ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS

Stremmel Gallery

Stremmel Gallery proudly presents Robert Brady’s “The 8th Trough,” an exhibition of new works through April 19.

This will mark Stremmel Gallery’s seventh exhibition featuring the Nevada-born artist. It will include latest explorations in mixed media sculpture, ceramics, and works on paper.

Book signing at Home & Garden Show

Fernley author Mary Jean Kelso recently returned from a trip to Texas where she and her co-author, Wendy Whiteman, participated in Alamo memorial services honoring her great-great-grandfather, Gordon Cartwright Jennings, and other Alamo heroes.

On March 1, Kelso and Whiteman released a history book with reprints of tin-types and paper photographs Kelso inherited from the Jennings and Williams families, Texas pioneers.

In 1833 Gordon Cartwright Jennings moved his family from Missouri to Mina (now Bastrop), Texas to join the Austin Colony. Three years later, he was the oldest man to die at the Battle of the Alamo.

His heirs remained in Mina and surrounding areas after his passing.

A Visual History Record of Alamo Defender Gordon Cartwright Jennings’ Family contains anecdotes and genealogy of the Jennings and Williams families as well as images from Jennings’ son, Samuel K. Jennings (one of Captain Cady’s First Mounted Texas Rangers), on down to the authors. Samuel K. Jennings’ daughter, Laura Ellen, married into another Texas pioneering family with her union to C. A. Williams. They raised four boys in Texas until 1910 when they moved to a ranch in Montana.

C.A. and Laura Ellen Williams’ second son, Thomas Jasper Williams, became Kelso’s father. Kelso will attend the Soroptimist International of Fallon 14th Annual Home, Garden and Recreation Show to sign books. Hours are Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Kelso’s other 20 plus titles will be available as well.

The newest book can be purchased on A Visual History Record of Alamo Defender Gordon Cartwright Jennings’ Family Facebook page through PayPal for $19.95 + $3.50 S&H or by contacting mjkel@aol.com.

Fleischmann Planetarium shows

Fleischmann Planetarium at the University of Nevada, Reno hosts several breathtaking immersive theater experiences this spring, playing through June 6, 2014. As a science education resource, many of the Planetarium’s entertaining shows also correlate with Nevada Department of Education Science Standards. Fulldome planetarium shows are open to all ages. For show details, admission, program and membership information, call the Fleischmann Planetarium at (775) 784-4812 or visit www.planetarium.unr.edu.

Spring 2014 lineup of shows:

In a double-feature fulldome planetarium experience, DARK explores the nature of dark matter — the missing 80 percent of the mass of the Universe — where it came from and how it has evolved over billions of years. PLUS! The accompanying show It’s About Time takes audiences for a thrilling ride on the Arthur C. Clarke Space Elevator and for a fascinating look at the history of our universe through the Einstein Time Telescope!

Planetarium showtimes: Daily at 1, 3 and 5 p.m.; plus additional showings at 7 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays

Admission: $7 teens and adults/$5 children 12 and under and seniors 60 and over ~ and free for Planetarium members.

In another of this season’s double-feature fulldome planetarium experiences, Back to the Moon for Good chronicles teams around the world competing for the largest incentivized prize in history, by landing a robotic spacecraft on the Moon for the first time in more than 40 years. PLUS! The accompanying show Ice Worlds is a spectacular exploration of Arctic icebergs, glaciers, Antarctic wilderness and more!

Planetarium showtimes: Daily at 2, 4 and 6 p.m.

Admission: $7 teens and adults/$5 children 12 and under and seniors 60 and over ~ and free for Planetarium members.

Greetings, Earthlings! Imagine the ultimate space vacation! For space travelers of all ages, our Family Show: Perfect Little Planet searches the galaxy to find the best destinations, taking us over Pluto, through the rings of Saturn, across the storms of Jupiter and much more. For children in grades K-3 but fun for all ages.

Planetarium showtimes: Saturdays, Sundays and holidays at 11 a.m.

Admission: $7 teens and adults/$5 children 12 and under and seniors 60 and over ~ and free for Planetarium members.

With amazing sound effects by George Lucas’ Skywalker Sound, the Starship Intrepid travels through hyperspace in our Family Show: Attack of the Space Pirates, where you and its crew will put real science into science fiction and solve numerous challenges along the way. Find an alien technology and defend against the space pirates!

Planetarium showtimes: Saturdays, Sundays and holidays at noon

Admission: $7 teens and adults/$5 children 12 and under and seniors 60 and over ~ and free for Planetarium members.

Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd’s legendary rock masterpiece, is presented in a stunning fulldome music and light show by Starlight Productions with amazing HD animation and mind-blowing surround sound! Please note: mature lyrics/themes.

Planetarium showtimes: Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.

Admission: $7 teens and adults/$5 children 12 and under and seniors 60 and over and free for Planetarium members. M

What’s happening in the night skies this month? The Live SkyTonight Star Show with staff and guest astronomers at Fleischmann Planetarium answers that question in an informal and entertaining immersive multimedia presentation aided by our state-of-the-art planetarium equipment. We’ll view current astronomical objects and events in spectacular detail! The show at the Planetarium on campus is followed by free telescope viewing (weather permitting) at the MacLean Observatory on the Redfield Campus in south Reno.

Planetarium showtimes: First Friday of each month at 6 p.m.

Admission: $7 teens and adults/$5 children 12 and under and seniors 60 and over and free for Planetarium members.

Weekly Star Party at Redfield Campus! The Fleischmann Planetarium now hosts FREE telescope viewing EVERY Friday, after dark (weather permitting) at the MacLean Observatory on the Redfield Campus at 18600 Wedge Parkway, Reno, NV 89511 (in south Reno off the Mount Rose Highway). Please note, this is an outdoor event with no indoor facilities available.

Weekly viewing schedule at Redfield: Every Friday after dark, weather permitting, through May, 8-10 p.m.; June-August, 9-11 p.m.

Admission: Telescope viewing and parking at Redfield Campus are FREE for all community members. Call (775) 784-4812 for details or visit www.planetarium.unr.edu .

Fleischmann Planetarium on the University of Nevada, Reno campus is located north of Lawlor Events Center on Virginia and 16th streets. Free permit parking is available in designated spaces in the West Stadium Parking Complex, level 3, just east of the Planetarium. For more information about tickets and showtimes, call (775) 784-4811 or visit www.planetarium.unr.edu . Find the Planetarium on Facebook at www.facebook.com/fleischmannplanetarium and on Twitter @UNRplanetarium: twitter.com/UNRplanetarium .

For tickets, showtimes and membership information, call (775) 784-4811 or visit: www.planetarium.unr.edu .