Award-Winning Author Anne Hillerman Live On Stage At New Mexico History Museum In Santa Fe Thursday Sept. 19
Author Anne Hillerman
NMHM News:
Friends of History for the New Mexico History Museum is very excited to announce author Anne Hillerman, live on stage at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19 in the Museum auditorium, to present History’s footprints: Weaving the Past into Modern Mysteries.
In her presentation, the journalist and award-winning author will share how her research into the Long Walk of the Navajo, explorations of Chaco Canyon, and the history of New Mexico and the Southwest enrich and inspire her novels. Hillerman said she believes that, besides providing wonderful entertainment, good Read More
Daily Postcard: Milky Way Over South Rim Of Valles Caldera
Daily Postcard: The Milky Way stretches over the south rim of Valles Caldera National Preserve. Registration opens at 8 a.m. today, Aug. 16, for the next astrophotography workshop to be held Aug. 30. With Valles Caldera (an International Dark Sky Park) as an outdoor classroom, photographers Stan Ford and Richard Gonzales will guide program participants through the basics of astrophotography. Participants will learn how to adjust and optimize DSLR camera settings, select a shooting location and shoot spectacular images of the night sky. For more information or to register, visit https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm…PEEC: Learn About Local Wildlife At Bear Festival Aug. 24
Learn about local wildlife at Bear Festival in Los Alamos. Stop by Los Alamos Nature Center 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24 for Bear Festival, PEEC and LEWF’s annual event sponsored by Century Bank, featuring activities and wildlife experts throughout New Mexico. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
The community is invited to join the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) and Land of Enchantment Wildlife Foundation (LEWF) for the 7th Annual Bear Festival 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24 at the Los Alamos Nature Center, at 2600 Canyon Road.
This entertaining and educational event, Read More
Get Indigenous Film Festival Comes To Museum Of Indian Arts & Culture
MIAC News:
SANTA FE — Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) is proud to partner with the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA), and the Institute for American Indian Arts (IAIA) on the second annual Get Indigenous Film Festival (GIFF), a multimedia component of the Santa Fe Indian Market.
The second annual Native American and Indigenous film festival begins with a screening of Sugarcane at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024, at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture. A filmmaker Q & A and after-party will follow immediately after the screenings.
Sugarcane is a 2024 documentary Read More
Daily Postcard: Black-Chinned Hummingbird In Flight
Daily Postcard: A Black-chinned hummingbird spotted in flight during a hummingbird stakeout July 26 at Bandelier National Monument. Photo by Jonathan Dowell/IG @SnowyEgretPhotography Read More
Two Worlds Collide! ‘First We Bombed New Mexico’ Documentary Feature Film At SALA Saturday Aug. 17
SALA News:
- The story Oppenheimer leaves out comes to Los Alamos for the Oppenheimer Film Festival
Two Worlds Collide! “First We Bombed New Mexico” documentary feature film will screen Saturday Aug. 17 at SALA Los Alamos Event Center. This red carpet event begins with dinner at 5 p.m. and screening at 6 p.m. followed by a question and answer session.
Details:
- Red Carpet event Saturday Aug. 17;
- Dinner at 5 p.m.;
- Screening at 6 p.m.;
- A sizzling Q&A promises to follow!;
- Nine screenings in all! (check the times);
- SALA Los Alamos Event Center – 2551 Central Ave.
This compelling award-winning documentary Read More
LALT To Host Auditions For ‘Love, Loss And What I Wore’
LALT News:A reading will be held before auditions to allow interested actors a chance to hear/read the show and get to know the characters. Copies of the script are available for perusal in both the Los Alamos and White Rock public libraries.
The reading and all auditions, including callbacks, are
Los Alamos Summer Concert Series Presents Nuevo Mexico Night With Cuarenta Y Cinco Friday At Ashley Pond
Cuarenta Y Cinco to headline Nuevo Mexico Night at the Summer Concert this Friday at Ashley Pond Park. Courtesy/Sancre Productions
By Pablo Irlando-Wildman
Sancre Productions
This Friday, Aug. 16, concert sponsor EXIT Realty Advantage NM has brought onboard Title Guaranty and Bell Bank Mortgage to bring us one of the season’s biggest shows, Nuevo Mexico Night with headliner Cuarenta Y Cinco (45s)! Additionally, New Mex Records and New Mex Radio are bringing Gabriella Salazar and Su Grupo Concepto at 6 p.m. as the opening act, with the headliner coming on at 7 p.m., all FREE at Ashley Pond Read More
2024 New Mexico State Fair To Offer Park And Ride Services
NMSF News:
The New Mexico State Fair has added park and ride services for the 2024 State Fair event to help ease traffic and congestion during prime hours at the Fair.
Park and ride busses will pick up fairgoers at Coronado Center on Saturdays and Sundays only (Sept. 7-8 and Sept. 14-15).
“We want to make getting to the Fair as easy and seamless as possible so you spend less time in traffic and more time enjoying everything the State Fair has to offer,” Fair General Manager Dan Mourning said. “Not only does park and ride provide expedited transportation into the Fair, but you have the added benefit of Read More
Daily Postcard: Speckled Fawns Frolic In Pajarito Acres
Daily Postcard: A pair of speckled fawns nibble grass and frolic on the lush green lawn of a residence Sunday in Pajarito Acres. Photo by Joyce Wolff Read More
SALA Los Alamos Event Center To Host Captivating Lineup Of Films And Events For Oppenheimer Festival Aug. 15-18
SALA News:
The SALA Event Center announced a captivating lineup of films and events this week as part of the ongoing Oppenheimer Festival.
Aug. 15 to Aug. 18, movie enthusiasts and history buffs alike are invited to immerse themselves in an exciting program featuring new releases, premieres, classic films and engaging discussions.
Festival Highlights:
Oppenheimer Festival:
- New Reels:
- Oppenheimer: Screenings at 1 p.m. & 6 p.m., Thursday and Friday, at 1 p.m., Saturday, and at 2 p.m., Sunday
- Atomic Rocketeer: Showing at 1 p.m. & 7 p.m., Thursday through Saturday and at 2 p.m., Sunday
‘Beyond The Threshold’ Opens Thursday At Step Up Gallery
STEP UP GALLERY News:
Take a step “Beyond the Threshold” with artists Linda Storm and Sandra Duran Wilson in Step Up Gallery at Mesa Public Library. The artists have created more than 100 inspirational paintings and sculptures designed to ignite the intellect and spur imagination to envision worlds beyond. The show opens Thursday.
The artists will host an opening reception 2-3:30 p.m. Aug. 17, and give a gallery talk at 2:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served, and all are welcome.
Although both artists have shown their work widely, the enthusiasm they have for this exhibit is palpable. The two Read More
A Day With Santa Fe Authors: Memoir And Mystery A Fundraiser For Reading Quest Sept. 7
COMMUNITY New:
A Day with Santa Fe Authors: Memoir and Mystery is a fundraising event, held in association with the Partners in Education Foundation for the Santa Fe Public Schools.
The beneficiary, Reading Quest, is a local non-profit organization whose mission is to “support children who are having trouble reading become strong, enthusiastic readers.”
The purpose of this event is to raise funds for Reading Quest while connecting Santa Fe booklovers with local authors whose memoirs and mysteries they have enjoyed over the years.
The keynote speaker is Anne Hillerman, author of nine New Read More
Marianne Hornbuckle’s 2024 Exhibit ‘Imagining The Universe’ On Display Through August At Southside Library In Santa Fe
ART News:
Marianne Hornbuckle’s 2024 exhibit “Imagining The Universe” is on display through August at the Southside Library, 6599 Jaguar Drive in Santa Fe.
Hornbuckle’s abstractions imagine the mystery of the universal spirit, cosmic energy, the nature of “one”. With recurring motifs of circles, executed on canvas and board, and drawing on her long experience with both watercolor and acrylic, they are multi-layered, both transparent and subtly textural, inviting close inspection and distant appreciation, and nearly always expressing an abstract concept to which her curiosity has Read More
Scenes Of Operation Rewind Headlining Summer Concert
Operation Rewind headlines the Summer Concert Friday night at Ashley Pond Park. Operation Rewind is a sensational five-piece tribal band hailing from the enchanting High Country of New Mexico with a passion for music. The Los Alamos Summer Concert Series is produced by the Los Alamos County Community Services Department and Sancre Productions. The Operation Rewind concert was sponsored by PPC Solar. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Meet the band, Aaron Jaramillo on rhythm guitar, Robert Valdez on bass guitar, Jorden Vaughn on drums, singer Drew Towles and Oliver Renard on lead guitar. Read More
Daily Postcard: Fox Spotted On Kinnikinnik Park Trail
Daily Postcard: A fox is spotted last week on the Kinnikinnik Park trail. The trail can be accessed on the west side of the Larry Walkup Aquatic Center in Los Alamos. Photo by Michael Smith
Another view of the fox spotted last week on the Kinnikinnik Park trail. Photo by Michael Smith
Another view of the fox spotted last week on the Kinnikinnik Park trail. Photo by Michael Smith Read More
Party To Go! Is Still For Sale
By VaLynn Purvis
Party To Go!
Aloha Los Alamos/White Rock! Did you miss us this summer? We sure missed you!! Party To Go! is still for sale.
We love that Cloud 5 Jumpers from Rio Rancho filled in at the Los Alamos Summer Concerts this summer!
But we’re still hoping someone will buy the business and keep the fun going! We can give you guaranteed business with the summer concerts, community events, county events, work parties, schools, churches, birthday parties!
It’s a seasonal business with winters off. You can stay local, or expand your area.
The business comes with:
- Trailer (The trailer is 102x20x7,
View Of Rose Garden Today In Beautiful Española Valley
A statue of Saint Francis of Assisi nestled this morning in a rose garden on a small farm in the beautiful Española Valley. Photo by Liddie Martinez Read More
Teatro Paraguas: Canadian Poet Josephine LoRe Sept. 17
Josephine LoRe in Carmel, Calif. in 2015. Courtesy photo
Teatro Paraguas News:
Teatro Paraguas at 3205 Calle Marie in Santa Fe to present a free reading by Canadian Poet Josephine LoRe at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17.
LoRe’s childhood dream was to become a writer. Her first publication at age 12 appeared in the Toronto Gladstone Library collection. She went on to win the Norma Epstein Prize for Creative Writing in her third year at University College (University of Toronto) for her first collection of poetry.
LoRe’s poems are rooted in and inspired by nature and family, and contain lyricism and Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: Dawn Cline At Aspen Copies
On the job in Los Alamos Friday is Aspen Copies Co-owner Dawn Cline displaying samples of her recent shipment of Pendleton mouse ‘rugs’ used to protect mouse and desktop surfaces. Constructed from durable material with pliable, nonslip natural rubber backing, this pad is also super absorbent and may also be used under a plant, vase or beverage cup. Cline’s sweet dog Mila looks on as Cline poses for a photo. To learn more about Aspen Copies at 1907 Central Ave., click here. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
