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MOWW To Feature Associate Laboratory Director John Hill

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John Hill
Associate Laboratory Director
Weapons Engineering

MOWW News:

The December meeting of the Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) is Sunday, Dec. 7. This month’s speaker is Associate Laboratory Director – Weapons Engineering (ALDW) John Hill.

Hill will open his presentation, touching on his being drafted during the Vietnam War and his stateside assignment in the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. However, most of his talk will be dedicated to his father, O. A. Hill, who was one of the first Mickey Men (Radar Navigator) in the European Theatre. His father flew 15 Lone Wolf missions in Read More

Family Friendly Holiday Winter Stroll On Museum Hill Dec. 13

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Holiday Winter Stroll on Museum Hill, 2-6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 13. Courtesy/MIAC

MIAC News:

The community is invited to join the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) and the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) in Santa Fe for a delightful winter celebration, 2-6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 13.

The Holiday Winter Stroll on Museum Hill is a family-friendly, free event with both indoor and outdoor activities.

Program Schedule at MOIFA

  • Candle Making —2–5 p.m. (MOIFA Atrium)
  • La Pastorela Cómica — 3 p.m. & 5 p.m. (MOIFA Auditorium)
  • Jaguar Guitar Orchestra from Capital High School — 3 p.m.,
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International Lunar Heritage Preservationists Visit New Mexico Space History Museum

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Inside the museum: (L to R)  Dr. Justin Walsh, Dr. Bryan Lintott (ISCoAH), Jon Haas (Chair Governor’s Commission NMMSH), Dr. Beth O’Leary (ISCoAH), Karen Kincaid Brady (Exec. Director NMMSH), John Hyndman, and Michael Shinabery (NMMSH). Courtesy/NMDCA

Outside the museum: (L to R) Karen Kincaid Brady (Exec. Director NMMSH), Dr. Justin Walsh, Dr. Beth O’Leary (ISCoAH), Dr. Bryan Lintott (ISCoAH), Jon Haas (Chair Governor’s Commission NMMSH), Mike Shinabery(NMMSH), and John Hyndman. Courtesy/NMDCA

NMDCA News:

Recently, the New Mexico Museum of Space History hosted attendees of the Read More

Beloved Holiday Classic ‘The Farolitos Of Christmas’ Debuts On National Hispanic Cultural Center Stage Dec. 7

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Courtesy/NHCC

NMDCA News:

New Mexico author Rudolfo Anaya’s beloved children’s book The Farolitos of Christmas will move from the page to the stage as it makes its debut at the National Hispanic Cultural Center Dec. 7 at the NHCC Albuquerque Journal Theatre.

Produced in collaboration with Opera Southwest, The Farolitos of Christmas is a heartwarming holiday opera about love, tradition, and the quiet power of invention. Luz’s father is away at war. Her grandfather is too sick to build the luminarias. So, Luz finds a new way to light the path on Christmas Eve, one that will become tradition.

With Read More

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Invites All To 32nd Annual Creche Show Dec. 5-6 At 1967 18th St.

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Nativity scene from the 2023 Creche Show. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Nativity scene from the 2023 Creche Show. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Scene from the 2022 Creche Show, featuring nativities from around the world. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More

TOTH: From Darkness To Light – A Service Of Lessons And Carols For Advent

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TOTH News:

In a recent Facebook post, travel writer Rick Steves extolled the virtues of one of his “favorite British experiences” – choral evensong in an English cathedral. But evensong, and the wider English choral tradition, doesn’t just happen in cathedrals, but in thousands of parish churches throughout Britain and the Anglican Communion, including here in Los Alamos.

A significant part of this choral tradition is the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. In the weeks following the end of World War I, the chaplain of King’s College, Cambridge, Eric Milner-White, introduced a new Read More

From Lab Roots To Lifelong Learning: 45 Years Of UNM-LA

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The UNM-Los Alamos campus pictured in the 1984-85 bulletin. Courtesy/UNM-LA

UNM-LA News:

Nestled in the heart of scientific innovation, UNM-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) has grown from a modest graduate center into a vibrant hub of education and community impact.

Its journey began in 1956, when the University of New Mexico planted its first academic seed in Los Alamos with the establishment of the UNM-Los Alamos Center for Graduate Studies. Originally focused on advanced degrees in science, engineering, management and health, the center quickly became a cornerstone for professionals working Read More

Next Launch Pad Lecture: ‘Preservation Moon – Defining And Preserving The Cultural Landscape Of Tranquility Base’

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NMMSH News:

You don’t want to miss the next Launch Pad Lecture, “Preservation Moon: Defining and Preserving the Cultural Landscape of Tranquility Base,” at 9 a.m., Friday, Dec. 5, in the New Horizons Dome Theater in Alamogordo. Coffee and donuts will be provided.

Presenting the lecture is NMMSH’s new Executive Director Karen Kincaid Brady, the first woman to serve in this role. Her presentation revisits Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s 1969 landing at Tranquility Base, offering archival media and preservation insights that will engage your curiosity.

About the Speaker: Karen Kincaid Brady Read More

Fr. Glenn: Getting Travel Ready

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Wow. The season of Advent begins today (Nov. 30 this year). Already. And yet Advent for Christians a time of watchful hope. In this special time we are invited to lift our eyes toward two horizons: the first, remembrance of the first coming of Jesus at Christmas; the second, His final coming in glory at the end of time. Because how we prepare for one reveals how we are preparing for the other.

In today’s Catholic Mass Gospel reading, Jesus says, “Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come,” and to emphasize the point, He recalls the story of Noah, when people were Read More