M.A.S.S. Movie Date: COSMOS (Ep 4 & 5)

COSMOS: A Personal Voyage is a thirteen-part television series written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, and Steven Soter and first broadcast by PBS in 1980. As of 2009, it is the most widely watched PBS series in the world. It won an Emmy and a Peabody Award and has since been broadcast in more than 60 countries and seen by over 500 million people.

With special permission from Druyan-Sagan Associates, Inc., the Missoula Area Secular Society is proud to present two more episodes of COSMOS at the Missoula Public Library on Saturday, July 17th, at 3:30pm.

Episode 4: "Heaven and Hell"

A descent through the hellish atmosphere of Venus to explore it's broiling surface serves as a warning for our world about the possible consequences of the increasing greenhouse effect. Then, Dr. Sagan leads viewers on a tour of the solar system to see how other heavenly bodies have suffered from various cosmic catastrophes.

Episode 5: "Blues for a Red Planet"

Is there life on Mars? Dr. Sagan takes viewers on a never-before-seen look at the red planet through the eyes of science fiction authors and then through the unblinking eyes of two Viking spacecrafts that have sent thousands of pictures of the stunning Martian landscape back to Earth since 1976.

This event is free of charge and open to the public. Families are welcome.

When: Saturday, July 17th, 3:30pm-5:30pm
Where: Missoula Public Library - Large Meeting Room (downstairs)

After the show, you're invited to join us at a downtown bar for further discussion. Stick around after the lights go up and introduce yourself if you're interested.

M.A.S.S. Movie Date: The God Who Wasn't There

The Missoula Area Secular Society is proud to present a free public screening of the critically acclaimed documentary, The God Who Wasn't There.

From exposing the hidden history of Christianity to lampooning the bloody excesses of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ (which caused Gibson to attempt legal action against the documentary), The God Who Wasn't There pulls no punches.

Directed by award-winning filmmaker (and former Christian) Brian Flemming, The God Who Wasn't There includes stimulating interviews with:

• Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation
  
  
• Alan Dundes, Professor of Folklore at the University of California at Berkeley
  
  
• Richard Carrier, historian and author of Sense and Goodness Without God
  
  
• Barbara & David P. Mikkelson, authors of the Urban Legends Reference Pages at snopes.com

Join us for this free public screening at the Missoula Public Library on Saturday, June 19th at 3:30pm in the Large Meeting Room (downstairs). After the film, you are invited to join us for dinner & drinks to discuss the film at a downtown restaurant (location TBA at the screening).

M.A.S.S. Movie Date: COSMOS

COSMOS: A Personal Voyage is a thirteen-part television series written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, and Steven Soter and first broadcast by PBS in 1980. As of 2009, it is the most widely watched PBS series in the world. It won an Emmy and a Peabody Award and has since been broadcast in more than 60 countries and seen by over 500 million people.

With special permission from Druyan-Sagan Associates, Inc., the Missoula Area Secular Society is proud to present two more episodes of COSMOS at the Missoula Public Library on Saturday, May 22nd, at 3:30pm.

Episode 2: "One Voice in the Cosmic Fuge"

Dr. Sagan's Cosmic Calendar makes the 15 billion year history of the universe understandable and frames the origin of the Earth and the evolution of life. We see the steps from microbes to humans. Our understanding of how life developed on Earth enables us to venture to other worlds for imaginative speculations on what forms life might take elsewhere in the Cosmos.

Episode 3: "The Harmony Of The Worlds"

Historical re-creation of the life and time of Johannes Kepler – the last scientific astrologer, the first modern astronomer, and the author of the first science fiction novel. Kepler provided the insight into how the moon and the planets move in their orbits and ultimately how to journey to them.

This event is free of charge and open to the public. Families are welcome.

When: Saturday, May 22nd, 3:30pm-5:30pm
Where: Missoula Public Library - Large Meeting Room (downstairs)

M.A.S.S. socializing at a downtown bar likely to occur after the show. Stick around after the lights go up and introduce yourself if you're interested.

Movie Date: Creation

Change of plans!

Instead of Oceans on Saturday, we'll be attending Creation at The Wilma on Sunday at 3PM. Then we'll wander up to the Old Post for dinner and drinks.

Where: The Wilma Theater (downtown)
When: Meet under the tent in Caras Park at 2:30. We'll head up to the theater at 2:40.

If you can't join us for the movie, please feel free to meet us at the Old Post a little after 5:00.

M.A.S.S. Movie Date: Oceans

UPDATE: We'll be going to "Creation" at The Wilma on Sunday, instead. Click here for the details.

This month's M.A.S.S. Movie date will be on the big screen at the Carmike 10 instead of at the library. Come join us for "Oceans" on Saturday, April 24th in the afternoon. The exact time will be posted here later in the week once the theater posts their matinée times for the show.

Meeting ahead of time for a quick lunch or afterwards for dinner is likely depending on the movie times. Details on that will be announced here later when the official time is posted.

And lastly, our Secretary will be celebrating his birthday that evening, and his son's very talented funk band (Kung Fu Kongress) will be playing at the Top Hat as well. So, we may drag this out into an extended multi-venue event. Stay tuned.


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M.A.S.S. Movie Date: COSMOS

COSMOS: A Personal Voyage is a thirteen-part television series written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, and Steven Soter and first broadcast by PBS in 1980. As of 2009, it is the most widely watched PBS series in the world. It won an Emmy and a Peabody Award and has since been broadcast in more than 60 countries and seen by over 500 million people.

With special permission from Druyan-Sagan Associates, Inc., the Missoula Area Secular Society is proud to present the first two episodes (with the rest to follow in coming months) of COSMOS at the Missoula Public Library on Saturday, March 20th, at 3:30pm.

Episode 1: "The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean"

At the beginning of this awe-inspiring cosmic journey, COSMOS host Dr. Carl Sagan takes viewers to the edge of the universe aboard the Spaceship of the Imagination. Through beautiful and accurate special effects, we witness quasars, exploding galaxies, star clusters, supernovas and pulsars. Returning to the Solar System, we enter an astonishing recreation of the Alexandrian Library, seat of learning on Earth 2000 years ago.

Episode 2: "One Voice in the Cosmic Fuge"

Dr. Sagan's Cosmic Calendar makes the 15 billion year history of the universe understandable and frames the origin of the Earth and the evolution of life. We see the steps from microbes to humans. Our understanding of how life developed on Earth enables us to venture to other worlds for imaginative speculations on what forms life might take elsewhere in the Cosmos.

This event is free of charge and open to the public. Families are welcome.

When: Saturday, March 20th, 3:30pm-5:30pm
Where: Missoula Public Library - Large Meeting Room (downstairs)

M.A.S.S. socializing at a downtown bar likely to occur after the show. Stick around after the lights go up and introduce yourself if you're interested.

M.A.S.S. Movie Date

Come join the Missoula Area Secular Society as we host The Meaning Of Life (as explained by Monty Python).

In this social satire, the satirical six have taken up the monumental task of explaining the meaning of life. The results are pungent, acidic, and priceless views of sex, religion, birth, war, and death. Monty Python tackles life and wrestles it to the ground in this savagely hilarious film. Rated R.


When: Saturday, January 23rd, 3:30pm
Where: Missoula Public Library (301 East Main) in the Large Meeting Room

Admission is free of charge (donations will be gratefully accepted).

After the movie, for those interested, we'll move to a nearby downtown bar for drinks, dinner and dialog.

Feel free to RSVP on the Facebook Group Event and follow us on Twitter for event update notifications.

Diner before Darwin / Movie Night

This is the second of three events in the busy month of May for the Missoula Area Secular Society (M.A.S.S.).

Join us for Diner at the Pita Pit on May 15th, before we wander over to The Wilma for the International Wildlife Film Festival's double feature evening presentation of multi-award winning films, the second of which is "Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life" by the BBC and featuring David Attenborough.

We'll start out meeting at the Pita Pit at 6:30pm for diner, then migrate over to the Wilma at about 7:00 for the 7:30 start time. If you can't make it to diner, be sure to catch up with us before we go into the theater.

If you're not sure who to look for, Jon will be wearing his "DARWIN08" Campaign Shirt. We'll also be twittering details of where we're sitting and when we're moving down the street, so have our tweets sent to your phone for up to the second alerts about how to find us.

Also, don't forget to RSVP on the Facebook Event Page (not required!), and join the Facebook Group if you haven't already.

Bill Maher's Religulous ~ Now In Missoula!

I've been patiently waiting and I just got the magic word from The Wilma.

THEY NOW HAVE RELIGULOUS!

Drop everything you thought you were doing Friday and come to the opening. Show your support to the Wilma for bringing it here.

http://www.lionsgate.com/religulous/
http://thewilma.com/movies.php

We'll meet on "the grassy knoll" in Caras Park at 6:15 then we'll head up to the theater at 6:30 so we can all try to sit together.

If you miss us at the knoll and still want to catch up with us after the show, we'll head over to the Rhino for drinks and socializing afterwards. Look for Jon in his "DARWIN 08" Campaign T-Shirt.