Tuesdays At The Pond Features Los Alamos Light Opera Tonight
LACD News:
This week Tuesdays at the Pond features Los Alamos Light Opera. Join us for a night of Broadway favorites, including some wonderful children performances from Annie and The Sound of Music. Other Broadway numbers include songs from Brigadoon, A Man of No Importance, South Pacific, Pippin, Pete’s Dragon, Les Miserables, The Fantasticks, The Music Man, Carousel, and Oklahoma. Sit back and enjoy some Broadway in Los Alamos!
The concert is tonight, Tuesday, July 19 and begins at 7:00 p.m. at Ashley Pond. Bring a blanket and a picnic dinner and enjoy the Los Alamos Read More
Bradbury Science Museum Association Shares De-Coding And DNA Fun At ScienceFest 2016
The Bradbury Science Museum Association (BSMA) engages visitors of all ages at its first public activity during Los Alamos ScienceFest Saturday at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by KayLInda Crawford/ladailypost.com
It’s a busy day at the BSMA ScienceFest booth as Los Alamos High School student volunteers, from left, Jenny Wang, Maia Menefee, Serena Birenbaum, Prestley Gao and Tom Maggiore demonstrate the Enigma machine coding system used by the Germans in WWII. In addition to learning about deciphering codes, participants also had a chance to separate out wheat germ DNA – another Read More
Daily Postcard: Canyon Tree Frog Lingers In Flower Pot
Daily Postcard: This Canyon Tree Frog spent a recent afternoon and evening checking out the flower pot on the back patio of a residence in White Rock. Photo by Cathe Ragsdale Read More
Local Dancers Prepare For Performances In China
Two local dancers, Claire DeCroix and Louisa Belian, are attending a five-week ballet intensive program at Long Beach Ballet in Long Beach, Calif. The program consists of three weeks in Long Beach, followed by two weeks of dancing in several locations in China. The dancers are in their third week and have been working hard to learn all the dances for the trip to China. Courtesy photo Read More
Daily Postcard: Summer Day At Ashley Pond
Daily Postcard: Families enjoy a summer day at Ashley Pond Park in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
More Scenes From ScienceFest 2016
Leia Roach strolls along the pond Saturday during ScienceFest 2016 in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Briefing a young scientist. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Some 10,000 people turned out for Saturday’s ScienceFest in Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
COMMUNITY News:
Los Alamos ScienceFest packed a day full of interactive activities, tours and exhibits Saturday that engaged some 10,000 people of all ages in science.
Festival producer Los Alamos MainStreet partneed with community businesses and organizations to present Read More
Blue Window Bistro Begins Full Bar Service Monday
The Blue Window Bistro begins offering a full bar service Monday at 813 Central Ave., in Los Alamos. The Blue Window Bistro has been serving Los Alamos for more than 30 years with a simple goal: Combine excellent service in a unique atmosphere with a focus on fresh, local, quality ingredients. Special services include private events, outdoor dining, catering, event planning and special events. Its most popular events include wine dinners, musical entertainment and wine tastings, as well as Blue Window traditions including a five-course Valentine’s Day and New Year’s Eve dinner. For more Read More
PEEC: Quilting Nature Class With Terry Foxx And Katy Korkos July 24
Los Alamos artists Terry Foxx and Katy Korkos are teaching a quilting workshop Sunday, July 24 at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy photoDaily Postcard: Turtle Soaks Up Sun At Ashley Pond
Daily Postcard: A turtle soaks up the warm sunshine Saturday afternoon in Ashley Pond. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comBradbury Science Museum Association At ScienceFest
Bradbury Science Museum Association (BSMA) Board Member Kathy Boerigter with student volunteers from Los Alamos High School today at their ScienceFest Booth at Ashley Pond Park in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com
Working on projects in the BSMA Booth today at ScienceFest. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com
A crowd gathers at the BSMA Booth today at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com
Scene from today’s activities at the BSMA Booth. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com
Scene from today’s Read More
Los Alamos Main Gate Park Permanent Facade Ready For ScienceFest; Schedule Of Activities
Los Alamos Main Gate committee members in front of the permanent facade at Los Alamos Main Gate Park completed in time for ScienceFest. Courtesy/LACDC
LACDC News:
As anyone that drives past can see, the permanent facade at Los Alamos Main Gate Park has been completed in time for ScienceFest. With much determination from Suzette Fox of Los Alamos MainStreet to see it completed and the recommendation of the Manhattan Project National Historic Park committee to the County, it is ready for visitors and locals alike.
There will be a re-creation of the vintage photo of the main gate with the classic Read More
Pokémon At Rose Chocolatier’s ScienceFest Booth
Pokémon GO players can enter to win prizes today at Rose Chocolatier’s ScienceFest booth across from Fuller Lodge Art Center. Courtesy photo
Marguerite McClay and Mary Jo. Courtesy photoSasha Scully’s Art Class Draws Full House
Local artist Sasha Scully teaching her first class July 7, which drew a full house at Los Alamos Makers on Orange Street. Courtesy photo
Artwork by Sasha Scully of Los Alamos. Courtesy photoFor more information and to register for an upcoming class, visit
RUNA Celtic Music Band Plays Ashley Pond Tonight
RUNA band members from left, Cheryl Prashker, Maggie Estes White, Shannon Lambert-Ryan, David Curley and Fionán de Barra play at Ashley Pond at 7 p.m. today. Courtesy/www.runamusic.com
RUNA wins Best World/Traditional Song Award. Courtesy/www.runamusic.comRUNA, a Celtic all-star band from the U.S., Ireland and Canada is playing at 7 p.m., today at Ashley Pond Park in downtown Los Alamos.
This is a FREE CONCERT. Gaining recognition as one of Irish music’s new “super-groups”, RUNA has been enchanting audiences by pushing the Read More
Letter To The Editor: Pokémon Go Phenomenon In Los Alamos
By DYLAN ZANOWThere’s a new phenomenon that’s really big in Los Alamos now — it’s a mobile game called “Pokémon Go”. It has already surpassed Tinder and is soon to overtake Twitter as the most actively-used Android & iOS app. It’s an “augmented reality game” wherein players’ physical locations are tracked via GPS as they travel around the town looking for imaginary creatures called Pokémon, which “spawn” for all players simultaneously at different
How Scientifically Accurate Is ‘The Martian’?
Mars. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Is The Martian movie far fetched? What is the atmosphere like on the surface of Mars? How long can an astronaut survive there?
Astrophysicist Rick Wallace will lead a full-dome planetarium show and discussion of Mars at 7 p.m. Friday, July 15, including the challenges, opportunities and realities of this red planet. This fascinating Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) program is in the Los Alamos Nature Center planetarium at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Canyon Road.
For more information about this and other PEEC programs, visit www.peecnature.org Read More
Los Alamos Embraces Pokemon Go!
A group is spotted Tuesday playing Pokemon Go! near Romero Cabin in downtown Los Alamos. Pokemon Go! is a new phenomenon sweeping the nation. The mobile game has already surpassed Tinder and is soon to overtake Twitter as the most actively-used Android and iOS app. It is an ‘augmented reality game’ wherein players’ physical locations are tracked via GPS as they travel around town looking for imaginary creatures called Pokémon, which ‘spawn’ for all players simultaneously at different areas. Players meet each other while searching for Pokémon and work together to track them down as part of a Read More
Tuesdays At The Pond Features Wise Fool Tonight
Courtesy/LACDC
CREATIVE DISTRICT News:
This week Tuesdays at the Pond features Wise Fool. Tightrope walking, clowning, acrobatics, puppets, and of course a bit of magic will delight and tickle everyone at 7 p.m. today, Tuesday, April 12 at Ashley Pond Park.
Bring a blanket and a picnic dinner and enjoy the antics of Wise Fool!
Tuesdays at the Pond, a summer entertainment series, runs through Aug. 9. It brings a variety of entertainment acts to the Ashley Pond stage in downtown Los Alamos every Tuesday evening.
The Los Alamos Creative District directs a variety of programs that bring Read More
Calling All Teens Interested In Science And Art: Projecting Particles Lab At ScienceFest 2016
Scene from ScienceFest 2015. Courtesy/LACDC
LACDC News:
This year’s Los Alamos ScienceFest will host a one of a kind workshop for high school aged teens.
Artist Agnes Chavez will lead the workshop, which will explore how to create a live projection art performance using an iPad app called Tagtool. Participants will learn about particle physics concepts, and how physics theories are expanding our understanding of who we are and where we come from.
The students will work in teams over the course of a 2-day workshop to storyboard, design and perform their science based projection installations. Read More
