Greetings! This (censored) storm has closed the University and planetarium today. However, if you're still looking for eclipse glasses, you'll have opportunities to buy them during the following times. *Friday night* *6:30 - 9 p.m* *Saturday* *10:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.* *5:30 - 9:00 p.m.* *Sunday* *12:00 - 2:00 p.m.* *6:00 - 8:00 p.m.* *Monday (Yes, eclipse day)* *8:00 a.m. - 2 p.m.* Believe me, I wish to the highest heaven that I could open today. However, barring any unforeseen meteorological catastrophe, we'll be open tonight and throughout the weekend. Stay safe Be well. Edward -- Edward X. Herrick-Gleason Director Southworth Planetarium 70 Falmouth Street Portland, Maine 04103 (207) 780-4249 [log in to unmask] usm.maine.edu/southworth-planetarium usm.maine.edu/planet *IMPORTANT NOTE: * *May 15th is my last day as Director of the Southworth Planetarium. * If you need to contact the planetarium after this date, please consult our web-site: www.usm.maine.edu/southworth-planetarium or call 207-780-4249 "If we're sufficiently sceptical and empirical about *anything (*whether a star or a baby or a plastic cup), we'll see that it's baffling, mysterious, thrillingly weird and defies all of our categories - requiring a poetical and a mathematical and an emotional and a physical response." -Charles Foster, author of *Being a Human*