Linn-Benton Community College

A Solar Eclipse Festival “Totality Inspired” will be held at Linn-Benton Community College August 20 and 21 and includes a variety of activities and overnight camping. Festival starts at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20 with family friendly activities and more than 20 educational booths including water rocketry, slime making, barrel imploding, bed-of-nails demo, solar observation booth, pin hole camera construction, exploding bucket, burning salts, thin film chromatography, fire breathing, start gazing, liquid nitrogen ice cream and more. Physics demonstrations start at 4 p.m. in the college theater and include ROV and high altitude balloon demonstrations, the life and death of stars, variable stars and eclipse science and history. Albany rock band “Up Rising” will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the college courtyard. Food, non-alcoholic drinks and eclipse memorabilia will be available for purchase. Festival admission is $5 at the door for non-campers. Free admission for children under 18 and...

A solar eclipse festival and campout will be held at Linn-Benton Community College August 20-21 with star gazing and eclipse activities Sunday, and breakfast and eclipse viewing on Monday. Tent campsites are open to LBCC students and guests until Friday, June 16 at a reduced rate of $40 per site for up to four people and includes breakfast and viewing glasses. There is a $10 fee for each additional camper up to three more per site. Starting June 17, tent camping sites will be available to the public at $100 per site for up to four, and includes breakfast and viewing glasses. There is a $25 fee for each additional camper up to three more per site. Festival begins Sunday evening, Aug. 20 with science activities, entertainment and a star party. Evening activities are free for campers, $5 for non-campers, and free for children under 18. Monday, Aug. 21 begins with free breakfast for campers only, followed by viewing of the solar eclipse, which includes eclipse viewing glasses. Tickets can ...