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Jun
21
Sat
Summer Solstice
Jun 21 all-day

Welcome summer!

Tigard Festival of Balloons @ Cook Park
Jun 21 @ 4:25 pm – Jun 23 @ 5:25 pm
Weekend events will include a carnival, craft and commercial exhibitors, good food, Twilight 5K run, GameTime fun zone, Festival of Cars, youth soccer tournament, rib and corn eating contest, Rogue beer and of course morning hot air balloon launches (5:45am – 6:15am – weather pending) and Night Glow (weather pending)!

(Taken from the event’s website: http://www.tigardballoon.org/ )

Jun
27
Fri
Oak Creek Arts and Crafts Shows @ Sedona's Village of Oak Creek
Jun 27 @ 4:48 pm – Jun 29 @ 5:48 pm

Please join us in the beautiful Red Rock Country of Sedona for a day of fun at Oak Creek Arts and Crafts Shows.  The shows are located on scenic Hwy 179 “The Gateway to Sedona”  Take home your own personal piece of the Southwest.  Sedona is one of the Nations top art destinations.  Our shows host top local as well as native artist. This event takes place on June 6‑8 and 27‑29.

(Taken from the event’s website: http://oakcreekartsandcraftsshows.com/index-1.html )

Jul
4
Fri
Triple Moon Conjunction @ Earth
Jul 4 – Jul 7 all-day
Triple Moon Conjunction @ Earth | Sydney | New South Wales | Australia

Sounds pretty fancy, right?  It simply means three solar system bodies coming together, not in distance, but in perspective.  For star watchers it means some pretty sweet night sights!  It’s particularly exciting when the moon and planets are involved.

Saturday, July 5 will mark the night of the waxing gibbous moon as it groups together with the bluish colored star Spica and separates from Mars in the southwest sky. On July 6 and 7 the planets and moon will seem to cluster together even more than usual in the southern hemisphere for a truly unique sight.

Jul
11
Fri
Full Buck Moon @ Earth
Jul 11 – Jul 12 all-day
Full Buck Moon @ Earth

Take a peek at the sky tonight and you’ll see a full moon.  A full moon is when the moon and the sun are opposite of each other from an earth perspective.

Aug
9
Sat
Full Sturgeon Moon
Aug 9 – Aug 10 all-day
Full Sturgeon Moon

Take a peek at the sky tonight and you’ll see a full moon.  A full moon is when the moon and the sun are opposite of each other from an earth perspective.

The moon will turn full at 2:09 EDT and just nine minutes earlier it will arrive at its closest point to earth in 2014.  Expect a wide tide range and a ‘super’ moon on August 11th.  Photographers get your tripod and cameras ready!

Aug
17
Sun
Jupiter Venus Conjunction @ Earth
Aug 17 – Aug 19 all-day
Jupiter Venus Conjunction @ Earth

Rise and shine if you want to catch this spectacular sight, which will take place Aug. 18 and 19 in the Southern Hemisphere.

Sky gazers will get the opportunity to watch as two brilliant and bright planets- Venus and Jupiter- experience a close encounter with each other, making for one beautiful night sky display.

Aug
31
Sun
Triple Moon Conjunction @ Earth
Aug 31 @ 4:15 am – 5:15 am

liveseasoned_fullmoonSounds pretty fancy, right?  It simply means three solar system bodies coming together, not in distance, but in perspective.  For star watchers it means some pretty sweet night sights!  It’s particularly exciting when the moon and planets are involved.

This time a crescent moon, Mars and Saturn will cluster together in a bright and beautiful display around dusk.

Sep
7
Sun
Full Harvest Moon
Sep 7 – Sep 8 all-day
Full Harvest Moon

Take a peek at the sky tonight and you’ll see a full moon.  A full moon is when the moon and the sun are opposite of each other from an earth perspective.

Sep
8
Mon
Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Cake Festival)
Sep 8 @ 12:36 am – 1:36 am
Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Cake Festival)

Also called the Moon Cake Festival, China’s harvest festival is an occasion to scoff these sweet treats. The cakes, made of a thin dough shell containing fillings such as jelly, dates and nuts or red bean paste, start appearing everywhere a month before the celebration. If they’re not sick of the snacks by the time of the event, celebrants eat them within view of the real star of the festival: the moon. Held on the September full moon, during the autumn equinox, the tradition is about observing the transition of the seasons. In Japan, one of the other Asian countries where faces turn to the night sky, people even climb onto rooftops to get closer to the moon.

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