[oasis-announce] YURIS NIGHT LA @ GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY!

[Robert Gounley]

*APRIL 12 2007*

*YURIS NIGHT LA @ GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY!*

*[FREE Community Event for Space]*

 

*Be a part of the global celebration of space exploration at Griffith 
Observatory this April 12. Join us as we commemorate the first human 
spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin in 1961 with a special day of activities. 
Doors open to the public at noon. Mingle with engineers, astronomers, 
and space enthusiasts throughout the day. View the new exhibits at the 
renovated observatory. Take in a planetarium show* (fees apply). Then 
join us for our special evening event with George Takei and Ray Bradbury 
in the brand new Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater at 7 pm. Spend a 
spectacular evening under the stars at the crown jewel of the Hollywood 
Hills.*

 

*The entire event is free.* You must make bus reservations to reach the 
Observatory (see details below). Seats for the evening event are on a 
first-come, first-served basis.

 

Note: This event is free to the public. Griffith Observatory requests 
the use of their parking & shuttle services. for transportation 
arrangements, see www.griffithobservatory.org/vshuttle.html 
<http://www.griffithobservatory.org/vshuttle.html>. The special evening 
event with Ray Bradbury and George Takei is open to the general public 
and seating is first come first serve. Please arrive early. *Note: Fees 
for the planetarium show still apply.

 

 

*:::YNLA Special Event Featuring:::*

*[ With MC Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides ]*

*+ Ray Bradbury*

Ray Bradbury is one of those rare individuals whose writing has changed 
the way people think. His more than five hundred published works short 
stories, novels, plays, screenplays, television scripts, and verse 
exemplify the American imagination at its most creative.

 

Once read, his words are never forgotten. His best-known and most 
beloved books THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, THE ILLUSTRATED MAN, FAHRENHEIT 
451 and SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES are masterworks that readers 
carry with them over a lifetime. His timeless, constant appeal to 
audiences young and old has proven him to be one of the truly classic 
authors of the 20th Century and the 21st.

 

 

*+ George Takei*

George Takei, best known for his portrayal of Mr. Sulu in the acclaimed 
television and film series Star Trek, has more than 30 feature films and 
hundreds of television guest-starring roles to his credit.

 

Recognized worldwide as a member of the original Star Trek cast, George 
received a star on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame in 1986 and he 
placed his signature and hand print in the forecourt of the landmark 
Graumann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood in 1991.

 

George is a recurring character on NBC-TVs Heroes, playing Kaito 
Nakamura, the father of time-traveler Hiro Nakamura (Golden Globe 
nominee Masi Oka).

 

 

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*Noon-7 pm:*

*Space Exhibitors on the lawn,*

*including local LA high school*

*FIRST Robotics teams, and the*

*Traveling Space Museum*

 

*7-8 pm :*

*Special Event Featuring*

*Ray Bradbury + George Takei*

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/Many thanks to our sponsors:/

/BOEING, NORTHROP GRUMMAN, AIAA, CELESTRON/