Patricia Shih Family Concert: ‘Songs in the Key of Earth’

Combining her music with the wonder and magic of the Vanderbilt Reichert Planetarium will make this a one-of-a-kind event. Tickets are $8.00 per person and are available on-line at www.vanderbiltmuseum.org.

Audience-participation music, projected images and video all create a magical journey under the Planetarium’s starry dome. Shih said the evening will celebrate the Earth and “the greatest idea in the universe – love – found only on this planet.”
Along the way, the audience will appreciate the planet’s beauty and fragility, get to make wishes upon the first star, snuggle up with a lullaby, help to make a thunderstorm, and dance under a huge rainbow.

Patricia Shih wrote her first song at age 12 and hasn’t stopped since. Her professional career began when she was 15 and signed a recording and management contract with Unicorn Records of Washington, D.C. as half of a duo.

Shih released a 45-rpm record a year later, and numerous television, radio, concert and club performances followed. Those include an international radio broadcast on the Voice of America and appearances at the legendary Cellar Door. Several years later, she began her solo career in California, notably on her own PBS special Patty Shih–Music from the Gallery. Soon after, she returned to the east coast and settled in Huntington, NY.

Shih has recorded three albums for adults and five for families and children. Her albums have brought her honors including the Gold Award from the National Association of Parenting Publications, two Parents’ Choice Awards and Creative Child Magazine’s Seal of Excellence.

Hours – Museum and Mansion
Through September 4: Tuesday-Sunday, 11:00 – 5:00. (The Museum and Mansion are closed Monday.)

Hours – Charles and Helen Reichert Planetarium
Through September 4: Daytime shows Tuesday-Sunday at 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 and 4:00. Evening shows on Friday and Saturday at 8:00, 9:00 and 10:00. (The Planetarium is closed Monday.)

Observatory

Year-round viewing of the night sky (weather permitting), Friday only, 9:00-10:00 (free with show ticket; $3.00 without show ticket)
Planetarium Schedule – Summer 2016
June 27 – September 4

Friday Nights
8;00 – Long Island Skies
9:00 – Black Holes
10:00 – Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon – NEW LASER SHOW!

Saturday Nights
8:00 – Night Sky, Live!
9:00 – Stars: Powerhouses of the Universe
10:00 – Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon – NEW LASER SHOW!

Tuesday – Sunday Afternoons
12:00 – One World, One Sky
1:00 – Solar System Odyssey
2:00 – Stars: Powerhouses of the Universe
3:00 – Laser Beatles
4:00 – Night Sky, Live! (NO SHOW JULY 31)
Museum Admission

General museum admission is $7 for adults, $6 for students with ID and seniors (62 and older), and $3 for children 12 and under. General admission includes estate-grounds access to the Marine Museum, Memorial Wing natural-history and ethnographic-artifact galleries, Nursery Wing, Habitat Room, Egyptian mummy and Stoll Wing animal-habitat dioramas. For a mansion tour, add $5 per ticket. (A video tour of the mansion is available on request.)

Mansion Tours

Guided tours of the Vanderbilt Mansion — listed on the National Register of Historic Places — are available Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday at 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 and 4:00.

Planetarium Admission

During the day, visitors to the Planetarium pay general museum admission ($7 for adults, $6 for students with IDs and seniors 62 and older, and $3 for children 12 and under), plus $5 each for a Planetarium show. Since the museum is closed in the evening, no general museum admission is charged — visitors pay only for Planetarium show tickets: $9 for adults, $8 for students with IDs and seniors 62 and older, and $7 for children 12 and under.

Vanderbilt Observatory

Night-sky viewing on Friday (weather permitting), 9:00-10:00 p.m. Observation is free to visitors with a planetarium show ticket, $3.00 for those without a show ticket.

Location and Website

The Vanderbilt Museum is located at 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport, NY. Directions and updated details on programs and events are available at www.vanderbiltmuseum.org. For information, call 631-854-5579.

The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum

The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum — a unique combination of mansion, marine and natural history museum, planetarium and park — is dedicated to the education and enjoyment of the people of Long Island and beyond. This mission is achieved through the thoughtful preservation, interpretation and enhancement of the Eagle’s Nest estate as an informal educational facility. Many exhibition and program themes focus upon Long Island’s Gold Coast Era. Programs also concentrate on William K. Vanderbilt II’s desire that his marine, natural history and ethnographic collections promote appreciation and understanding of the marvelous diversity of life, other cultures, and scientific knowledge. Planetarium programming, more specifically, focuses on scientific knowledge and seeks to capture Mr. Vanderbilt’s sense of adventure and exploration through state-of-the-art entertainment.

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