One of the saddest consequences of the Spanish invasion is that the Chamoru people lost most of their sky stories.  Although I’ve asked many people, no one seems to know any Chamoru stories about constellations or other sky phenomena like what causes eclipses or phases of the Moon.

So we decided to do something about it.  This month’s Planetarium show is Chamoru Sky Stories: Old and New.  We'll tell you the Chamoru legend of creation, a story told to me by a local Chamoru gentleman thata's a marvelous story about what happened to The Star that Fell from the Sky.  Our last tale starts with the local legend about the big fish that tried to eat through the island and was caught with a net made from some lovely ladies’ hair.  We learn, however, that that’s only the beginning of the story in Chief Gadao and the Big Fish.  

You can hear all these stories at 6:30 p.m. and they will be in English, but you'll want to stay for the 7:00 p.m. show because the same stories will be told to you in Chamoru!  So join us this month for a unique cultural experience and learn some new tales you can tell to your own children.  Celebrate Chamoru month in a totally unique way!  
 The doors open at 6:00 p.m., the shows are free and best of all the Planetarium air conditioner is FIXED.   See you then! 
 
 

It's that time of year again, when Guam's skyies put on the best show on the planet.  It's the time when you can see eight of the ten brightest stars, 15 of the 20 brightest stars, the largest and smallest constellations, the three most famous constellations and you can see them ALL AT THE SAME TIME!!  This is only possible in the equatorial tropics.

The Magic Half Hour tells you exactly how to find all this wonder and it will be shown at 6:30 on all three nights.  Then at 7:00 we'll have what I call QTWTSL.  This means Quality Time with the Star Lady.  Bring your space-related questions and I'll attempt to answer them.  But what we're really doing is stalling for time until it gets dark enough that we can go out and see all that wonder in the REAL SKY!!

You've probably noticed that April's shows are not on the second weekend of the month.  That's because the second weekend is the first anniversary of Mariano Mesngon's death and I'll be celebrating his new life among the stars.  I hope to see you on the third weekend for THE MAGIC HALF HOUR!