This Wednesday, February 26, at 7 pm, Alex Filippenko will give a free, richly illustrated, nontechnical talk on “Exploding Stars, New Planets, Black Holes, and the Crisis at Lick Observatory” in the Smithwick Theater at Foothill College, in Los Altos. Members of our section remember fondly his outstanding talk at our Section Meeting several years ago. Alex will also address the recent fiscal crisis at Lick Observatory that threatens its future.
Traffic gets somewhat heavy near campus around that time, so you might want to arrive early.
For more information about the lecture, see
http://www.foothill.edu/news/newsfmt.php?sr=2&rec_id=3270 .
Foothill College is just off the El Monte Road exit from Freeway 280 in Los Altos. For directions and parking information, see
http://www.foothill.edu/news/transportation.php .
For a campus map, see
http://www.foothill.edu/news/maps.php .
Note that parking costs $3.