Film: Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places
- Event Date: Thursday, February 16, 2017
- Time: 7:00 pm (CST)
- Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
- Cost: Free Admission
Join Illinois Public Media at the Spurlock Museum for an exclusive screening of Stephen Hawking’s Favorite Places. The film follows renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking—one of the most brilliant minds our time—as we travel on this extraordinary journey across the cosmos, sharing his own story of inspiration, curiosity, perseverance, and ambition along the way.
“My goal is simple: complete understanding of the universe,” said Hawking. “It’s always been a dream of mine to explore the universe. So, what if I could? Imagine I could go anywhere and see anything.” Thanks to the magic of CGI and the advancements of scientific visualization, Commander Stephen Hawking pilots the SS Hawking—a spaceship he designed himself—to The Big Bang, Milky Way’s central black hole, Gliese 832 c, Saturn, and back to Earth: all with us in the passenger seat.
Illinois Public Media was proud to work with CuriosityStream, Bigger Bang, and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at Illinois on this exciting project.
This free, exclusive screening of Stephen Hawking’s Favorite Places is one of the first public theatrical screenings of the program anywhere in the United States.
This event is presented by Illinois Public Media (external link).