PEOPLE ATTHEAMNH 



Joanna Dales 



Associate 



Event and Conference Services 



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r hen Joanna Dales was a senior 

 in college, she and her friends 

 visited the Museum. Standing on the 

 steps outside, one of her friends pre- 

 dicted that one day, one of them 

 would live right by the Museum. Years 

 later, Joanna not only lives across the 

 street, but she walks up those very 

 same steps to work every day. 



As an Associate in Events and Con- 

 ference Services, Joanna coordinates 

 special events for the Museum as well 

 as outside clients. She deals with 

 prospective clients, and admits that 

 the most enjoyable part of the process 

 is introducing people to the Museum. 



Joanna is on her third career. After 

 obtaining a degree in English, she 

 spent several years as a high-school 

 English teacher before pursuing a ca- 

 reer in marketing. She spent over 26 

 years at Better Homes and Gardens 

 magazine, most of the time as Direc- 

 tor of Marketing for Advertising. She 

 then briefly ran her own event-plan- 

 ning company before joining the Mu- 

 seum six years ago. "The work I do 

 here really combines all my passions." 



When she is not working, Joanna en- 

 joys reading and loves to cook and give 

 dinner parties, the mark of a true event 

 planner. "The greatest satisfaction of 

 the job comes in hearing a client say, 

 'It went exactly as I had hoped for and 

 more.' That sense of accomplishment 

 is what you go to work for." 



COSMIC COLLISIONS 



New Space Show at the Hayden Planetarium Opens March 18 



Cosmic Collisions was created by the American Museum of Natural History with the major support and partnership 

 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Science Mission Directorate, Heliophysics Division. 

 Cosmic Collisions was developed in collaboration with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science; GOTO, Inc.. 

 Tokyo, )apan; and the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum. 

 Cosmic Collisions is made possible through the generous support of CIT 



amnh.org Launches New Space Events Web Page 

 www.amnh.org/space-events 



Anew Web page, www.amnh.org/ 

 space-events, is where you'll find 



the most up-to-date information on 

 space-related events taking place each 

 month at the American Museum of 

 Natural History. Visit often to learn 

 about the Museum's plans to watch the 

 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enter 

 orbit around the Red Planet; discover 

 what's happening to observe Sun-Earth 

 Day on Wednesday, March 29; and find 

 out about other late-breaking news, pro- 

 grams, and events in space science. 



Total solar eclipse 



Soh Daiko, a New York— based Japanese taiko drum troupe, will welcome spring with a 

 celebratory performance at the Global Weekends Spring Festival. On Saturday, March 19, a 

 day of workshops, demonstrations, performances, and more will ring in the spring equinox 

 and International Earth Day while educating kids and families about the science and culture 

 of this season of renewal. 



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