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AustinPlanet

  1. Our $10k Challenge Grant is ongoing. Help us reach our goal by donating now at austinplanetarium.org. Please retweet!
  2. @BrooklynDecker Good luck on @jimmyfallon tonight! A shout out for our Science & Tech Museum project would be a great boost for Austin.
  3. We're at @OpalDMarina tonight from 5-9pm for our Flash Fundraiser. Join us at this free event and help us match a $10,000 Challenge Grant.
  4. Austin needs a science museum and planetarium, lets make it happen. Sign our petition for Bond support tinyurl.com/cz5emp6. Please Retweet!
  5. We are asking the City of Austin to put us on the 2012 Bond #ATXBD. Follow the link to sign our @Change petition! tinyurl.com/cz5emp6
  6. Our Southern Skies Social has begun at @housewineaustin we'll be here from 5-9pm. Join us and sign our ATX Bond petition #ATXBD
  7. Star Party at @accdistrict Round Rock Campus tonight! Mobile Planetarium @ 5:30, lecture @ 7:30 and stargazing @ 8:30 (weather permitting).
  8. Join us at @accdistrict Star Party this Friday April 20th. Mobile planetarium shows beginning at 5:30pm. Lecture and stargazing afterwards!
  9. T-Minus 52 minutes until our Flash Fundraiser begins at @OpalDivines Marina. The $10,000 Challenge Grant is still on the table. Join us!
  10. Our Flash Fundraiser is at @OpalDivines Marina from 5-9pm tonight. Help us meet a $10,000 Challenge Grant and see the Digital Universe too!
  11. Help us match a $10,000 Challenge Grant! Make a donation at austinplanetarium.org or come to our Flash Fundraiser at @OpalDivines Marina 4/10
  12. Could life exist on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa? Find out the answer on Friday, April 13 at @UTESI Hot Science-Cool Talks!
  13. Rainy day special offer! You'll get an Austin Planetarium umbrella when you donate at our Southern Skies Social tonight at @HouseWine! 5-9pm
  14. Join us at our favorite Austin wine bar @HouseWine tonight from 5-9pm for our Southern Skies Social. Go to austinplanetarium.org for details.
  15. Unfortunately Saturday's @AustinAstro event, Austin Under the Stars, has been cancelled due to inclement weather. New date and time TBD.
  16. You are very welcome @HunterEllisKEYE, we enjoyed the #SolarStorm discussion. Thanks for coming to us for your astronomical info needs!
  17. Just signed up with innovative new charitable fundraising platform @kulacauses. They fully launch Saturday at @sxsw. Check them out!
  18. Our Executive Director Torvald Hessel just gave an interview to @keyetv about the solar storm hitting Earth. Watch it on the evening news.
  19. Watching the forecast for the @AustinAstro Austin Under the Stars event this Saturday. Keep your fingers crossed and stay tuned for updates.