Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/12/2026
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Middle Fork Forest Preserve
Categories
Date(s): Sat, 9/12/2026 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Forest Preserve: Middle Fork River
Location: Interpretive Center
Free. Register by 9/11.
(Registration Link Coming Soon). Teen and Adult.
Become a cosmic surfer during an interactive one-hour outdoor transformative session that includes movement, reflection, imagination, and a 16-foot Earth globe. This experience is facilitated by R. Buckminster Fuller Dome Home’s board member Steve Gariepy (SIU STEM Education Research Center). It will be an unforgettable event that embodies Fuller’s idea that we are all crew aboard Spaceship Earth. With your new perspective on our place in the cosmos, stay after the session for guided stargazing with Champaign Urbana Astronomical Society on the Dark Sky Trail from 8 until 10 PM.
Registration is required for Cosmic Surfing, but not for Guided Stargazing.
The Dark Sky Trail remains open 24/7. For more info: (217) 896-2455 or Morgan at mduerksen-balk@ccfpd.org.
Please remember that events may be canceled or rescheduled last minute due to unpredictable weather or other factors. We encourage you to reach out to event organizers before heading out to an event to verify it is still happening.
