Space Photo Booth
All
Day, Saturday, March 4
Stop
by and take a space selfie with Rey, Chewbacca, and an astronaut in our outer
space photobooth.
Blast Off Day
All
Day, Saturday, March 4
Stop
by the Children’s room for a special craft and other fun space activities.
Supplies may be limited. Grades 5 and
under.
Adults
Decode the
Music Scavenger Hunt
All Day
Saturday, March 4 to April 1
An urgent
message has been received, but we need your help to decode it. Search the
library to find the information you need to decode the musical message. Completed
entries will be entered into a raffle drawing.
Blast off to
Tau Ceti Reading Challenge
All Day
Saturday, March 4 to April 1
We need your
help to launch our rocket to Tau Ceti! During our Volusia Reads Together event,
submit the number of pages you read to help fill our rocket with enough
astrophage to make to Tau Ceti and save the planet.
Guess the
Space Ship Poster
All Day
Saturday, March 4 – Saturday, April 1
Test your
knowledge of fictional spaceships from television and movies and submit your
answers to be entered into a raffle drawing.
Dog Food Collection for Halifax Humane
Society
All Day Saturday March 4 – Saturday,
April 1
In honor of Laika, the first dog into space, we
are collecting dog food to help support the Halifax Humane Society. Also,
please contact the library for information about our dog adoption event!
Space Photos
All Day, Sunday, March 5 – Friday, March 31
Stop by the library and take a photo with an
astronaut in our outer space photo booth.
Shining Star
Take Home Craft
All Day
Saturday, March 4 – Friday, March 10
Create a
beautiful three-dimensional paper star suitable for hanging with this take-home
craft kit. Available while supplies last.
An Afternoon of Music with Vocalist Shannon Rae
2 p.m. Tuesday, March 7
Enjoy an afternoon of music as vocalist Shannon Rae
performs a variety of tunes related to outer space and the planets including
“Fly Me to the Moon”, “Venus,” and “Moon River.”
Moon Rocks:
Learn to Paint Suns, Moons, or Entire Galaxies on Rocks!
10 a.m.
Wednesday, March 8
Have you
joined the rock painting craze? Whether you are an accomplished painter or new
to the joy of painting, this will be a truly celestial painting opportunity.
Space is limited. Registration is required.
Unfolding the Universe with the James Webb Space
Telescope
2 p.m. Thursday, March 9
Join Seth Mayo, the Curator of Astronomy at the MOAS
Lohman Planetarium, as he explains how the new James Webb Space Telescope will
unfold the universe by allowing NASA scientists to peer deeper and further back
in time using infrared light. He will also take you on an immersive journey
through the telescope’s dazzling images and discuss what comes next for this
space-based observatory.
Out of This World Bingo
2 p.m. Friday, March 10
Come and celebrate Project Hail Mary with an afternoon of
Bingo!
Book Club
Port Orange Regional Library Book Club
10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 15
Planet in a Bottle
All Day March 11 -March 17
Keep a part of the galaxy with
you with this fun and easy craft. Available while supplies last.
“Fly-in” to the Movies Film Fest
All Day Saturday, March 11
Celebrate the films leading up to the space age with a
day-long movie screening of classic science fiction films from the 1950s. Films
to be shown are: Invasion of the Body
Snatchers (1956), War of the Worlds
(1953), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951),
and The Thing from Another World! (1951).
Out of This
World Cake Decorating--CANCELLED
2 p.m.
Tuesday, March 14
Andrea Bastian
of Obviously Dessert will demonstrate how to decorate a space-themed cake.
From the Sands of Cocoa Beach to the Sea of Tranquility
2 p.m. Thursday, March 16
Dr. Lori
Walters, Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida, will show
how the sleepy town of Cocoa Beach became a community enveloped by the Space
Age, with the Satellite and Sea Missile Motels and buildings whose architecture
was more reminiscent of a lunar lander than a bank. A 3D virtual recreation of
one of this city’s Mid-Century Modern treasures, the Glass Bank, will also be
previewed.
Painting Outer Space
2 p.m. Friday,
March 17
9:30 a.m. Saturday, March 18
Learn how to paint a space themed painting during this fun
acrylic painting class. The same image will be painted on both days. Supplies
are limited and registration is required.
Constellation Luminary Take Home Craft
All Day, Saturday, March 18 – March 24
Stargaze anytime with this constellation luminary
papercraft. Available while supplies last.
An Afternoon
of Music with Sean Gaskell
2 p.m. Monday,
March 20
Join musician
Sean Gaskell as he plays the kora, a West African harp, during this musical
performance. Sean will also share the history of the instrument, how it is
built, and when is it played.
Recipe and Reads: Energy Bite Planets
3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 21
Get the energy you need to complete your astronaut
training by learning how to make delicious energy ball planets.
Galaxy Tote
Bag Craft
10 a.m.
Wednesday, March 22
Every traveler
needs a tote bag whether you are going to the beach or to the moon. Join us and
learn how to paint a galaxy tote bag that is just out of this world! Space is
limited. Registration is required.
What
the “Hail” is a UAP? Project Hail Mary vs the Study of Unidentified Aerial
Phenomena
2 p.m. Thursday, March 23
Christian Traverson, Planetarium
educator at the Museum of Arts and Sciences, will discuss UAP’s, formerly known
as UFO’s. He will share the history of the study of UAP’s from Project Blue
Book to the NASA studies occurring today. Christian will also touch on science-based
studies of these Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon.
Music Therapy
101
2 p.m. Friday,
March 24
Did you know
that music therapy is an established healthcare profession that uses music to
address the physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals?
Join us as a representative of Beachside Music Lessons and Therapy provides an
overview of music therapy and discusses how it can help people of all ages.
Tassel &
Bead Keychain Take Home Craft
All Day
Saturday, March 25 - March 31
Create a beautiful
keychain that symbolizes how Rocky and Ryland worked together to create a chain
that would hopefully help save their home planets. Available while supplies
last.
Space Vehicle
Design
1 p.m.
Tuesday, March 28
Larry
Fineberg, an Adjunct Professor at
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, will discuss the processes used to design
and build spacecraft with real-world examples.
Movies
The Music Never Stopped
2 p.m. Saturday, March 18
Rated PG; 105 minutes
Space Cowboys
2 p.m. Saturday, March 25
Rated PG-13; 130 minutes
Children
Astronaut
Training Week
All Day, Sunday, March 5 – Saturday,
March 11
Drop by the children’s room anytime
during the week for a scavenger hunt, games, and other activities all inspired
by training to be astronauts! Grades 5 and under.
Tech
Petting Zoo
2:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 15
Celebrate the technology used in space
by getting hands-on experience with the technology of the past and dreaming
about all the technology that will come in the future. K-5th grade.
Fort
Building
2 p.m., Sunday, March 19
Fill our auditorium with box forts as we
imagine that we are building the first colony on Mars! All supplies provided. Grades 5 and under.
Can
You Survive in Space?
2:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 22
Test your survival skills through games,
challenges, and other hands-on activities, all focused on life on other planets
and on the International Space Station. K-5th
grade.
Out
of This World Art Night
5:30 p.m., Monday, March 27
Create art inspired by space with your
entire family at this fun time of making and exploration. Grades 5 and under.
Glow-in-the-Dark
Exploration
2:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 29
Imagine you are playing in the stars as
we play games, make crafts, and have lots of fun with materials that glow in
the dark. K-5th grade.
Teens
Dreaming
of Space
3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 22
Stop by the Teen Zone for some “stellar”
space activities after school, including a trivia challenge. 6th-12th grade.
DIY
Galactic Bath Bombs
11 a.m. Saturday, March 25
Teens, drop by to make your own cosmic
bath bomb to take home! 6th-12th
grade.
All Ages
Blast off to
Tau Ceti Reading Challenge
All Day Saturday, March 4 to
April 1
We need your
help to launch our rocket to Tau Ceti! During our Volusia Reads Together event,
submit the number of pages you read to help fill our rocket with enough
astrophage to make to Tau Ceti and save the planet.
