The Starry Messenger at Southbury Public Library on Thursday, June 15th from 7-8:30pm in the Kingsley Room
The Starry Messenger is a dramatic and entertaining adaptation of Galileo's short treatise "Siderius Nuncius." Galileo (dressed in 17th century costume) is coming to the Southbury Public Library to present a public lecture on his most recent discoveries made using his newly devised spyglass. As he describes those discoveries, Galileo's new methods of observation and measurement of nature become apparent. Throughout the presentation audience members are actively involved in experiments and demonstrations. After the lecture, Galileo answers questions about his experiments, his life and his times.
About the performer: Mike Francis brings astronomy and history to life. A physical science and physics teacher and formerly a lecturer for ten years at the Charles Hayden Planetarium at Boston's Museum of Science, Mike combines the science of astronomy with the dramatic skills of an actor. He has honed his acting skills in a variety of rolls on stage, film, and television over 40 years. Past venues for The Starry Messenger have included the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC and and the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, MA.
This program is part of the 2017 Adult Summer Series, "Going Medieval at the Southbury Public Library" and is sponsored by the Charles H. and Ella Emery Rutledge Fund.