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S'mores by the campfire! Families are invited to make & snack on a s'more treat while creating a masterpiece to be displayed on our art wall in the Children's Department for our summer reading program. No registration required. Learn more: ADVENTURE BEGINS @ YOUR LIBRARY ART Monday, May 13, 2024 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Join us to craft your own stress pet – if you are feeling stressed, cuddle up with a cute fluffy creature and remember, you’ve got this. Enjoy a dirty soda while you are crafting! All supplies provided. Register: STRESS PETS AND SODAS Thursday, May 16, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm

BAISD Career Center Schedule - Friday at 9:30 - 10:45 PM

From the journey of protons racing through the world’s largest particle collider in Europe to up-close views of the Big Bang and emergent cosmos, this show will immerse audiences in the search for dark matter. A collaboration of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, University of Texas at Arlington, Michigan State University, IFIC at University of Valencia, […]

The Planetarium will host a special talk by Craig Whitford from Michigan State University about meteorites, ancient debris that falls to earth from space. Whitford is the Meteorites Collection Coordinator at the university’s Abrams Planetarium in East Lansing and was lead designer of their new $100,000 meteorite exhibit. The program will focus on the identifying […]

Register: IF May 18 at 12 PM

Imagine the ultimate space vacation! Discover our solar system through a new set of eyes – a family from another star system seeking the perfect vacation spot. Fly over the surface of Pluto, our best known dwarf planet, dive over the ice cliffs of Miranda, sail through the rings of Saturn, feel the lightning storms […]

Narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Dark Universe brings audiences to the cutting edge of cosmic exploration to reveal the breakthroughs that have led astronomers to confront two great cosmic mysteries: dark matter and dark energy. In stunningly detailed scenes based on authentic scientific data—including a NASA probe’s breathtaking plunge into Jupiter’s atmosphere and novel visualizations […]