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Why We Need Darkness

August 16, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Date: 8/16/2017
Time: 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm)
Location: Bend Senior High School Auditorium 230 NE 6th St, Bend, OR 97701
Event Contact: 541-382-4754
Event Website: https://www.highdesertmuseum.org/events/why-we-need-darkness/
Cost: Members $7, Non-Members $10

In cities, suburbs and villages all over the world, we are using light in inefficient ways. This wastes money and energy, harms our health and our environment and robs us of the stars. Paul Bogard will discuss the wonder of a dark night sky, the issue of light pollution and some possible solutions. He is the author of The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light and an assistant professor of creative writing and environmental literature at James Madison University in Virginia.

7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm)
Members $7, non-members $10
Members pricing includes Museum members, OSU alumni, faculty, staff and OSU-Cascades students with ID.

Details

Date:
August 16, 2017
Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Website:
https://www.highdesertmuseum.org/events/why-we-need-darkness/

Venue

Bend Senior High School
230 NE 6th St, Bend, 97701 United States
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Phone:
541-383-6290