Events of Thursday, May 4, 2023

2023 Young Poets Award Ceremony.  6 PM.  Celebrate poetry with Young Poets winners and poet Masaki Takahashi, the Lansing Poet Laureate, a spoken-word poet and hip-hop enthusiast.  This event is presented by the Jackson District Library as a part of Young Poets. Learn more here.  Middle School at Parkside.

Community Strings Spring Concert.  7 PM.  Celebrate spring with Community Strings! We’ll be holding a concert featuring our Community Strings group and special guests from our Community Music School’s Adult String Class. Join us at this free event for an evening of music and friends on May 4th at 7:00 pm.  Weatherwax Hall, 215 W. Michigan Avenue, Downtown Jackson.

5 Second Rule at the BlueStage Jams.  Come on out and Jam with us at BlueStage Jams in Napoleon with 5 – Second Rule. The Event is from 7-10 PM.  398 W. Brooklyn Road, Napoleon.

Kids Planetarium Show.  12 PM.  When was the last time you looked at the Moon? Not Just noticed it, but really looked at it? To most of us the Moon seems like an afterthought, a thing we might notice in passing and then not give a second glance. But the Moon’s place in our lives is so much more than just its physical presence in the sky. It is a constant companion in our collective imagination.  Hurst Planetarium, Ella Sharp Museum.

May Planetarium Show:  The Hot and Energetic Universe.  4 PM.  High Energy Astrophysics explores hot gas in clusters of galaxies, which are the most massive objects in the universe. It also probes hot gas accretion around supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies. This documentary uses immersive visualizations and real images from modern astronomy to dive into the basic principles of electromagnetic radiation and the natural phenomena related to High Energy Astrophysics.  Hurst Planetarium, Ella Sharp Museum.