Pulitzer Prize winning auther Kia Bird, center, during the Oppenheimer Conversations event, sponsored by the Los Alamos Historical Society, Tuesday evening at Fuller Lodge. From left, LANL National Security Research Center Director Brye Steeves who moderated for Bird and Tim Rieser who was instrumental in vacating the revocation of Oppenheimer’s clearance. Bird won a Pulitzer Prize for American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, on which the upcoming Oppenheimer movie is based. This was a fundraising event for  restoration of the Oppenheimer House. Photo by John  McHale/ladailypost.com

Scene from Kia Bird’s talk Tuesday evening at Fuller Lodge. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Scene from author Kia Bird’s book signing – shown here signing books for White Rock residents Joyce Wolff and Richard Henderson on Tuesday evening at Fuller Lodge. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Scene from the Kia Bird Book Signing event Tuesday at Fuller Lodge. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Scene of attendees gathered Tuesday on the back patio at Fuller Lodge ahead of the Kia Bird talk and book signing event. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Local quartet Sax Atomix, Sadie Barry, Bryan Fearey, Joyce Guzik  and Paul Lewis performing on the patio Tuesday during the Kia Bird talk and book signing event at Fuller Lodge. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Buffet provided for the event by Blue Window Bistro. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com