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About the Hokulani Imaginarium
Hawaiian for Starry Heavens, Windward Community College's Hokulani Imaginarium is a high-tech planetarium and multi-media facility. Read more about the WCC Imaginarium here.
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Eye on the Sky
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February 2010
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Public Show Prices
Regular (Friday) Shows:
- $3 for children (12 and under)
- $4 for UH students, military or seniors (65+)
- $5 for adults
Stargazing (Wednesday) Shows:
Tickets may be purchased at the Imaginarium box office 30 minutes before the show, or call 235-7433 to reserve tickets in advance. Reserved tickets must be picked up at the box office at least 15 minutes before showtime, otherwise they may be sold to waiting customers.
Please Note:
Credit cards are not accepted at the box office.
Late seating is not permitted.
No food or drinks inside the Imaginarium.
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Upcoming Public Shows
Click here for a Spring 2010 show schedule PDF document.
The Lanihuli Observatory will be open to the public after Friday night shows (weather permitting).
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Stargazing
Wednesday, February 10, 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 10, 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 14, 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 12, 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 9, 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, July 14, 7:00 p.m.
Join us for this live star show held on the second Wednesday of every month. |
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Cosmic Perceptions
Friday, February 12, 7:00 p.m.
Cosmic Perceptions takes the Imaginarium audience on a journey across the seas of time and space--from Stonehenge to the Hubble Space Telescope.
Learn how we observe and perceive nature by taking an imaginary flight on a beam of light into the human eye, down the optic nerve and across the neurons in our brain.
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Sky Pirates
Friday, February 26, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, May 28, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, July 23, 7:00 p.m.
Learn the constellations from the deck of
the pirate ship Pilfer. Designed especially for children in grades
K-4, this show is a beginner’s guide on how to find the constellations. |
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Far Out Space Places
Friday, March 12, 7:00 p.m.
Go on a virtual vacation to the top spots in the solar system! Visitors use the Imaginarium's interactive buttons to explore the magnificent surfaces of the planets, moons and asteroids through images captured by interplanetary spacecraft.
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Larry Cat in Space
Friday, April 23, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, June 25, 7:00 p.m.
Targeted primarily for grades K-3, this show is an imaginative story about an inquisitive cat who takes a trip to the Moon. |
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Stars of the Pharaohs
Friday, April 9, 7:00 p.m.
Audiences will be taken back 6,000 years to the land of ancient Egypt and the stars in its desert skies. The Imaginarium’s multi-media show reenacts the mythological creation of the Egyptian universe and discusses the celestial connections of the many pyramids that stand sentinel to its ancient history. |
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Cowboy Astronomer
Friday, May 14, 7:00 p.m.
A skillfully woven tapestry of star tales and Native American legends, combined with constellation identification, star-hopping and astronomy tidbits--all told from the unique viewpoint of a cowboy astronomer who has travelled the world plying his trade and learning the sky along the way. |
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Oceans in Space
Friday, June 11, 7:00 p.m.
Take a voyage beneath the oceans of earth and beyond to the shores
of alien worlds. The story begins five billion years ago as it traces
the origin of the solar system and the creation of our watery planet. |
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The Search for Life in the Universe
Friday, July 9, 7:00 p.m.
Are we alone in the universe? Journey from the imagination of science fiction to the wonders of science fact. Learn about the attempts being made to establish
contact with extraterrestrial civilizations. Examine the ingredients necessary
for life on our planet as we ponder the possibility of life in our solar
system and beyond. |
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