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Mike Renzi of Starhoo Observatory in Lakeville is presenting a series of programs at the Lakeville Library.Contributed photo

LAKEVILLE --- It's The Moon, It's The Sun, It's ASTRONOMY with Lakeville's Sky Guy!

That's how folks at the Lakeville Public Library are trumpeting an upcoming chapter of the 2012 Summer Reading Program for students ages 10 and older. This year's theme is We Own the Night and to celebrate it, the library is offering a series of workshops aimed at learning how the Moon, the Sun and the Solar System as a whole shape our days and nights. According to a news release, the program focuses on astronomy education which uses numbers and arithmetic as something fun and not something to be feared.

The sessions will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7, 14, and 21 in the Meeting Room of the Lakeville Library on Precinct Street and will be conducted by Mike Renzi of Starhoo Observatory in Lakeville.

Renzi has conducted previous workshops on Backyard Astronomy and the Night Sky and has also presented to Lakeville Boy Scout troops. His library workshop topics will include The Basketball and the Baseball (Earth & Moon); The Solar System ... What is it, How'd it get here?; and Beyond the Sun the Milky Way.

At the fourth and final meeting, the group will be invited to a Star Party to be held on Aug. 28 at the Starhoo Observatory on Cedar Pond where parents and kids can come to view the night sky through scopes.

This astronomy event is one of a series of free public cultural presentations being held at the Lakeville Public Library; they are supported in part with a grant from the Lakeville Arts Council.

For dates of additional 2012 Cultural Presentation Series events to be held at the Lakeville Public Library this year, visit the Lakeville Arts Council website at http://www.lakevillearts.com.

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