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PEEC: Games, Food, And Prizes March 20

PEEC News:
 
Want to putt-putt your way through the nature center? From 6-7:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 20, the Los Alamos County Parks, Recreation, and Open Spaces Division is taking over the Los Alamos Nature Center and putting up a putt-putt course, playing a planetarium film, making smores over a campfire, and setting up a velcro golf course for the evening.
 
There will be drawings for prizes, including free passes to the pool or ice rink and more. It is a great way to learn about the latest recreation news and enjoy a fun, free evening. This family-friendly event
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Teatro Paraguas Presents Poetry Reading/Book Launch By Larry Goodell April 22

Larry Goodell. Photo by Lenore Goodell
 
Teatro Paraguas News:
 
Info: teatroparaguas.org; larrygoodell.com
 
Teatro Paraguas will host a book launch and poetry reading with Larry Goodell reading from his new book Nothing to Laugh About, at 2 p.m., Sunday April 22 at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie. Admission is free.
 
Larry Goodell is from Roswell originally and has been living and working in Placitas since 1963 when he started Duende Press. He worked for years in the Living Batch Bookstore in Albuquerque and helped set up many readings some of which he recorded and
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‘Cabin Fever Festival’ Now Slated For March 24

CFF News:
 
JEMEZ SPRINGS — Officials at the Village of Jemez Springs announced that the recently postponed Cabin Fever Festival in Jemez Springs will now take place 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 24. 
 
The event was originally scheduled for Feb. 24 but Village officials postponed it in anticipation of inclement weather based on forecasts.
 
All previously scheduled activities that day will take place at their originally scheduled times. Event activities include live demonstrations and auction of carved items by Sandia Bear Company, live music by Trainwreck
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Lecture By Conchita Thornton Marusich April 7

TCHS News:
 
The Taos County Historical Society presents a free, public lecture by Conchita Thornton Marusich on her great-great- grandfather, William Wolfskill in the Boardroom of the Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 7 at 118 Cruz Alta Road in Taos.
 
Her talk for the Society is part of the Taos Arts Council Consortium 2018 marketing theme “Taos: Cultural Crossroads of the West.”
 
William Wolfskill was a trailblazer of the Santa Fe Trail in 1822 and the Old Spanish Trail in 1830. Conchita Marusich will focus primarily on William’s
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SFCC Collective Vision Exhibit At The Roundhouse East Rotunda Gallery Opens April 20

SFCC News:
 
SANTA FE  Faculty members from Santa Fe Community College’s School of Arts, Design, and Media Arts are featured in an upcoming exhibit at The Capitol Art Foundation East Rotunda Gallery, juried by Cynthia Sanchez, Director and Curator of the Capitol Art Foundation.
 
The exhibition opens with a public reception from 4 to 6 p.m., Friday, April 20 in the East Rotunda Gallery at the Roundhouse, State Capitol on the corner of Paseo de Peralta and Old Santa Fe Trail. The reception will be catered by students of SFCC’s Culinary Arts program. SFCC guitar
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Science On Tap: Energy To Explore Deep Space

 
LA CREATIVE DISTRICT News:
 
The On Tap discussion series presented by the Los Alamos Creative District has moved to Mondays!
 
Start your week off with interesting conversations and libations. This week join the Bradbury Science Museum and Patrick McClure for Science on Tap to learn about the energy needed to explore deep space, at 5:30 p.m. March 19 at UnQuarked, 145 Central Park Square.
 
Examining the universe, including other planets, requires a safe, compact, reliable, and durable power source that isn’t cost prohibitive. For
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Notice Of Possible Quorum For Los Alamos School Board Budget Committee Meeting March 23

NOTICE OF POSSIBLE QUORUM:

Members of the Los Alamos Public Schools Board of Education may attend the Budget Committee meeting noon to 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 23 at the Los Alamos Public Schools Administration Office at 2101 Trinity Dr. in Suite V.

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Arts In Public Places Advisory Board Meets Thursday

COUNTY News:
 
Los Alamos County Arts in Public Places Board meets at 5:30 p.m., Thursday in Suite 110 in the Municipal Building at 1000 Central Ave.
 
The meeting is open to the public.
 
Agenda:
 
1. CALL TO ORDER-ROLL CALL
 
2. PUBLIC COMMENT This section of the agenda is reserved for comments from the public on items that are not otherwise included in this agenda.
 
3. APP BOARD BUSINESS
A. Minutes from the Arts in Public Places Board Meeting on February 22, 2018
 
4. CURRENT PROJECTS
A. White Rock Pottery Project – update on plaque 
B. Update on Selig
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