Herschel’s Garnet Star: Mu Cephei is a deep-red hypergiant known as The Garnet Star, or Erakis. While the star is not part of the constellation pattern, it sits within the constellation boundary of Cepheus, and is more than 1,000 times the size of our Sun. Like its neighbor Delta Cephei, this star is variable, but is not a reliable Cepheid variable. Rather, its...
The waning gibbous moon stands out against the dark backdrop of space in this April 26, 2024, image from the International Space Station. Waning gibbous is one of eight moon phases, occurring after the full moon. The Sun always illuminates half of the Moon while the other half remains dark, but how much we can see of that illuminated half changes as the Moon travels...
November 11, 2012
Gladys Miller Rosenstein (Executive Director, Puffin Foundation, Ltd.), Jeremy Lentz (Executive Director of TIFF) and Perry Rosenstein (President, Puffin Foundation, Ltd.) at the opening night gala of the Teaneck International Film Festival, a project of the Puffin Foundation, Ltd.
Photo by Jeremy Smith via mybergen.com
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If you’re looking at your phone, you won’t be able to see as much. Our eyes take approximately 30 minutes to get dark sky adapted, and a bright light can ruin our night vision temporarily. The easiest way to stay dark sky adapted is to avoid any bright lights from car headlights or your smartphone. To avoid this, simply use red lights, such as a red flashlight or...
Hello Everyone, As most of you know, this week many Chlotrudis members head north to the Toronto International Film Festival! We will be seeing a whole bunch of films all week, and I was going to set up something for this week’s Monday Night Movie of the Week, but nothing really calls out for it. I will leave the decision up to Beth Caldwell, who offerred to plan...
The young men chattered as we entered the hotel lounge, a small room brightened by light blue walls and a yellow bar. Taking seats at the retro counter, their locs swayed as they relaxed into the colorful chairs. I had organized this trip to Miami for a group of young Black men from New Orleans. My goal was for them to meet local organizers and cultural workers...
←BACK On December 5, 2019, Red Cloud held their annual Christmas craft night! Our elementary students gathered with their parents, siblings, classmates, and teachers to create beautiful Christmas art! Gingerbread men were built, Christmas bags were decorated, tiny houses were painted, and snowflakes were made! Refreshments were served, consisting of tiny finger...
Hello Everyone, As is often the case, we follow up a week where little of interest is released with a week where several new releases are calling out for attention. I must beg your indulgence once again as we swap next week’s movie of the week to Tuesday. Join Chlotrudis members Tuesday night at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, 7:30 p.m. for Mike Mills’ THUMBSUCKER...
Hello Everyone, Is there any question as to the Chlotrudis Monday Night at the Movies for next week? It’s our 6th Annual Short Film Festival, of course! Ten selections, including animation, experimental work, and international films will compete for the title of the Chlotrudis Society’s Best Short Film of the Year. Audiences members also vote for the Audience Award...
Hello Everyone, Trying to get back to normal for our Chlotrudis Monday Night at the Movies this week, although it is a holiday for some… Columbus Day. So why don’t you come joing us at the Kendall Square Theatre for the 7:20 p.m. show of MIRRORMASK. Director Dave McKean and screenwriter Neil Gaiman made their names on the Sandman comic book in the 1980’s. Now they...