If you go
› What: A Party In the Sky› Where: Tennessee Aquarium Imax 3D Theater, 201 Chestnut St.› When: 1:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27.› Admission: $8 for Aquarium members of all ages, $12 nonmembers. Price includes a ticket to the 2 p.m. screening of “Conquest of the Skies 3D.” Optional admission to the Aquarium is $29.95 adults, $18.95 for ages 3-12.› For more information: 423-266-4629
Guests can meet other birds, like this snowy egret, before or after seeing “Conquest of the Skies 3D” on Saturday afternoon. (Contributed Photo)From Atlas beetles’ ponderous liftoff to starlings’ gracefully synchronized aerial maneuvering, “Conquest of the Skies 3D” covers the full gamut of natural flight.
But on Saturday, Jan. 27, the newest film on the Imax 3D Theater’s six-story screen gets even more incredible when A Party In the Sky is held. This one-time event will feature pre- and post-screening activities that offer deeper insights into the story of how animals took to the heavens.
In the pre-screening fun, kids will meet Velcro, the Aquarium’s flying squirrel, and complete a crafting activity in the theater lobby.
Then the party continues with a movie screening. For 45 minutes, guests will be dazzled by slow-motion footage of hummingbirds jousting and be taken back in time (courtesy of computer-generated animation) to watch winged reptiles in the Paleozoic skies.