STAR OF BETHLEHEM PLANETARIUM SHOW AT EASTERN UNIVERSITY
December 2-3, 9-10 and 16-17
The Julia Fowler Planetarium at Eastern University presents the full-dome Star of Bethlehem program in McInnis Hall, 1300 Eagle Road, St. Davids, PA, on the Friday and Saturday evenings of December 2-3, 9-10, and 16-17. Show times are 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. each night.
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Tickets are $5 per seat, by reservation only. Pay at the door. The presentation will last about 45 minutes. Seating per show is limited to 35 people. To make reservations, send an e-mail to planet@eastern.edu or call 610.341.1390. Leave a name and the number of seats you would like to reserve and you will get a confirmation within one to two business days.
The show is based on a dialog between an astronomer and his five-year-old daughter (played by Biology Professor Maria Fichera's daughter, Carina) who wants to know why we have Christmas traditions like mistletoe, candy canes, twelve days of Christmas, decorating houses with greenery, and the Star of Bethlehem. The show explains the origins of many of our Christmas customs and then investigates when Jesus might have been born. After narrowing down the date, the show takes the audience back to Jerusalem and Bethlehem around 3 BC and attempts to look into the sky and find something that might have been interpreted as the famous Star which led the Wise Men to the Christ child. Fascinating new historical clues have led to an interesting new twist to the story ...but you'll have to come and see for yourself to discover just what this new theory actually is!
