Chrysler Museum Mobile Glass Studio
It may not be fresh-from-Mars glass, but the Chrysler Museum Mobile Glass Studio will rock your socks off with an astounding presentation on the glass-blowing process!
The Barry Art Museum will be closed to the public on Friday, 12/1. We will resume our normal hours of operation on Saturday, 12/2.
It may not be fresh-from-Mars glass, but the Chrysler Museum Mobile Glass Studio will rock your socks off with an astounding presentation on the glass-blowing process!
DesignHer is an exhibition of contemporary graphic design focusing on women practitioners. Highlighting how women have been at the forefront of defining and challenging the conceptions of design, the exhibition presents a sampling of the various purposes design is put to in our culture and the motivations that prompted its use. Participants range from younger […]
This exhibition features selections from hundreds of self-taught artworks in the permanent collection of the Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries. With many works made from found and repurposed materials, and with their visual commentary on communities and the hellish costs of social ills, they support the theme of sustainability—social, environmental, and economic—during ODU’s themed […]
Come enjoy otherworldly projections of Mars' surface - and other entertaining visions - all along the festival grounds orchestrated by the ODU’s very own artistic team Lee Smith and Katherine Hammond. Their installation features a collaboration between Warehouse of Theatre with ODU Theatre and Film students.
Come explore what this exciting ODU program has to offer for prospective students!
Poems about Mars, written by Hampton Roads Elementary School children, will be displayed along the festival grounds in Mars-red chalk!
The Society of Physics Students (SPS) will be showcasing demos and distribute information regarding this exciting club!
ODU's very own Geography Program discuss the geographical techniques utilized for the understanding of Earth, while calling into question how political and environmental interactions influence space exploration.
Interact with spatial exploration technologies (such as drones) and discover how these devices have applications locally - and on Mars!
Discover how ancient mariners used the stars, sun, and moon to navigate across the seas! Find out how these tools of the trade are still in use today by gaining first-hand experience in celestial navigation.
This program will provide an insight into Satellite and Space activities at Old Dominion University's Space Systems Lab. As part of the exhibit, a classroom satellite kit will be showcased. An insight into the anatomy of a satellite will be provided.
Local retailers hailing from Selden Market appear in our orbit for an out-of-this-world opportunity you don't want to miss! Here's your chance to take home a piece of Mars Fest.
Construct a martian headband using a variety of skill sets. Donations encouraged.
Come observe the sky with local astronomers! BBAA members will set up telescopes in front of the TED Center. Corner of Hampton blvd and 43rd St, Norfolk, VA 23508
Interactive STEAM table provides visitors a chance to design a shelter for life on Mars, inspired by unique conditions found on the big, red planet!
For three decades, United Souls Band has mesmerized audiences with their explosive style and mesmerizing riddims! Some in the industry say their electrifying stage performance is one of the best in the game today. USB has become more than a band – it's a musical fraternity, not bound by structure for structure's sake. Whether you've […]
Have you ever wanted to travel to galaxies, visit exotic worlds, or meet aliens? Try out our space bites and hear book excerpts from the experts!
We ARE Rocky 7, a 6-piece band of musical ROCKSTARZ from Hampton Roads (and beyond). With a repertoire ranging from Black Sabbath and the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Janet Jackson, Post Malone and Bruno Mars, the band delivers a night of high energy, sweat and an unforgettable show of Rock, Alternative and Top 40 […]
From the Department of Communication and Theatre Arts, Senior Lecturer Meredith Magoun crash-lands into this Mars Fest to decorate all of our faces in paint!
Paper Aliens is a vibrant, genre-bending quintet from Norfolk, Virginia. The group’s musical discoveries take flight into a refreshing blend of soul-driven psychedelic funk and rock to unveil a unique sound all their own.
