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A sudden boon has been granted us.

Short version: RSVP by 2 PM Thursday, get yourself down to Navy Pier by 7 PM, and you can see the new 3D IMAX movie about the Mars Exploration Rovers. Free.

Jim Plaxco, space activist and webmaster of
<http://www.chicagospace.org/>, passes this along.


Hello Everyone,

A special late-breaking offer for members of the
Chicago Society for Space Studies, local National Space Society
members and SpaceinChicago subscribers from the Navy Pier IMAX
Theatre.

You and a one or more guests are invited to attend a _FREE_ screening
of Walt Disney Pictures' newest movie "Roving Mars" exclusively at the
Navy Pier IMAX Theatre!

Date and Time: Thursday, January 26 at 7:00 p.m.

Location: Navy Pier IMAX Theatre
700 E. Grand Avenue, Chicago
Cost: FREE Movie

Description: The mysterious Red Planet, Mars, has inspired countless
science fiction dreams and nightmares. Now, for the first time,
experience the reality of the Mars surface as seen through the eyes of
two intrepid, death-defying explorers - Spirit and Opportunity, the
Mars Rovers - in the spectacular new giant screen adventure Roving
Mars, exclusively in IMAX Theatres. Produced by Academy
Award-nominated filmmaker Frank Marshall (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Who
Framed Roger Rabbit, The Sixth Sense, Seabiscuit) and produced and
directed by George Butler, this film takes moviegoers on a fantastic
journey unlike any that has ever been seen on the giant screen. The
movie lasts approximately 45 minutes.

*** IN ORDER TO ATTEND YOU MUST RSVP ***

RSVP to Caroline at the Silverman Group no later than Thursday, January 26 at 2:00 PM.
Call Caroline at 312.932.9911.

I hope to see you there.

Best Regards,
Jim Plaxco
Vice President, Chicago Society for Space Studies
http://www.chicagospace.org




The IMAX site:
<http://www.imax.com/imaxweb/filmdetail.do?type=comingsoon&movieid=code__.__8>

About the film:
<http://www.space.com/adastra/adastra_rovingmars_060125.html>

<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/25/movies/25mars.html?_r=1>

Useful coupon for $10 off parking at Navy Pier--<http://navypier.com/pdf/parkingcoupon06.pdf>> (Ordinarily, parking is $19 for one to three hours.)

See you there, Mars buffs!
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