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‘The Caveman Of Atomic City’ Shows At Guild Cinema In Albuquerque Saturday

microMike. Courtesy photo
 
MOVIE News:
 
“The Caveman Of Atomic City” is the story of microMike, a unique man who lived in caves under Los Alamos National Laboratory, the secretive birthplace of nuclear weapons. He developed a theory of time and space to rival Einstein’s, found the most valuable rock on the planet that may help stop a Martian invasion, and challenged the world’s brightest minds about what it really means to be a scientist.
 
“One of the purposes of the film is to bring spirituality to science,” microMike said. “Science without spirituality
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Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘The Jungle Book’

By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos

“The Jungle Book” has come back to the movie screen this year thanks to Disney, Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) and live “motion-capture” technique. For those of us who remember the animated 1967 Disney movie, this version differs: the same “cute factor”, a couple of the original 1967 songs, but a far more exciting storyline. Thanks to CGI and Motion-capture, it is definitely well worth seeing in 3-D.

Movie poster. Courtesy Reel Deal Theater

This Jungle Book movie is based on the three stories about a jungle boy named Mowgli, which are found in Rudyard Kipling’s Read More

PAC 8 Community Media Center Offers Video Classes

Students learn the ins and outs of video production through PAC 8. Courtesy/PAC 8

PAC 8 News:

PAC 8 is offering new classes this summer as well as some of the favorites.

Eighteen sessions are being offered. In “GoPro + Drone Flying”, students learn how to use a GoPro and do time-lapse, slo-mo and also fly a drone with a GoPro attached to it. All levels of video classes are offered with instruction in editing with I Movie, Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere. Students also can learn how to use a blue screen and make a music video.

Classes will be offered in Blender, a professional free and open-source 3D computer Read More

Los Alamos Photo Club Show Walkthrough Tuesday

COMMUNITY News:

The public is invited to the Los Alamos Photo Club walkthrough of its annual photo show in the gallery at Mesa Public Library. 

The walkthrough is 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, during which attending photographers will briefly discuss their images and respond to questions and comments from the public. Read More

Santa Fe Opera’s Spring Tour Opens With Shakespearian UnShakeable

Performance Santa Fe’s General Director Joseph Illick greets the public arriving for the April 9 premier performance of the opera UnShakeable at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center in Santa Fe. Photo by Roger Snodgrass/ladailypost.com

By ROGER SNODGRASS and CARL NEWTON
LOS ALAMOS DAILY POST

Public appreciation for Shakespeare, like its passion for Opera varies among individuals from all-consuming to de minibus, a range that leaves a few universes to play around in and lots of places for getting thoroughly lost.

An off the top of the head list of Shakespearian operas might have to start Read More

Third Annual Bobcat Bonanza Carnival April 29

LAHS Principal (and former Barranca Principal) Brad Parker gets dunked at a previous Bobcat Bonanza. Courtesy photo

BARRANCA MESA PTO News:

  • Chance to Win a Ride on the Medevac Helicopter!

Will you be the lucky winner of a ride in the medevac helicopter at the 3rd annual Bobcat Bonanza carnival? It’s one of the many prizes that will be on offer in an impressive silent auction at the event. The carnival is set for 4:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, April 29 at Barranca Mesa Elementary School, 57 Loma del Escolar.

In addition to a silent auction, the carnival will feature food, carnival games, a dunk tank, bouncy Read More

Fuller Lodge Art Center Foots Tax Today

Courtesy/FLAC

TAX News:

Today is tax day across the nation and in an effort to ease the pain, Fuller Lodge Art Center is hosting “Happy Tax Day!”

The Art Center is paying the taxes on all merchandise purchased today at Fuller Lodge Art Center.

Tax Free Day lasts until close of business at 4 p.m. today at Fuller Lodge Art Center. Read More

Storytelling At Nature Center Saturday

Kimberly Gotches, left, and Terry Foxx telling stories at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy/PEEC
 
PEEC News:
 
Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is bringing two great storytellers back to the Los Alamos Nature Center at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 16, to light up one’s imagination and tell stories about spring.
 
With master storytellers Teralene (Terry) Foxx and Kimberly Gotches as guides, children and adults will enjoy activities and stories about plants and elements of the earth. This is a free event.
 
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SFCC Celebrates Student Writing Winners April 28

SFCC News:
 
SANTA FE –– Santa Fe Community College’s emerging writers will showcase their work during the Student Writing Awards Celebration at 6 p.m., Thursday April 28 at Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St. The recipient of the Richard Bradford Memorial Creative Writing Scholarship also will be announced.
 
More than a dozen writers representing the diverse community at SFCC will read from their winning works. Accolades, a booklet containing the pieces, will be available at the event and online at www.sfcc.edu.
 
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Mesa Public Library Hosts Travel Writer Ray Bartlett April 16

Ray Bartlett. Courtesy photo
 
LIBRARY News:
 
Travel writer Ray Bartlett will read from and sign copies of his debut novel, Sunsets of Tulum, show slides of his travels, and answer questions about writing, travel, and publishing.
 
The event, which is free and open to the public, is 2-3 p.m., April 16 at Mesa Public Library, 2400 Central Ave., Los Alamos.
 
This is Ray Bartlett’s debut novel, published by Barrel Fire Press in October, 2015. Bartlett is a travel writer who has written numerous guidebooks for Lonely Planet, Insight
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Postal Service Previews 8th Stamp Celebrating National Park Service’s Centennial

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USPS News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — An iconic painting of one of the seven natural wonders of the world — the Grand Canyon — was previewed today as the eighth of 16 Forever Stamp images to be revealed over a three-week period to celebrate the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary. 
  
Grand Canyon National Park, AZ
The stamp image is a detail of a chromolithograph-on-canvas, “The Grand Canyon of Arizona, from Hermit Rim Road,” by artist Thomas Moran (1837–1926). 
 
Unique combinations of geologic color and erosional forms decorate a canyon
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Daily Postcard: Storm On The Horizon

Daily Postcard: Storm on the horizon, taken from Quemazon and North Mesa. Photo by Trisha Ancell
 
View from Quemazon and North Mesa. Photo by Trisha Ancell
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Dive In Movie ‘The Good Dinosaur’ At Aquatic Center Friday

Courtesy photo
 
COMMUNITY News:
 
The Larry R. Walkup Aquatic Center will be hosting another dive-in movie​ 7-8:45 p.m., this Friday, April 15 featuring the Disney Pixar animated film, The Good Dinosaur.
 
The admission ticket includes free popcorn, drinks and other tasty treats. Float in the warm water or sit on the sidelines, it’s sure to be a fun evening for all. Space is limited so stop by the Aquatic Center anytime this week to pick up tickets ($5 per person), or buy them at the door the night of the event. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
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Hidden Chicano Cinema At NHCC May 7

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NHCC News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― The National Hispanic Cultural Center presents an afternoon talk, screenings, and book signing with author and UNM professor A. Gabriel Meléndez on “Hidden Chicano Cinema: Film Dramas in the Borderlands.” Occurring 2-4 p.m., Saturday, May 7, the event is free and in the Well Fargo Theater of the NHCC’s Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts.
The talk and the underlying book, Hidden Chicano Film: Film Dramas in the Borderlands, examine how New Mexico, situated within the
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Student Musicale At Crossroads Church Sunday

MUSIC News:

Enjoy a free recital of Los Alamos students at 2 p.m., Sunday at Crossroads Church. The performers range in age from six through 16 and will be performing works from the Baroque, Classic, Romantic, and Modern musical eras.

The Sunday Musicales are regular presentations by the Los Alamos Music Teachers Association (LAMTA), presented in fall and spring terms for the public’s enjoyment and as performance opportunities for students dedicated to private study and advancement on their instrument. The concert is presented without intermission, and will last one hour. A reception follows Read More

LANL Post Doc Ari Le Wins Concerto Competition

Violist Ari Le, a LANL post-doctoral student and winner of the SFCO Concerto Competition. Courtesy photo
 
MUSIC News:

Ari Le, a post-doctoral student from MIT with a four-year appointment at Los Alamos National Laboratory, is the winner of the Santa Fe Community Orchestra’s Concerto Competition.

Le will solo with that group, performing the “Lachrymae for Viola and Strings” by Britten at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 17 at the St. Francis Auditorium in the New Mexico Museum of Art. The concert also feature’s Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No. 5” and the world premiere of “Benthic Metropolis” Read More

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