FEATURED EVENTS

Fire, Rescue, and Law Enforcement Personnel showing a valid ID will receive free admission with one paying guest.* The recipients of our appreciation night free admission only need to show the appropriate ID to our admissions staff and enter the Winter Walk of Lights with a paying guest. “Paying guests” may purchase their tickets online at winterwalkoflights.com or at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens. OTHER DATES NOV 17 5:30pm to 9:30pm NOV 24 5:30pm to 9:30pm DEC 29 5:30pm to 9:30pm

Delve into the arts, cultures, and marine environments of Asia during the Aquarium of the Pacific’s nineteenth annual Autumn Festival. Autumn Festival is going virtual this year and highlights the traditions and cultures of Japan, China, Korea, and the Philippines through a day of learning opportunities and family entertainment celebrating the rich diversity of Asian and Asian-American cultures.

There’s a Blue Moon on October 31st this year, which means that Halloween is about to get extra-spooky! The second full Moon in any month is called a Blue Moon, and it’s especially rare for one to fall on Halloween.We’re celebrating this rare event with a Scary Astronomy stream, including live views of the Halloween Blue Moon (weather permitting). Our frightfully fabulous Educators will talk about spooky celestial objects that are sure to give you chills and the possibilities for life on other worlds. Beware—there won’t be a Blue Moon on Halloween again for another 19 years, so you don’t want to miss out!

Can you smash your way to success? Discover forces and motion with the Connecticut Science Center and Danbury Library by crashing cars and playing virtual tug-of-war. Learn how forces and motion relate to each other, how weight impacts force and motion, and how to record and analyze data during this family friendly, 45-minute STEM workshop. All you need is your sense of discovery and a piece of paper and a pencil!

Teachers showing a valid ID will receive free admission with one paying guest.* *The recipients of our appreciation night free admission only need to show the appropriate ID to our admissions staff and enter the Winter Walk of Lights with a paying guest. “Paying guests” may purchase their tickets online at winterwalkoflights.com or at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens. OTHER DATES NOV 12 5:30pm to 9:30pm NOV 19 5:30pm to 9:30pm DEC 31 5:30pm to 9:30pm

This Halloween, tune in for a night of Scary Stories from a variety of accomplished, local storytellers, hosted by award-winning actor and one of the creators of Mom's the Word, Deborah Williams. The Flame is a sold-out monthly storytelling event, celebrating its 12th season. Well known in the Vancouver storytelling community for being a sizzling storytelling series, The Flame features personal, true stories shared with a live audience. This past June, Deborah won the Gordon Armstrong Playwright’s Rent Award for co-founding and coordinating The Flame. Her work in this Vancouver storytelling series was cited for continuing to provide “a marvellous, joy-filled resource… [and] celebrates the essential power of the liveness of theatre.”