Arts and Entertainment

Arts Scene: Model trains, planetarium shows and other low-key, family-friendly fun

Cinema

Travels with Leo

The Thomas Planetarium at the Anchorage Museum will present an eye-popping, digitally animated film about a boy named Leo who doesn't want to do his homework, falls into his textbook and travels through time, learning about science and art from the era of cave paintings through the Renaissance and recent times. Catch the half-hour show at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 26. Tickets are $4-$6 in addition to museum admission.

Photography

Shutters for photo shows

The Alaska Photographic Center Member's Exhibition will remain on display through Sunday, Dec. 27, in the Carr Gottstein Academic Center at Alaska Pacific University. The show has work by APC members that you may have already seen and a lot that you haven't yet. The Grant Hall gallery space is hosting the Juror's Choice exhibit with work picked by nationally prominent photographer Susan Burnstine, who judged this year's Rarefied Light competition. The spaces are open all days except Christmas.

Models

Locomotion in miniature

The Northern Lights Model Railroad Club invites the public to an open house at their headquarters in Russian Jack Springs Park. The full fleet of fabulously detailed model trains will be running and club members will be on hand to answer questions and talk about some of the surprising tricks of their hobby. Bring the kids and everyone else from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 27. Admission is free.

Mike Dunham

Mike Dunham has been a reporter and editor at the ADN since 1994, mainly writing about culture, arts and Alaska history. He worked in radio for 20 years before switching to print.

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