Union Hall’s Secret Science Club Blasted off to the Brooklyn Academy of Music for a science soirée and concert of INTERGALACTIC dimensions. Saturday, April 21 Union Hall’s “Secret Science Club,” the Brooklyn Philharmonic, and “The Onion” presented: A Night of Cosmic Delights

A performance of Gustav Holst’s “The Planets” — accompanied by the New York premiere of exclusive NASA footage—is launched in BAM’s mothership of an opera house by the Brooklyn Philharmonic. The Secret Science Club is onboard with a pre-concert soirée, featuring free drinks and a chance to “Ask the Astrophysicist.” Pre-concert astronomy soirée, sponsored by “The Onion”, at 7 p.m. Grab yourself a rocket-fueled libation, and ask our resident astrophysicist questions like “What is dark matter?” and “Why is Pluto no longer a planet.” Impress your friends and rub elbows with the stars.

Price: $25, includes a ticket to the concert in the opera house’s best available seats, entrance to the Secret Science Club pre-concert soiree with FREE rocket-fueled libations, and the opportunity to display your “geek chic” badge of honor.

Where: This special edition of the Secret Science Club meets at 7 p.m. at the BAMCafe in the Peter J. Sharp Building, 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. The concert starts at 8 p.m. in the Howard Gilman Opera House in the Peter J. Sharp Building.



Ride into Symphonic Space with the Brooklyn Philharmonic at 8 p.m. Strap on your jetpack and head into orbit with Gustav Holst’s symphonic suite “The Planets”—accompanied by exclusive, big-screen images of space provided by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The inter-planetary itinerary includes: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, and beyond!

Also on the bill: the Kronos Quartet joins the Brooklyn Philharmonic for the New York premiere of Julia Wolfe’s “My Beautiful Scream.”Don’t miss this ultrasonic ride to the edge