Mulberry Mountain Star Party
Sponsored by The Arkansas / Oklahoma Astronomical Society (AOAS)
When: June 6th & 7th, 2008
Where: Mulberry Mountain Lodging & Events
4117 Mulberry Mountain Loop (Hwy 23)
Ozark, Arkansas 72949
(479) 667-1919
Mulberry Mountain Lodging & Events is a 650 acre facility located 16 miles north of Interstate 40 on Arkansas Hwy 23, otherwise known as the “Pig Trail Scenic Byway”. The facility boasts of “The Darkest Skies in Arkansas” at coordinates N 35° 42' 36" W 93° 47' 44"
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The Nature Center will be transformed into an observatory as
the Arkansas/Oklahoma Astronomical Society hosts an evening devoted to the
night sky.
Free.
6 p.m.
Arkansas River Valley Nature
Center
8300 Wells Lake Road
Barling, AR
(479) 452-3993
Anthropologist Jerry Hilliard speaks about "The
Archeology of Rock Art at the Narrows: Specialized Native American Use of a
Rock Shelter in Crawford County,
Arkansas." The Narrows is
located just below a ridge crest east of Mountainburg, a site Hilliard has said
is locally famous for its unique rock art panels of human figures. Free and
public invited.
7 p.m.
Echols Conference
Center, University of Arkansas-FS
Fort Smith, AR
(479) 788-7812 or tmulvihi@uafortsmith.edu.
National Boosting Engineering Science and Technology (BEST) competition
where the best-of-the-best battle it out using all things techno. Theme
for this year's competition is "2021: A Robot Odyssey." Each team
designs, manufactures and operates a remote-controlled machine.
Sponsored by the City of Fort Smith and University of Arkansas-FS.
Free.
8 a.m.
Stubblefield Center, University of Arkansas-FS
Corner of Kinkead and Waldron Road
Fort Smith, AR
(479) 783-5115
Get up close and personal with the night-time sky courtesy of Arkansas Oklahoma Astronomical Society. Free. Coleman Observatory, 5533 Wildwood Rd, Van Buren.
Write a ReviewThe nature center will be transformed into an observatory as the
Arkansas/Oklahoma Astronomical Society hosts an evening devoted to the
night sky. Weather permitting. Free.
8:30 p.m.
River Valley Nature Center
8300 Wells Lake Rd.
Fort Smith, AR
(479) 452-3993
www.rivervalleynaturecenter.com
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