• Sci-Friday (Gattaca)

    Blakemore Planetarium at the Museum of the Southwest 1800 W Indiana Ave, Midland, TX, United States

    Join us for Sci-Friday in September featuring Gattaca, the sci-fi thriller starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, and Jude Law! Vincent Freeman has always fantasized about traveling into outer space, but is grounded by his status as a genetically inferior in-valid. He decides to fight his fate by purchasing the genes of Jerome Morrow, a laboratory-engineered valid. He assumes Jerome's DNA identity and joins the Gattaca space program, where he falls in love with Irene. An investigation into the death of a Gattaca officer complicates Vincent's plans. Doors open at 6:30pm and the movie begins at 7:00pm. Refreshments are provided. Cost: $10 for non-members and FREE for Museum members

  • The River and the Wall Film Screening

    Odessa High School Performing Arts Center 1301 N Dotsy, Odessa, TX, United States

    Big Bend is at a crossroads—and the time to pay attention is now. Join us for an evening of conversation, film, and action with Bob Krumenaker, former Superintendent of Big Bend National Park (2018-2023) and Chair of Keep Big Bend Wild. Hear Bob's insights into the challenges facing the Big Bend region and what citizens can do to influence its future, followed by a Q&A with Bob. Watch The River and the Wall. Bob will be available for additional questions after the film. Come learn what's at stake—and join the conversation about protecting the Big Bend. Free and open to the public. For questions, please text (432) 552-9130.

    Free
  • Sci-Friday (The Time Machine)

    Blakemore Planetarium at the Museum of the Southwest 1800 W Indiana Ave, Midland, TX, United States

    Join us four our final Sci-Friday of the season featuring The Time Machine, the Sci-fi thriller starring Guy Earce, Yancey Arais, and Mark Addy! Scientist and inventor Alexander Hartdegen (Guy Pearce) is determined to prove that time travel is possible. His determination is turned to desperation by a personal tragedy that now drives him to want to change the past. Testing his theories with a time machine of his own invention, Hartdegen is hurtled 800,000 years into the future, where he discovers that mankind has divided into the hunter ... and the hunted. Doors open at 6:30pm and the movie begins at 7:00pm. Refreshments are provided. Cost: $10 for non-members and FREE for Museum members