Fun Outings

Earth Science Week Starts With Family Day Focused On New Mexico’s Geology Oct. 12 At NMMNHS In Albuquerque

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NMMNHS News:

The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) is the place to be throughout Earth Science Week, starting with a family day focused on New Mexico’s geology, Oct. 12 at 1801 Mountain Road NW in  Albuquerque.

Head to the museum for a family day featuring demos and displays from many different Earth Science topics. Talk with Earth scientists, and learn about New Mexico’s minerals, volcanoes, earthquakes, water, and dinosaurs.

Visitors will have a chance to discover the fossils of New Mexico and explore the geology of our neighbors in space: the Moon, Mars and Venus. Read More

Village Arts Opens New Exhibit ‘About Face’

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Scene of the newest exhibit, ‘About Face’ at Village Arts at 216 DP Road. Courtesy photo

‘About Face’ exhibit open at Village Arts. Courtesy/Village Arts

VILLAGE ARTS News:

With 43 muscles the human face is capable of more than 10,000 expressions. Let ’s face it – that means the possibilities are practically endless – and that’s just in the human species. For Village Arts newest exhibit. artists were asked to start making faces at us in all their forms!

A face is the most recognizable part of a person, and most of our emotional cues come from reading people’s faces. That’s why when the staff at Village Read More

AtomiComedy Returns Saturday To LALT

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Comedian Korey Herrera performing in a previous AtomiComedy show. Photo by Thomas Graves

COMMUNITY News:

AtomiComedy returns to Los Alamos 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, in a show sponsored by Los Alamos Little Theatre and presented at the Performing Arts Center, 1670 Nectar St.

The show, part of the Creative District’s Day of Art and Culture, will include the usual blend of home-grown comedic talent and imported performers from Santa Fe and beyond. Tickets are $10 and available at the door or through Zeffy (see link to tickets at lalt.org). The doors will open at 7 p.m.
Smoke and Crepes, an improv
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Bradbury Ambassador Teens To Host Kickoff To World Space Week Saturday Oct. 5

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By LYDIA DAVIS  

The Bradbury Ambassador Teens (BAT) are hosting their first event, Kickoff to World Space Week. Come to support them and have fun!

  • Date: Saturday, Oct. 5
  • Time: 2-5 p.m.
  • Where: Bradbury Science Museum (1450 Central Ave.)

Bring your friends and family to learn about gravity and telescopes, do fun crafts, make solar oven s’mores, and try solar viewing! We’re very excited to see you there.

If you have any questions, contact bradburyteenambassadors@gmail.com, president linnhtet.htoon@studentlaschools.net, or vice president morgan.dewitt@studentlaschools.net Read More

SFSO Free Concert ‘Voices Of Hope & Peace’ Oct. 27 At Cathedral Basilica Of St. Francis Of Assisi

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SFSO News:

The community is invited to attend the highly anticipated Choral Masterworks performance “Voices of Hope & Peace”, 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27 at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis Of Assisi in Santa Fe.

“Voices of Hope & Peace”, led by Choral Director Carmen Flórez-Mansi—features the angelic voices of the Santa Fe Symphony Chorus accompanied by Collaborative Pianist Paul J. Roth.

This beautiful program features Dona nobis pacem—a cantata written by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1936 as a cry for universal harmony and peace—plus more beautiful choral works to lift one’s Read More

LAHS Teacher Lori Thompson Brings Sports Lit Students To Los Alamos Daily Post To Learn About Journalism

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Los Alamos High School (LAHS) Teacher Lori Thompson brings her Sports Lit 1B students on a field trip this morning to the Los Alamos Daily Post to meet the news team and hear about their work. Longtime Post photographer John McHale is shown here telling the students how he first started taking photos at their age and recalled highlights of special events he has covered through the years. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

LAHS Sports Lit Teacher Lori Thompson, front row left, and her 1B students during their visit this morning to the Los Alamos Daily Post. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More

Laboratory Retiree Group Breakfasts At Muy Salsas

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This morning members of the Los Alamos National Laboratory retirees (LRG) and potential retirees group gathered for the LRG monthly breakfast social at Muy Salsas at 1315 Trinity Drive. The group hang out and share in conversation with other Lab retirees. For more information, email sgirard@losalamos.com, call 505.672.3497 or visit the LRG website. Photo by Morrie Pongratz Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: Oct. 1, 2024

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post  

Kokanee salmon snagging season begins today, Oct. 1 at Navajo Lake and Eagle Nest Lake.  

Kokanee salmon are a landlocked form of sockeye salmon that spend their entire life cycle in freshwater  rather than migrating to the sea. Originally native to the Pacific Northwest  they have been stocked in lakes throughout the Western United States. 

Like other species of Pacific salmon kokanee live for three years and in their fourth year spawn and then die. During spawning they gather in large schools Male kokanee undergo dramatic physical Read More

Exciting Week Of Films & Family Fun At SALA Event Center

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SALA News:

SALA Event Center is excited to bring the community an action-packed week of films and family-friendly events that promise something for everyone! From cozy pajama mornings to thrilling classics and the latest new releases, our lineup offers diverse entertainment for all ages.

Kick off your Saturday with our special PJ’s and Movies event at 9 a.m., featuring The Addams Family (2019). Bring the kids, wear your favorite pajamas, and settle in for a morning of fun and laughter. Watch as the eccentric Addams family faces off against a reality-TV host while preparing for an unforgettable Read More

Topper Marching Band Shines At 2024 Homecoming

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The 130 member Topper Marching Band under the direction of Steven Illiffk marches onto Sullivan Field Friday evening where they dazzled the crowd during their halftime festivities for the 2024 LAHS Hilltopper Homecoming game against the Del Norte Knights. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

The band also provided pep music to the festivities of the night. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Drum major Uxue Sanisinena and two other drum majors directed the band while it was performing on the field. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

The band performs their routines to the music of Read More