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USF Planetarium Announces WinterFest 2016

The University of Saint Francis and the Edwin Clark Schouweiler Memorial Planetarium present: WinterFest 2016 Weekend One, opening Friday, February 19 with a weekend of laser light shows through Sunday, February 21.

There will be four different music laser light shows on the hour beginning at 6 p.m., Friday, February 19 and concluding with Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” at the 9 p.m. show. In the event of a Pink Floyd sellout on Friday, the planetarium will offer a 10 p.m. encore for anyone unable to purchase tickets for the 9 p.m. performance and willing to return for the 10 p.m. show.

On Saturday, February 20, beginning at 6 p.m., there will be four different music laser light shows on the hour, concluding with Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of The Moon” at 9 p.m. In the event of a Pink Floyd sellout on Saturday, the planetarium will offer a 10 p.m. encore for anyone unable to purchase tickets for the 9 p.m. performance.

Weekend One will conclude on Sunday, February 21, with the final laser music light show at 5:30 p.m.

The evening musical laser light shows are for middle school ages through adults. The planetarium staff strongly recommends that younger children attend the 3 p.m. family matinees offered on Saturday, February 20 and Sunday February 21 instead of the music laser light shows. The matinees feature legendary stories of the night sky for children and accompanying adults.

Ticket prices for all WinterFest Weekend One laser light shows are:

$6.00 – Adults

$4.00 – Children

$18.00 – Maximum charge per family (two adults and their dependent children)

Full show schedules, playlists for each show and ticket pricing can be found on the Schouweiler Planetarium’s web site: planetarium.sf.edu.

WinterFest 2016 continues for a second weekend at the Schouweiler Planetarium, Friday, February 26, through Sunday, February 28, with a selection of Planetarium Programs from the Planetarium’s current catalog. Weekend Two program listings, schedules and pricing can be found at planetarium.sf.edu.

Founded in 1890 as a comprehensive university in the Catholic Franciscan tradition, the University of Saint Francis offers more than 80 undergraduate and graduate programs through the School of Health Sciences, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Keith Busse School of Business and Entrepreneurial Leadership and School of Creative Arts. In addition to its traditional programs, USF designs focused curricula for working adults in Fort Wayne, Crown Point and online. The university will open a Downtown Fort Wayne Campus in the fall of 2016 that will feature business, entrepreneurship and music technology programs. Currently 2,300 students from a broad geographic region attend USF for its academic excellence.