Chamber Taps Megan Bucklin As Member Services Manager
Megan Bucklin
CHAMBER News:
The Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce has announced the hiring of, Megan Bucklin as Member Services Manager. She will serve as the liaison to Chamber members and provide support and information to prospective members.
As a native of Los Alamos, Bucklin brings her experience working with various businesses throughout the community, as well as her knowledge of inter-business coordination to Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce.
She has experience with member management and coordination from her time working with United Way of Northern New Mexico and adventure companies Read More
Scenes From Mimosas With Matthew Modine At Fuller Lodge
From left, Los Alamos Small Business Center Coordinator Sandy Jones, Los Alamos County Council Chair Denise Derkacs and Matthew Modine at Sunday morning’s ‘Mimosas with Matthew Modine’ at Fuller Lodge. This kick-off Welcome Brunch for the Los Alamos Film And Culture Festival, featured actor and filmmaker Matthew Modine, who stars in the film ‘The Martini Shot’ featured this year. Many will recognize Modine as Vannevar Bush in Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’. Festivities continue for this inaugural international film festival, which runs through May 5, and includes 20 films at SALA Read More
Tesuque Casino May 2024 Entertainment Schedule
Tesuque Casino News:
Tesuque Casino is open 7 days a week: 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday at 7 Tesuque Road, five minutes north of Santa Fe / US HWY 84/285, Exit 171.
Tesuque Casino offers three unique choices for dining. The acclaimed Cottonwood Kitchen Dining Room, the popular Grab & Go and the comfortable and spacious Cottonwood Bar & Lounge.
For more information, call 800.462.2635 or email info@tesuquecasino.com.
Tesuque Casino entertainment schedule for May 2024:
Council’s Ballroom:
- Sat. May 4 – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Spring Arts
Festival Volunteers String 41 Kites Together For Epic Flight!
Volunteers at the 2024 Kite Festival string 41 kites together for an epic flight! Photo by Alan Madsen Read More
Daily Postcard: Wisteria Vine Blooms In Pinon Trails
Daily Postcard: A wisteria vine blooms Friday at a residence in the Pinon Trails neighborhood in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Fifteen Local Birders Chase Birds In Eastern New Mexico
The primary target of a trip last weekend for 15 Los Alamos birders was to see the Lesser Prairie-Chicken, an endangered species with a population of only about 500 birds in New Mexico. Photo by Michael SmithThe male Lesser Prairie-Chicken display in open areas called leks, where the males stomp their feet, puff out their wings, and make high pitched bubbling sounds while inflating their red air sacs. Photo by Michael Smith
Lesser Prairie-Chicken females come from the grasslands around the lek to pick out their favorite male to mate with, then disappear back into the prairie to lay eggs. Photo Read More
What Bird Is This?
Mystery bird. Photo by Ryan Sanderson
Cornell Lab eNews:
Here they come! Spring warblers on the move—and this mystery bird – a Nashville Warbler – can show up from coast to coast in North America. Its yellow body, gray hood, and white eyering give it a cheery, hyper-alert look. Find these birds foraging busily in scrubby bushes and tall trees alike
The Nashville Warbler is a boisterous yellow songster with a striking, big-eyed look thanks to a white eyering that contrasts sharply with its gray hood. Nashville Warblers are fun to watch as they teeter on the ends of leaves and branches searching for Read More
PAC 8 Community Media Center: May 3-May 9, 2024
PAC 8 News:
PAC 8 Community Media Center is available for recording events, transferring of old media, shooting and editing, live streaming and drone photography and videography.
For information, email pac8@losalamos.com, call 505.662.7228 or visit pac8cmc.com.
PAC 8 Television schedule for May 3 to May 9, 2024:
Friday, May 3, 2024
- 06:00 AM Deocracy Now! – Live
- 10:00 AM The Thom Hartmann Program
- 11:00 AM County Council Meeting Replay 4-30–24
- 03:00 PM Democracy Now!
- 05:00 PM PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
- 06:00 PM A Chat with Glendora
- 06:30 PM White House Chronicles
- 07:00
McCurdy 6th Grader Zaiden Lopez Wins Best Drama At Film Prize Junior New Mexico Competition
Zaiden Lopez
MAE News:
ESPAÑOLA — Zaiden Lopez, a McCurdy Charter School 6th grade student, is now an award-winning filmmaker for his film “Blue Heron”. Sunday, April 7, 2024, Zaiden received the Best Middle School Drama award at the Film Prize Junior New Mexico competition. Zaiden’s film was one of 167 films from 80 schools throughout New Mexico.
The award ceremony was held at Albuquerque’s New Mexico Hispanic Cultural Center. With a full weekend of events, students could watch other films that were entered and take their moment on the red carpet.
Zaiden created a storyboard and concept for Read More
Daily Postcard: View Looking West Near Los Alamos Airport
Daily Postcard: The view looking west Saturday evening near the Los Alamos Airport. Photo by Jen Moss Read More
Scenes From 2024 Kite Festival At Overlook Park
Scenes from the 2024 Kite Festival today at Overlook Park in White Rock. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Scenes from the 2024 Kite Festival today at Overlook Park in White Rock. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Scenes from the 2024 Kite Festival today at Overlook Park in White Rock. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Scenes from the 2024 Kite Festival today at Overlook Park in White Rock. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Scenes from the 2024 Kite Festival today at Overlook Park in White Rock. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Scenes from the 2024 Kite Festival today Read More
Natasha Stojanovska And EunAe Lee To Perform Four Hands Piano Recital At Cathedral Basilica In Santa Fe May 4
PAC 8 2024 Summer Film Intensive Begins June 24
Scene from a previous Summer Film Intensive program at PAC 8. Courtesy/PAC 8
Scene from a previous Summer Film Intensive program at PAC 8. Courtesy/PAC 8
PAC 8 News:
For the 4th consecutive year, PAC 8 Community Media Center will be teaming up with the Los Alamos Teen Center, Youth Activity Center and Fuller Lodge Art Center to offer the Summer Film Intensive.
Open to youth ages 13-18, this 3 week program will take participants through all of the steps in the process of creating an original short film – screen writing, camera operation, production planning and location shooting, acting, editing Read More
Jesse Raine Littlebird Exhibition At HSFF’s El Zaguán May 3
New work by Jesse Raine Littlebird whose exhibition opens May 3 at El Zaguán in Santa Fe. Courtesy/HSFF
HSFF News:
Historic Santa Fe Foundation (HSFF) will present an exhibition of new works by Jesse Raine Littlebird. Arrivals will open 5-7 p.m. Friday, May 3 at El Zaguán, 545 Canyon Road, Suite 2 in Santa Fe.
Jesse Raine Littlebird presents a collection of works on canvas and paper made during the spring of 2024. Inspired by stories traditionally told during the winter story months as well as the N. Scott Momaday book House Made of Dawn, Littlebird invites the community to his second exhibition Read More
Fifth Annual Meow Wolf Night At Isotopes Park May 11
MEOW WOLF News:
ALBUQUERQUE — Two of New Mexico’s most celebrated, community-focused organizations join forces once again to create an unforgettable evening of art and sport.
Prepare to enter the multiverse, as Meow Wolf and New Mexico United team up to host their fifth annual Meow Wolf Night Saturday, May 11 at Isotopes Park when United takes on Oakland Roots FC.
The contest isn’t only between NM United and Oakland Roots FC. Fans are encouraged to wear their wildest United- and/or Meow Wolf-inspired costume for a chance to win two season passes to United’s 2025 season and two yearlong Portal Read More
Daily Postcard: Springtime In Downtown Los Alamos
Daily Postcard: Springtime view of downtown Los Alamos Wednesday afternoon at 20th Street and Central Avenue. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
2024 Kite Flying Festivities This Weekend At Overlook Park
COMMUNITY News:
The Los Alamos Arts Council and Enterprise Bank & Trust bring the community a weekend of kite flying festivities at Overlook Park Saturday, April 27 and Sunday, April 28.
Kite Festival is an annual tradition in Los Alamos County, bringing kite enthusiasts from around the region to fly kites of all types and to share this historic art form with children of all ages. Kite building workshops run 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, but participants are welcome to start flying early if they have a kite already.
Kite Festival offers kids (and kids at heart) the chance to build a kite at one of the Read More
NMDCA: Women’s History Banner Exhibit To Open In Governor’s Gallery In Santa Fe May 6
NMDCA News:
A new Women’s History Banner Exhibit will open Monday, May 6 in the Governor’s Gallery in Santa Fe.
Presented by New Mexico State Library and created by the New Mexico Historic Women Marker Program, this banner exhibit celebrates the women who helped shape New Mexico history.
More than a dozen banners share background information and history of women such as Esther Martinez, P’oe Tsáwä, Pablita Velarde Tse Tsan, “Golden Dawn”, Soledad Chavez Chacon, Harriet Belle Amsden Sammons, Anita Scott Coleman and more.
The New Mexico Historic Women Marker Program is responsible for numerous Read More
Daily Postcard: Windy Days Shower Blooms Beneath Trees
Daily Postcard: Wind showers blooms down beneath trees Wednesday in White Rock. Photo by VaLynn Purvis Read More
UNM-LA Fine Arts And Art Studio Hosts Student/Faculty Show And Open House May 1
