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Decorating For The Holidays – Stable Style

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on December 31, 2016

Saturday’s visit to the North Mesa Horse Stables in Los Alamos reveals a variety of decorating designs for the holiday season. Photo by Jennifer Bartram

A Merry Christmas theme brightens this stable Saturday. Photo by Jennifer Bartram

Red and green lights decorate a stable fence Saturday. Photo by Jennifer Bartram

A horse head wreath decorates a door at a North Mesa stable Saturday. Photo by Jennifer Bartram Read More

New Year’s Eve Daytime Fun At Local Libraries!

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on December 30, 2016
LIBRARY News:
 
Ring in 2017 a little earlier in the day while your kids are awake! Saturday, Dec. 31, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Mesa Public Library will celebrate Noon Year’s Eve with games, crafts, a photo booth and a countdown to noon with balloon drops.
 
White Rock Branch Library will celebrate Unwrapped: New Year’s Eve in Cairo 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31 with games, crafts and a countdown to 3 p.m. aka midnight in Cairo, Egypt.
 
Both events are family events and all ages are welcome to join in the fun.
 
Call 505.662.8258
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Daily Postcard: Otowi Suspension Bridge

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on December 30, 2016

Daily Postcard: The Otowi Suspension Bridge, spanning the Rio Grande River near San Ildefonso, is a wooden suspension bridge built in 1924. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. Photo by Robert Beberniss

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Snyder: Maria And The New History Museum

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on December 28, 2016

Curator Don Cavness with the pottery pitcher made by Maria Martinez for the Los Alamos Ranch School, circa 1915–1920. Courtesy photo

The eagle dancer disc embedded in the fireplace of the Ranch School Guest House, now a part of the Los Alamos History Museum campus. Courtesy photo

 

By SHARON SNYDER
Los Alamos History Museum

Would any history museum in this area of New Mexico be complete without a piece of pottery by Maria Martinez, the famed Potter of San Ildefonso? For me, the answer is “no.”

The Los Alamos History Museum is fortunate to display two unique pieces.

A polychrome pottery pitcher, Read More

Interesting Factoids About New Year’s Eve/Day

Submitted by Chris Clark on December 27, 2016

Courtesy/snopes

WalletHub News:

Countries all around the world have their own unique New Year’s traditions. Many places feature customary cuisine, such as lentils (Brazil and Italy), suckling pig (Austria) and grapes (Spain). Others get a bit more creative. The Danish, for example, smash broken china on friends’ front doors, supposedly in a sign of affection. But you obviously don’t need to go global to learn a lot about New Year’s.

We have plenty of customs right here at home, from watching a giant crystal-covered ball drop in Time’s Square and drinking sparkling spirits at midnight to eating Read More

Backcountry Film Festival At Reel Deal Jan. 26

Submitted by Chris Clark on December 27, 2016

PEEC News:

The Backcountry Film Festival is returning to the Reel Deal Theater in Los Alamos for the sixth year in a row.

Produced by the Boise, Idaho based nonprofit Winter Wildlands Alliance, the touring Backcountry Film Festival will make its way to more than 100 locations around the world.

The screening is 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26 at the Reel Deal Theater. It will be the only screening in New Mexico.

The Backcountry Film Festival is renowned for its mix of professional and grassroots films – from well-known filmmakers who search backcountry corners across the globe to submit their best work, Read More

Classical Music World: Concert Hall Tours

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on December 26, 2016
By ANN MCLAUGHLIN, Artistic Director
Los Alamos Concert Association

I don’t really have a bucket list, but I’d like to hear as many of the world’s great orchestras in their home halls as I can before my expiration date rolls around. My husband Bill and I try to take in concerts when we travel and enjoy guided tours of the halls as well.

On two visits to Amsterdam in the last couple of years, we have attended performances in the storied Royal Concertgebouw, a hall famed for its fine acoustic qualities. I had always imagined that this hall would be as lavish as the word “royal” implies, but on a tour our guide Read More

The Game Is Afoot For Local Board Game Enthusiasts

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on December 24, 2016
Board gamers show off some of the games available for play at a recent Friday gathering  of the group at the Upstairs Meeting Room at Smith’s Marketplace. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 

By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Board games have grown up a lot since the days of Monopoly. From the 1960s to the early 1980s, the board game industry was dominated simple, family-orientated games such as Life (1960) and Risk (1959) produced mainly by Milton Bradley and Parker Brothers.

Avalon Hill and other companies produced historically orientated complex strategy games

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Christmas Lights Brighten Local Homes

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on December 24, 2016

Christmas lights and a gigantic rubber duckie wearing a Santa hat brighten the Jaramillo family home at the corner of 36th Street and Diamond Drive in Los Alamos. Photo by Hope Jaramillo/ladailypost.com

The Hollabaugh family goes all out each year to celebrate the Christmas season at their home on Garver Lane in White Rock with festive sights and sounds. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

The Hollabaugh family light display moves to the beat of Christmas music at their home on Garver Lane in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

A nativity scene displayed at a home on Louise Read More

Daily Postcard: Gingerbread House Masterpiece!

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on December 24, 2016

Daily Postcard: The Granillo syblings of White Rock with their newly created gingerbread house, from left, Kyle, 8, standing, Sienna, 10, Hannah, 6, and Isaac, 4. Photo by Jennifer Bartram Read More

Cinema Cindy: Rogue One – A Star Wars Story

Submitted by Chris Clark on December 23, 2016
By Cynthia Biddlecomb
Los Alamos
 
“Rogue One” squeezes into the Star Wars narrative chronology just before the story portrayed in the first film, Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977).
 
Billed as a standalone story, it answers questions about what was going on in the Rebellion against The Empire when Princess Leia messaged Obi-Wan Kenobi, “You’re our only hope!”
 
Rogue One features a cast of new characters. Jyn Erso is only about six years old when she loses her parents. Her father, Galen, is recaptured by the Empire to continue his work on a major weapons project, while her mother makes
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Cinema Cindy Reviews: Arrival

Submitted by Chris Clark on December 23, 2016
By Cynthia Biddlecomb
Los Alamos
 
“Arrival” is the latest truly science fiction movie to hit the screens. Loosely based on a short story by Ted Chiang entitled “Story of Your Life”, the film puts flesh on the story’s bones.
 
Chiang’s framework sets up the deeper discoveries made by the characters, but most everything else in the film, including character names and contexts are different. In my opinion, the visual story works better as a whole, giving us more time to delve into the experience of space aliens visiting our planet.
 
Amy Adams plays Louise Banks, a professor of linguistics,
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Daily Postcard: Santa Spotted On Barranca Mesa

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on December 23, 2016

Daily Postcard: Santa and three of his elves were recently spotted on Barranca Mesa and they are inviting the community to visit them and get a candy cane Christmas Eve at 113 El Gancho Street on Barranca Mesa. Merry Christmas! Photo by Jean Marr Read More

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