Daily Postcard: Raindrops Sparkle On Flowers
Daily Postcard: Raindrops sparkle on flower petals Monday afternoon following the storm in White Rock. Photo by VaLynn Purvis Read More
Samizdat To Host A Los Alamos Alphabet Coloring Contest
A Los Alamos Alphabet book cover. Courtesy/Samizdat
Samizdat BookStore & TeaHouse News:
In celebration of International Children’s Book Day (Tuesday, April 2), World Book (Tuesday, April 23), and Independent Bookstore Day (Saturday, April 27), Samizdat Bookstore will host A Los Alamos Alphabet–themed coloring contest.
Stop by Samizdat (174 Central Park Square) between April 2 and April 23 to pick up a coloring page inspired by the local children’s book A Los Alamos Alphabet, written by Whitney Spivey and designed by Leslie Bucklin. Choose from 26 different pages (one for each letter Read More
Senior Activity Centers To Open Saturdays Starting April 6
LARSO News:
Snow Blankets Los Alamos … No Joke
Scene on this April Fools’ Day morning of snow blanketing Los Alamos including this area viewed from DP Road – no joke. Photo by Clara Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
PAC 8 Community Media Center: April 5-11, 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 April 5-11, 2024:
Friday, April 5, 2024
- 6 a.m. Democracy Now! – Live
- 10 a.m. The Thom Hartmann Program
- 11 a.m. County Council Meeting Replay 3-26–24
- 3 p.m. Democracy Now!
- 5 p.m. PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
- 6 p.m. A Chat with Glendora
- 6:30 p.m. White House Chronicles
- 7 p.m. Chamber
New Mexico History Museum 2024 First Wednesday Zoom Lecture Series Focuses On Diaries Of Pioneer Women
‘Family resting at midday’. Courtesy/NMHM
NMHM News:
Friends of History for the New Mexico History Museum ‘(NMHM) continues its 2024 First Wednesday Zoom lecture series with another very interesting topic: Diaries of Pioneer Women, noon to 1 p.m., May 1 by journalist Norma Libman on YouTube.
Free – Donations Welcome
Register here.
Brief Lecture Summary:
The journey West was perilous and exciting. The journals kept by women pioneers provide details that enrich our understanding of the experience in a way that differs from and enhances the information we get from the writings of Read More
Daily Postcard: Ice Begins Melting At Eagle Nest Lake
Daily Postcard: Springtime in the Moreno Valley. The ice covering Eagle Nest Lake is beginning to melt as seen on March 30, 2024. Photo by Marc Bailey
Posts From Abroad: Cruise On The Seine In Paris
Rick and Liddie Martinez of Los Alamos and the Española Valley on a private cruise along the Seine on the Don Juan II Friday, March 29 in Paris, France. Liddie is Regional President of Enterprise Bank & Trust in Los Alamos and also serves on the Board of the Santa Fe Opera. She and her husband joined other board members on a recent visit to Paris. Photo by Liddie Martinez
One of a 7-course dinner prepared by Michelin-starred chef Frédéric Anton during a private cruise along the Seine Friday in Paris, France. Photo by Liddie Martinez
Wines served with dinner during a cruise along the Seine Friday Read More
Chicago & Bell At New Mexico Museum Of Art April 5
NMDCA News:
Join New Mexico Museum of Art for a First Friday event with Larry Bell and Judy Chicago 5:30-6:30 p.m. Friday, April 5.
Chicago (born July 20, 1939 in Chicago, Ill.) American feminist artist whose complex and focused installations created some of the visual context of the women’s liberation movement in the 1970s and beyond.
Throughout his career Bell has made investigations into the properties of light on surface. By experimenting with the nature of surface and its relationship to space, Bell has devised a methodology characterized by spontaneity, intuition, and improvisation. Read More
NMFO And Stowe Story Labs Announce 3rd Annual Training Fellowship For Emerging New Mexico Screenwriters
Courtesy/SSL
NMFO News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Film Office (NMFO) is partnering with Stowe Story Labs to launch the third annual “New Voices • New Mexico” – a professional development and skills training program for emerging New Mexican screenwriters.
Through a grant from the New Mexico Film Office, there will be no programming costs for New Mexico resident screenwriters who are chosen to participate. New Voices • New Mexico helps emerging screenwriters develop their skills, work on individual scripts, learn approaches to navigating the film and TV industry, and reach new levels of confidence Read More
Daily Postcard: Easter Morning Flowers Brighten White Rock
Daily Postcard: Yellow flowers brighten the corner of Meadow Lane and Mimbres Drive early Easter morning in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Scenes From Dedication Of Artwork At County Airport
Los Alamos County Council Chair Denise Derkacs speaking at the dedication of new artwork Friday afternoon inside the Los Alamos County Airport Building. Courtesy photo
From left, Council Chair Denise Derkacs, Art in Public Places Advisory Board former Chair Abigail Cutting-Smith and member David Hampton at Friday’s art dedication inside the Los Alamos County Airport Building. Courtesy photo
Artist Lindsay Brenner with the artwork she created to decorate a wall inside the Los Alamos County Airport Building. Courtesy photo Read More
Ethel Fisher: ‘Portraits Of The Sublime’ April 26-May 25
Ethel Fisher, Double Portrait, Yellow Space (Ethel & Seymour), 1969, Oil on linen, 51 x 46 in. Courtesy/LewAllen Galleries
ART News:
SANTA FE — LewAllen Galleries announces its exclusive representation of the work of Ethel Fisher (1923-2017) and its first major exhibition of the artist’s work focusing on her figurative paintings, entitled Ethel Fisher: Portraits of the Sublime.
This exhibition will be accompanied by both a printed and a digital catalog and will open Friday, April 26, 2024 and remain on view through May 25, 2024.
Fisher is a highly distinguished American artist who lived Read More
Daily Postcard: Signs Of Spring Decorate White Rock
Daily Postcard: Signs of spring are decorating the landscape around White Rock. Photo by VaLynn Purvis Read More
New Mexico History Museum Seeks Zozobra Objects
NMHM News:
The New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) is offering two more drop-in opportunities for New Mexicans to share their Zozobra memories and mementos.
The tradition of Zozobra turns 100 this August and NMHM is telling this 10-decade story. The Museum wants to see the community’s favorite Zozobra memories to consider for inclusion in this exhibition.
Community members can bring materials like vintage merch, goofy family movies, or other memorabilia directly to NMHM, 2-4 p.m. Saturday, March 30 and 10 a.m. to noon Monday, April 1, at 113 Lincoln Ave. in Santa Fe to have them examined and photographed Read More
Piano Recital With Patti Merril At Fuller Lodge April 3
COMMUNITY News:
The community is invited to hear pianist Patti Merril in concert at noon Wednesday, April 3 at Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos. Read More
(VIDEO) Documentary Returns To Vietnam 50 Years Later
Wreaths Across America News:
In November 2023, 10 Vietnam veterans embarked on a journey they never thought possible, returning to Vietnam, and exploring the locations and memories that for 50 years have held deep significance for each of them.
Mission Veteran Expedition, a collaborative venture between CDLLife, FASTPORT, and nonprofits Waypoint Vets and Wreaths Across America, made this journey possible and, together, proudly announce the upcoming release of a new documentary of the trip, “Mission Veteran Expedition: Honoring Vietnam Veterans in the Transportation Industry.” Read More
Daily Postcard: Lone Coyote In Snowy Valle Grande
Daily Postcard: A lone coyote looks back in a snowy Valle Grande covered in wildlife tracks recently at Valles Caldera National Preserve. While there are not any wolves living at Valles Caldera National Preserve at this time, a close relative, the coyote, can be found throughout the park. As one of the abundant mid-sized predators at Valles Caldera, coyotes play a key ecological role here. For example, they help to control rodent populations. They earnestly hunt prairie dogs, occasionally working alongside badgers to flush them out of their burrows. In the winter, they seek out rodents Read More
Posts From Abroad: Touring Paris, France
View of the Eiffel Tower on Thursday, March 21 as Rick and Liddie Martinez of Los Alamos and the Española Valley spend a couple of weeks touring Paris, France. Photo by Liddie Martinez
Rick and Liddie Martinez of Los Alamos and the Española Valley spend a couple of weeks touring Paris, France. Photo by Liddie Martinez
Rick and Liddie Martinez arrive at St. James hotel March 21 in Paris, France. Photo by Liddie Martinez
Rick and Liddie Martinez enjoyed a light dinner of Butternut Cream Soup and some perfectly mixed martinis at the Historic Library Bar at St. James hotel March 21 in Paris, France. Photo Read More
LAHS Staff Spotlight: Duane Smith Manager Ryan Daly
Duane Smith Auditorium Manager Ryan Andrew Daly. Photo by Andy McBride/ladailypost.com
By Andy McBride
Student Reporter
Los Alamos Daily Post
When we think of Star Wars we may think of the popular phrase, “May the force be with you” and legends like Yoda or Luke Skywalker. Ryan Andrew Daly is a huge Star Wars fan and a legend of his own … and he is the manager of Duane Smith Auditorium (DSA) at Los Alamos High School (LAHS).
Daly was born in Palos, Ill., and raised in Osceola, Ind. Growing up as the youngest of five children, LAHS Principal Renee Dunwoody was the oldest.
Daly went to high school Read More
