Entertainment

Join PEEC And DPU For Online Summer Camp

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ScienceFest Discovery Day 2019, PEEC and the DPU made s’mores in a solar oven. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC and the DPU host an annual Water Festival but this year campers may get to enjoy some fun activities from this event in Conservation Camp. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

Would your child like to build a wind turbine, cook in a solar oven or craft a water filtration system? You are in luck! The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) and the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities are offering a new, online Conservation Camp!

This camp is for students entering 4th to 6th grade. The camp will take place Read More

PAC 8 Community Media Center TV Schedule July 9-15

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PAC 8 News:

PAC 8 Community Media Center TV Schedule

July 9 through July 15:

 

Thursday, July 9, 2020

  • 06:00 AM Democracy Now LIVE!
  • 10:00 AM The Tom Hartman Program
  • 12:00 PM Los Alamos Council on Cancer 
  • 01:30 PM United Church
  • 02:30 PM Spotlight on Los Alamos
  • 03:00 PM Democracy Now!
  • 04:00 PM Uprising with Sonali
  • 05:00 PM PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
  • 06:00 PM  Los Alamos History  
  • 07:00 PM  La Verdad Internacional
  • 07:30 PM Behind the White Coat 
  • 08:00 PM Inside Arts – Tony Tomei
  • 08:30 PM JROMC
  • 09:00 PM 2020 Virtual Los Alamos Summer Concert Series – Austin Van
  • 12:00 AM – 8:00 A.M.
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Austin Van Performs Summer Virtual Concert Series Friday

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Austin Van performs 6 p.m. Friday on Los Alamos Summer Concert Series Facebook page. Courtesy/Sancre

SUMMER CONCERT News:

Austin Van

The Los Alamos Summer Virtual Concert Series Presented by Toyota of Santa Fe is proud to present Austin Van performing at 6 p.m. Friday on the Los Alamos Summer Concert Series Facebook page.

Austin Van’s first time on stage was with his father, who while performing lifted two-year-old Austin up to reach the microphone to sing a few lines with the family band.

From that time on, Austin hasn’t left the spotlight.  Growing up the youngest of a very large family among Read More

EYE On The Prize! A BreakOUT Box Scavenger Hunt Kicks Off Today For Los Alamos ScienceFest 2020 Week

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A virtual scavenger hunt leveraging Breakout boxes for Los Alamos ScienceFest 2020: Eyes On the Future begins today outside projectY cowork at 150 Central Park Square. Courtesy photo
ScienceFest News:
The Los Alamos STEAM Lab has partnered with Los Alamos MainStreet and the Creative District to launch an engaging in-person and virtual scavenger hunt leveraging Breakout boxes for Los Alamos ScienceFest 2020: Eyes On the Future.

Similar to an escape room, but at a smaller scale, a breakout box is a box secured with a six-lock hasp. Teams need to solve clues in order to get the combinations for

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Ongoing Schedule Of ScienceFest Virtual Events

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ScienceFest News:

Below is the ongoing schedule for ScienceFest events:

WEDNESDAY, July 8

Noon Brownbag Lunch

“The shape of your genes: using supercomputers and strawberries to understand how DNA works”
Join LANL scientist Dr. Karissa Sanbonmatsu, who conducts research on DNA simulation and gene-mapping. This event should be engaging for all ages!

6 p.m. The Future of Energy
Join Explora as we investigate humanity’s greatest resource: electrical energy! We’ll take a look at electrical phenomena with shocks, sparks, and plasma balls! We’ll then explore how electricity gets from power Read More

Live, Zoom-Cast Play ‘Almost Treason’ July 12

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COMMUNITY News:

The community is invited to watch a live, Zoom-cast play, Almost Treason: A Revolutionary Whimsy in Honor of the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage.

‘Almost Treason’ is written by Los Alamos playwright Robert Benjamin and directed by Duchess Dale.

This is a fanciful, tale about the 1777 printing of the Declaration of Independence and early advocacy for Women’s Suffrage, inspired by the heroism of Mary Goddard, an unsung foremother. 

This live production as a Zoom-cast by the Adobe Theater is 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 12.   

Find reservations and Zoom-link at www.AdobeTheater.org Read More

2020 Got You Down? Burn Your Gloom With Zozobra

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The Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe makes it easier than ever to burn your gloom for 2020 with a televised and live-streamed event Friday, Sept. 4. Courtesy/Kiwanis

ZOZOBRA News:

SANTA FE – 2020 has been a tough year … an anxious year … isn’t it time to let go of all that gloom? 

Santa Fe has the biggest and best answer to that question –– the original burning man, Zozobra, a weird, wonderful, one-of-a-kind 96-year-old tradition! 

An eerie 50-foot tall marionette, Zozobra embodies the gloom that has been built up through this difficult year, and this spectral doomsayer will return for the 96th time to battle Read More

Los Alamos Hill Stompers Lifting Spirits On 4th Of July

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The Los Alamos Hill Stompers are lifting spirits as they perform on the 4th of July around downtown Los Alamos. The Hill Stompers are an award-winning jazzy street band formed in October 2000. The musicians and dancers are colorful, creative and just a little bit crazy. They bring energy, sparkle and fun to community events, parades, fundraisers, bars and private parties. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Hill Stompers founder Jeff Favorite performing on drums Saturday around downtown Los Alamos. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

The Los Alamos Hill Stompers performing Read More

‘Hunker Down’ KRSN Radio Performance 12:30 P.M. Today

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Pat Beck rehearsing the ‘HUNKER DOWN’ radio play. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

What’s the best way to spend the 4th of July, well, “Hunker Down,” of course.

“Hunker Down,” is a play written by Robert Benjamin of Los Alamos. The old school radio show performance will play at 12:30 p.m. today on KRSN AM 1490 or FM 107.1.

Feel free to turn on the radio or stream it from anywhere in the world at www.krsnam1490.com.

The 20-minute theater production, will be performed by Pat Beck and Jim Sicilian.

 Jim Sicilian rehearsing the ‘HUNKER DOWN’ radio play. Courtesy photo

“While sheltering in place, a widow Read More

NDI New Mexico Delivers Over 750 Online Dance Classes

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Students stretch and practice the ‘V-sit’ for jazz class. NDI New Mexico’s Super Wonderful Summer (online) as well as the Afterschool programs delivered via Zoom keep dancers inspired and moving at home. Courtesy/NDI

Courtesy/NDI

NDI News:

Inspiring Children and Families, NDI New Mexico Delivers Over 750 Online Dance Classes.

These online classes are helping me develop into a much stronger dancer as well as teaching me more about dance each day. I thought I would thank you and let you know how amazing this online program has been, and I’m really enjoying it so far, and can’t wait for more. — Dakota, Read More