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	May-June Highlights Click here for a complete calendar of area events ‘Star Wars’ exhibition lands in Wichita The national exhibition “Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination” will be at Exploration Place May 26- Sept. 3. A blockbuster in every city it has visited, the 8,000-square-foot exhibition allows visitors to explore the real science behind the fantasy technologies used in the Star Wars films and imagine how they could someday be used in real life. Visitors can examine modes of transportation, including Luke Skywalker’s original Landspeeder and other hovercraft, as well as operate a car that floats on a cushion of air and “jump to lightspeed” aboard a replica of the Millennium Falcon. C-3PO and R2-D2 will give an idea of what real robots can do. Included in the exhibition are interactive exhibits, video interviews of Lucasfilm filmmakers along with scientists and engineers, and more than 100 Star Wars artifacts and real world technologies. Movie artifacts include a Yoda puppet and costumes worn by Anakin Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi, C-3PO, R2-D2, Princess Leia and Darth Vader. Special admission prices apply, visit www.exploration.org for details and hours. Curtain goes up on Music Theatre season Starting off Music Theatre of Wichita’s 41st season will be “Fiddler on the Roof” June 13-17. The rest of the season includes: “9 to 5,” a musical based on the motion picture comedy, June 27-July 1; “Honk!,” the pun-filled adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Ugly Duckling,” July 11-15; “Singin’ in the Rain,” Hollywood’s most acclaimed movie musical, July 25-29; and “Legally Blonde,” a new Broadway musical comedy, Aug. 8-12. Performances are Wednesday-Sunday evenings with weekend matinees in Century II Concert Hall. For tickets, call 316-265-3107 or visit MTWichita.org.

May-June Highlights

Click here for a complete calendar of area events

‘Star Wars’ exhibition lands in Wichita

The national exhibition “Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination” will be at Exploration Place May 26- Sept. 3. A blockbuster in every city it has visited, the 8,000-square-foot exhibition allows visitors to explore the real science behind the fantasy technologies used in the Star Wars films and imagine how they could someday be used in real life.

Visitors can examine modes of transportation, including Luke Skywalker’s original Landspeeder and other hovercraft, as well as operate a car that floats on a cushion of air and “jump to lightspeed” aboard a replica of the Millennium Falcon. C-3PO and R2-D2 will give an idea of what real robots can do.

Included in the exhibition are interactive exhibits, video interviews of Lucasfilm filmmakers along with scientists and engineers, and more than 100 Star Wars artifacts and real world technologies. Movie artifacts include a Yoda puppet and costumes worn by Anakin Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi, C-3PO, R2-D2, Princess Leia and Darth Vader.

Special admission prices apply, visit www.exploration.org for details and hours.

Curtain goes up on Music Theatre season

Starting off Music Theatre of Wichita’s 41st season will be “Fiddler on the Roof” June 13-17. The rest of the season includes: “9 to 5,” a musical based on the motion picture comedy, June 27-July 1; “Honk!,” the pun-filled adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Ugly Duckling,” July 11-15; “Singin’ in the Rain,” Hollywood’s most acclaimed movie musical, July 25-29; and “Legally Blonde,” a new Broadway musical comedy, Aug. 8-12.

Performances are Wednesday-Sunday evenings with weekend matinees in Century II Concert Hall. For tickets, call 316-265-3107 or visit MTWichita.org.