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Los Alamos Winterfest Schedule: Saturday, Dec. 5

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Festive buck at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy/LACC

CHAMBER News:

The Los Alamos Winterfest Schedule for today includes:

Kiwanis of Los Alamos Breakfast with Santa

  • 7-11 a.m. at Betty Ehart Senior Center

11th Annual Children’s Christmas Bazaar

  • 9 a.m. to noon at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church

Annual Crèche Show

  • 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Los Alamos LDS Church, 1967 18th St.

Annual Earth Treasure Show

  • 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Masonic Temple, 15th and Canyon

Arts/Crafts & Stories for all Ages

  • 10 a.m. to noon at Mesa Public Library

Fuller Lodge Holiday Open House

  • 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • 10 a.m. Chamisa Sing Sations
  • 10:45 
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Go Nuts For New ‘Nutcracker On The Hill’

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Scientists at Fuller Lodge during ‘Nutcracker on the Hill.’ Photo by Scott Doebling
 
The Spy (Jonathan Guise) gets away with secret plans. Photo by Scott Doebling
 
Review by KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

“The Nutcracker” is everywhere. Of course there is the ballet but there also are books, movies and countless merchandise. You hear the “Nutcracker Suite” piped through shopping mall sound systems and see Clara and her Nutcracker Prince everywhere. While this is all a testament to the classic story’s popularity, the bombardment of “The Nutcracker” can dull Read More

Los Alamos Winterfest Schedule: Friday, Dec. 4

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Oppie and Groves show Christmas spirit. Courtesy/LACC

CHAMBER News:

Today’s Los Alamos Winterfest Schedule includes:

Annual Crèche Show

  • 2-7:30 p.m. at Los Alamos LDS Church, 1967 18th St.

Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra Holiday Concert

  • 7 p.m. at Crossroads Bible Church

Dance Arts Los Alamos Presents Nutcracker on “The Hill”

  • 7 p.m. at Duane Smith Auditorium
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Sangre de Christo Chorale Presents Winter Concert

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Sangre de Christo Chorale Artistic Director Andrew Schmidt. Courtesy photo

Music News:

Celebrate the splendor and majesty of winter in New Mexico with choral music of the season performed by the Sangre de Cristo Chorale.  Enjoy works spanning three centuries sung in five languages by composers Franz Joseph Haydn, Francis Poulenc, Arvo Pärt, Bob Chilcott, and many more.

The Sangre de Cristo Chorale has been singing in Santa Fe and Los Alamos for 38 years. This year the 52 singers in the Chorale are honored to include eight apprentices from three high schools – Santa Fe High, Pojoaque High Read More

Night Sky Planetarium Show At Nature Center Dec. 4

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View of the night sky and our Milky Way galaxy. Courtesy photo
 
PEEC News:
 
Do you want to learn more about the life cycle of stars?
 
Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is a holding star show at 7 p.m., this Friday Dec. 4, in the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium.
 
Galen Gisler will give a tour through the stars and constellations of the December sky and use them to illustrate the life cycles of stars: where and how stars are born, how they evolve, and how they die.
 
The December Night Sky planetarium show is $6 for adults and $4
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Watch Mockumentaries, Enter Raffle For Film Industry Prizes At Planetarium 3 p.m. Sunday

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COMMUNITY News:

The community is invited to see the winning video mockumentaries at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. on the big screen in the Nature Center’s planetarium.

The Pajarito Film Club is hosting the screening of four 10-minute video shorts submitted to the first ever Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet contest. Admission is free.

Following the screening, the Pajarito Film Club will conduct a brief awards ceremony, during which film program graduates who judged the films will review judging criteria and the categories for which each film is being awarded. The winning mockumentarians will be awarded Read More

‘Noche de Inspiracion!’ Dec. 12-13

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Kierra Holmes and Chuscales. Courtesy/Insight Foto
 
MAE News:
 
Moving Arts Española will present two performances of ‘Noche de Inspiracion!’
 
This inspirational student showcase is set for 4-6 p.m., Saturday Dec. 12 and 2-4 p.m. Sunday Dec. 13. Tickets are $6 for adults and students.
 
The performances will feature 75 young dancers, singers and actors, presented in the new Moving Arts Performance Center at 368 Eagle Dr. on the Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo (northeast of Española on N.M. 68/291).
 
This multi-arts winter production
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‘The Book Thief’ Screens At Mesa Library Thursday

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Movie poster for ‘The Book Thief.’ Courtesy photo

Review by KELLY DOLEJSI

 

A coming-of-age story set in Germany during World War II, “The Book Thief” (2013, PG-13) is about a girl whose communist mother is compelled to give her up to a foster home. It’s about a new family that forms under the flying swastikas. It’s about people doing “what people do.”

 

It will screen at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Mesa Public Library

 

Brian Percival’s film highlights regular people’s humanity — our irrepressible will to care for others, no matter the risk to ourselves.

 

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Local-Made, Hand-Crafted Gifts At The Los Alamos Nature Center

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Holiday gifts at the Los Alamos Nature Center gift shop. Courtesy photo
 
PEEC News:
 
The new Los Alamos Nature Center has a great holiday gift shop, run by Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC).
 
It is the perfect place to find gifts for the people on your list who like science and nature.
 
PEEC has made a special effort to stock the Los Alamos Nature Center gift shop with quality, hand-crafted, NM-made, nature-themed gifts including wood boxes, hand-sewn ornaments, educational toys, tea towels, nature-themed art, stuffed
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