Full Time Staff

Doug Duncan   Director
Keith Gleason   SBO Manager
Tom Muncy   Planetarium Systems Engineer
Francisco Salas   Operations Manager / Program Director
Suzanne Traub-Metlay   Education Programs Manager

Part Time Staff

Matt Benjamin  
Gwen Eccles   Astronomy Educator
Will Fleming   Machinist/Technician
Marga Powell   Admin Assistant to Director

Student Staff

Giada Arney  
Bill Bixler  
Nate Bolt  
Elin Deeb  
Julia DeMarines  
Sean Dubreuil  
Richard Einstein  
Ryan Elzas   Docent
Fidel Escalante  
Cassie Gedbaw   Docent
Hilary Innes   Docent & Starlab
Sara Jelley  
Henry Laurion  
Conor Law  
David Leiserson   Lead Docent & Assistant Outreach Coordinator
Jim Love  
Sethi Maninder  
Kerry Manley   Assistant Outreach Coordinator
Fabio Mezzalira   SBO Assistant
Rebecca Mickol  
Alison Pienciak   Webmaster
Alex Read  
Philip Remeysen   Docent & Starlab
Paola Sandoval  
Lauren Schuler   Docent & Office Staff
Justin Searles  
Dan Seltzer  
Ian Shorrock  
Deno Stelter  
Paula Tsiftilis  
Dan Vancil  
Connie Vargas  
Summer Weirich   Starlab & Outreach
Marcie Williams   Graphic Designer
Natalie Ziemba   Docent

Volunteers

Tess Adams  
Sheliah Andrews  
Gil Buller  
Paul Douglas  
Addie Dove  
Eric Eisenberg  
Attila Elteto  
Terry Frazier  
Emily Gallagher  
K. L. Garcia   Senior Volunteer
Katie Grasha  
Sarah Grunst  
Clay Harding  
Eli Lyon   Docent
Phil Sidoff   Docent Staff Coordinator
David Stagg  
Bob Stoller   Senior Planetarium Technician
Tom Vilot  

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Summer 2008 Schedule

Fiske Planetarium's Summer 2008 Schedule can now be downloaded as an Adobe PDF file (it opens in a new window).

Summer Hours of Operation

Main Office / Tickets: M-F, 9:00am-4:00pm 303-492-5002. You may purchase tickets in advance by phone (Visa or Mastercard only) or in person up to 15 minutes before scheduled public showtimes.

Admission

Live Talks / Star Shows:
  Adults: $6.00
  Students: $5.00*
  Seniors/Children: $3.50

Laser Shows (Fridays):
  All ages: $5.00

Family Shows (Daytime):
  Adults: $5.00
  Seniors/Children: $3.50

Lobby (Daytime) - FREE:
  Adults: $3.00
  Seniors/Children: $2.00   Suggested donation
  for all-day admission

High school, community college, & university students/staff get in FREE* for all Thursday night Live Talks.

* Must present student ID

Parking

Metered parking is $1.25/hour 7:30am-5:00pm, seven days a week. Please park in metered spots along Regent Drive or in Lot 306 (on Regent near Broadway; talking cashbox provides receipts). All-day parking permits for Lot 308 (Regent & Kittredge Loop Drive) are available at Fiske for $5.75 each. After 5:00pm M-F & all-day Sat-Sun, parking in Lot 308 is FREE! Disabled patrons may be dropped off in the red curb (loading zone) area along Regent Drive.

Charlas de las Estrellas

8:00pm - - !En Espanol!

  • June 24 - Las Estrellas del Verano
  • July 22 - Nuestro Sistema Solar

BVSD schools: FREE visit by Starlab & FREE trip to Fiske!

Thanks to generous funding from Impact on Education, 3rd grade & 8th grade classes in Boulder Valley School District may receive a FREE visit from Fiske's Starlab (portable planetarium) OR a FREE trip to Fiske (includes transportation and admission). For more information, please e-mail fiske@colorado.edu or call 303-492-5002.

Public schools outside BVSD: FREE Fiske visit!

Teachers: Please consider joining Colorado Project Astro-Geo (CPAG) to qualify for FREE visits to your classroom by scientists and engineers and FREE admission for your students to any program at Fiske! For more information, please e-mail fiske@colorado.edu or call Suzanne at 303-492-4073.

2009: International Year of Astronomy

The UN designated 2009 as the International Year of Astronomy. Watch for local events as they become available!

See a meteor?

Meteors can be seen throughout the year. Please report meteor or fireball sightings to Cloudbait Observatory. If you find a meteorite, please contact us at Fiske!

Help Make Fiske a Science Center!

Donations are gratefully accepted to help bring new hands-on exhibits to Fiske's lobby. We appreciate your assistance as we develop Boulder's newest interactive science museum! For more information on how you can help, please contact us.