Several Turtles Bask In The Sun On Rocks In Ashley Pond
Turtles gather on rocks to sun themselves today in Ashley Pond. Photo by Lori Whitley
Another view of turtles sunning themselves today on rocks in Ashley Pond. Photo by Lori WhitleyLone Piñon Performs At Coronado Historic Site July 14
NMHS News:
Coronado Historic Site will host a concert with New Mexico favorites, Lone Piñon, as they perform traditional New Mexican music 2-4 p.m. Sunday, July 14.
Lone Piñon is a collective of four expert musicians who travel the country and world performing their collaborative interpretation of the New Mexico musical traditions they have learned from elder culture-bearers.
They will take the audience on a musical journey through the New Mexican musical landscape—through several centuries of bailes, wedding parties, fandangos, and fiestas that have shaped the state’s musical inheritance. Read More
YMCA To Host 2024 Free 4th Of July Children’s Parade
Apprentice Singer Rachel Fitzgerald To Make Santa Fe Opera Debut As Donna Anna In Don Giovanni Opening June 29
The ensemble of Don Giovanni. Photo by Curtis Brown/for Santa Fe Opera
The Santa Fe Opera News:
SANTA FE — The Santa Fe Opera announces soprano and Apprentice singer Rachel Fitzgerald will make her Santa Fe Opera debut in the role of Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with performances on June 29, July 5 and July 10. The originally scheduled soprano Teresa Perrotta has withdrawn for personal reasons. The casting for the role in the remaining performances will be announced at a later date.
Don Giovanni
Opening June 29 is Mozart’s masterpiece Don Giovanni in a fresh interpretation Read More
Free West Coast Swing Dancing And Lessons At Betty Ehart Senior Center Starting Monday July 1
COMMUNITY News:
Every Monday (except County holidays) from 7-9 p.m. everyone is welcome to free ballroom dancing and lessons at the Betty Ehart Senior Center Center. It is a Los Alamos County Activity organized by Terry Goodwin and Selmo Jaramillo. Every month they focus on a particular ballroom dance, and in July the focus is West Coast Swing.
West Coast Swing is a social dance in which partners learn some basic moves, practice connecting with each other, and then are able to improvise with each other to make a unique dance. This style goes well
with a variety of music, including country, Read More
Daily Postcard: The Spire Atop The Tower Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints In White Rock
Daily Postcard: View of the spire atop the tower of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 366 Grand Canyon Drive Tuesday in White Rock. Photo by Joyce Wolfe Read More
Scenes Of Summer Concert Friday At Ashley Pond Park
Scene of the Summer Concert as the sun begins to set Friday at Ashley Pond Park headlined by Chris Arellano and Band. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Chris Arellano and Band headline the Summer Concert Friday at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Scene of the Summer Concert as dancers Move to the music Friday at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Cotton candy is a popular item on the menu at the Summer Concert Friday at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Having fun on the inflatable during the Summer Concert Friday at Ashley Read More
Rooster Blackspur Headlines Summer Concert July 5
Rooster Blackspur takes the Summer Concert stage Friday, July 5 at Ashley Pond Park. Courtesy image
Sancre Productions News:
Friday July 5, on the heels of the 4th of July Spectacular in White Rock, Sancre Productions and Los Alamos County Community Services Department are bringing to the Ashley Pond Park stage singer/songwriter Rooster Blackspur!
The fun starts at 6 p.m. with the always great and talented Eryn Bent, with the headliner coming on at 7 p.m., all FREE at Ashley Pond Park! Special thanks to show sponsor PPC Solar.
Rooster Blackspur, a captivating award-winning Singer-Songwriter, Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: Ksenia Garbett At Boomerang
On the job in Los Alamos recently is Clerk Ksenia Garbett at Boomerang Consignment and Resale and Gaia Gifts. Garbett has worked at Boomerang for one year at 1247-A Central Ave. ‘I love anything and everything people related,’ Garbett said in speaking about her job. To learn more about Boomerang Resale and Gaia Gifts, click here. Photo by Andy McBride/ladailypost.com Read More
Daily Postcard: Persian Silk Tree Blooms On Ridgecrest
Daily Postcard: Persian silk tree blooms Tuesday on Ridgecrest Avenue in White Rock. Photo by Joyce Wolfe Read More
LALT Hosts Auditions For Beowulf Tonight & Saturday
LALT News:
Auditions for Beowulf (and the Bard), Los Alamos Little Theater’s fall production, begin tonight, June 28.
The play, written by Vidas Barzdukas and Christopher R. Bartlett, is a fun, frenetic and freewheeling farce that updates the Old English poem about the warrior Beowulf, who must rescue the mead hall from a hideous ogre (and his even more hideous mother).
The comedy’s events unfold much differently than the familiar story passed down through the ages. In reality, Beowulf is an out-of-shape prince hoping to fulfill the heroic code, while the bard is a desperate poet struggling Read More
AtomiComedy Returns To Los Alamos Saturday Night
Comedian Korey Herrera performing in AtomiComedy in April at Muy Salsas. Photo by Thomas Graves
COMMUNITY News:
AtomiComedy returns to Los Alamos Saturday, June 29, thanks to the efforts of a crack legal team who got the restraining order lifted just in time.
The show is hosted by Muy Salsas at 1315 Trinity Dr. and tickets are $10, available at the door. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the show starts at 8:30 p.m. Or come early and have dinner before the show (kitchen closes at 6:30 p.m.)
This will be the fourth AtomiComedy show produced by David Zimmermann. The shows are a mix of aspiring Los Alamos comedians
Museum Of Indian Arts & Culture Sunday FUN DAY July 7
Chris Arellano And Band Headline Summer Concert At Pond
Sancre Productions News:
New Mexican Musician Chris Arellano will headline the Summer Concert at 6 p.m. today. The Los Alamos Community Winds will open for Arrellano. The Winds also will be opening next Thursday for the Los Alamos 4th of July Spectacular at Overlook Park in White Rock.
Chris Arellano’s deeply personal Americana weaves together the Norteno music of his Northern New Mexico upbringing with Alternative Country and Blues influences for a signature style that he calls “Nuevo Americana”. Fused with song and story, Spanish and English, his transcendent lyrics move listeners with Read More
2024 Christmas In July Coming To Betty Ehart Senior Center
Items available at the 2024 Festival of Trees July 20 at Betty Ehart Senior Center. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen
An apron in the 2024 Festival of Trees July 20 at Betty Ehart Senior Center. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
C’YA
Just 22 days from today, the Festival of Trees, a 23-year community tradition, celebrates the holiday season a little early and a little different this year. The regular November event goes all out celebrating summer with a beach vibe that includes a variety of gift items, less formal photos with Santa and more on July 20.
This year Read More
Daily Postcard: Close Up View Of Blossoms On Hollyhock
Daily Postcard: A close up view of blossoms on a Hollyhock plant at a residence Thursday evening in Velarde. Photo by Johnnie Martinez Read More
Meow Wolf And Dion’s Join Forces For Summer Promo
Meow Wolf News:
SANTA FE – Two local companies are joining forces to launch an exciting promotion to celebrate iconic New Mexican locations. Meow Wolf Santa Fe and Dion’s Pizza announce “Sips of Enchantment”.
The promotion begins with a collectable, color-changing cup designed by Meow Wolf that features New Mexican imagery and iconography, which is available at all New Mexico Dion’s locations.
It’s followed by weekly giveaways for family tickets to various local attractions and activities such as the International UFO Museum in Roswell, an Albuquerque Isotopes game, a New Mexico United Read More
Spotlight On Moving Arts Española
Moving Arts Española Chief Executive and Co-Founder Salvador Ruiz, left, and Creative Director and Co-Founder Roger Montoya inside their facility at 368 Eagle Drive in Ohkay Owingeh. Courtesy/MAE
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com
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Moving Arts Española transforms the lives of more than 700 children and youth annually in Northern New Mexico. The non-profit organization also serves more than 50,000 free healthy meals to students and their families and offers more than 40 unique classes to children and youth weekly.
Its mission is to cultivate Read More
PEEC To Host Solar Car Racing And Electric Vehicle Show During 2024 Los Alamos ScienceFest July 13
Solar car races are 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. Saturday, July 13. Pick up a solar car kit from the Nature Center during open hours between July 8-12, or pick up and build a kit at the EV Show. Courtesy photo
PEEC News:
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) will celebrate Los Alamos ScienceFest with its annual Electric Vehicle Show and Solar Car Racing.
The event is Saturday, July 13 in the lot across Central between the Demo Garden and Los Alamos Police Station, northwest from Ashley Pond Park.
Event Highlights:
- Electric Vehicles Display: Explore a variety of electric-powered vehicles
Daily Postcard: Sunrise Colors Clouds Over White Rock
Daily Postcard: The sunrise colors the clouds early Tuesday across the sky over White Rock. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
