Here's one for your word a day calendar: stelliferous [ste-lif-er-uhs] adj. Definition: full of stars. Attend a live star talk, Stelliferous Live with Jeff Rodgers, Director of the Bishop Planetarium. Stelliferous Live takes place on the fourth Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Bishop Planetarium. Each month, they'll take a look at the upcoming month's night skies and have a speaker lead a discussion about current events in astronomy. Past topics include the Higgs Boson, the search for extrasolar planets and the future of space exploration. $4 regular admission. (Children 16 and under are free,) Paid reservations required; RSVP online here or call 941-746-4131, ext. 13. Please arrive promptly: Pre-purchased program seats will be held until 5 minutes prior to program start time only, at which time they may be released for re-sale. The planetarium is at The South Florida Museum, 20110th St. W.,Bradenton. southfloridamuseum.org.
This article appears in Feb 20-26, 2014.