January 2011 – wow! FOTO already has a roster of events lined up!  Cosmic Musings Lecture Series, trips to inspire you, special events you won’t want to miss. Keep an eye out on your email and on our Calendar of Events here on the website.

Don’t let me forget to give a big shout out to our fantastic FOTO Volunteer Corps. Over the last few years we have been creating a program designed specifically around our amazing volunteers. These folks come to us with a fascinating array of experience and interests, and work as a concerted team to make FOTO [...]

Do we have your email address? Many of FOTO’s and Griffith Observatory’s programs, offerings and astronomical updates are sent first to our email list. We don’t want you to miss out on learning what is going on at the Observatory. Email us your address to: fotofriend@earthlink.net to get on our list.

The Observatory has been pictured in so many different ways – I thought I had seen it all. But this photo:

provides a dimension and perspective none of us had ever imagined. As many women will attest, lighting make s a huge difference! And the genius’s with the Video Music Awards  managed to light the Observatory [...]

Just a few days ago I was watching the “changing of the guard”. Not the one at Buckingham Palace, but the one on Griffith Observatory’s front lawn. The children and teachers who attended the School Field Trip program were on their way out to their school buses. And right behind them, I caught sight of [...]

It is that time of year again, when we open Griffith Observatory’s phone lines to teachers and administrators making reservations for the 5th grade School Field Trip. This year, the phone lines crashed as demand for this wonderful program is so high. I think of it as almost a rite of passage for 5th grade [...]

The trip to Palomar Observatory was so much fun – even though I was dreading the long bus trip there and back. But, while driving to Palomar Observatory we saw a very good movie called Journey to Palomar which gave us a great sense of the historical importance of Palomar as well as how the telescopes are [...]

The other night something extraordinary happened at the Observatory. No, it wasn’t purely astronomical. What it was, was a wonderful outpouring of generosity that took us all by surprise.
Many months ago, FOTO was approached by the people at MacTech, a computer tech magazine, about the possibility of bringing their conference attendees up to the Observatory [...]

Autumn is one of my favorite times of the year. And this year, looking up at Jupiter and seeing the City of the Angels from the roof top of Griffith Observatory really does inspire awe.
The nighttime beauty of the City and the canopy of dark night and bright Jupiter is just one reason to love [...]

Our annual FOTO Holiday Party is scheduled for December 6. I always enjoy this gathering – meeting and re-connecting with so many great FOTO members. If you can join us, please call and make a reservation. It is a nice way to continue to enhance the holiday spirit.