Fri 11/24-12/31 @ 4PM daily
4pm & 7pm Fridays
Talk about having legs! Pink Floyd’s classic album The Dark Side of the Moon was released 50 years ago this year and propelled the progressive rock band, which had made seven previous albums, to superstardom. It contained the band’s first big hit “Money,” still ranks as one of the best selling albums of all times, and is a classic rock radio staple.
Its sonic adventurousness, which gives the entire work an elusive, futuristic quality some would describe as “spacey,” makes it the perfect soundtrack or a planetarium show, such as the one debuting at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Nathan & Fannye Shafran Planetarium this week. NSC Creative has used modern technology to create visuals that dovetail with the surround sound soundtrack, working with Aubrey Powell of the legendary design firm Hipgnosis who created the band’s visual identity.
“Each song is presented with a different visual theme; some songs provide a futuristic look forward, while others are a retro salute to Pink Floyd’s iconic imagery,” we’re told.
The Dark Side of the Moon will be showing daily in the Planetarium at 4pm, with an additional 7pm show on Fridays, through December 31. A separate $10 ticket is required for the show, and you don’t have to have a general admission ticket as well.
Proceeds from this show benefit the innovative programming, groundbreaking research, and vital conservation work at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Go here to get tickets.
cmnh.org/the-dark-side-of-the-moon