Taos Chamber Music Group Performances Dec. 9-11
The Taos Chamber Music Group’s 30th Anniversary Season continues Friday, Dec. 9. Courtesy/TCMG
TAOS CHAMBER MUSIC News:
The Taos Chamber Music Group’s 30th Anniversary Season continues Friday, Dec. 9 with a solo piano recital and Dec. 10-11 with a chamber music program, both featuring the astonishingly talented pianist Gleb Ivanov. Ivanov will perform works by Ravel, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff in a program called “Winter Scenes” 5:30 p.m. Friday.
At 5:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Ivanov will be joined by flutist Nancy Laupheimer, violinist LP How, cellist Sally Guenther and pianist Read More
Daily Postcard: Moon Peeks Out Over LA Mountains
Daily Postcard: A small moon peeks out above the mountains and amidst vapor trails Saturday morning viewed from Northern Area. Photo by Kathy Willcutt Read More
Murder, Mystery And A Surprise Engagement During Saturday’s Performance Of Clue: On Stage At LALT
Audiences received an extra sweet surprise when Ray Rankin proposed to Julie Grey during the Saturday evening performance of ‘Clue: On Stage’. Rankin entered the stage as ‘Mr. Black’, and cast member Holly Robinson (who portrays Yvette in the show) called ‘Mademoiselle’ Grey up to join him. After Grey accepted Rankin’s proposal of marriage, Robinson led the couple to a red velvet couch in the front row, from which they enjoyed the rest of the show. Rankin said the play is based on one of Grey’s favorite movies. He also said that the couple met online.‘We chatted on the phone for several hours every Read More
Teatro Paraguas Presents A Poetry Reading With Joanne Dominique Dwyer
Joanne Dominique Dwyer will read from her new book of poetry ‘RASA’ Dec. 11. Courtesy/TEATRO PARAGUAS
TEATRO PARAGUAS News:
Joanne Dominique Dwyer reads from her new book of poetry ‘RASA’, 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11 at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie.
Dominique Dwyer also will hold a book signing at this event.
Tickets: Free, donations to theatre most welcome.
Dominique Dwyer’s poetic life began as an intuitive, self-taught writer, whose early influences were Anne Sexton, Pablo Neruda and Sherman Alexie. After a short foray in performance and slam poetry, Dwyer attended Warren Wilson’s program Read More
Daily Postcard: Moon Spotted Over Cliffs Sunday Morning
Daily Postcard: Moon over the cliffs viewed Sunday morning from N.M. 502/N.M. 4 turnoff. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
Festival Of Trees And Photos With Santa BESC Nov. 19
Santa visits with Michele Irish and her new son at the 2021 Festival of Trees. Photo by Chad Lauritzen
Members of Alpha Zeta gather Thursday to decorate a holiday tree. Courtesy/LARSO
LARSO News:
The Festival of Trees returns to a pre-COVID atmosphere this Saturday. The event is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Betty Ehart Senior Center (BESC).
The fundraiser benefits two non-profit organizations. The first, the Los Alamos Retired and Senior Organization (LARSO), which operates the Betty Ehart and White Rock Senior Center. The centers welcome members at the age of 50, with a cost of $20 annually. Once Read More
Posts From The Road: Garden Of The Gods
Garden of the Gods: Garden of the Gods is a city park in the foothills of Colorado Springs, Colo. The 1,367 acre park is centered around vertical geological formations that look like fins and stand up to 300 feet tall. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Pathways: In addition to trails for more experienced hikers, numerous paved pathways are available for visitors who want to wander among the unique red rock formations more casually as seen in this photo. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos
If I asked, “what is the number one city park in the Read More
Daily Postcard: Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay Eating A Peanut
Daily Postcard: A Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay spotted eating a peanut for breakfast Saturday while perched in a tree above Arizona Avenue. Photo by Greg Noeninckx Read More
Mundos De Mestizaje: Torreón Tour
Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil. Courtesy/NHCC
NHCC News:
The National Hispanic Cultural Center is offering a guided tour of the Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil twice a week, at 11 a.m. Thursdays and Fridays.
Located in the Torreón on the NHCC Campus, Mundos de Mestizaje depicts thousands of years of Hispanic culture, history, and identity.
Admission for the tour is $2 and tickets are available for advance purchase below.
Tickets can also be purchased in the New Mexico Mutual Welcome Center, depending on availability. The capacity for each tour is limited.
Sharon Isbin To Perform In Los Alamos With Pacifica Quartet Nov. 18
Sharon Isbin. Courtesy/LACA
LACA News:
Acclaimed classical guitarist Sharon Isbin and the Pacifica Quartet will reunite to perform music from their bestselling album, Souvenirs of Spain and Italy, in Los Alamos at 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 18 in the Duane Smith Auditorium.
Presented by the Los Alamos Concert Association (LACA), the ensemble will also perform the Southwest premier of a work written for Isbin and the Pacifica by Joseph Schwantner.
Called “classical guitar’s reigning diva” by the Dallas Morning News, multiple Grammy-winner Sharon Isbin was named the Musical America Worldwide Read More
Los Alamos Concert Association Artistic Director Ann McLaughlin To Step Down At End Of 2022-23 Season
LACA Artistic Director Ann McLaughlin
LACA News:
After 12 years as Artistic Director of the Los Alamos Concert Association, Ann McLaughlin has announced that she will step back from her responsibilities at the end of the 2022-23 concert season.
“In considering this, I wanted to make sure that LACA was in good shape following the pandemic shutdown. Our finances are solid, and we have an exceptionally strong Board of Directors to manage this transition, so the timing seems right,” McLaughlin said.
Deniece Korzekwa, President of the LACA Board of Directors, confirmed that a process for identifying Read More
Windy Day At Ashley Pond
View of the windy Wednesday with the water fountain in Ashley Pond being blown around. Park Photo by Ken Hanson Read More
Dive-In Movie ‘The Bad Guy’ Nov. 18 At Aquatic Center
The community is invited to watch ‘the Bad Guy’ movie while floating in the main pool at the Aquatic Center 7-8:45 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18. The water is warmer than usual and participants can enjoy the movie while floating in the shallow end or lounging in the training room. The fee includes admission and treats. Tickets are on sale now, $5 per person in advance or $7 per person the day of the movie. Purchase tickets in person at the Aquatic Center or online at https://loom.ly/rUqGRBA. Read More
Meow Wolf: Indigenous Hoop Dancers To Perform Nov. 14
MEOW WOLF News:
SANTA FE — In celebration of Indigenous Heritage Month, dancers from the Lightning Boy Foundation will perform traditional hoop dances onstage at the famed art exhibition.
The visually spectacular event will take place 4:30 – 5:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 14 in Fancy Town, the neon-lit venue space inside Meow Wolf’s House of Eternal Return in Santa Fe.
The event will begin with a Tewa land acknowledgement by Edwin Felter (Nambe Pueblo), followed by an overview of the history of the hoop dance from Lightning Boy Foundation co-chairs Steve LaRance and Felicia Rivera. Felter Read More
Daily Postcard: Moon Rising Near Truchas Peaks
Daily Postcard: The moon is spotted rising near the Truchas Peaks on Sunday afternoon from the Anderson Overlook. Photo by Marc BaileyRomantic Favorites Concert At Unitarian Church Nov. 20
Daily Postcard: Evening Falls Over Barranca
Daily Postcard: Evening falls over Barranca Mesa recently under a cloudy sky. Photo by VaLynn Purvis Read More
IAIA Fall ’22 Graduating Senior Exhibition Same World, Different Voices Opens Nov. 10
Collage (from left): Jacquelyn Yepa, Yoshi Sam, Tiara Yazzie, Jerome Nakagawa, Lyla Nibaa Begay, James J. Black, Elle Nado, Roxanne White, Aubs Staats, Matthew Narcho, Elizabeth Lukee; Photos by by Jason S. Ordaz, Institute of American Indian Arts
IAIA News:
Join Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at the opening reception for Same World, Different Voices, an exhibition at Balzer Contemporary Edge Gallery representing the culminating achievements of IAIA’s Fall 2022 graduating BFA in Studio Arts and BFA in Museum Studies classes.
Same World, Different Read More
Annual Pumpkin Patch Raises Over $8,000 For Choirs
This year’s Pumpkin Patch Fundraiser was the most successful of its kind to date, bringing a profit of more than $8,000 for all the local school choirs. Courtesy/LAPS
By OLIVIA LONG
LAMS LAHS Choirs
Thank you to the Los Alamos community who shopped this fall from Oct. 15 to Oct. 31 at the annual Pumpkin Patch Fundraiser supporting the Los Alamos Middle School (LAMS) and Los Alamos High School (LAHS) choirs.
It has become a fall festival community event, bringing to the community the fun experience of picking out quality pumpkins of a large variety of shapes, sizes and colors right here at the Read More
Total Lunar Eclipse Today Over Los Alamos
A Total Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon) seen very early this morning over Los Alamos. Photo by Marc Bailey
A bright white moon after the Total Lunar Eclipse this morning over Los Alamos. Photo by Marc Bailey Read More
