History

2024 Fiber Fair At Bosque Redondo Memorial May 4

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NMHS News:

Visitors of all ages can connect to the history of Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site during the Fiber Fair 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Saturday, May 4, 2024.

This interactive event includes live demonstrations and hands-on wool working activities using sheared wool from the site’s flock of Navajo Churro Sheep.

The day’s festivities will include various activity stations, sheep viewing, food trucks provided by the Friends of Bosque Redondo Memorial, and more. Admission is $7/adult. Free for children 16 and younger. Please call 575.355.2573 for more information or visit Read More

Scenes From Mimosas With Matthew Modine At Fuller Lodge

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From left, Los Alamos Small Business Center Coordinator Sandy Jones, Los Alamos County Council Chair Denise Derkacs and Matthew Modine at Sunday morning’s ‘Mimosas with Matthew Modine’ at Fuller Lodge. This kick-off Welcome Brunch for the Los Alamos Film And Culture Festival, featured actor and filmmaker Matthew Modine, who stars in the film ‘The Martini Shot’ featured this year. Many will recognize Modine as Vannevar Bush in Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’. Festivities continue for this inaugural international film festival, which runs through May 5, and includes 20 films at SALA Read More

Edkin: Replacing Your American Flag

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Amber Edkin of Rivera Family Funeral Home giving a talk on replacing your American flag. Courtesy photo

By AMBER EDKIN
Rivera Family Funeral Home

  • Replace your American flag if it is faded or tattered beyond repair, or dirty beyond cleaning.

Rivera Funeral Home in Los Alamos is offering a safe bin for community members to drop off flags that have been replaced for proper disposal. The flags will touch the bottom of the bin, never the floor. The bin will be placed outside on warm days and taken in at night, otherwise it can be found inside the double doors between Rivera’s and HR Block. Simply drop your Read More

NMDCA: Women’s History Banner Exhibit To Open In Governor’s Gallery In Santa Fe May 6

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NMDCA News:

A new Women’s History Banner Exhibit will open Monday, May 6 in the Governor’s Gallery in Santa Fe.

Presented by New Mexico State Library and created by the New Mexico Historic Women Marker Program, this banner exhibit celebrates the women who helped shape New Mexico history.

More than a dozen banners share background information and history of women such as Esther Martinez, P’oe Tsáwä, Pablita Velarde Tse Tsan, “Golden Dawn”, Soledad Chavez Chacon, Harriet Belle Amsden Sammons, Anita Scott Coleman and more.

The New Mexico Historic Women Marker Program is responsible for numerous Read More

Nancy R. Bartlit And Dr. John C. Hopkins To Present May 14 Lecture On Imperial Japan’s Conflicted Surrender And Japanese Nuclear Weapons Program During WWII

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Los Alamos Historical Society News:

The Los Alamos Historical Society has announced its upcoming lecture, a free event that will be held 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, May 14 at Fuller Lodge in the Pajarito Room. This marks the last lecture of the series. The Society thanks the community for its support.

Prior to the lecture, the Historical Society will host its annual Meeting of the Members 6-6:30  p.m., followed by the History Day Awards 6:30-7 p.m., and then Nancy Bartlit and Dr. John Hopkin’s lecture follows 7-9 p.m.

Bartlit will discuss the complex dynamics within Japan’s military culture during World Read More

Wonders On Wheels To Roll Into Los Alamos Saturday

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Wonders on Wheels is the mobile museum program of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs will be at the Farmers Market Saturday in Los Alamos. Courtesy/NMDCA

NMDCA News:

Wonders on Wheels will be at the Los Alamos Farmers Market 10 a.m. until noon Saturday, April 27 at  2132 Central Ave.

Wonders on Wheels (WoW) is the mobile museum program of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (NMDCA). The WoW RV travels all over the state bringing museum exhibits to the people of New Mexico.

The community is invited to see “New Mexico Growing” – an exhibit focused on the “Three Sisters” –  corn, Read More

Española Bond House Museum: Lowrider Culture Exhibit

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Española Bond House Museum hosts Lowrider Culture Exhibit through June 29, 2024. Courtesy image

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Bond House News:

Cruise on over to the Bond House Museum of Española and check out the Lowrider Culture Exhibit.

The collection is curated by the Lowrider Association of New Mexico and includes works from six artists:

  • Arthur “Lowlow” Medina;
  • Joan Medina;
  • Janette Quintana;
  • Ed Fields;
  • Anamaria Medina; and
  • Marisol Medina.

It will include lowrider arte, photographs, pinstriping, low rider bikes, airbrushed trunks, magazines, videos and model cars.

The collection is sure to give Read More

The List Goes On: Rabbi Jack Shlachter To Discuss Jewish American Nobel Prize Winners In Physics May 1

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos Public Library will host Rabbi Jack Shlachter for a talk on Jewish American Nobel Prize Winners in Physics, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 1.

As part of the library’s honoring of Jewish American Heritage Month in May, Shlachter’s talk will explore the outsized history of Jewish Nobel Laureates of the Physics prize. With far too many physicists to describe in detail, the list of Jewish Prize Winners includes names such as Richard Feynman, Fred Reines, Hans Bethe, Robert Hofstadter, Eugene Wigner and A. A. Michelson. Of the famous names, Shlachter will discuss the particular Read More

Piñon Elementary School Students Compete In National History Day State Contest At University Of New Mexico

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Audrey Deines, left, and Sarah Sanders competed in the Junior Group Exhibit category with a rotating exhibit exploring the impact of Gutenberg’s printing press. Courtesy/LAPS

Brandon Keller, center, took first place in the Junior Paper category and will be competing at the NHD National Contest in June. Evan Cunningham, left, and Isaac Light, right, won third place in the Junior Group Documentary category, and are alternates for the National Contest. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

Five Piñon Elementary School 6th grade students were among more than 200 students across the state who competed Read More

Los Alamos Film And Culture Festival: Schedule Of Events

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Filmmaker Matthew Modine stars in the film, ‘The Martini Shot’  to be shown 6-8 p.m. May 1 at SALA Event Center as part of the Los Alamos Film and Culture Festival. Courtesy/LAFCF

LAFCF News:

The Los Alamos Film and Culture Festival (LAFCF) has shared the full schedule of films coming to SALA Event Center (2551 Central Ave.) April 28-May 5, 2024. LAFCF welcomes a unique selection of filmmakers worldwide to present new films and share behind-the-scenes information about each story and production.

This inaugural Festival brings 20 films from 13 different countries to Los Alamos and provides multiple Read More