POTSDAM – The Potsdam Public Library invites the public to the first “Own The Night Summer Series” Tuesday, June 5 at 6:30 p.m. in Ives Park.

PPL Board member Dr. David Bradford will help attendees get a safe view of the transit of Venus across the sun through a telescope.

Later in the summer, Bradford will offer training on Stellarium, a planetarium computer program available on library computers.