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Explore Space At Summer Family Evening Wednesday At The Nature Center

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Head to the Los Alamos Nature Center on Wednesday, July 17 for a space-themed Summer Family Evening starting at 6:30 p.m. Photo by Minesh Bacrania

PEEC NEWS

Join Mesa Public Library’s Melissa Mackey and the Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s astronomers this Wednesday, July 17 at the Los Alamos Nature Center for a space-themed Summer Family Evening. Del Norte Credit Union is sponsoring this event and all of PEEC’s Summer Family Evenings in 2019! This event is free to attend and begins at 6:30 p.m.

Mackey will have crafts, books and activities that focus on space and gravity going on outside. Astronomer Galen Gisler will also have telescopes available for participants to look at the daylight moon and solar filters for looking at the sun. There will also be an open house in the planetarium with astronomer Rick Wallace. Participants can drop in to ask questions and learn about the moon, Jupiter and Saturn.

Summer Family Evenings take place at the Los Alamos Nature Center every Wednesday evening throughout June and July at 6:30 p.m. The events are normally free for PEEC family members and $5 per family for non-members, but Space Night is free for everyone!

Summer Family Evenings 2019 Schedule:

July 17: Space Night with Mesa Public Library

July 24: Exotics of the Rainforest

July 31: New Mexico Wildlife Center

For more information about this and other PEEC programs, visit www.peecnature.org, email programs@peecnature.org or call (505) 662-0460.

PEEC was founded in 2000 to serve the community of Los Alamos. It offers people of all ages a way to enrich their lives by strengthening their connections to our canyons, mesas, mountains, and skies. PEEC operates the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Canyon Road, holds regular programs and events, and hosts a number of interest groups from birding to hiking to butterfly watching. PEEC activities are open to everyone; however, members receive exclusive benefits such as discounts on programs and merchandise. Annual memberships start at $35. To learn more, visit www.peecnature.org.