Workshops & Panel Discussions Friday, June 23, 2023 8:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Detailed information about the workshops and panel discussions for each session is listed below. The grid view above is useful to see how some of the longer workshops overlap with other sessions. Specific room names [...]
Delegate Registration Welcome Friends! The staff at Bays Mountain Planetarium are very excited and honored to have you attend this very special planetarium conference! The event will run from Tuesday, June 20, 2023 to Saturday, June 24, 2023. To attend this conference, you must be an up-to-date member of at least [...]
Stars for All 2023 Conference Details Bays Mountain Park Bays Mountain Park is a unique facility and the largest city-owned park in Tennessee. It includes a 44 acre lake, 40+ miles of hiking and biking trails, the main Nature Center that houses the planetarium and exhibits, the Herpetarium [...]
Stars for All 2023 - Code of Conduct Adapted from the International Planetarium Society Code of Conduct Stars for All 2023 invites a global community of Planetarium Professionals to Bays Mountain for our events in June 2023. Attendees will come from all around the world and bring a full spectrum of [...]
Pre-Conference Workshops Tuesday, June 20, 2023 We are proud to say that we have three day-long pre-conference workshops offered. These are optional. All require pre-registration due to pre-ordered meals and very limited space. Two have a fee to pay for included meals and snacks. One is a vendor workshop, is free [...]
Wednesday Field Trips General Trail Rating Guide: Once outside of the animal habitats at Bays Mountain Park, trails tend to be dirt/gravel base. Moderate to expert trails tend to be more single-track trails. Single-track trails are wide enough to allow for single-file hiking or bike riding, double track trail means the trail [...]
March 2023 Volume 43, Number 1 Read This Edition In this edition Directory Editor's Letter President's Message SEPA Mini-Grant Program 2023 Bookends with Robin Byrne Coming out of the Shadows: an Exploration Station Lab for Third Grade Carolina Association of Planetarium Educators(CAPE) Conference Report SEPA Mini Grant Final Report "Stars for All" U.S. [...]
Stars for All 2023 June 20-24, 2023 Kingsport, TN Greetings Friends! The planetarium staff at Bays Mountain Park & Planetarium are thrilled to be welcoming the Stars for All 2023 US Planetarium Conference! We are looking forward to seeing you and have all of you be a part of this unique [...]
December 2022 Volume 42, Number 4 Read This Edition In this edition Officers and Editorial Staff President's Message by Liz Klimek Editor’s Soap Box by Mel Blake Financial reports by Patsy Willson Bookends by Robin Byrne Archaeoastronomy by Woodrow Grizzle News from the SEPA Region Feature Article: The Rules of Improv by Callie [...]
