LOS ALAMOS SCIENCEFEST HIGHLIGHTS
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9 p.m. Thursday at Fuller Lodge; dinner, 6to drinks, music, campfire stories and songs, root beer floats and s’mores; live auction of props from the Manhattan TV show. Tickets are $50 in advance. A new mural of historic photos of the Big House also will be unveiled Thursday at Central Park Square.
Ranch School films: 10 a.m to 2 p.m. Friday at Fuller Lodge; films will be screened during the free Atomic Film Festival.
ScienceFest concert: 7 to 10 p.m. Friday at the Ashley Pond Park Stage; free live music from The Peterson Brothers Band. Fuller Lodge Lawn Family Campout:
7 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday; Families are invited to bring tents and sleeping bags and camp out, enjoying arts and crafts, snacks and campfire songs.
Fuller Lodge tours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday; the Los Alamos History Museum is offering free tours of the former Los Alamos Ranch School facility, led by members of the local Boy Scouts troop.
Bathtub Row tours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; visitors will have the rare opportunity to walk inside some of the stone cottages on Bathtub Row, including the 1,600-squarefoot former home of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist and wartime head of the laboratory. The house has been gifted to the Los Alamos Historical Society. Tickets are $20 per person and sold in 15-minute increments.
Festival Day: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Ashley Pond Park; free interactive activities. Visitors can download a scavenger hunt for prizes, enjoy 3-D art and learn to tie knots like the boys did at the Ranch School. A beer garden will be open during the afternoon where visitors can join in conversations with local scientists beginning at 12:30 p.m. and listen to live music until 6 p.m.
Daily tours: The Los Alamos History Museum is offering historic district tours throughout ScienceFest for $15 per person. There also will be Atomic City Van Tours of the city emphasizing history, archaeology, geology and scenery starting at 1:30 p.m. each day. The tours are $25 for adults and $10 for children 13 and under. For reservations, call 505-662-2547.
Outdoor access: Lifts will be running at Pajarito Mountain from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. all weekend for bikers and hikers.
Learn more: For a complete list of ScienceFest events, and to register for activities, go to LosAlamosScienceFestival.com.