Events

Enter another universe. "Samskara" brings to life the kaleidoscopic imagery of world-renowned digital artist Android Jones. The artist’s lush psychedelic illustrations, animated in combination with the trip-hop beats of music producer Tipper, create a mind-bending experience.

Paired with "Art Universe" (a visual art planetarium show featuring artists like Craola, Chris Saunders, and Risk visiting one visually distinctive ‘planet’ after another), these evening shows make for an unforgettable visual experience!

SOLD OUT Enter another universe. "Samskara" brings to life the kaleidoscopic imagery of world-renowned digital artist Android Jones. The artist’s lush psychedelic illustrations, animated in combination with the trip-hop beats of music producer Tipper, create a mind-bending experience.

Paired with "Art Universe" (a visual art planetarium show featuring artists like Craola, Chris Saunders, and Risk visiting one visually distinctive ‘planet’ after another), these evening shows make for an unforgettable visual experience!

This is what laser shows are all about! Audio-Visual Imagineering proudly presents Laser Vinyl – a program that captures the pure intent of the laser show experience. Accompanying a fantastic musical concert representing the best of classic rock is some of the most beautiful and stunning laser art ever produced! Reminisce, tap your feet and enjoy a truly fantastic audio-visual event that will rock your body, mind and soul!

Recommended for general audiences.
Themes: Classic Rock
Style: Laser light music show

Zoom away from planet Earth and take a guided tour through the Solar System! In this show we stop by each of the planets and learn why they are unique. Hold on, this is one fun ride!

Recommended for general audiences.
Themes: Planets, space exploration
Style: Live presentation

A fun, gorgeously animated fulldome show about cosmic chemistry and our explosive origins, this dazzling film reveals how hydrogen and carbon, the very building blocks of life, formed in the universe and then brings it all back to us – we are made of stars!

Recommended for younger audiences.
Themes: Stars, element formation
Style: Fulldome animated film followed by star talk

Where do they come from? Where do they go? How do we find them? Is there one on Earth's Horizon? What was Einstein's connection to them? Black Holes takes you on a fully immersive journey thought one of the most mystifying, awe-inspiring phenomena in the universe: a black hole.

Recommended for general audiences.
Themes: Black holes, astrophysics, stars, supernovae
Style: Fulldome film followed by live star talk

The Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium inspires visitors of all ages with the wonders of science. Located on the University of Arizona campus, Flandrau offers hands-on science exhibits about science topics from earth to space, and more.