SALA Happenings: March 22-26, 2023
Courtesy/SALA
SALA News:
SALA Los Alamos Event Center announces a week of fun-filled events that are sure to delight visitors of all ages. From Wednesday through Sunday, SALA will host a range of programs and movies, with something for everyone.
Today the After School Program will take place 1-5 p.m., providing kids with a chance to enjoy games on the big screen and arcade games. The talent contest, “Los Alamos Got Talent” will also be held at the same time, and we encourage all elementary students to participate. In addition, the first-run movie “Shazam” will be screened at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. today. Read More
PAC 8’s Spring Fundraiser Has Begun!
Sitting Fairy donated by Petree Garden Center & Florist. Courtesy/PAC 8
PAC 8 News:
PAC 8’s spring fundraiser, an on-line auction has begun.
PAC 8 thanks the local businesses for the large assortment of generous donations. Auction items include a $250 wine dinner from Pig & Fig, 2 tickets to an O’Keeffe landscape tour at Ghost Ranch, lift tickets to Pajarito Mountain, 2 bags of “everything Oppie” from the Los Alamos Historical Society and a box full of bagged, jarred and packaged foods grown by local writer Liddie Martinez along with her autographed cookbook. There also is jewelry, puzzles, Read More
Santa Fe Opera Guild Presents Talk By Desirée Mays On ‘Myth And The Flying Dutchman’ April 17
Desirée Mays
Santa Fe Opera Guild News:
The Santa Fe Opera Guild welcomes Desirée Mays who will give a presentation on Myth and The Flying Dutchman 6 p.m. Monday, April 17 at the Santa Fe Woman’s Club, 1616 Old Pecos Trail.
The Flying Dutchman, cursed by the devil, must sail the seas for eternity unless he can find a woman whose fidelity will redeem him. Senta, a young, impressionable girl, falls in love with the portrait of the doomed dutchman. When he appears, she recognizes him and quickly pledges herself to him. She willingly makes the ultimate sacrifice and is his salvation, as the first of many Read More
Village Arts Calls Artists To Enter ‘Art Dewey Decimaled’ And Visitors To Check Out ‘For The Birds’
‘Chicken Dinner’ by Bonnie Dickman. Courtesy/Village Arts
‘Chubs and Bumpy’ by Gloria Sharp. Courtesy/Village Arts
Donated books for ‘Art Dewey Decimaled, and the Dewey Decimaled Call For Art. Courtesy/Village Arts VILLAGE ARTS News:
Village Arts is preparing for “Art Dewey Decimaled”, and is inviting artists and hobbyists of all ages to participate. The Dewey Decimal System finds a category for every book under the sun! If your artwork were a book, how would it be categorized? Village Arts plans to work with local librarians to categorize the artwork by subject matter before arranging Read More
Daily Postcard: Hazy, Cloudy, Colorful Sunrise In White Rock
Daily Postcard: A hazy, cloudy and colorful sunrise viewed this morning from White Rock. Happy First Day Of Spring 2023 In Los Alamos!
Happy first day of Spring 2023 in Los Alamos! Photo by Ron Roybal Read More
African Library Project Upcoming Fundraiser At SALA Today
KIWANIS News:
Two movies filmed in Africa will be shown at the SALA Event Center (former Reel Deal) today, March 20, to help raise funds needed for the cost of shipping eight school libraries to Malawi later this month.
Tickets for the movies may be purchased in advance online here. Tickets also may be purchased at the door.
Schedule for the evening is as follows:
- 4-4:30 p.m. Doors open. Snacks, drinks, African items available for purchase in the lobby.
- 4:30-6:10 p.m. Movie Duma will be shown. (100 minutes)
- 6-6:45 p.m. Snacks, drinks, African items available for purchase in the lobby.
- 6:30-8:15
Scenes From Gallery Re-Opening At Fuller Lodge Art Center
From left, Fuller Lodge Art Center Gallery Manager Kaeden Harding, gallery staff Nova Saturnine and Becky Herroon and Los Alamos Arts Council (LAAC) Executive Director Brandi Engeman. Engeman spoke of the changes at LAAC saying, ‘There’s a lot of changes and we are appreciative of the community’s support.’ Courtesy/LAAC
Members of the community visit the newly re-opened gallery shop Saturday afternoon at Fuller Lodge Art Center. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Arts Council staff and artists showing work in the gallery shop at Fuller Lodge Art Center gather Saturday Read More
Dances Of India Presents Sleeping Beauty April 15
Cast Of Pippin Saturday Night At Duane Smith Auditorium
The Los Alamos High School Olions cast of Pippen gathers for a photo Saturday night on the stage at Duane Smith Auditorium. Courtesy/Lynn Ovaska Read More
Daily Postcard: Deer Grazing At Los Alamos Golf Course
Spring Arts & Craft Fair Early Deadline Today
LAAC News:
Apply by March 18, To receive a $25 discount on the booth fee. Apply here.
If you miss the early deadline, don’t worry! You still have until April 1 to apply.
Can’t participate but would still like to help? We are still looking for many more volunteers to help make the Fair run smoothly! If you might be interested in helping, fill out the form here.
Kite Festival 2023 May 19-21
This year we will have 10 artist vendors at our Kite Festival which will run from May 19-21 at Overlook Park in White Rock, NM. Participating artists will vend from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 20. Art does not have to Read More
Daily Postcard: Snow Falls On Aspen Tree Buds
Daily Postcard: Snow falls on aspen tree buds at a residence Friday in White Rock. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
Snow Scenes Today Around Los Alamos
Scene of the snow storm today viewed from Ashley Pond Park. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Scene of the snow storm today viewed from Diamond Drive looking toward Los Alamos High School. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
‘Manuel Carrillo: Mexican Modernist’ On View At New Mexico Museum Of Art Beginning April 15
Manuel Carrillo, Untitled, (Vendor and shadows, Mexico City), 1960, gelatin silver print. Gift of Ike Fordyce, 1986. Courtesy/University of Texas at El Paso Library, Special Collections Library, MS288 Manuel Carrillo paper
Manuel Carrillo, Untitled (Woman and child from above, Mexico, City), 1961, gelatin silver print. Gift of Ike Fordyce, 1986. Courtesy/University of Texas at El Paso Library, Special Collections Library, MS288 Manuel Carrillo papers
NMMOA News:
SANTA FE — Combining street photography with the tenets of modernism, photographer Manuel Carrillo (1906-1989) portrayed Read More
Daily Postcard: Snowy Scene Today From Sycamore Street
Daily Postcard: A snowy scene looking east early this morning from Sycamore Street near Diamond Drive. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
Celebration Naming The Ross And Lola Ramsey Stage At Duane Smith Auditorium Draws Near
By Jenny McCumber
Executive Director
Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation
As the celebration of the Ross and Lola Ramsey Stage Naming nears, Los Alamos High School alumni near and far continue to give donations and share their memories about the Ramseys and the impact they had on former students.
The campaign to Light up the Stage for the Ramseys is still open for those who would like to donate. This project serves both to honor the memory of the Ramseys and their impact on students who graduated decades ago and also as a current impact for students who are in the Olions program now. The donations so Read More
TGIF Series: eSSO March 17
TGIF News:
What: eSSO
Music: Delius and Haydn
Date: March 17, 2023
Time: 5:30 p.m. (doors open at 5:15 p.m.)
Where: First Presbyterian Church, 208 Grant Ave. Santa Fe, NM 87501
Admission: Freewill offering and open to all
For More Information call 982.8544
Program:
Rehearsals: 2/6, 2/13, 2/20, 2/27, 3/6, 3/13, Wed 3/15 and TGIF 3/17.
- Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo of Spring
- Haydn Symphony No. 6 in C Major, “Le Matin”
- Kathleen McIntosh, harpsichord
March TGIF Conductor is UNM Graduate Student Leonardo Pinto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
June 16 TGIF Cycle would begin May 8.
First Presbyterian Read More
SALA Event Center Offers Up Fresh, Cutting Edge Idea For Creating Immersive, Virtual Reality Experience Venue
SALA Event Center Owner Allen Saenz, in front, last Thursday discusses his business and the plans in place to convert one of his theater spaces into an immersive, virtual reality experience. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
SALA Event Center Project Leader Kevin Holsapple discusses the immersive experience and all the possibilities it offers the community during last Thursday’s presentation. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
Imagine slipping on a headset and suddenly being transported half-way Read More
Los Alamos High School Olions: Pippin Opens Thursday
LAHS News:
This week is Pippin’s opening starting Thursday. Performed by the Los Alamos High School Olions, this will be a production the community will not want to miss.
Pippin is a musical originally released in 1972 with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Roger O. Hirson. Bob Fosse, who directed the original Broadway production, was also a great contributor to the libretto. Fosse also originally choreographed Pippin, so you will see that the dance in our rendition is inspired by him.
The show premises on a mysterious impromptu performance troupe, led by the Leading Player, to Read More
