Williamsburg Library
Rocket builiding workshop at 11 a.m.
Film showing at Noon
Discover the excitement of space exploration with a free rocket building workshop and a showing of the acclaimed film, “October Sky.”
Intended for beginners, participants will build a small rocket from a kit provided by the library under the instruction of a 25-year veteran educator who conducts workshops for NASA.
Following the rocket building, the film “October Sky” will be shown in the Theatre. The 1999 award-winning film stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper and Laura Dern, and tells the fact-based story of a teenager growing up in a coal town in West Virginia where a boy's usual destiny was to end up in the mines. But Homer had his eye on the sky and a love for flying rockets... to the dismay of his mine-foreman father, and the consternation of the townsfolk generally.
Following the film, about 2 p.m., the rocket builders will launch their rockets outside the library.
Both the film and the rocket-building workshop are free of charge. Registration is required for the workshop and is limited to 20 people ages 10 and up. Register by calling the Youth Services Division at 259-4055.
Even if you don’t attend the workshop you can come to the film.
This program is made possible through a grant from the Friends of Williamsburg Regional Library.
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