# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Matinée! Sunstruck
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Event Description**: The Staerkel Planetarium is showing matinées during spring break!

The Sun is humanity’s star! But what is it made of and how does it shine? Travel back to the beginning of the solar system and experience the birth of the Sun. Discover how it came to support life, how it also threatens life as we know it, and how its energy will one day fade away. Produced by the Michigan Science Center and NASA.

Admission is $8 for adults or $7 for Parkland students, seniors 65 and older, or children 12 and under. Passes may be purchased at tickets.parkland.edu or in the lobby beginning a half-hour before the first show. Members of the Friends of the Staerkel Planetarium are admitted for free.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/champaign/matinée-sunstruck/200029392501000
- **Event Categories**: spring-break
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Champaign
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: William M. Staerkel Planetarium at Parkland College
- **lat**: 40.132104505141
- **long**: -88.291534781456
- **full address**: William M. Staerkel Planetarium at Parkland College, Champaign, United States

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: Matinée! Sunstruck
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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Matinée! Sunstruck being held?
  - **A:** Matinée! Sunstruck takes place on Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 03:00 pm at William M. Staerkel Planetarium at Parkland College, Champaign, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Matinée! Sunstruck?
  - **A:** Matinée! Sunstruck is organized by William M. Staerkel Planetarium at Parkland College.

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