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Rumours And StoneDaddy Rock Summer Concert

Jess Harwood channels Stevie Nicks as Rumours, a Fleetwood Mac tribute band, performs Friday at the Summer Concert Series at Ashley Pond Pavilion. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Jess Harwood performs with lead guitarist James Harrison (as Lindsey Buckingham) Friday night. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Singer and keyboardist Emily Gervers sings one of Christine McVie’s hits Friday night at the pond. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Opening for Rumours was new Taos-based rock band StoneDaddy. StoneDaddy played everything from classic Stones to the Read More

Daily Postcard: Squirrel Snacks On Peach On Aster Street

Daily Postcard: A squirrel is spotted sitting on a rock and snacking on a peach in a yard Thursday on Aster Street in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

The squirrel stops to listen as it thinks it hears something while snacking on a peach in a yard Thursday on Aster Street in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Rumours … Ultimate Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show Performs Summer Concert At Ashley Pond Park Friday

Rumours, The Ultimate Feetwood Mac Tribute Show, headlines the Summer Concert Friday at the Pond. Courtesy/Sancre  

New Taos-based rock band StoneDaddyStone opens for Rumours, The Ultimate Feetwood Mac Tribute band at the Summer Concert Friday at the Pond. Courtesy/Sancre

Summer Concert News:

Rumours – The Ultimate Feetwood Mac Tribute Show, will be headlining this Friday’s second to last Los Alamos Summer Concert for the 2022 Series presented by Toyota of Santa Fe.

Rumours has meticulously put together a show that spares no detail. Recreating the band’s legendary persona, in Read More

Take A Last Look At ‘WORDS On The Edge’ At New Mexico History Museum Ahead Of Its Closure Aug. 31

Thomas Leech printing the broadside for Arthur Sze’s piece, ‘Black Center’ at The Press at the Palace of Governors in Santa Fe. ‘WORDS on the Edge’ leaves NMHM after Aug. 31. Courtesy/EXTRACTION: Art on the Edge of the Abyss

NMHM News:

WORDS on the Edge is leaving New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) after Aug. 31, which means there are only two more weeks for a last look at these limited-edition broadsides exploring nature and its irresponsible destruction through language and design.

WORDS on the Edge, is a portfolio of broadsides consisting of 26 poems and lyrics texts that address themes of nature Read More

TGIF Concert Series: Elaine Wang Meyerhoffer, Richard Bentley & Gerardo Lopez Aug. 19

TGIF News:

What: Elaine Wang Meyerhoffer, mezzo soprano Richard Bentley, piano and Gerardo Lopez, flute

Music: “Hope is the Thing…” Vaughn Williams, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Ravel, Mahler, and Duparc 

Date: Aug. 19

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 505.982.8544 

Program: “HOPE IS THE THING…” a program of songs and instrumental selections that include composers such as Vaughn Williams, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Ravel, Mahler, Duparc, etc. Read More

White Rock Senior Center Celebrating 27th Birthday Friday

Former volunteer Lisa Givler, shown here with her dog Bear, will be remembered with a food pantry named in her honor as part of the White Rock Senior Center birthday celebration at 10 a.m. Friday. Courtesy/LARSO

The Betty Ehart Senior Center pantry was dedicated in November and named for Patsy Casias, the first Los Alamos senior lost during the pandemic. Each pantry is a gift from the Los Alamos Finishing Touch, and helps to provide food items for seniors, in the community. Donations are gratefully accepted and the wish list includes; cereals, oatmeal, healthy snacks, shelf stable milk, juices, Read More

Bear Spotted Sitting In Pine Tree On San Ildefonso Road

A local resident was cutting weeds in his yard recently when an animal control officer approached him and told him to look up into a tree across the street where the pair spotted a small black bear sitting in a pine tree on San Ildefonso Road. Photo by Charles Kooshian

The bear hung out in the tree for about an hour before wandering off to parts unknown. Photo by Charles Kooshian Read More

On The Job In Los Alamos: Chiweenie Mimi Recuperates

On The Job In Los Alamos: Mimi, a 10-year-old chiweenie broke her little paw Sunday and is recuperating in her bed Tuesday morning on the job with her mom stylist Sarafina Aguino at Allure in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Los Alamos Light Opera: Broadway Revue Aug. 26-28

LALO News:
Do you LOVE Broadway? Los Alamos Light Opera will be presenting a Broadway Revue fundraiser at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 26 and a 2 p.m. matinee Aug. 28  at the Paforming Arts Center, 1670 Nectar St.
Suggested donation is $20. Funds raised will help LALO – a Los Alamos institution since 1943 – bring The Pajama Game to the Duane Smith Auditorium in February 2023.
Tickets are available at the door one hour before each performance. Cash, check, or credit card accepted. There will be amazing raffle prizes as well. Don’t miss it!
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Beso Jewels At Village Arts Aug. 19-20

18K Gold & Beryl Ring. Courtesy/Beso Jewels

By TERESA STARR
Beso Jewels

Beso Jewels will be at Village Arts at 216 DP Road:

  • 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19; and
  • 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20.

August is the month for Peridot. The main source of peridot in the ancient world was Topazo Island (now Zabargad or St. John’s Island) in the Egyptian Red Sea. Ancient Egyptians called peridot the “gem of the sun”, believing it protected its wearer from terrors of the night. Nightmares Anyone?

Call 505.323.1690 or email with special requests or questions.

Services:

  • Repairs of all types;
  • Custom design;
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NMFO: ‘The Cleaning Lady’ Season 2 Begins Filming In NM

Director Amber Dodson

NMFO News: 

SANTA FE — New Mexico State Film Office (NMFO) Director Amber Dodson announced today that season two of the television series “The Cleaning Lady” began principal photography in June, in and around Albuquerque.

The season two premiere will air 9-10 p.m. (EST) or 7-8 p.m. (MST) Monday, Sept. 19 on FOX.

Executive produced by Miranda Kwok (“The 100”), Melissa Carter (“Queen Sugar,” “Famous in Love,” “DC’s Stargirl”); Shay Mitchell (“Pretty Little Liars,” “YOU”), David Dean Portelli, Rose Marie Vega, and Paola Suárez, “The Cleaning Lady” is an emotionally-driven Read More

LACW: Calling All Woodwind, Brass And Percussion Players

LACW News:

The Los Alamos Community Winds (LACW) will begin rehearsals for its 23rd concert season at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23 in the Los Alamos High School Bandroom.

The Winds would lke to invite any and all players of woodwind, brass, or percussion instruments. We are in particular need of trombones and percussion. There is no audition. Just show up with your instrument ready to play.

Always striving to perform to a high level of musicianship and quality, in its 22-year history, LACW has been recognized nationally by winning first runner-up in the community band division of the 2011 American Read More

PAC 8 Community Media Center: Aug. 19-25, 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 Aug. 19-25:

Friday, Aug. 19, 2022

  • 6 a.m. Democracy Now! – Live
  • 10 a.m. The Thom Hartmann Program
  • 11 a.m. County Council Replay 8-09-22
  • 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
  • 7:30 p.m. The Design
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Whimsical & Magical Musical Of Seussical Proportions Opens At Electric Playhouse In September

The Cardboard Playhouse Theatre Company presents ‘Seussical JR. the musical’ opening in September. Courtesy/Cardboard Playhouse Theatre Company 

Theatre News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Cardboard Playhouse Theatre Company will unlock the imaginations of Albuquerque citizens when they bring the Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, Gertrude McFuzz, Mayzie La Bird, the Whos in Whoville and other Seuss favorites to life with their production of Seussical JR.! Co-conceived by Lynn Ahrens (Anastasia, Once on this Island), Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Once on this Island) and Eric Idle (Monty Python) Read More

Scenes From LAAC Arts And Crafts Fair At Fuller Lodge

Los Alamos Arts Council (LAAC) Events Coordinator Emma Jo and volunteer Devon Sisneros work the LAAC booth during the arts and crafts fair today on the lawn at Fuller Lodge. The fair, which was part of Los Alamos County Fair and Rodeo festivities, featured 106 vendor booths. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Ellie Keene of Desert and the Sea in Santa Fe hosts a booth during today’s arts and crafts fair. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Magalli Gomez of Magarte Pottery chats with customers during the arts and crafts fair. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

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Sim Balkey Entertains Country Music Fans At Summer Concert Friday At Ashley Pond Park

Country star Sim Balkey and his band were the lead act Friday night at the Los Alamos Concert Series show at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Sim Balkey and his band on stage Friday night. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

End of the Road opens for Sim Balkey at the Summer Concert at Ashley Pond Friday. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Mother-daughter dance. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Bob’s Bodacious BBQ, the newest vendor at the Los Alamos Summer Concert Series, draws a line Friday at the Pond. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

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