Upcoming events

Can Democracy Survive AI?

/6pm, Allan Scott Auditorium & Online/While the boosters of AI are rushing to transform the world, citizens are being left in the slipstream, with little chance to influence how this new technology takes shape.

Presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre and Per Capita's Centre of the Public Square, Burning Platforms Podcast

[no-border]

October School Holidays - Tycho Goes to Mars @ 11am

60min Planetarium experience, including the movie Tycho Goes to Mars.
Ages 5-8 years

October School Holidays - The Great Solar System Adventure @ 1pm

60min Planetarium experience, including the movie The Great Solar System Adventure. Ages 5+

October School Holidays - A Journey through the Solar System - 3pm

This session takes you on an incredible journey through our Solar System. We reveal close up the Sun, the Planets and their moons, asteroids and comets, and plunge into the Kuiper belt. Discover the hidden beauty of our celestial home and see it in wavelengths not visible to the unaided eye. Featuring a fulldome movie.
Ages 8+

October School Holidays - Tycho to the Moon @ 11am

60min Planetarium experience, including the movie Tycho to the Moon.
Ages 4-8 years.

October School Holidays - The Great Solar System Adventure @ 1pm

60min Planetarium experience, including the movie The Great Solar System Adventure. Ages 5+

October School Holidays - Wildest Weather in the Solar System @ 3pm

60min Planetarium experience, including the movie Wildest Weather in the Solar System.
Ages 8+

October School Holidays - Solar System Special

Solar System Special

This special planetarium session takes you through the story of our solar system’s epic history, from its formation to how people across time have understood and imagined the planets, the sun, and the universe. From ancient myths to the discoveries that shattered humanity’s concept of the cosmos, and to the science of today that shapes our view of our celestial neighbours.

Ages 10+

Black Holes: Stranger than Fiction

Black Holes have sometimes been described as ‘stranger than fiction’, and few cosmic wonders capture the human imagination as black holes do. They regularly feature in contemporary science discoveries and popular science fiction. In this full dome talk, I will give a general overview of the cycle of stars; how black holes are formed, and the historical background that led to their discovery.

Gestures of Care

/Kerry Packer Civic Gallery/ Gestures of Care - revealing our resilience is a collaboration between The Art Bus artists, Uniting Communities, and families in the North, South and West of Adelaide. The exhibition recognises that everyday gestures of care and practices of deep listening, attention and reciprocity can have profound community impacts and transform lives

Presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre, The Art Bus and Uniting Communities

The Eye of the Dragonfly

/6pm, Allan Scott Auditorium & Online/In conversation with fellow journalist Tory Shepherd, Tracey Lee Holmes reflects on her book The Eye of the Dragonfly – part memoir, part manifesto – sharing personal stories and insights into some of sport’s most compelling and controversial issues.

Presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre [no-border]

Cosmogony of Ancient Greece

Cosmogony is the academic study of the origins of the universe and the solar system, within spiritual and cultural beliefs, in addition to scientific enquiry. Early civilisations had formed various beliefs on the origins of the Earth, humankind, and the wider universe. What did the Ancient Greeks think of their origins, their deities, and the cosmos?