They are having the NorthEast Astronomy Forum at RCC in a couple of weeks. April 26-27, 2008. It is interesting that the Forum costs $20 to get in, but my RCC Employee card is still good, so I get in for free. I think that I might like to wander in on one of the days to see what’s up.
One of the interesting workshops is Astrophotography with Your DSLR. I would very much like to take pictures of the night sky and I have no idea how to do it. I would like to use a long exposure for the meteor showers and lunar eclipses. The last time that I tried either of these I got nothing but black. This talk is mostly about hooking your camera up to a telescope, but it still might answer some questions.
There is a NEAF SOLAR STAR PARTY that has something to do with observing sunspots that is free. I have to find out more about this. If they have beer, I might be very interested in looking at sunspots.