IL - Chicago/60605 - Adler Planetarium - Thurs 1/17/13

[beans]

Each month, Chicago’s Adler Planetarium hosts an evening event called "Adler After Dark," which is an adults only night at the planetarium, complete with rooster and a special theme. This month’s theme was “Geek Chic,” celebrating all things geek culture. The planetarium featured all of its usual exhibits and shows, but added a trivia challenge, encouraged attendees to wear costumes, served Romulan Ale, and invited the 501st Legion to provide some imperial flair.

The Midwest Garrison answered the call with an impressive group of the Emperor’s finest.

All photos by Matthew Crowley Photography unless otherwise noted

Darth Vader and his troops arrived to:
Mingle with the museum-goers…


Hold a quick staff meeting…


Knock a few things off the to-do list...


Inspect the planetarium for illegal droids…


Show off the might of the empire…


Put down any rebel uprisings…


Get some sun…


Try to figure out if this is just another drill...


Realize it's not…


Go bowling…


And just generally look awesome:


It was a great and memorable night, and the planetarium staff were fantastic hosts, even providing the troopers with dinner beforehand. Thank you to everyone who made it to this event!!

Special thanks to:
- Kathy for bringing her awesome “Instant Death Star” backdrop for the photo station
- A very talented photographer and good friend to the MWG, Matthew Crowley who documented the mission with many amazing photos. http://www.matthewcrowleyphotography.com
- Adler Planetarium for the invitation and for a very fun evening! We hope they find a reason to invite us back soon!

TOD:
0265 / Javier – TK
0412 / Arturo – TK
0542 / Andy – TK
1020 / Jim – SL (Vader)
1876 / Thomas - BH (Durge)
3052 / Steve S – ID
3446 / Neil – IG
3667 / Eric – TK
4541 / Beans – TK
5924 / Carlos – TK
6074 / Joe – TD
7596 / Vince – TB
8148 / Matt M. – TK
8238 / Jessica – ID (Juno)
8310 / Rob – TS
8596 / Matt F. – TK
8968 / Brian – IG
9336 / RDB – TK
9526 / Steve - TI
9989 / Kathy – TS
12155 / David – TK

Costume Support:
Janine/4838 – Costume Support
Ashley McClintock – Costume Support
Matthew Crowley - Photographer

Buckets off Group Photo:


MWG Photobucket Album: http://s1099.beta.photobucket.com/user/ ... eek%20Chic
Great shots by Thomas Spanos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecloneem ... 553095549/

Trooping Time: 4 Hours
Charity Totals: $0

Sorry this is a photo heavy mission report, but there were just too many great ones!!!
A few more photo highlights:

(credit: Ashley McClintock)












(credit: Thomas Spanos)

[mattbobmcd]

An excellent mission report for an excellent troop! Great job Beans and everyone else!

[Fleetfang]

Great job everybody! And a fantastic mission report, Beans!
Can't wait until they find an excuse to bring us back again!

[teach42]

Well done. No apologies needed for it being pic heavy, that was an incredibly photogenic troop!

Thanks Beans for putting it all together. That really was a night that will be long remembered.

[Runnin'6712]

ToD updated. Great job....I would have loved to been there!!

[Solcar23]

Best. Troop. Ever.

[Schph Gochi]

lol...GREAT mission report....love the captions on the photos...

Will be adding this to my Charity report and blog...even though there was no charitible donation....doing events like this to raise awareness of our local Museums is in itself a charitble act. I know that some of our Chicago Museums (the Field comes to mind) are experiencing tough times too and have had to cut their budgets. This troop hopefully will draw more folks back to the Planetarium.

[beans]

Congratulations to all who attended, we were written up as the Troop of the Month for January in the First Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment February Newsletter!!
http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/2 ... ewsletter/

[woulf]

Congratulations to all who attended, we were written up as the Troop of the Month for January in the First Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment February Newsletter!!
http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/2 ... ewsletter/

Great job troopers

[Fleetfang]

Another feather in the cap (or bucket?) of the Midwest Garrison!