Stargazing at Stargazer 🌟✨🔭 Astrophysics Lecture + Poetry Open Mic

Name: Stargazing at Stargazer 🌟✨🔭 Astrophysics Lecture + Poetry Open Mic
Start: 2026-09-08T00:30:00.000Z
End: 2026-09-08T02:30:00.000Z
Location: Stargazer

Monday, Sep 7

7:30pm – 9:30pm

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🔔 WAITLISTED - NO ENTRY WITHOUT RSVP 🔔 Want to meet other people interested in science, poetry, and the connections between stars & stanzas, verse & velocity? "For my part, I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream." — Vincent van Gogh Join your local non-profit arts club @difficultfriends Monday, September 7 at Stargazer Bar for a short lecture on astrophysics presented by Professor Andrew Loveridge of UT Austin 🎓✨🔭 followed by an poetry open mic themed around the stars hosted by local poet Dante Daniel Vargas 📝🎤🌌 We'll also be encouraging attendees to mix and mingle while writing their creative dreams on paper stars 🌟🎨📚 https://www.instagram.com/difficultfriends/ This event is designed to be accessible to complete beginners to physics and poetry! So do not worry, no matter your level of familiarity with science or the arts, we hope you'll come join us in reflecting on the beauty of the natural world with Austin's writers and scientists. ✨ Your Hosts ✨ Your hosts for this event will be UT Austin researchers Dr. Andrew Loveridge + local writers Dante Daniel Vargas and Rachel Summer Cheong. ✨ About Us ✨ This event series is a project by Difficult Friends, a non-profit Austin arts & humanities club organizing free events for the public. 501(c)(3) baby!!! https://www.instagram.com/difficultfriends/ We empower young Austinites to tackle Difficult ideas and projects. Our core values are: creative growth, intellectual challenge, human connection, and civic imagination. Our events are designed as fun intellectual workouts and creative experiments. We host workshops and discussions that push Austin residents to think harder thoughts, make cooler stuff, and connect more deeply across their human differences. Meaning is Difficult! Embrace the Difficult! 🌈✨ Statement of Welcome & Inclusivity ✨🌈 Difficult Friends is an inclusive community space, and we particularly seek to protect and welcome our LGBTQIA+, queer, transgender, and nonbinary members. Event attendees may be asked to share their preferred pronouns and will be asked to respect the preferred pronouns shared by other participants. Women, immigrants, people of color, religious minorities, people with disabilities, and neurodivergent folks seeking a diverse community are also especially encouraged to attend! ✨ Photography Policy ✨ The event organizers of this meetup may take photos or videos of our events and upload them to social media. By attending this event, you consent to being filmed and photographed. (If it’s Rachel, don’t worry - she will airbrush any blemishes & imperfections xoxo)!