The Center of The Sunlit Sky

This book is for amateur astronomers who would like to know the mythology behind the names of astronomical objects in the night sky. It covers the lore and legend behind Ptolemy’s 48 constellations, along with significant asterisms, the planets and their moons, the brightest named asteroids and dwarf planets.

The Mythology of the Night Sky is intended primarily for amateur astronomers who would like to know the mythology behind the names of constellations and planets. It deals with the 48 constellations identified by the ancient Greek astronomer Ptolemy, as well as all the planets of our solar system and their moons, which are named after Roman gods.

Blues/psychedelic rock group Big Brother & The Holding Company's debut album & Janis Joplin's studio debut. The record produced hit song "Down on Me".

This newly formed quintet traces its roots to the center of the Danish jazz scene. Each member has been prominent internationally and now they have joined forces and recorded two albums which will be released soon. Influences are a mix of hard bop and modern jazz driven by the quintet’s powerful rhythm section. The audience can expect a blend of new material with some of the band member’s favorite jazz tunes in between. The name of the band originates in the fact that most of the Scandinavian nationalities can be found within the quintet. Karl-Martin Almquist is Swedish, Johnny Åmann is from Finland, Carl Winter and Anders Mogensen are Danish and trumpet player Ari Bragi is from Iceland.

The unknown sound collective creates sound art compositions of organic field recordings, experimental voice, and minimal instrumentation- a noise and freak folk ensemble that tends towards the otherworldly, often paired with other media. The project is founded by poet and interdisciplinary artist elena botts (mourning dove) who organizes projects & shows by the unknown sound collective virtually & irl (in real life).