Dent 2023 Schedule At A Glance

Schedule

Sunday September 10

  • Check in, grab your badge and goodie bag, and get oriented.

  • For your morning activity, choose to join a pizza making workshop with Adam Sachs, a guided walk through Santa Fe with sound engineer and musical artist Charles Van Kirk, or take a deep dive into your financial mindset in a workshop with speaker, strategist, and advisor Dana Corey.

    Pizza Making with Adam Sachs

    In this class, you’ll get your hands floured up, learn about pizza, and actually make pizza. We’ll talk briefly about the tradition and craft of pizza, and then delve into the ingredients and the process: making dough and sauces, stretching dough, topping and baking. And then we’ll eat pizza, a skill that needs no teaching. After you take the class, you’ll have the skills to confidently bake pizza in your home oven (or, if you’re lucky, in an Ooni oven!), and you’ll be able to speak with some authority on many things pizza, including whether pineapple has a place on pizza.

    Composing Santa Fe: A Sonic Field Trip with Charles Van Kirk

    Charles Van Kirk, an award-winning audio engineer and composer based in Maine, will take attendees on a unique Activity Day field trip. Van Kirk's work explores the role of sound in combating climate change, and he creates music from a wide range of environmental sources and found sounds. His activity will involve a 2-3 hour walk in Santa Fe with attendees to record local sounds distinctive to the New Mexican landscape. (Note that No previous technical or musical expertise is required to participate in this activity.) Participants will practice listening for the musical possibilities that exist in nature. Charles will use the sounds that the group records to create an original musical composition which will be presented to all attendees on the Dent main stage.

    This project and his related talk, will draw inspiration from a similar project Van Kirk completed in Iceland in early 2020, where he and a colleague recorded sounds from the Vatnajökull glacier for Splice. Van Kirk used these sounds to create an original composition that paid tribute to the glacier.

    If you have a high-quality recording device, please bring it. Bring water and wear comfortable shoes.

    Unraveling the Financial Mindset: A Deep-Dive Workshop with Dana Corey

    Join international speaker, business strategist, and advisor Dana Corey for an engaging workshop aimed at transforming your relationship with money. "Unraveling the Financial Mindset: A Deep-Dive Workshop for CEOs" brings to the fore the psychological aspects of finance affecting your business decisions. Dana will guide you through a series of introspective questions, illuminating hidden facets of your financial mindset. Her ability to blend nuts and bolts strategy with warm, supportive partnership will help you face and challenge your perceptions about money.

    You'll discover the dangerous cycle that may be hindering your profitability, the key ingredient to a stress-free and lucrative life, and the formula to enact lifelong changes in your money narrative. The workshop is not just about understanding; it's about effecting real change in your relationship with money using Dana's insightful five-step approach.

    With her track record of astounding bottom-line results and fostering freedom in the business realm, Dana Corey is the ideal guide for this introspective journey. This workshop will empower you with the tools to not only increase your profitability but also enjoy the freedom and leisure time that Dana strongly believes is the main reward of entrepreneurial success. By reshaping your relationship with money, you align your financial outlook with both your professional and personal aspirations, setting the stage for a prosperous future.

    Open-Source Learning with David Preston

    Open-Source Learning taps the potential that school ignores. It brings people together and transcends limitations of time and space (TL;DR the last paragraph tells you how to join this session and get started weeks before we meet in Santa Fe). In this session, you will learn how Open-Source Learning can help you better understand your own learning journey, supercharge personal growth, build community strength, and transform organizational performance.

    Our ability to learn is less limited than you may think – most people who think they are bad at math are not actually bad at math – but school is a hard place to learn, and social and economic forces often force us to compromise and sometimes even abandon our passionate curiosity altogether. 9/11 changed the way Open-Source Learning founder David Preston listened to his UCLA graduate studen­ts and his management consulting clients: “Every generation complains about school,” David told us, “But in a world where our patterns of thinking were so clearly costing us dearly, it struck me that some of the most well-regarded intellects and entrepreneurs of our time were privately experiencing so much pain around learning. To excel in school and at work, they had to sacrifice their love of learning. Now that they were struggling to survive in life and thrive in their chosen endeavors, they were missing pieces of themselves, and they were grieving the loss.”

    In 2004 David ventured into the cave of everyone’s darkest learning fears and began teaching high school courses in Los Angeles. He broke the rules to connect students with online resources, each other, and even themselves. Over time, David’s approach became known as Open-Source Learning. He has applied the model to create interdisciplinary academies and support high-performing individuals and organizations. David wrote ACADEMY OF ONE (2021, Rowman and Littlefield) and he has shared Open-Source Learning with audiences at the O’Reilly OSCON, the Macarthur Digital Learning and Media Conference, the Connected Learning Summit at MIT, TEDxUCLA, the Royal Geographical Society, and the Institute for the Future. David has also developed online platforms and free open source software to support Open-Source Learning communities.

    Open-Source Learning is ongoing and available whenever we need it. It has been happening the whole time you’ve been reading this! You can start making a Dent right now by joining our Open-Source Learning Network. Meet David, join the conversation, and discover how you can make the most of every learning opportunity at Dent by emailing david@davidpreston.net with the subject header “Let’s Dent.” David will send you everything you need to get started.

    La Fonda on the Plaza Art & History Tour

    The iconic La Fonda on the Plaza Hotel is showcasing the Inn’s celebrated 400-year-old beginnings; how past elements of the Hotel have been intricately woven into its modern-day ambiance; rare photographs from its early days; and an unforgettable collection of artwork that will inform and fascinate at every turn. This is a rare opportunity to explore the enchanting story behind one of the city’s most treasured icons. La Fonda is an integral part of Santa Fe history, being the oldest lodging corner in America since 1607.

    The Docent Tour will take you through a brief 93 year history of the Hotel including:

    - A peek into yesteryear, La Fonda as a Harvey House featuring the Harvey Girls

    - Extensive artwork collection

    - The Indian Detours

    - Architecture and design work of Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter and John Gaw Meem

    - Tales ranging from the Wild West to the Manhattan Project

    For this year’s conference, the hotel has generously agreed to put a special focus on the Los Alamos era. Not only did Oppenheimer and his family stay at La Fonda when they first came to town, but it was also the chosen watering hole for Los Alamos personnel on their visits to Santa Fe. And it was positively swarming with spies trying to determine what was going on in the laboratories up on the Mesa.

  • Explore Santa Fe’s great restaurants with friends new and old. Let us know if you’d like any recommendations!

  • For your afternoon activity, choose to level up your AI prompt skills, dive into a “warm data” lab, or learn the secret spy history of Santa Fe on a tour.

    Prompt Engineering Workshop with Kyle Kesterson

    Denter Kyle Kesterson leads this workshop for all experience levels focusing on 'prompt engineering' with ChatGPT, the advanced AI language model. Kyle will strip away the complexities of AI discourse to provide a direct understanding of the practice of crafting specific prompts to elicit desired responses from the model. Good prompts lead to more accurate and relevant responses, saving time and reducing the need for repeated queries or clarification. In business contexts, effective/efficient prompt engineering can reduce costs by automating tasks traditionally performed by humans, such as customer service, content creation, or data analysis. By crafting effective prompts, businesses can get the most out of these AI models.

    Warm Data Labs Workshop with Lauren Hebert

    When we say “data,” we usually mean rows and columns of quantitative information pulled out of context for easy storage, transmission, and computation. We can think of this kind of data as “cold.” By contrast, “warm” data only exists in context, and it quickly dissipates when we try to extract it. Warm Data emerges from and is embedded in the myriad overlapping, dynamic contexts and relationships that form complex, living systems.

    Join us for a Warm Data Lab, where we’ll sense and explore Warm Data through immersive, participatory inquiry. It’s like a concentrated dose of the best conversations you’ve ever had over dinner or coffee, but with people you may have never met before. It’s not about networking, it’s all about human connection, mutual learning, and collective sense-making.

    Here’s how it works: First, we’ll learn a bit about Warm Data and center our inquiry around a topic that matters right now.* Then, we’ll move between small groups, exploring the topic through the lens of different contexts and discovering new ways of seeing things through dialogue. At the end of the session, we’ll come back together to reflect on everything that’s happened. Finally, we’ll go our separate ways, letting the experience change how we perceive ourselves, others, and the world in ways that are both subtle and profound.

    *To keep the discussion improvisational, the topic won’t be provided in advance.

    Spy Tour of Santa Fe

    From the earliest days of New Mexico, spies have always been active in the historic capital of New Mexico. Its reputation as a city of intrigue began with the Pueblo Indian revolt that saw the city captured by the Native Americans and the Spanish return to retake it.

    But because of its proximity to Los Alamos and as a tourism mecca, Santa Fe became increasingly famous as a center of spy activity during the second world war and beyond. When Los Alamos was chosen as the site for development of the atomic bomb by leading scientist Robert Oppenheimer, security around the laboratory site on the Parajito Plateau reached unprecedented levels. With air-tight security around the research and development site, Santa Fe became the focus of spy activity with the KGB and the FBI scheming and maneuvering; one to circumvent the barriers to obtaining top secret information about the bomb, and the other to protect the critical technical details.

    Our tour explores the major spy hangouts, drop sites, and operational details that enabled spies to circumvent the extreme security measures that had been put into place. Two important stops on the tour are the city office for the Manhattan Project and the safe house where the plot to assassinate Leon Trotsky was hatched. We will discover colorful personalities, exceptional courage, and unwavering dedication. But these stories also reveal devastating betrayal, family tragedy, and cowardice.

    We also follow the far-reaching consequences of these events by exploring the connection between the WWII spies and the shooting down of an American U2 spy plane in 1960, an international incident that was portrayed in the movie, Bridge of Spies.

    Bring water and wear comfortable shoes.

    Wine Tasting with Greg Kisor, Dent Sommelier

    Join us for a sampling of Dent Sommelier Greg Kisor’s favorites and pick up some wine-tasting tips.

    Rubin Collection - 20th Century Photography VIP Gallery Tour

    Join a very unique, but limited, addition to the Sunday activity schedule. Conference speaker M.H. Rubin has generously offered to provide up to 12 conference attendees with an intimate tour of his private collection of fine art photography, focusing on mid-century modernism. This will be a 10-minute drive or Uber from La Fonda on the Plaza. We assume there will be some attendees or staff with cars who can accommodate most, if not all, of the attendees.

    Nestled in the picturesque landscape of Santa Fe, a few minutes from downtown, lies the home of MH Rubin, director of the Rubin Collection. This remarkable collection of 2,500 works, cultivated over six decades, opens its doors for an exclusive VIP event that promises an up-close look at a selection of fantastic 20th century photography. During this specially guided tour, guests will embark on a journey through photographic modernism, tracing its origins in early Europe, the significance of California’s Group f/64, and marveling at the masterpieces of renowned photographers like Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, and Edward Weston, as well as contemporary artists like Richard Misrach, Paul Capponigro, and George Tice (and dozens of others!)

    The tour also invites you to explore the tapestry of relationships that shaped the Rubin Collection, reflecting an unparalleled blend of influences and friendships, most importantly the Rubins’ connection with Jerry Uelsmann, whose early work will also be shown. Immerse yourself in thematic explorations of urban life around WWII, Jewish life in pre-war Europe, iconic portraiture, photojournalism, and humor. This intimate event offers an unprecedented look at the museum collection in the most personal way.

  • Join your fellow Denters for an opening reception with snacks, beverages, live entertainment. Address: Hervé Wine Bar - 139 W San Francisco St.

Monday September 11

  • Refuel before a busy day.

  • Just what it says on the tin.

  • In today's rapidly evolving economy, the conventional hiring process is fundamentally flawed. A mere 15% of the workforce finds fulfillment and productivity in their roles, and the majority of new hires in the US fail within 18 months.

    Join us at Dent as we welcome Angela Antony, the visionary founder and CEO of Scoutible. A three-time Harvard graduate with expertise spanning psychology and technology, Angela will take the stage to unveil the scientific underpinnings behind Scoutible's pioneering advancements in career alignment, professional success, coaching, and personal development.

  • In this session, HR executive turned consultant Tashia Mallette will explore the causes and effects of burnout that were magnified during the pandemic. We will learn about the impact of burnout on employee and organization behavior and the emergence of a more empathetic post-pandemic workplace. What strategies have people tried to combat burnout personally? What have some organizations done to successfully engage employees who feel burned out? How can you adapt your own workplace to help employees avoid burnout in the first place and re-inspire employees who have been pushed beyond the edge?

  • Take a short break with your friends.

  • “How’d You Do That?”

    Everyone wants to know how magic works. Magician and author Jamy Ian Swiss will do just that — but you might be surprised by the secrets he reveals. In magic, Jamy says, “the method is not the trick,” because in fact, the method is never the “trick” in any creative endeavor.

    Rather, creating a compelling illusion is a delicate process comprised of countless details — including psychology, misdirection, timing, body language, sleight of hand, and a strong grasp of story and narrative structure.

    Prepare to be amazed in more ways that one by this eclectic tour through one man’s distinctive set of artistic passions.

  • Lunch hosted in the New Mexico Room at La Fonda on the Plaza.

  • What are the research-backed and real-world-tested tools for turning vision into action?

    There are threads of consistency that draw together our understanding of creativity, leadership, charisma, management, social movements, psychology, and startups that when distilled reveal some powerful mindsets and attainable behaviors that could make the difference in your success. Too often, we are given platitudes, inspiration, and hope, when what we need are lessons, practices, and techniques. We’ll learn how to be more charismatic, how to change people’s minds, how to become more creative, and what exactly luck really is.

    Drawing on a decade of study and three years of practice as a VC, Dent co-founder Jason Preston will join us on stage to share actionable lessons for people who are trying to make a difference.

  • Research labs and university campuses are brimming with technology that has the potential to revolutionize everything from medicine and food to auto manufacturing and military vehicles, but the vast majority of this technology never escapes the lab. Why do so many innovations never make it to market? VC, entrepreneur, and former university researcher Amy Salzhauer will join us on stage at Dent to revisit the question that drove her to pick it as a topic for her PhD thesis years ago.

    Amy began starting companies to get data for her dissertation, and became a successful entrepreneur and VC instead of a researcher. Through years of experience, she has identified many culprits: systemic failures in funding science, issues with the patent system, and lack of experience among them. At Dent, Amy will take the stage and walk us through a number of examples that illustrate the challenges and illuminate some of the paths towards bringing new technology successfully into the world as product.

  • Refresh and hurry back!

  • Indigenous Futurisms have become a major trend in Contemporary Native Art, and depict the rise of futuristic or science-fiction inspired creations. The essays and artworks present the future from a Native perspective and illustrate the use of Indigenous cosmology and science as part of tribal oral history and ways of life. Several of these artists use sci-fi related themes to emphasize the importance of Futurism in Native cultures, to pass on tribal oral history and to revive their Native language. In addition, Indigenous Futurisms also offer a way to heal from the traumas of the past and present—the post-apocalyptic narratives depicted in some of the artworks are often reality for Indigenous communities worldwide.

    In this conversation, Dr. Suzanne Newman Fricke will sit down with Virgil Ortiz, a renowned Indigenous Futurisms artist, and will showcase his work as well as several of the museum works she has curated that use sci-fi themes to tell timeless stories.

    … and there’s a surprise to come.

  • Renowned chef Fernando Olea (read bio) will share his personal story and the development of a unique mole sauce served at his Santa Fe restaurant, Sazón. Chef Olea has been creating delicious meals in Santa Fe since 1991, using a combination of traditional Mexican ingredients and flavors from around the world to craft his "New World" cuisine.

    In this session, you'll learn about his journey and the Mexican culinary culture in Santa Fe. Chef Olea will dig into the process of making mole, a versatile sauce that can include over thirty ingredients, and what creativity in the kitchen means to him.

  • Join renowned indigenous futurism artis Virgil Ortiz for a poster signing in the Lumpkins ballroom after our last session and before you depart for the Dent Dine-Around.

  • Denters are assigned to different dinner groups and hosted to excellent meals at restaurants around Santa Fe.

Tuesday September 12

  • Hosted breakfast at the hotel.

  • What to expect from the day, housekeeping announcements, a reminder to drink more water, and so forth.

  • While the artificial intelligence “AI” grabs headlines, there’s a different “AI” that guarantees human potential and creativity keeps the human race ahead: Applied Improvisation.

    Humans possess an endless well of creativity, and we can learn how to tap into that potential on demand. In this interactive session, Gary will share tips, tricks, habits, and behaviors that’ll help you enhance your own creativity — so you can tap into your human AI on demand. You’ll be able to apply your innate creativity to both solve daily challenges and enhance your life.

  • What makes a photo interesting? How do you improve when you’re already good?

    Welcome to “photographic haiku,” a novel approach to learning and exploring photography. About a decade ago Rubin recognized key attributes of the greatest photos in history aligned inexplicably to the rules of haiku. As he studied haiku more deeply, he found that the principles of this poetic form made for something both inspiring and teachable for anyone with a camera.

    In this presentation, Rubin uses examples from his own work in combination with numerous historic works from Adams, Tice, Callahan, Kertesz, Erwitt, Weston, and dozens of others, to illustrate these ideas. His approach also speaks to capturing “the decisive moment,” as Cartier-Bresson described, and offers a platform not only for personal photojournalism and street photography, but for photos of any kind of subject matter.

    “Haiku photography” is not placid and pictorial. It moves beyond still-life photography and into a new way to think about structure and content that is dynamic, challenging, and appropriate for anyone at any skill level. For beginners it’s a better way to learn composition than the rule of thirds. For experienced photographers it’s a way to play and evolve. In the end it’s a new poetic form.

  • Mingle with other Denters.

  • Photographer Rick Smolan is probably best known for his critically acclaimed “Day in the Life” book series, which with over 5 million copies in print has been credited with creating the mass market for coffee table books. Many others were introduced to Rick for the first time by seeing him as the National Geographic photojournalist portrayed on the big screen by Adam Driver in the movie “Tracks.”

    Less known are the challenges and setbacks Rick encountered as a globetrotting journalist. In this talk, Rick will delve into the recurrent creative restrictions, rejections, and imposed artistic limitations that ultimately compelled him to dramatically alter his career in order to control how his work was being used. Some of the topics he will discuss include: How he maintained an unwavering commitment to his creative vision * The way taking calculated risks can lead to unexpected opportunities and personal growth; * Recasting failure as an opportunity for growth, learning, and redirection; * Maintaining a distinct/unique creative vision; * The importance of embracing new challenges and stepping outside of comfort zones.

  • Lunch hosted in the New Mexico Room at La Fonda on the Plaza. And on Tuesday Dent authors will be available to sign copies of their books during lunch.

  • Steve Martin once said his advice for aspiring entertainers was to “be so good they can't ignore you,” and our Artist-in-Residence Lauren Miller, p/k/a Malibu Babie, serves as a powerful embodiment of just that.

    Malibu Babie’s unconventional path to making chart topping hits began as a young girl. The daughter of construction workers, she excelled in dance and academics as a child in the small town of Olympia, WA, going on to graduate cum laude from Vanderbilt University as a first generation college student and All SEC Dancer. After graduation, she experienced a massive gut check- and decided to trade in her diploma for a dream.

    Starting as an intern on the iconic Music Row in Nashville, TN, the dichotomy of her hip hop sensibilities and bubbly pop aura made waves as she began her diversion into the music industry as a songwriter, artist, and producer. This diversion has not only resulted in remarkable success, but also serves as a shining example of how adaptability, creativity, and faith in oneself can enable great things.

    Denter Malibu Babie has experienced massive wins since we last saw her in Santa Fe at the 2019 conference. Becoming the first and only female this century to debut at #1 on Billboard’s Hip Hop Charts after producing back to back singles for superstar artists Nicki Minaj (‘Super Freaky Girl’) and Megan Thee Stallion (‘Her’), she has quickly become a force of nature in the music industry.

    In March, she teamed up with five-time Grammy award-winning legend Shania Twain to produce the country icon’s remix “Giddy Up!” in celebration of Women’s History Month. Her own singles have amassed millions of uses as viral audios on Tik Tok and Instagram, and she recently packed out her first festival alongside pop princesses Christina Aguilera and Anitta. Even Times Square has taken notice, with Spotify giving her a Billboard alongside the honor of being named their ‘Equal’ global ambassador- a program that celebrates female creatives, who are still very much underrepresented in the music industry.

    In this session and performance, she will delve into her creative process, how she shatters preconceived notions while carving her own lane, and the lessons learned as she charts her evolving path to success.

    Her 808’s pack a punch and so does her vision: to become a reminder that there are no boxes or limits to who we can be or what we can achieve.

    Dent, meet Malibu Babie.

  • Philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett, known for his significant contributions to the philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and philosophy of biology, will examine artificial intelligence in its current state and its anticipated future. Winner of the Erasmus Prize, Dennett’s voice has been a welcome addition to the ongoing discourse surrounding AI.

    In his talk, Dennett will scrutinize the rapid growth of AI technologies and assess their implications for our understanding of consciousness and intelligence. His exploration will delve into the interactions between humans and intelligent systems, emphasizing the impact these systems have on society.

    Addressing contentious aspects of AI, Dennett will discuss the emergence of ‘counterfeit people’ and their potential to destabilize societal trust. He will touch on critical ethical considerations that AI advancements present, emphasizing the need for regulation and accountability for AI companies.

    As the discussion moves towards the future of AI, Dennett will venture into speculative territory, considering the future evolution of AI and its potential repercussions. He will present an overview of artificial intelligence—its potential benefits, inherent risks, and possible trajectory in the coming years.

  • Join us for a conversation with Ellen Bradbury Reid as she delves into the memories of a unique childhood at Los Alamos during the height of the Manhattan Project. Reid is the daughter of a scientist who worked on the project, and will offer first-hand insight into how the clandestine community functioned under the leadership of the iconic J. Robert Oppenheimer.

    We will learn about Oppenheimer's role as a leader and source of inspiration for the entire project, where he embodied the brilliance, dedication, and community spirit that drove Los Alamos's rapid advancements.

    Ellen’s narrative paints a vivid picture of life in Los Alamos, a high-stakes environment where world-altering scientific developments were part of the daily routine. Against the backdrop of urgent wartime innovation, Reid discusses the blend of the mundane and the extraordinary, casting light on the shared reality of scientists, families, and local populations alike.

  • Plans for the coming year, events, and updates to Dent Passport.

  • Charles Van Kirk, an award-winning audio engineer and composer based in Maine, took attendees on a unique Activity Day field trip. Van Kirk's work explores the role of sound in combating climate change, and he creates music from a wide range of environmental sources and found sounds. His activity on Sunday involved a 2-3 hour walk in Santa Fe with attendees to record local sounds distinctive to the New Mexican landscape. Participants practiced listening for the musical possibilities that exist in nature. Charles used the sounds that the group records to create an original musical composition which he will present to all attendees on the Dent main stage in this session.

    This project and his related talk, will draw inspiration from a similar project Van Kirk completed in Iceland in early 2020, where he and a colleague recorded sounds from the Vatnajökull glacier for Splice. Van Kirk used these sounds to create an original composition that paid tribute to the glacier.

    His work has been recognized with numerous awards, including from the London International Awards, Sound on Sound Magazine, and Sundance. His productions have been featured on platforms such as ABC, Spotify's Fresh Finds, and The Guardian, and he has worked on advertising campaigns for major brands such as Apple, BMW, and Nike.

  • Dinner on your own.

  • Evening reception for Dent participants. Join us in the La Terazza room (and on the terazza) at La Fonda on the Plaza.

Wednesday September 13

  • Breakfast in the New Mexico Room at La Fonda

  • An Insider's Tour of Los Alamos with Ellen Bradbury Reid

    Meet at the Garage entrance at La Fonda on the Plaza. Transportation will be provided.

    Cost is included in your conference registration; a box lunch is included.

    About Our Guide: Ellen Bradbury Reid

    Step into the enigmatic world of Los Alamos with Ellen Bradbury Reid as our guide. As one of the esteemed "atomic children", Ellen's life is intertwined with the pulse of the Manhattan Project. Ellen earned a master's degree in Anthropology from the University of New Mexico. She will seamlessly blend her firsthand experiences with academic insights, offering an unparalleled perspective on life in Los Alamos during this historic time.

    Tour Highlights:

    New Mexico State Road 502 Journey:

    We will embark on the very path traveled by the Manhattan Project's brilliant minds. We will absorb the picturesque scenery and traverse the Rio Grande, where the historic Otowi Crossing and its iconic bridge beckon. Ellen will regale us with tales of Edith Warner's teahouse, where J. Robert Oppenheimer and many other luminaries dined under pseudonyms.

    Bradbury Museum:

    We will witness "Racing Toward Dawn," a gripping 17-minute film that paints a vivid picture of the Los Alamos National Laboratory's role in the Manhattan Project. This stop, filled with intimate anecdotes, promises to be enlightening.

    Fuller Lodge:

    This architectural gem, constructed from over 771 pine logs, once echoed with the conversations of Nobel laureates. During the Manhattan Project, Fuller Lodge served as a cafeteria and as accommodation for visiting scientists. Its walls have absorbed some of the most groundbreaking discussions in scientific history. Today, it stands as a testament to its storied past, serving the community and housing historical and arts organizations. Ellen's insights into its history make for a captivating walkthrough.

    Bathtub Row Stroll:

    We will experience the contrasts of wartime Los Alamos, where houses with bathtubs were a rare commodity reserved for the highest ranking members of the Manhattan Project. Ellen will share tales of the Ranch School's origins and the street's transformation during the Manhattan Project, as we learn about the legendary figures who once called it home.

    The Oppenheimer House:

    We will step into the residence where Robert Oppenheimer, the very heart of the Manhattan Project, lived. Ellen will transport us back to the war years, where dinner parties, stiff martinis, and impromptu music sessions with scientists like Richard Feynman and Edward Teller were the norm. Dive deep into the house's unique architecture and its history before the Manhattan Project.

    Join us and Ellen Bradbury Reid as we traverse Los Alamos, uncovering tales of atomic wonders, architectural marvels, and the very human stories behind history's most monumental project. We will experience this unique era and locale not just as a chapter from a history book, but as a living memory, with Ellen leading the way.