A full day of fun space-themed movies suitable for all ages will be presented at the Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St., on Saturday, Jan. 30. Come see one or all of them. They are all free and no tickets or reservations are needed. Call (757) 259-4055 for more information.
10:15 a.m. - Space Buddies
A pack of inquisitive golden retrievers take a trip to the moon, only to realize that there's truly no place like home in this installment of Disney's popular talking dog series. (2009, rated G)
11:45 a.m. - Space Chimps
Three NASA chimps are sent to a galaxy far, far away. Two chimps have 'The Right Stuff,' and the other, a good-natured goofball, has 'The Wrong Stuff.' (2008, Rated G)
1:15 p.m. - Space Camp
The young attendees of a space camp find themselves in space for real when their shuttle is accidently launched into orbit. (1986, rated PG)
3:15 p.m. - The Last Starfighter
A videogaming boy, seemingly doomed to stay at his trailer park home all his life, finds himself recruited as a gunner for an alien defense force. (1984, rated PG)
The films are presented as part of the programming for “Visions of the Universe: Four Centuries of Discovery,” a travelling exhibit at the James City County Library. The exhibit focuses on astronomy through the ages—from Galileo’s initial findings to the latest results of the Hubble Space Telescope. “Visions” vividly illustrates 400 years of growth in our knowledge of not just planets, stars, nebulae and galaxies, but also the size and scale of the universe in both space and time. A complete list of programs associated with Visions of the Universe is posted at www.wrl.org/programs/visions.html.
“Visions of the Universe: Four Centuries of Discovery” is presented by the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the American Library Association, Chicago, Illinois, through funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
