Now Showing!
Click on the "Show Schedule" link on the left for more information about these current Giant-screen Films, CineMuse Hi-Def Features, Star Shows and Laser Shows:
"Mysteries of the Great Lakes" plus "Walking with Dinosaurs: Death of a Dynasty"
Double feature length: 75 min. For all ages.
Produced by Science North (Sudbury, Ontario), "Mysteries of the Great Lakes" takes you on an expedition across Earth's greatest freshwater ecosystem. The camera goes underwater to discover shipwrecks and lake sturgeon, over land to spot rare woodland caribou, and into the air to follow bald eagles and gaze over Niagara Falls. Discover how humanity has brought the lakes to the brink of extinction...and back. In the CineMuse hi-def feature "Walking with Dinosaurs," the latest generation of realistic computer graphics depicts the dinosaurs' harsh battles in the volcano-polluted world just before the end of their era.
"The Falcons of Toronto" plus "Dolphins"
Length: 70 min. For all ages
Meet Toronto's Peregrine falcons in the planetarium's new CineMuse feature. These champions of the sky have forsaken the countryside to live in the city, nesting on cliffs of concrete and hunting in canyons of steel and glass. An NHK Production. Then experience a rare and close-up view into the world of our favorite ocean animal in the giant-screen film "Dolphins." Narrated by Pierce Brosnan, music by Sting.
Wednesday and Saturday showings of giant-screen films are presented with open captioning on the screen, with support from the Theater Development Fund TAP Plus program, in cooperation with the New York State Council on the Arts.
Sponsored by CooperVision
My Planets
Length: 35 min. A tour of worlds in our solar system for children ages 3 to 5 and the adults with them.
Life and Death of the Sun
Length: 60 min. For ages 6 to adult
Our Sun is a giant ball of gases heated for the last 4.6 billion years by a nuclear fire we cannot control. How long can it continue shining as it does now? What will happen when it runs out of fuel? With imagery from NASA probes and the world's observatories, explore these and other solar topics.
Saturday Night Laser Shows:Saturday Nights at 9:30pm. Length: 50 min.
Children under 5 are not admitted to Saturday Night Laser.
Classic songs, choreographed with brilliant laser beams dancing among the stars on the inner surface of the huge planetarium dome. Show themes change monthly.
July: The Beatles in Laser Light
August: Dave Matthews Laser