.

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  Living Worlds is a planetarium show that journeys through space and time to examine life as an essential quality of our home planet. Learn about the co-evolution of life and our planet, revealing how life has transformed Earth’s surface and atmosphere over billions of years. What forms might life might on other worlds take, and how will we find that life?

  Show Duration: 27 minutes
  Recommended for: General Audiences (best for age 9 and up)

  
  

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• FOAP Planetarium Show - Habitat Earth

  • When
    05/17/2025
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    8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium

  This program is offered by the Friends of Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium.

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  This planetarium show looks at how living networks connect and support life forms large and small across our planet. In forests, deep in the ocean, and even underground you will discover the connections between humans and the many ecosystems around them.

  Duration: 25 minutes
  Recommended for general audiences, best for ages 9 and above.

  
  

  
  
  

  
  

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• FOAP Planetarium Show - Flight of the Butterflies

  • When
    05/18/2025
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    1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Location
    Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium

  This program is offered by the Friends of Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium.

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  This is your LAST CHANCE to see this film at the planetarium! The license allowing the planetarium to show this title is expiring.

  Monarch butterflies migrate hundreds (or even thousands) of miles to escape cold winter temperatures. But for many years, no one actually knew where they were going. This amazing and beautiful film follows the story of Dr. Fred Urquhart and his long quest to discover the monarch butterflies' path of migration and their overwinter hideaways.

  Running Time: 43 minutes
  Recommended for: General Audiences and families

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• FOAP Planetarium Show - Expedition Reef

  • When
    05/18/2025
  •  
    3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium

  This program is offered by the Friends of Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium.

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  Learn the secrets of the “rainforests of the sea” as you embark on an oceanic safari of the world’s most vibrant—and endangered—marine ecosystems.

  Along the way, discover how corals grow, feed, reproduce, and support over 25% of all marine life on Earth—while facing threats from climate change, habitat destruction, and overfishing.

  Show Duration: 26 minutes
  Recommended for: General Audiences

  
  

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• APS Hosted Event - "Stars Tonight"

  • When
    06/02/2025
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    7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    David M. Brown Planetarium

  This program is offered by Arlington Public Schools.

  On the first Monday of the month* during the school year, APS hosts Stars Tonight. This 90 minute live sky talk offers an in-depth look at the stars and various celestial phenomena.

  Go to the APS Planetarium Webpage and click on "Stars Tonight" for details 

  *When the first Monday of the month is a holiday, the program will happen on the following Monday.

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• FOAP Planetarium Show - TBD

  • When
    06/14/2025
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    6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium

  This program is offered by the Friends of Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium.

  
  

  Recommended for general audiences
  
  

  After the show, there will be a short sky talk in the planetarium.

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• FOAP Planetarium Show - TBD

  • When
    06/14/2025
  •  
    8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium

  This program is offered by the Friends of Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium.

  
  

  Recommended for: general audiences - best for ages 9 and up

  
  
  

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• FOAP Planetarium Show - TBD

  • When
    06/15/2025
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    1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Location
    Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium

  This program is offered by the Friends of Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium.

  
  

  
  Recommended for: general audiences (good for elementary age children)

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• FOAP Planetarium Show - TBD

  • When
    06/15/2025
  •  
    3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium

  This program is offered by the Friends of Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium.

  
  

  
  Recommended for: general audiences (good for elementary age children)

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