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Time Travel Adventure Game Features NNM History

Courtesy photo

THE EYES OF TIME News:

ESPAÑOLA — The history of Northern New Mexico is the gateway to a new adventure game designed to engage youth and families in an interactive experience of time travel.

Starting at the O’Keeffe Welcome Center in Abiquiu, the game is a new way to share cultural stories through a scavenger hunt into the continuum of time.

The Eyes of Time is a self-guided puzzle game in which participants are tasked with deactivating scattered pieces of an exploded time machine. The game begins at the O’Keeffe: Welcome Center gift shop. Upon purchasing the map, players receive Read More

Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘Jojo Rabbit’

By CYNTHIA BIDDLEOMB
Los Alamos

“Jojo Rabbit” was one of the Best Picture nominees for 2019 and it’s finally coming to our town.

Should you go see it?

I had my doubts back in November whether I would be able to tolerate an upbeat film where Hitler is a young boy’s invisible friend. Throughout my lifetime, Hitler was no joking matter.

But, to be fair, Adolf Hitler is not a character in this film, which is focused instead on the experiences of a 10-year-old boy learning to reject hate during the Nazi reign over Germany. In the novel on which the screenplay is based, “Caging Skies” by Christine Leunens, there Read More

Opera Make Sense Today & Opera Social Sunday

OPERA News:

The Mesa Public Library and Los Alamos Opera Guild is co-hosting Opera Make Sense at 10:30 a.m. today Feb. 29 in the children’s section of the library. https://www.santafeopera.org/discover/youth/opera-makes-sense

Also, the Opera Guild is hosting a community free event at 2:30 p.m. Sunday of three young voices of the Santa Fe Opera from Los Alamos at the United Church 2525 Canyon Dr.

All are Welcome!

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YMCA Red, Black And Wild West Ball March 14

James Carothers will perform at the Red, Black & Wild West Ball March 14. Photo by Dixie Owen/Schmidt PR

YMCA News:

The Family YMCA’s Red, Black and Wild West Ball is Saturday, March 14 at Buffalo Thunder Resort and will feature live music from the James Carothers Band, a live and silent auction, dinner and dancing.

This annual gala raises funds for financial assistance and youth programs at the The Family YMCA and there are still table sponsorships available and individual tickets for sale.

Tickets are $125/each and may be purchased at the Y, or on Event Brite/The Family YMCA Red, Black and Read More

PEEC March 2020 Events At Los Alamos Nature Center

PEEC News:

March 2020 events at the Los Alamos Nature Center, operated by Pajarito Environmental Education Center:

Monday, March 2

Nature Playtime

Join local families for fun, hands-on activities, hikes, games, and stories in nature. 10-11 a.m. Admission: Free. More information at peecnature.org.

Friday, March 6

Gentle Walk

A gentle walk for which the emphasis is on discovery, not mileage gained. 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Admission: Free. More information at peecnature.org.

Friday, March 6

A Safe Travel Guide to Black Holes: Mysteries & Myths

Get ready to plan your next vacation to a black hole Read More

Serenata Concert: French Tangle March 8

SSF News:

Serenata Santa Fe presents ‘French Tangle’ at 3 p.m., Sunday March 8 at First Presbyterian Church in Santa Fe. 

Music of Poulenc, Debussy, Boulanger, Faure & Ravel.

Performers include Ruxandra Marquardt, violin; Sally Guenther, cello; Pamela Epple, oboe; and Judith Gordon, piano.

Reserve tickets here. Read More

Daily Postcard: Moon And Venus Spotted Over White Rock

Daily Postcard: View of the moon and Venus at about 7:21 p.m. Thursday from White Rock. In reality, when it seems as though Venus and the moon come into contact Feb. 27, Venus was actually 84 million miles away from Earth, while the moon was 249,892 miles away. The meeting between the two planets is expected March 28 when the crescent moon creeps back toward Venus for a very similar event. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More

‘Inside Arts’ Features Local Photographer TK Thompson

Local photographer TK Thompson is featured on ‘Inside Arts’ beginning Sunday on PAC 8. Courtesy/PAC 8

COMMUNITY News:

The Los Alamos Museum of Art continues its series “Inside Arts” with an interview with local photographer TK Thompson on PAC 8.

The interview airs 8:30 p.m. Sunday, 4 p.m. Tuesday and 8 p.m. Thursday, March 5.

The sheer joy of photography comes through in the works of TK Thompson. Motivated by the “wonders of the world” around him, Thompson finds joy in the whole process embracing the technical advances in current equipment and production.

“I try to give my work an emotional component Read More

Teatro Paraguas And Blue Raven Theatre Present ‘3 X 3’

Actors Talia Pura, David McConnell and Kate Sawyer.Courtesy/Talia Pura

Theatre News:

Teatro Paraguas and Blue Raven Theatre present “3 X 3” Three New Plays by Talia Pura.

Containing elements of drama and comedy, these plays explore human relationships, which tend to be complicated and messy in families. Each play contains three characters, and three is always a crowd.

Pura is an award-winning writer based in Santa Fe. Her plays have been seen here, as well as New York City, Minneapolis, across Canada, in Stockholm and Cape Town. As the artistic director of Blue Raven Theatre, Pura focuses on Read More

NHCC 20th Anniversary Celebration Begins Feb. 29

Young boy reads at NHCC Children’s Book Fair. Courtesy/NHCC

Fresco inside the NHCC Torreón, Mundos de Mestizaje. Courtesy/NHCC

NHCC News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Make Leap Day 2020 memorable. Celebrate the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) 20th anniversary year, at the first of many events planned during this yearlong commemoration of the founding of NHCC.

This anniversary year provides the opportunity for 20/20 vision, to look back at what has been accomplished at NHCC and set sights on the future.

Over the past two decades the NHCC has shared thousands of stories showcasing art, history, Read More

Roadside Art: ‘Play Space’ Near NASA Headquarters

Play SPACE: Just outside of NASA Headquarters near Houston, Texas, the McDonald’s has a spaceman on the roof peering down on patrons as they enter the building. This McDonald’s gives a new meaning to play space in the restaurant. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com Read More

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