Plans are coming together for a community event on Thursday, September 18th, 6 PM at SALA Event Center. This event will be the September Parallel Cinema event at SALA.  Tentative Program: a brief update from Places & Spaces on the Black Hole Museum Intiative - learn about the initiative and how you can support it. Screening of the film, "The Black Hole" by documentarian and filmmaker Janire Najera - Janire has been invited to participate in the post-screening audience Q&A (15 min. run time) Screening of the film, "Atomic Ed and the Black Hole" by filmmaker Ellen Spiros - Ellen has also been invited to participate in the post-screening audience Q&A (28 min. run time) Discussion panel and Q&A with filmmakers and members of the Grothus family who will be back in town for homecoming weekend - unique perspectives on the Black Hole and Ed Grothus In the week leading up to the event, we hope to have an exhibit of "recycled art" and interesting pr...

  At our table at the airport open house last month, people who were stopping by shared all kinds of interesting memories and comments.  We wished we had a microphone and a recorder!  From that experience, we decided to create a way for anyone who wants to share their memories and comments. Do you have memories to share? Simply click the button below and you'll find out how quick and easy it is to share. You will complete a short, online form and then be directed to call a toll-free number to make as many recordings as you want, whenever you want. https://tinyurl.com/BlackHoleMemories

Kevin Holsapple of Places and Spaces and Barbara Grothus hosted a table at the June 28th Airport Open House to provide information and talk to interested people about the idea of a Black Hole Museum to tell the story of one of our community's most famous businesses and the man behind it - Ed Grothus.  A drawing was held for a copy of "Atomic Ed" by Janire Najera.  Barbara donated the book for the drawing.  “We were really pleased to speak with so many people who have vivid memories of the Black Hole, and others who have heard of it but are too new to the community to have experienced it. Feedback about the idea was strongly positive,” said Holsapple.  Many people spoke about things they still have and use in their homes that originated, at least in part, at the Black Hole. Photo: Kelsey Dennison of Los Alamos is presented with a copy of ‘Atomic Ed’ by Places and Spaces Board Member Kevin Holsapple.  Photo by Kris Raber

From the ether of the AI world, a brief conversation about the Black Hole Museum idea.