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| | BURRELL MEMORIAL OBSERVATORY OPEN HOUSE LECTURE
Brown Dwarfs: The Connection Between Stars and Planets
Dr. Michael Cushing University of Toledo
Saturday, September 12, 7:30 p.m.
Mainstage Theatre, Kleist Center for Art & Drama
Detailed Description of Event: The Burrell Observatory is proud to host an open house program as part of nthe Reinhold and Margaret Kader Memorial Lecture Series on Saturday September 12, 2026, at 7:30 PM. Dr. Michael Cushing of the University of Toledo Physics and Astronomy Department will present a lecture entitled: "Brown Dwarfs: The Connection Between Stars and Planets". Brown dwarfs are unique substellar objects that bridge the gap between the most massive gas giant planets and the least massive main-sequence stars. Often called "failed stars”, they provide a perfect, glare-free environment for scientists to study planet-like atmospheres. | Get Tickets |
| | CAROUSEL: IN CONCERT
Music by Richard Rodgers
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Based on Ferenc Molnar's Play LILIOM
as Adapted by Benjamin F. Glazer
Orchestrations by Don Walker
Concert Adaptation by Tom Briggs
Choreography for Original Production by Agnes de Mille
Dance Music Arranged by Trude Rittmann
Directed & Conducted by Richard Biever
Friday-Saturday, September 18-19, at 7:30pm, Sunday, September 20, at 2:00pm
Gamble Auditorium, Kulas Musical Arts Building
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| | HENRY V
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Andy Nogasky
Wednesday-Saturday, September 30-October 3, at 7:30pm, Sunday, October 4, at 2:00pm
Mainstage Theatre, Kleist Center for Art & Drama | Get Tickets |
| | GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (sketchbook series)
By David Mamet
Directed by David Alford
Wednesday-Saturday, October 7-10, at 7:30pm, Sunday, October 11, at 2:00pm
Fawick Gallery, Kleist Center for Art & Drama | Get Tickets |
| | WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (staged reading series)
By Agatha Christie
Directed by René Copeland
Friday & Saturday, October 23-24, at 7:30pm
Fynes Hall, Kulas Musical Arts Building | Get Tickets |
| | BURRELL MEMORIAL OBSERVATORY OPEN HOUSE LECTURE
Supermassive Black Holes: Monsters Lurking in the Hearts of Galaxies
Dr. Dan Wilkins of The Ohio State University
Saturday, October 24, 7:30 p.m.
Mainstage Theatre, Kleist Center for Art & Drama
The Burrell Observatory is proud to host an open house program as part of the Reinhold and Margaret Kader Memorial Lecture Series on Saturday October 24, 2026, at 7:30 PM. Dr.Dan Wilkins of The Ohio State University Astronomy Department will present a lecture entitled: “Supermassive Black Holes: Monsters Lurking in the Hearts of Galaxies”. A supermassive black hole (SMBH) is the largest type of black hole in existence, possessing a mass up to tens of billions of times the mass of our Sun. These invisible giants typically anchor the centers of massive galaxies, fundamentally dictating the structure, movement, and evolution of the surrounding cosmos. | Get Tickets |
| | DOUBT, A PARABLE (lab series)
By John Patrick Shanley
Directed by Danny Wall
Wednesday - Saturday, November 11-14, at 7:30pm
Loomis Acting Studio
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award, Shanley’s Doubt is a taut and intimate drama about suspicion, faith, authority, and the cost of conviction. Directed as part of the Student LAB Series, the play asks what happens when certainty may be both necessary and dangerous. | Get Tickets |