ScienceFest News:
ScienceFest Schedule for Saturday July 15:
This major event celebrates the science in everyday life in hands-on, interactive experiences. Great for millennials, families and kids, ScienceFest highlights the groundbreaking science that still happens in Los Alamos. This year’s theme is “100th Anniversary of the Ranch School.” Discover Ranch School Days – without the Ranch School, the Manhattan Project would not have been located here.
Los Alamos Ashley Pond Park
10am-3pm
FREE admission
MAIN GATE PARK FESTIVAL INFORMATION BOOTH & PHOTO OPP
Main Gate Park
9am-2pm
ASHLEY POND PARK FESTIVAL INFORMATION BOOTH
Ashley Pond Park
Register for a chance to win an overnight at the Bandelier National Monument Fire Tower and other great prizes.
10am-2pm
FLIGHT OF THE ORIGAMI CRANES!
Los Alamos History Museum
Each year the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum receive thousands of donated paper cranes from around the world. Create YOUR crane to send to Japan at Culture and Collaboration: The Los Alamos/Japan Project, an exhibit on display at the Los Alamos History Museum until July 20. The Los Alamos History Museum will deliver community cranes to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August. For more information, contact Museum Director Judith Stauber at judith@losalamoshistory.org.
9am-5pm
Admission to Los Alamos History Museum is $5 and FREE to Los Alamos residents and Historical Society members
DREAM BIG MOVIE Sponsored by Bechtel
Real Deal Theater
Dream Big takes viewers on a journey of discovery from the world’s tallest building to a bridge higher than the clouds and a solar car race in Australia. It reveals the heart that drives engineers to create better lives for people worldwide.
10am
FREE admission
THE HILL STOMPERS
Ashley Pond Park
Enjoy this wacky street band as they wander Ashley Pond Park.
10am-Noon
Fuller Lodge
Tour led by Boy Scouts
FREE admission
Main Pick-Up/Drop-Off at Bus Stop in front of Municipal Building at 1000 Central Ave.
10am-3pm, every 30 minutes
LOS ALAMOS HISTORY MUSEUM TOURS
Los Alamos History Museum, Guest Cottage, 1050 Bathtub Row
11am – Historic District Tour OR Atomic City Spy Tour
1pm – Buildings of the Los Alamos Ranch School (exterior) Tour
3pm – Atomic City Spy Tour
Tours: $15 each, includes FREE museum admission, $10 for Los Alamos Historical Society members, children 10 & under are free with a paying adult
BATHTUB ROW HOME TOURS
Los Alamos History Museum
Peek inside historic Bathtub Row homes!
Tickets: $20, sold in 15 minute increments, only 10 tickets per 15 minute period
10am-4pm. For tickets visit: https://bathtub-row-tours.eventbrite.com
PBS SCIENCE CAFE PLANETARIUM EVENT: HUBBLE TELESCOPE
The Los Alamos Nature Center by PEEC
10am-noon
Admission is FREE but must register at PEEC, peecnature.org
WARM WATER WEEKEND AT THE AQUATIC CENTER
Larry R Walkup Aquatic Center
Come make a splash! The pool temperature is raised to 85°F for the weekend and the inflatable obstacle course is set up!
10am-5pm
Admission pricing at https:////bit.ly/2tYJYgB
ATOMIC CITY VAN TOUR OF LOS ALAMOS
Bradbury Science Museum (Meet in front of)
Get to know Los Alamos the 1.5 hour tour at 1:30 daily.
Reservations required: (505) 662-2547. Please leave a message and Georgia will return your call.
$25 per person, $10 children under 13, accompanied by adult fare
CHALK WALK Sponsored by Los Alamos National Bank
Ashley Pond Park
10am-3pm
FREE admission
LOS ALAMOS RANCH SCHOOL KNOT-TYING STATION
Ashley Pond Park at Horse and Elephant Statues
Learn to tie Los Alamos Ranch School Diamond Knot
10am-3pm
FREE admission
SCIENCE & SUDS
Ashley Pond Park Beer Garden
Have a beer and chat with a scientist
12:30: Josh Smith – Periodic Table Since Ranch School Days
1:30: Eva Birnbaum – Radioactive Isotope Production
FREE admission
LYRICS AND LIBATIONS
Ashley Pond Park Beer Garden
DK & The Affordables 3-4pm
Stephanie Hatfield & Hot Mess 4-6pm
12:30-6pm
FREE admission
LOS ALAMOS ANNIVERSARY TRAIL HIKE
With Los Alamos Living Treasure Craig Martin
9am
Admission is FREE but must register at PEEC, peecnature.org
BATHTUB ROW BREWERY MOVIE
Bathtub Row Brewery Co-op
Movie: The Magnificent Seven
8:30pm
FREE admission
BIKE & HIKE
Pajarito Mountain Ski Area
Enjoy lift served access to biking & hiking
9am-3pm
Day tickets for bikers $25, day tickets for hikers $10
