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Smart Design With Suzette: Holiday Decorating

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Dining room decorated for Hanukkah. Courtesy photo
 

By SUZETTE FOX
Los Alamos

It’s that time of year…we excitedly stand out in the cold to watch the holiday light parade, marvel at the performance of the Nutcracker ballet and look forward to time spent with family and friends celebrating the holiday season.

Whatever holiday you celebrate, I hope you will enjoy reading this as I share some ideas that might inspire you this season.

We often see holiday decorating ideas that are perfect for the living room and even the tabletop, but what if you’re one of those particularly dedicated folks who Read More

Celebrate Holiday Season At Fuller Lodge Open House

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The annual Fuller Lodge Open House Saturday helps kick off the holiday season. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

LAAC News:

The annual Fuller Lodge Open House helps kick off the holiday season as well as the Winterfest festivities.

The  Los Alamos Arts Council, along with the Art Center at Fuller Lodge and the Los Alamos Historical Society are hosting the event Saturday at the Lodge, Los Alamos’ best known historic building and its cultural and artistic center.

The community is welcome to check out Fuller Lodge, which will be fully decked out for the holidays. The event begins at Read More

LANL Director Charlie McMillan Takes On Oppenheimer Role In 2016 ‘Nutcracker On The Hill’ This Weekend

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Dance Arts Los Alamos’ (DALA) 2015 ‘Nutcracker on the Hill’. Courtesy/DALA

DALA News:

Dance Arts Los Alamos’ (DALA) 2015 “Nutcracker on the Hill” was a smash hit. The classic Tchaikovsky’s score was mixed with Los Alamos’ history, which produced a show completely unique to the community.

“Nutcracker on the Hill” returns this year but continues to add new twists to this popular holiday ballet. The first being Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Charlie McMillan will take on the role of Oppenheimer.

“I decided to take a shot in the dark,” DALA Artistic Director Jonathan Guise explained. Read More

Mesa Public Library Shows ‘Paper Moon’ Thursday

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Movie poster for ‘Paper Moon’. Courtesy image

 

By KELLY DOLEJSI

Los Alamos

 

The more depressing something is, the harder we need to laugh, and “Paper Moon” (1973, rated PG) offers just the right combination of anguish and glee. Check it out at 6:30 p.m., Thursday in Mesa Public Library’s upstairs meeting room theater.

 

Director Peter Bogdanovich’s Depression-era comedy begins in a Kansas cemetery. Nine-year-old Addie Loggins (Tatum O’Neal) has just lost her mother. When traveling salesman Moses Pray (Ryan O’Neal) arrives to pay his respects, Addie’s neighbors Read More

Shop Like A Tourist Scavenger Hunt Continues To Dec. 3

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CHAMBER News:

Unable to answer question #10 on the Small Business Saturday Scavenger Hunt Contest form? The contest is still underway in Los Alamos!

One contest question answer was previously only available at the Kiosk Mall on Small Business Saturday. A second opportunity to obtain the answer to that question is now available. Call Atomic City Tours by Buffalo Tours at 505.662.3965 to learn about the tour company, make a reservation for a tour (optional), and learn the answer to the question.

Residents have until Saturday, Dec. 3 at 5 p.m. to complete the 20 questions using the Scavenger Hunt Read More

Santa Fe Opera: Free Winter Tour Concerts

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SFO News:
 
Mark your calendars to spend the Holidays with The Santa Fe Opera.
 
Free Public Concerts with artists from the Opera’s Apprentice Singer Program. These one-hour concerts will include popular songs of the season and arias.
 
Admission is free. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open 30 minutes before each performance.
 
 
Placitas
Wednesday, November 30 at 7:00 pm
Las Placitas Presbyterian Church
7 Paseo de San Antonio Road
Roswell
Thursday, December 1 at 7:00 pm
Anderson Museum of Contemporary
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Cinema Cindy Reviews: ‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’

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By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos
 
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” is a new film based on the book by J.K. Rowling, creator of the Harry Potter series. As in those stories, there are in this one magic people, wizards, witches and the like, and then there are the rest of us. We’re called “Muggles” in England, but in the U.S. (this story takes place in New York City), it turns out we are just called “non-maj” for non-magical. 
 
Arriving in New York on a ship from England in 1924 is a magical person by the name of Newt Scamander. He is carrying a leather suitcase that makes growling
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Cinema Cindy Reviews: ‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’

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By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos

“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” is a new film based on the book by J.K. Rowling, creator of the Harry Potter series. As in those stories, there are in this one magic people, wizards, witches and the like, and then there are the rest of us. We’re called “Muggles” in England, but in the U.S. (this story takes place in New York City), it turns out we are just called “non-maj” for non-magical. 

Movie poster for ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’.

Arriving in New York on a ship from England in 1924 is a magical person by the name of Newt Scamander. Read More

Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘Moana’

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By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos

“Moana” is a visual and auditory delight for adults, with a fun plot line for kids. It is an animated story of an adventurous daughter of a Polynesian chief in the pre-contact Pacific region. She defies her cautious parents and takes a large oceangoing, double canoe to find the demi-god Maui to right a wrong and rebalance nature.

Movie poster for ‘Moana’. Courtesy image

Visually, the film portrays good detail of daily life in a traditional Polynesian village; the people wear fine mat clothing and live in the same styles of thatched homes that are known Read More

LALT’s Staged Reading Of ‘After You’ve Gone’ Dec. 3

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LALT News:

Los Alamos Little Theatre announces a staged reading of “After You’ve Gone,” a new work by Santa Fe-based playwright Mark Dunn.

The staged reading is 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Performing Arts Center, 1670 Nectar St. in Los Alamos. Admission is free for this one-time event.

“After You’ve Gone,” which takes its title from a song first published in 1918, introduces the audience to Adele Pike, who has just buried her husband of 36 years, and her two daughters and son-in-law. Amidst the
leftover casseroles, cakes and pigs-in-a-blanket brought by her Southern friends and neighbors, Read More

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