Entertainment

Bridge Club Hosts 3-Day Sectional Tournament

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Courtesy photo

By Michelle Rudy
Los Alamos Contract Bridge Club

The Los Alamos Contract Bridge Club is hosting the “Atomic City Sectional”  tournament at the Betty Ehart Senior Center Friday through Sunday.

Up to 100 visitors will be in town, some staying two to three nights and looking for a good meal.

If you want to play, sessions start at 2 p.m. Friday, July 27.

A partner is helpful, but not necessary. Visitors welcome.

For more information, see the Los Alamos Duplicate Bridge Club tournament webpage document by clicking HERE (pdf format.) Read More

Clark & Kendall’s Weekend Preview: July 26, 2012

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Editor’s Note: Updates at bottom 7/27/12 3pm.

Los Alamos Daily Post Publisher Carol A. Clark and Webmaster/Reporter Greg Kendall. Photo by Karen Kendall

The week’s preview is sponsored by www.fyila.com. 

Joe Hayes: New Mexico’s Centennial Storyteller
7 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 26 at Fuller Lodge

While Joe Hayes, an official Centennial author, doesn’t have a specific centennial program, he will tell a selection of favorite stories gleaned from New Mexico’s diverse cultures. He has been traveling the state with his stories for more than 30 0f Read More

Enjoy Putt-Putt and the Muppets at East Park Tonight

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COUNTY News:

The Ponderosa Putt-Putt Tournament is 6-7:30 p.m., today (Wednesday, July 25) at East Park.

Participants will test their skills at the Ponderosa Putt-Putt Tournament. The tournament is broken into three age groups, 5-7, 8-11 and 12+.

Prizes will be awarded for first through third place in each age group.

Call 662-8173 for more information.  

The Movies in the Parks is 7:45-10 p.m. today (Wednesday, July 25) at East Park.

The 2012 Series features The Muppets. Bring blankets, pajamas and snacks to watch the movie under the stars.  

Weather cancelations are made Read More

Navajo Athletes Race Toward Future in ‘Up Heartbreak Hill’

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Airing on New Mexico PBS — Ch. 5.1 – Thursday, July 26 at 9 p.m. & Saturday July 28 at 10 p.m. & on Ch. 9.1 – Thursday, August 2 at 9 p.m.

Teen Angst Typically Includes Conflict Between Past and Future—But What If the Past Is the Reservation and the Future a World Apart?

A Co-production of ITVS and Native American Public Telecommunications, Inc. (NAPT.;
A Co-presentation with NAPT. Program is Part of American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen

“A refreshing, original film about the challenges of indigenous youth.” — Ryan Little, Washington City Paper

The hopes and heartbreaks Read More

“Report from Santa Fe” Airs on Sundays

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At 8 a.m. on Sunday, July 22, Report from Santa Fe will air on PBS Channel 5.1.

THIS  WEEK:  COLONEL ANN WRIGHT, U.S. Army /  U.S. State Department, Retired

  • Awarded: State Department Award for Heroism, 1997
  • Author: “Dissent: Voices of Conscience, Government Insiders Speak Out Against the War in Iraq”
  • Helped Oversee The Reopening of the U.S. Mission in Afghanistan in 2001
  • Feels The Biggest Military Cover-Up In U.S. History is The Abuse of Women Soldiers

“A woman who signs up to protect her country is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire,” Read More

Clark & Kendall’s Weekend Preview: July 20, 2012

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Los Alamos Daily Post Publisher Carol A. Clark and Webmaster/Reporter Greg Kendall. Photo by Karen Kendall

The week’s preview is sponsored by www.fyila.com.

The Derailers – Los Alamos Summer Concert Series at 7 p.m. on Friday at Entrada Business Park

Texas’ best country dance band. Los Alamos Cooperative Market & Holiday Inn Express Night.

Los Alamos Friday Night: A Quilt of Stories: History, Myths, and Legends

6 – 7:30 p.m. at the Romero Cabin behind Fuller Lodge
In the isolation of the Plateau and the west, quilts were fashioned from bits of material carefully saved Read More

Clark & Kendall’s Weekend Preview: July 13, 2012

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Los Alamos Daily Post Publisher Carol A. Clark and Webmaster/Reporter Greg Kendall. Photo by Karen Kendall

The week’s preview is sponsored by www.fyila.com.

Friday, July 13 @ Ashley Pond 7 p.m.
The Shinyribs – Los Alamos Summer Concert Series
Wild Texas country/rock

Friday, July 13  5–7 p.m.
Two-Artist Exhibition: Sheridan Brown and Janice Parker Muir
Opening Reception at Karen Wray Fine Art Gallery
2101 Trinity Dr., Suite B-2 (Across from Ashley Pond)

Friday Nights @ the Bradbury Science Museum
Nanoscale Science and Engineering … Explore the world of the smaller

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This Week’s New Mexico in Focus Looks at Job Losses

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NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS is the prime-time news magazine show for New Mexico PBS covering the events, issues and people shaping life in New Mexico and the Southwest. 

Hosted by Gene Grant, NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS takes a multi-layered look at social, political, economic, health, education and arts issues and explores them in-depth, with a critical eye to give them context beyond the “news of the moment.”

NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS regularly airs at 7 p.m., Fridays and 7 a.m., Sundays on Channel 5, and 5 p.m., Saturdays on Channel 9.

Involved, informed, in-depth media: watch NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS Read More

Clark & Kendall’s Weekend Preview – July 5, 2012

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The program is sponsored by www.fyila.com.

New items:

Tonight, as part of Los Alamos Friday Night, the Society for Creative Anachronism will be on the lawn at Fuller Lodge. Also events at the Bradbury Science Museum, the library's horror flick, a blue show at the Fuller Lodge Art Centerand, of course, Gordon's Concert. Come out for all the fun!

Pajarito Mountain Ski Area:

MOTO X EVENT THIS WEEKEND JULY 7 & 8
Come up and watch some fast and furious race action. This was such a popular event last year we had to have them back. $10 per person for the weekend. Ten and under are free.  Click

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