Orange Coast College’s Planetarium invites the community to join in the celebration of its third anniversary since opening its doors in 2019 at an Open House event scheduled for Saturday, March 19 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Guests can expect to take part in fun family friendly activities including free Planetarium exhibits, science exhibits, demonstrations of rovers, rockets and drones, and special workshops with OCC alumni and fashion icon Paul Frank. The first 100 attendees will receive a free Paul Frank designer button.
“We are really excited to be back open so we can offer regular public shows covering new Earth science and astronomy topics,” says Planetarium Director Scott Mitchell. “We’re going to start with the opening of our first major exhibit (meteorites), and a whole new slate of public events like monthly telescope nights, the Space Out relaxation hour, and our kids STEM events. Later this year we’re looking at starting an invited speaker series where we get educators and industry professionals to come talk about interesting developments in their fields.”
The anniversary event is free of charge (with the exception of an additional fee for the Paul Frank workshop) and is co-sponsored by the Vanguard Vista STEM grant program. Members of the community who would like to attend can RSVP and purchase tickets for the workshop at https://occtickets.universitytickets.com/