Laatsch quoted in Sun Journal article on Portland New Year’s Eve star shows
Shawn Laatsch, president of the International Planetarium Society and director of the University of Maine’s Emera Astronomy Center, was quoted in a Sun Journal article about New Year’s Planetarium in Portland. For 10 years, the University of Southern Maine’s Southworth Planetarium has offered a New Year’s Eve event that features some of their newest and most popular shows, one right after the other, until the ball drops at midnight, according to the article. With nearly a dozen shows in one night for the price of a single donation, New Year’s Planetarium has become one of the most unique ways to ring in the new year in Maine, the article states. “Most folks, typically if they’re doing an event, may have one show or several shows but normally don’t have [Southworth’s] listing of shows,” Laatsch said.