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Los Alamos Historical Society To Bury Time Capsule Beneath Oppenheimer House

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Los Alamos Historical Society Executive Director Todd Nickols and Associate Director Kristen Hollis on March 17 with the time capsule that will be buried beneath the Oppenheimer House on Bathtub Row. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Historical Society Executive Director Todd Nickols in Oppenheimer’s Office on March 17 in the Oppenheimer House on Bathtub Row. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

The Los Alamos Historical Society is creating a time capsule to be buried beneath the floor of the Oppenheimer Read More

Los Alamos History Museum Announces New Exhibit: Secrets Of Shangri-la: Enlisted Women At Project Y

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 Los Alamos History Museum News:

The Los Alamos History Museum is proud to announce the opening of a new special exhibit, Secrets of Shangri-la: Enlisted Women at Project Y, which explores the often-overlooked contributions of enlisted women who served in Los Alamos during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project.

During World War II, Los Alamos—known only by its code name, Project Y—became the central laboratory of the Manhattan Project, the top-secret effort to develop the atomic bomb. While scientists such as J. Robert Oppenheimer have become household names, hundreds of enlisted Read More

Fr. Glenn: Treading Water

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Fr. Glenn Jones:

Well, we’re coming close to Easter. Next weekend (March 27 this year) is Passion (Palm) Sunday, in which we remember and contemplate especially the passion of Jesus—His arrest, torture and crucifixion. This is why the Catholic devotion—very common during Lent—of the Stations of the Cross. We Christians should be more attentive to meditate on His passion frequently, because Jesus does it for us … takes upon Himself the deserved punishment that our sins and wrongs against God and one another deserve. He saves us from ourselves.

As analogy, we might imagine we’re on the Titanic Read More

LACA: Acclaimed Violinist Rachel Barton Pine To Bring Virtuosity And Vision To Los Alamos April 11

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Violinist Rachel Barton Pine

LACA News:

          • The Los Alamos Concert Association to present an afternoon of masterpieces spanning three centuries.

The Los Alamos Concert Association (LACA) will welcome world-renowned American violinist Rachel Barton Pine performing at 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 11, at the Duane Smith Auditorium.

As the fourth installment of LACA’s 79th season, this concert highlights Pine’s “striking and charismatic” (The New York Times) artistry. While she often performs with the world’s foremost orchestras, such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Read More

National Park Week Aug. 22-28, 2026 Celebrates America’s Story

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DOI News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced National Park Week will take place Aug. 22–30, celebrating the 110th birthday of the National Park Service and the 250th anniversary of American independence.  

Thanks to President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order 14189, Celebrating America’s 250th Birthday, this weeklong celebration will feature hundreds of programs, family activities and patriotic events across the country under the theme “Celebrate America’s Story”.

Entrance fees will be waived nationwide on Aug. 25 in honor of the National Park Service’s Read More

Tourism Dept. Marks 10 Years Of New Mexico True Certified

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STATE News:

SANTA FE — In a year of significant milestones, headlined by the Route 66 centennial, the New Mexico Tourism Department has its own milestone to celebrate: the 10th anniversary of the New Mexico True Certified program.

The New Mexico True Certified program was an idea first hatched one decade ago in response to requests from local businesses who expressed interest in presenting their product as authentically “New Mexico True.” The New Mexico True Certified program was thus created as an extension of New Mexico True to allow New Mexico businesses to showcase their products as 100 Read More

Democracy On The Move: Wonders On Wheels Celebrates America’s 250th In New Mexico

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Wonders on Wheels Mobile Museum. Courtesy/NMDCA

NMDCA News:

SANTA FE — In honor of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Wonders on Wheels Mobile Museum, a division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, is traveling a new exhibit, “The Arts of Democracy in New Mexico” beginning this spring.

The all-ages exhibit on the Wonders on Wheels (WoW) RV, highlights ideals of freedom and self-government embedded in the Declaration and traces the development of those same ideals in New Mexico, showing how they have been expressed in art forms such Read More

Tradition Meets Artistry With Pueblo Seed Pottery Demonstration March 28

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NMHS News:

Join us at Jemez Historic Site for a special pottery demonstration with Victoria Martinez Naranjo (Santa Clara Pueblo) 10 a.m., Saturday, March 28 at Jemez Historic Site.

Step into a world where tradition meets artistry as you watch Victoria’s skilled hands sculpt clay using methods perfected over centuries. She’ll share stories behind these small vessels that carry the promise of next season’s harvest. Jemez Ranger Casey will also be cooking food in earthenware pottery to offer tastings at the event.

This demonstration honors culture, creativity, and the enduring Read More

MOWW To Feature Talk On ‘Real Russian Collusion’ By Dr. Glen McDuff March 17

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Dr. Glen McDuff

MOWW News:

This month’s meeting of the Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) is Tuesday, March 17, in conference room 203A at the Los Alamos Research Park.

The featured speaker is Dr. Glen McDuff who will discuss “Real Russian Collusion”. With the advent of the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, a.k.a. Star Wars, it was soon determined that a major flaw in the plan. Even though most of the planned defensive systems were within the realm of possibility, there was no way to provide station keeping power for the space platforms. Where the U.S. had ceased development of space

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Ancient Hungry Giants: Research Uncovers Early Evidence Of Massive T. Rex Relative In NM

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NMMNHS News:

ALBUQUERQUE — A team of scientists studying fossils at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science have identified a New Mexico fossil belonging to a surprisingly large and geologically old member of the lineage of dinosaurs that gave rise to the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex.

This research, co-authored by New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) Executive Director Dr. Anthony Fiorillo and NMMNHS curator Dr. Spencer Lucas, shows that large tyrannosaurs lived in what’s now New Mexico millions of years earlier than scientists realized. The finding brings Read More