LAMS News:
All Los Alamos Middle School 7th graders are invited to a free game and movie night hosted by their Web Crew leaders 6-8 p.m., Friday in the LAMS cafeteria.
Students are welcome to bring snacks but no nuts please. The 8th grade leaders will provide drinks.
Members of the Alsos Mission with uranium cubes captured from the German bomb project in Haigerloch. Photo/public domain
LAHS News:
WGN’s new series, Manhattan, a fictionalized look at life in Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project, only has two episodes left. The Historical Society wants to again thank everyone who comes to our viewings and discussions for contributing their thoughts, questions, and experiences. Every week the Society updates a bulletin board in the Museum to continue exploring questions and reactions as the 13-episode series continues. Previous episodes are discussed
Courtesy/DOI
COMMUNITY News:
Each year, the East Indian classical dance teachers of the Los Alamos Family YMCA, Ms. Alina Deshpande and Ms. Kavita Nandakishore, organize a FREE performance called Dances of India (DOI) to showcase their students’ talent and entertain the community with Indian classical, folk and Bollywood dances together with performances by guest artists.
This is a fun filled show for children and adults alike with colorful costumes, foot tapping music, energetic dances and goofy comedy. The event also includes a Bazaar with Indian snacks, Read More
Column By JIM O’DONNELLReel Deal Tuesday’s are back! All movies, all day Tuesday, are only $6.50! Holidays, winter and summer break are excluded.
This week we are opening The Equalizer, The Judge, and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. We will hold Gone Girl for another week. The Boxtrolls, This is where I Leave You, and The Maze Runner will end this Thursday.
I saw Gone Girl last night. Wow. It’s one of the very few films I’ve seen that a runtime of 2 1/2 hours is no problem. Gone Girl is twisted, riveting, unpredictable, and masterfully Read More
Construction on the set of ‘And Then There Were None’ is underway at Los Alamos Little Theatre, 1670 Nectar St. The play by Agatha Christie, is directed by Dennis Powell and scheduled for November. Photo by Robert Beberniss
Photo by Robert Beberniss Read More
By PEGGY PENDERGASTGreetings to each of you reading my first Art and Science of Entertaining column.
My hope for you, after you read my words, is for you to not be surprised should you find yourself racing to your email, phone or stationary and inviting friends, family and long-lost connections and saying to them, “Hey there – come on over – let’s share some time together, a game, talk, drinks, hors d’oeuvres, fun and friendship.”
Don’t be shy or hesitant to suggest that your guests bring along a spirit or goodie to share with everyone
The Hill Stompers playing at recent Brewfest. Courtesy/Los Alamos Hill Stompers
The Hill Stompers at a July 4 gig in Telluride. Courtesy/Los Alamos Hill StompersHILL STOMPERS News:
The Los Alamos Hill Stompers, your community street band, is delighted to be starting its 15th season of making music and mayhem!
Ever since Jeff and Kandice Favorite started the band in October 2000, the fun hasn’t stopped. The band has entertained at countless community events, fundraisers, and private parties throughout New Mexico and Colorado.
Jeff and Kandice started the band not long after relocating Read More
Column by JIM O’DONNELLReel Deal Tuesday’s are back! All movies, all day Tuesday are only $6.50! Holidays, winter and summer breaks are excluded.
This week we are opening the much anticipated film, Gone Girl and This is Where I Leave You. We will hold Boxtrolls and The Maze Runner for another week. The Drop and Life of Crime will end this Thursday.
We are still trying to get a print of The Equalizer. We’ll keep you posted.
Movie poster for ‘Gone Girl.’ Courtesy/Reel Deal Theater
Gone Girl – Directed by David Fincher and based upon the Read More
Movie poster for ‘O, Brother, Where Art Thou?’ Courtesy/rottentomatoes.com
Review by KELLY DOLEJSI
Always wondered what the devil looks like? What fraction of a roasted gopher would be required to completely bed down a man’s appetite? Look no further than your local public library, where “O, Brother, Where Art Thou?” (2000, PG-13) will screen at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, in the upstairs meeting-room “theater.”
Joel and Ethan Coen’s take on Homer’s “Odyssey” reimagines the classic tale as it might have occurred in 1930s Mississippi. Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney), Read More
Rotarian and LAPS Superintendent Gene Schmidt was the succesful bidder twice during ‘The California Table’ charitable live auction Saturday on the patio at Smith’s Marketplace. The Rotary Club of Los Alamos hosted the wine tasting with food pairing fundraiser for which the proceeds go toward providing a picnic area for the new Nature Center. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
The crowd got into the bidding spirit for a worthy cause. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos auctioneer Jill Cook kept the bids rising during Saturday’s live Read More