{"id":2308810,"date":"2026-03-02T18:31:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T18:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2308810"},"modified":"2026-03-02T18:31:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T18:31:36","slug":"unf-offers-food-music-and-astronomy-events-first-week-of-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/unf-offers-food-music-and-astronomy-events-first-week-of-march\/","title":{"rendered":"UNF offers food, music and astronomy events first week of March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"sno-story-body-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNF students will have the opportunities to cook alongside Housing and Residence Life, attend an evening of piano-duet performance and join a short public talk on astronomy with a public stargazing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the UNF events website for the first week of March, these events encourage student involvement by offering interactive cooking demonstrations, musical performances inspired by beauty, mystery, and drama, as well as physics and astronomy by observing the night sky with telescopes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nourish Cooks with Housing<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/events.unf.edu\/event\/nourish-cooks-with-housing-511?utm_campaign=widget&amp;utm_medium=widget&amp;utm_source=University+of+North+Florida\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nourish Cooks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Housing will be hosted by the UNF Living Learning Communities in collaboration with Housing and Residence Life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students will learn how to transform a tortilla into something amazing with fun, creative fillings, according to the UNF event page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The March schedule includes Monday, March 2, at Osprey Hall; March 3 at the Flats at UNF; March 4 at Osprey Crossings; March 5 at Osprey Fountains; and March 6 at Osprey Clubhouse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/givepul.se\/gd5yd8\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GivePulse<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Housing and Residence Life mission statement, the Department of Housing and Residence Life at the University of North Florida supports the university\u2019s educational mission by creating a positive living and learning community with the best facilities, services, programs, and support for our students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0According to the UNF events page, this event is free and open to students.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Echoing Under Starlight<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Department of Music will host<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/events.unf.edu\/event\/echoes-under-starlight\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Echoes Under Starlight<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on March 2.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the UNF events website, this event offers an unforgettable evening of piano duets and two-piano repertoire inspired by the beauty, mystery, and drama of nighttime. Acclaimed pianists <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/staugustinepianoacademy.com\/dr-mimi-zhang\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mimi Zhang<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/staugustinepianoacademy.com\/dr-david-mach\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David Mach<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the Echo Duo will perform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This event is perfect for classical music lovers, piano enthusiasts, and anyone looking for a unique live music experience. The piano duet concert promises to be inspiring and memorable through artistry and collaboration, according to the UNF events website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The concert features works by celebrated composers like Sergei Rachmaninoff, Germaine Tailleferre, Witold Lutos\u0142awski, Victor Borge, Einojuhani Rautavaara, and the dynamic piano duo Anderson &amp; Roe, along with enchanting themes from popular Walt Disney Company films.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The concert is free to attend, as stated on the event post, and is open to students, faculty, staff, the public, and alumni.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astronomy Night<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UNF physics and astronomy department will host<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/events.unf.edu\/event\/astronomy-night-3238\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astronomy Night<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on March 6.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the UNF events page, these are public stargazing events held every month. Each month features a short public talk on astronomy or a related topic. Afterward, if the weather allows, attendees will go to the rooftop for an hour of stargazing with telescopes.<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/webapps.unf.edu\/faculty\/bio\/N01063296\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/webapps.unf.edu\/faculty\/bio\/N01063296\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Hewitt<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Jack), Professor of Physics, will organize the event. His areas of expertise include astrophysics, computational astrophysics, high-energy and particle astrophysics, high-energy astrophysics, and observational astronomy, according to the UNF faculty bio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students can find details, including the speaker and topic, on the COAS Physics and Astronomy Night<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unf.edu\/coas\/physics\/astronomy-nights.html\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This page states that the event will feature Dr. Art Omran from UNF, discussing \u201cLife on Mars.\u201d A guest speaker gives a short public talk starting at 8 PM.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Telescope viewings will only take place if there is no cloud cover, but the public talk will happen regardless of the weather.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">___<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information or news tips, or if you see an error in this story or have any compliments or concerns, contact <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/unfspinnaker.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"6e0b0a071a011c2e1b00081d1e0700000f050b1c400d0103\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source unfspinnaker.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNF students will have the opportunities to cook alongside Housing and Residence Life, attend an evening of piano-duet performance and join a short public talk on astronomy with a public stargazing.\u00a0 On the UNF events website for the first week of March, these events encourage student involvement by offering interactive cooking demonstrations, musical performances inspired [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2308811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2308810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/UNF-offers-food-music-and-astronomy-events-first-week-of.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2308810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2308812,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308810\/revisions\/2308812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2308811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2308810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2308810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2308810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}