Dark Star Park Festival

Date: Saturday, August 1 2009                                                                                      

Additional Time Info: 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Dark Star Park Celebrates 25 Years!

Celebrate Dark Star Park’s 25th anniversary!  Gather around Dark Star Park to watch the shadows align at 9:32 am.  To kickoff the festivities, the Rosslyn BID will present Steven Spielberg’s “E.T.” at dusk in Gateway Park on July 31, the night before the celebration.
Dark Star Park Festival Schedule PDF
Arlington County Invites You

Activities on August 1 include: 

• Historic and public art tours
• An artist discussion with Dark Star Park artist Nancy Holt
• A screening of Art in the Public Eye: Making of Dark Star Park (1988)
• Live music from Rocknoceros and The Grandsons
• An art display by Arlington County students
• A Star Talk by APS Planetarium Director Jonathan Harmon
• Family activities provided by NASA
   

   

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This event is presented by the Rosslyn BID and sponsored by Arlington Cultural Affairs, Arlington Public Schools, Monday Properties, NASA and News Channel 8.