Super Stellar Fridays

On the 1st Friday of the month, enjoy an evening exploring science with Discovery Center educators and special guest speakers through live programs, planetarium shows, and sky viewing with the NH Astronomical Society.

GREENWAVE: The Music of Plants

Next Super Stellar Friday - Friday, November 7th, 2025

Presentation Description:  Can plants play music? With the right instruments they can! Join Aaron Jones (a.k.a. Mr. Aaron) for an evening of plant-based music with his new project, GREENWAVE. GREENWAVE is designed as an inspirational and thought-provoking experience. Specialized equipment registers electrical impulses from living plants and converts them into musical notes and phrases. The plant’s unique biorhythms establish and steer the course of a melodic, spontaneous musical performance. The compositions created are always collaborative, always new, always live, and never repeated. The project's mission is to create space for being present and mindful of our culture's relationship with nature, nurturing a safe and hopeful space where we can think and talk about what we want that relationship to look like and ways that we might get there—“the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible”, in the words of environmental author and speaker Charles Eisenstein.

Aaron Jones is an award-winning composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist based out of Concord, NH. Whether it's writing and performing for kids and families as "Mr. Aaron", or getting the party started at clubs and theatres with his experimental electronic music project, "Bosey Joe", Aaron brings decades of experience and passion to his musical ventures. He was named "Best Children's Performer" by NH Magazine, and won "Best Song" from the John Lennon Foundation. He holds an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from New York University, and has performed all over the world. Learn more about GREENWAVE.

Recommended for all ages.

Get Tickets

Please note before purchasing your Super Stellar Friday tickets:

Ticket costs include admission to the presentation, exhibit galleries, and a planetarium show. Tickets for this event can be purchased at the front desk on the night or before the event online.

Schedule

  • 6:30 pm: Discovery Center opens, exhibit galleries available for exploration

  • 7:00 pm: Speaker Presentation

  • 8:00 pm: Planetarium Show

  • 9:00 pm: Sky Viewing with New Hampshire Astronomical Society (weather permitting)

Ticket Pricing

  • Adult: $13.00

  • Child (3-12): $10.00

  • Senior (62+): $12.00

  • Students (13-college): $12.00

  • EBT/SNAP/WIC Card Holders + Up To 5 Guests: $3.00 (Use code “4ALLSSF” at checkout!)

  • Members and Child Under 2: Free!

A promotional poster for 'Ask the Astronomer,' offering free telescope guidance every Friday, featuring a starry night sky background, orange text, and an illustration of a person looking through a telescope, with a New Hampshire Astronomical Society logo.

In addition to NHAS’s monthly sky watch, get your telescope questions answered by a professional astronomer, whether you need help with your current scope, advice on purchasing one, or tips on how to observe celestial wonders. In the event of inclement weather, an NHAS member will still be present to assist with astronomy or telescope related inquiries. This program is free to attend, but regular admission applies for the featured Super Stellar Friday program.

Can’t make it in person?

We are no longer offering a livestream of the presentation portion of Super Stellar Friday presentations. We apologize for the inconvenience! Presentations will be available on the Discovery Center’s YouTube channel within a few days.

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