LACF Announces Ken Milder Has Established Endowment Supporting Los Alamos Little Theater
LALT Board President Megan Pimentel, Ken Milder, center, and LACF Executive Director Steve Laurent. Courtesy/LACF
LACF News:
The Los Alamos Community Foundation (LACF) announced today that longtime resident and community theatre participant, Ken Milder, has established the Los Alamos Little Theatre (LALT) Endowment Fund with a seed gift of $10,000. The purpose of the fund is to provide unrestricted operating support to LALT.
“I want to support the Little Theatre because it’s tough to sustain a performing arts center, put on plays, and provide educational programs and opportunities Read More
National Pastel Painting Exhibition ‘Pastels In Bloom’ On View At Millicent Rogers Museum Through Sept. 21
Nori Thorne, Sunflowers and Conchas. Courtesy/MRM
MRM News:
The 30th National Pastel Painting Exhibition is on view through Sept. 21 at the Millicent Rogers Museum (MRM).
Many of the paintings offer moments of “blooming”. The soft pastels the artists in this exhibition use facilitate the finest portrayals of color due to this highly pigmented medium that allows artists to draw and paint at once.
Nori Thorne’s Sunflowers and Conchas brings together a staged Southwest scene that offers a vivacity far from its genre name, “still-life”, which is often a misnomer. Here, Thorne’s composition Read More
Daily Postcard: Large Steller’s Jay At Bandelier
Lauren Camp Named New Mexico’s New Poet Laureate
New Mexico Poet Laureate Lauren Camp
NMDCA News:
SANTA FE — New Mexico Arts and the New Mexico State Library, divisions of the Department of Cultural Affairs, have announced the appointment of Lauren Camp as the state’s second Poet Laureate, effective immediately.
“I am humbled and grateful to serve as New Mexico’s second Poet Laureate,” Camp said. “I fell in love with New Mexico 28 years ago when I first entered the state, and I put down roots immediately. Thanks to New Mexico I have blossomed into my creative expression—first in visual art and then in poetry. But here I have also learned that my Read More
Fawns Help Themselves To Breakfast On Arizona Avenue
Doe and fawns have been seen routinely lately on Arizona Avenue. Here the fawns help themselves to some morning milk. Photo by Stan Bodenstein
Doe and fawns on Arizona Avenue. Photo by Stan Bodenstein
Doe and fawns on Arizona Avenue. Photo by Stan Bodenstein
Fawns on Arizona Avenue. Photo by Stan Bodenstein Read More
New Mexico Painters’ Exhibition At Highlands University
Gift of Water, by Monika Steinhoff. Courtesy/NMHU
NMHU News:
The 9th Annual New Mexico Painters’ Exhibition at Highlands University’s Kennedy Hall will be on view 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., weekdays Sept. 11 to Oct. 31.
The opening reception is 4-7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11. Although the gallery is not typically open weekends, the exhibition will be on view 9-11 a.m., Sept. 17 during the NMHU Homecoming parade.
The exhibition will feature a range of artists from Northern New Mexico, including community artists and NMHU students and employees. Many of the artists in the exhibition have shown work in previous Read More
Daily Postcard: Warbler Tests Water In Backyard Fountain
Ullr Fest 2022 At Pajarito Mountain Saturday Sept. 10
Come to Pajarito Mountain this weekend and raise a glass to the Norse god of winter, skiing and snow sports. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
Join the anticipation of the upcoming ski season at Pajarito Mountain with the lively celebration of Ullr Fest beginning 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10. Hosted by Pajarito Mountain and the Los Alamos Ski Club, Ullr Fest will feature local craft beer, live music, lift-served hiking and biking, and a Strava downhill mountain bike race.
“Ski season in Los Alamos is a highly anticipated time of year,” said Kelly Stewart of Los Alamos County’s Economic Development Division. Read More
Argos MacCallum Book Launch/Poetry Reading At Teatro Paraguas Sunday Oct. 2
Teatro Paraguas will host a book launch and poetry reading with Argos MacCallum reading his poetry ‘Sleeping Woman Mountain’ Oct. 2. Courtesy/Teatro Paraguas
TEATRO PARAGUAS News:
Teatro Paraguas will host a book launch and poetry reading with Argos MacCallum reading from his newly published collection of poems, ‘Sleeping Woman Mountain’ at 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2 at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie, Santa Fe.
The chapbook is published by Kelsay Books (Utah) and contains collected love poems of the past 30 years.
MacCallum has lived in Santa Fe since 1967, and has worked as a carpenter, furniture-maker, Read More
NNMPW Lunch To Feature Santa Fe Encyclopedia Author Mark H. Cross
Ever wonder how to pronounce Pojoaque? Who was Po’pay? And what is a movida? These questions and hundreds more are answered in Encyclopedia of Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico by Mark H. Cross. Courtesy/NNMPW
NNMPW News:
In conjunction with the release of the tenth anniversary edition of the Encyclopedia of Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico by Mark H. Cross, the author will be the guest speaker at the Northern New Mexico Press Women (NNMPW) lunch scheduled for noon, Sept. 17, at Joe’s Dining in Santa Fe.
Among the topics Cross will address is how Santa Fe has changed over the decade since the first edition Read More
Taos Chamber Music Group 30th Anniversary Season Begins At Harwood Museum Of Art Oct. 1-2
Taos thespian David Garver
TCMG News:
The Taos Chamber Music Group’s (TCMG) 30th Anniversary Season begins 5:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 1 and 2, at the Harwood Museum of Art.
A program called “Sounds of Shakespeare” launches the 2022-2023 series with a signature multimedia presentation that combines some of Shakespeare’s most powerful words with music connected to them.
The performances will feature Taos thespian David Garver reciting from the plays.
Music includes Erich Korngold’s Much Ado about Nothing Suite for violin and piano, Christoph Gluck’s Minuet and Dance of the Blessed Read More
Buck Relaxes Amid Decorative Items On Porch On Questa
A buck relaxes this afternoon amid decorative items on the porch of a home on Questa. Photo by Rowena MacDonald Read More
Next Generation Native Film Festival At The Lensic Sept. 8
The Lensic Performing Arts Center presents the Next Generation Native Film Festival Sept. 8. Courtesy/The Lensic
The Lensic News:
SANTA FE — Lensic Performing Arts Center presents the Next Generation Native Film Festival at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, a 70-minute program featuring an eclectic and diverse set of short films submitted by Native filmmakers.
The annual festival invites Native artists ages 23 and under to submit films to the festival, bringing their stories and work to a wider audience.
This year’s program includes fourteen films by filmmakers in New Mexico, Minnesota, Canada, Read More
PAC 8 Community Media Center: Sept. 9-15, 2022
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 Sept. 9-15:
Friday, Sept. 9, 2022:
- 6 a.m. — Democracy Now! – Live;
- 10 a.m. — The Thom Hartmann Program;
- 11 a.m. — County Council Replay 9-06-22;
- 3 p.m. — Democracy Now!;
- 5 p.m. — PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates;
- 6 p.m. — Script to Scene – Juraissic Park;
- 7 p.m. — The Whitehouse Chronicles;
Step Up Gallery Features Jack Bordnick’s Work In ‘Facing It Together Series’ At Mesa Public Library Sept. 8-Oct. 4
Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
Step Up Gallery at Mesa Public Library announces its next exhibit: Facing It Together Series: The Sculpture and Photography of Jack Bordnick, which runs Sept. 8 to Oct. 4.
The public is invited to an opening reception 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8.
A Santa Fe resident, Bordnick’s works predominate imagery deals mostly with faces of both living and non-living beings and things. They represent what he has recently accomplished with this art form.
“I call it my quantum moment, the changing from one form to another,” Bordnick said. “The 3-D images express my thoughts and Read More
Teatro Paraguas: Two Plays By E.A. ‘Tony’ Mares Oct. 13-23
Courtesy photo
TEATRO PARAGUAS News:
Teatro Paraguas will present the one-act play Lola’s Last Dance, by the late Ernesto Antonio “Tony” Mares of Albuquerque, beginning Oct. 13. A staged reading of his long epic poem Astonishing Light—Conversations I Never Had with Patrociño Barela, also will be presented.
The production had been scheduled for a run in August but was canceled at that time due to Covid.
Inspired by several retired prostitutes whom Mares knew who lived in Old Town during his youth in the 1940’s, Lola’s Last Dance was commissioned by La Companía de Teatro de Albuquerque and premiered Read More
Daily Postcard: Showy Goldeneye Sunflowers Bloom At Camp May
Daily Postcard: Camp May is showing its fall colors recently with showy goldeneye sunflowers beginning to blooming. Photo by Jennifer Moss Read More
Scene From LALT’s Recent ‘Clue’ Table Read
Director Wendy Caldwell Lanchier, right, speaks to the cast of ‘Clue’ during a table read recently at the Performing Arts Center. The play Clue is based on the 1985 movie that was itself based on the board game you probably played as a kid. ‘This is an incredible cast,’ Caldwell Lanchier said. ‘They made me laugh so hard I cried, and this was just our first rehearsal!’ Clue will be performed in November as the second show in Los Alamos Little Theatre’s 2022-23 season. ‘The Secret Garden’ directed by Mimi Adams, kicks off the season Sept. 15. Courtesy/John Gustafson Read More
LALT: ‘The Secret Garden’ Opens Thursday Sept. 15!
Early Evening Storm Clouds Gather Above N.M. 4
Storm clouds gather early in the evening recently above N.M. 4 heading toward White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
