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Yuri's Night at La Fontana Cafe

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Yuri's Night at La Fontana Cafe

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SEATING IS LIMITED. PLEASE RSVP ONLY IF YOU EXPECT TO BE ATTENDING. PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR GUESTS AS WELL WHEN RSVPing.

On Saturday, April 22, the RASC will commemorate the day when humanity first entered space. This will be a social event. Come chat with fellow space enthusiasts. The Cafe will be offering a dinner menu for the event.

RASC's own Scott MacGillivray of Global TV's "Space Talk with Scott" will be presenting on humanities first endeavours into space travel. (at approx 8:00 pm)

Weather permitting, the RASC will have telescopes set up on the patio outside the Cafe.

La Fontana Cafe is located on the northeast corner of Boundary Road and Hastings Street. Free parking is available in the parkade of the building, access off Boundary Road.

Overview: Yuri's Night is The World Space Party celebrating over 50 years of human space flight.

Quote from official website (yurisnight.net):
"Yuri’s Night is a global celebration of humanity’s past, present, and future in space. Yuri’s Night parties and events are held around the world every April in commemoration of Yuri Gagarin becoming the first human to venture into space on April 12, 1961, and the inaugural launch of the first Space Shuttle on April 12, 1981."

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La Fontana Cafe
101-3701 Hastings Street · Burnaby, BC