Join Our Annual Celebration of Easton’s Claim to Astronomical Fame with Our Star Speaker-Barista and Published Expert on the Matter, Frank Pagliaro
Every December at Greiser’s we celebrate the cosmic 1807 event that put Easton at the center of scientific exploration.
Celebrate and learn about the world-famous meteorite that was observed by Eastonites in the sky before it landed on farmland here on this date, 218 years ago. The event is known as the first documented observation of space stuff landing in North America.
Chunks of our town meteor (officially and misleadingly known as the Weston Meteorite) are held in collections around the world, from the Yale Peabody Museum in New Haven to the Vatican Observatory in Italy. Thanks to our own so-much-more-than-just-a-barista Frank Pagliaro, history was corrected with his 2009 scientific paper, published with the geologist M. Robson, “Weston: Revised position for a historically significant meteorite fall,” in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science.
This year, on Sunday, December 14, from 5pm – 7pm, come to enjoy Frank’s entertaining and informative talk while noshing on an assortment of homemade celestial canapés and cosmic cocktails.
Warning: There’s a strong chance you’ll depart this event inspired to obtain a metal detector and launch a meteorite hunt on your own property. One of our past lecture guests returned the following year for show-and-tell with the specimen he dug up in his own back yard!
Please book your spot in person at the store or online here by December 11.