Tag: Longway Planetarium
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Local surgeon’s car collection revs up donations for area programming at Sloan and Flint Institute of Music
By Tom Travis Car collector and local surgeon Bobby Mukkamala says every one of the 75 classic cars in his collection has a story explaining why he was attracted to it–and those stories are entertaining. In an upcoming fundraising event for the Sloan Museum and Flint Institute of Music (FIM) Mukkamala will take visitors on a…
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Coronavirus updates from Sloan Museum and Longway Planetarium
Here is the COVID-19 response from the Sloan Museum at Courtland and Longway Planetarium: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response Plan Sloan Museum and Longway Planetarium are currently open to the public, and will continue to closely monitor the latest developments regarding the COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus outbreak via the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control…
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Latinx community offers value not always recognized, Tendaji Talks presenter asserts
By Zach Neithercut In a city mostly comprised of white and African American residents, a minority some citizens may miss is the Latinx or Hispanic community, who make up about 3.9 percent of the population, according to the 2010 census. The March Tendaji Talk, presented by the organization Neighborhoods Without Borders at Longway Planetarium, attempted…
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I love Flint: Baker’s dozen reasons why my town is NOT the 11th “Worst City to Live In”
By Harold C. Ford I’m an unabashed, unashamed, scream-it-from-the-rooftops supporter/defender of Flint. And yet once again, my hometown was put on another “worst” list. This time it was a publication called 24/7 Wall St. Using “an index of over two dozen measures to identify the worst cities to live in,” Flint was ranked the 11th…
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Second arts millage town hall yields more questions and calls for support
By Jan Worth-Nelson It seemed clear nobody in the audience for the second town hall on the proposed Arts Education and Cultural Enrichment millage up for a vote Aug. 7 was opposed to the arts. Nina Jones Lewis, who moderated both panels, echoed several speakers in her concluding summary, “Yes, we’re poor and yes, we…
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This month in the Village: space school, free films, music, theater, environment and more
Compiled by Meghan Christian Space School Explore how astronauts prepare for space in their underwater training habitat. All Month Mon. – Thurs. 4 p.m. Thurs. – Sat. 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sun. 4 p.m. Longway Planetarium, 1310 E. Kearsley St. 237 – 3400 Admission: $4-$6 Queen Light Show: “From Mercury with Love” A dazzling…
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Planetarium manager: Why Christians should believe in science
By Jan Worth-Nelson Longway Planetarium manager Buddy Stark is a scientist with a degree in science education who routinely describes to students how evidence from dendritic tree rings to stalactites suggest the world is millions of years old. He also is a Nazarene preacher’s son who still attends a Nazarene church, an evangelical Protestant denomination,…
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Solar eclipse big day is coming: Here’s how to see it in Flint
By Jan Worth-Nelson The sun’s greatest show on earth in years will be Monday, Aug. 21, and Flint’s Longway Planetarium, the largest planetarium in Michigan, is ready. Even though the first total solar eclipse in 40 years will reach only 82 percent totality in Flint, Planetarium Manager Buddy Stark reports there are many ways to…
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Longway astronomy camp starts Feb. 2 for “young planetarians”
By Megan Ockert “Young planetarians” bored by winter will have an opportunity starting in February to look up to the stars. Beginning Feb. 2, Longway Planetarium, located on E. Kearsley Street, is hosting a Young Planetarians astronomy camp, available for kids in grades six through eight. The seven-week long camp is scheduled every Thursday from Feb.…
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