Daily Postcard: Sunrise Highlights Cactus Flowers
Daily Postcard: Sunrise highlights cactus flowers May 31 near the Deer Trap Trailhead. Photo by Amanda MacdonaldLos Alamos Piecemakers Holds ‘How Does It Get From Idea To Quilt’ Lecture June 28
Los Alamos Piecemakers News:
At 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, the Los Alamos Piecemakers Quilt Guild will hold a meeting in Graves Hall at the United Church of Los Alamos.
Michelle Watts, now residing in Texas, will present a lecture titled ‘How Does It Get from Idea to Quilt.’
Watts will lead a workshop 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 29. her workshop is a stencil class using Paintstiks titled “It s Simple Stencil Class”, also in in Graves Hall.
Watts has indicated students can use her Paintstiks during the class, and it is believed the stencil is included in the class fee.
Class fee is $45 for LAP members Read More
Daily Postcard: Hazy Sunrise Emerges Over White Rock
Daily Postcard: A bit of a hazy sunrise emerges today over White Rock. Photo by Nancy Ann HibbsAmazing Animal Adaptations At Summer Family Evenings
Have some family fun and learn about amazing animal adaptations with the Albuquerque Biopark! Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
The Albuquerque Biopark visits the Pajarito Environmental Educational Center (PEEC) with animals and objects featuring amazing adaptations for the first Summer Family Evening of 2022 at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
How is it that animals can survive in all types of environments, from the freezing tundra to the burning hot desert?
By using their amazing adaptations, of course! Throughout this program the public will get a chance to explore and learn about adaptations by meeting with Read More
Live Music Tonight: Tuesday At The Pond!
Los Alamos Creative District News:
Los Alamos Creative District will kick-off Tuesdays at the Pond Summer Performance series tonight with the LAHS Jazz Ensemble and DALA.
Tonight’s entertainment begins at 5:30 p.m. at Ashley Pond Park Stage with DALA – Dance Arts Los Alamos sharing some dance performances by a few of their youth dance classes.
The LAHS 2022 Jazz Band will play one last time tonight from 6-8pm. This is a very special group of student musicians – 8 of 24 are recently graduated seniors and 8 of those 24 made top honors this year at the NMMEA Jazz All-State competition. The group Read More
Modern Reimagining Of 15th Century Morality Play ‘Everybody’ Opens June 18
The Santa Fe Playhouse presents ‘Everybody’, a modern reimagining of a 15th morality play, opens June 18. Courtesy/Santa Fe Playhouse
SANTA FE PLAYHOUSE News:
SANTA FE — We’re all going to die someday, but what happens when you get a heads-up? What steps do you take to prepare for your end, and what do you bring with you?
In this Pulitzer Prize-nominated play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, actors are chosen at random each night to play the protagonist and make their journey towards death.
Opening at Santa Fe Playhouse Saturday, June 18, ‘Everybody’ is a modern re-imaging of the 15th Read More
‘Spirit Of The Ceremonial’ Selected For Screening At International Indigenous Peoples Film Festival
NMTD News:
GALLUP — A documentary film produced by the Intertribal Ceremonial Office (ICO) in 2021 to celebrate the history and heritage of the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial was selected for screening at the Māoriland Film Festival (MFF2022), an internationally-renowned film festival for Indigenous Peoples.
MFF2022, which is the largest Indigenous film festival in the Southern Hemisphere, is scheduled June 29 – July 3, 2022, in Ōtaki, Aotearoa (New Zealand). In 2021, the festival featured 120 films with representation from 80 indigenous nations across the globe.
The “Spirit of The Ceremonial”, Read More
PAC 8 Community Media Center: June 3-9, 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 June 3-9:
Friday, June 3, 2022
- 6 a.m. — Democracy Now! – Live
- 10 a.m. — The Tom Hartman Program
- 11 a.m. — County Council Replay 5-24-22
- 2:45 p.m. — Spring Break Drone video – The Footage Locker of Davy Jones
- 3 p.m. — Democracy Now!
- 5 p.m. — PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
- 6 p.m. — Los Alamos
Daily Postcard: Dawn Breaks Over Pajarito Ski Hill
Daily Postcard: Dawn breaks early this morning over Pajarito Ski Hill. Courtesy/Pajarito webcam Read More
TGIF Concert Series: Andrew Paulson July 1
CONCERT News:
What: Andrew Paulson, baritone
Music: Faure, Mahler and Poulenc
Date: July 1
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
Andrew Paulson is an operatic baritone residing in Santa Fe. Recognized for his “strong voice” and “convincingly authoritative character,” his recent engagements include the Marchese (La Traviata) with Opera Southwest, Jim Crowley in An American Dream by Jack Perla (Virginia Opera, Anchorage Opera and Read More
‘Toward The Face Of The Divine’ Icon Exhibit Opens June 2
Icon of St. John the Baptist created by Father Theophan Mackey. Courtesy/LAC
COMMUNITY News:
“Toward the Face of the Divine: Eastern Orthodox Icons”, an exhibition of icons created by Father Theophan Mackey, opens 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 2 and runs through June 24 in the Step Up Gallery on the third floor of the Mesa Public Library. Read More
NNMC Associate Professor David Lindblom Film ‘One in 7’ Will Screen At The Manhattan Film Festival
Courtesy/NNMC
NNMC News:
ESPAÑOLA — “One in 7”, a film co-directed by David Lindblom, associate professor in Film and Digital Media Arts at Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) and JoAnne Tucker, co-founder of Healing Voices – Personal Stories, is an Official Selection for the Manhattan Film Festival (https://manhattanff.com/).
“It’s a significant film festival, and we are in the documentary category, rather than shorts. We think that means that it was appreciated on a higher level,” Lindblom said.
“One in 7” is the seventh in a series of films produced by Healing Voices – Personal Stories, Read More
Posts From The Road: Natural Bridges National Monument
Sipapu Rocky Landscape: The natural erosion of the rocky landscape around the Sipapu Bridge is evident by the swirly patterns and shapes in the sandstone landscape seen all around Sipapu. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos
Natural Bridges National Monument is located in a remote area in southeast Utah and is home to three impressive geological formations known as natural bridges. The bridges vary in size and shape with the younger bridges being more massive and stronger in size while the older bridges may appear thinner and more fragile Read More
Daily Postcard: Squirrel Snacks On Tree Sap
Daily Postcard: An Abert’s squirrel is spotted snacking on the maple syrup-like sap of a boxelder tree at Bandelier National Monument. Photo by Sally King/NPS Read More
Los Alamos Creative District: Tuesdays At The Pond Line-Up
LACD News:
The Los Alamos Creative District has announced the schedule for the Tuesdays at the Pond summer performance series 2022.
The Tuesdays at the Pond 2022 season is sponsored by Zia Credit Union.
Performances are 6-8 p.m. on the stage at Ashley Pond Park, with opening acts starting at 5:30 p.m. every Tuesday, May 31 through Aug. 2, with the exception of the Tuesday following the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
- May 31 – Los Alamos High School Jazz Ensemble. Opening act by Dance Arts Los Alamos (DALA).
- June 7 – Eryn Bent, New Mexico Best Blues album of 2022. Opening act by En Pointe
Hometown Boy James Carothers Returns To Los Alamos Friday Night To Headline 2022 Summer Concert
Nashville based James Carothers and his band perform ‘Livin’ on Love’ for an appreciative audience of fans in his hometown of Los Alamos during the Friday night Summer Concert. Video by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Country musician James Carothers (LAHS Class of 2000) returned to Los Alamos Friday evening as part of the 2022 Summer Concert Series. He is backed up by his Nashville based band. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
It was a full house at Friday’s Summer Concert at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost
Two-steppin to James Carothers and his band. Photo Read More
Daily Postcard: Slice Of Moon Viewed Over White Rock
Daily Postcard: A thin slice of the moon viewed early this morning over White Rock. Photo by Nancy Ann HibbsJames Carothers Draws Massive Crowd To Pond
Scene from James Carothers performing tonight for the Los Alamos Summer Concert Series at Ashley Pond Park. Courtesy/Sancre Productions Read More
Daily Postcard: Early Morning View On Barranca Mesa
Daily Postcard: Early morning view recently on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Amanda Macdonald Read More
Step Up Gallery To Feature ‘Toward The Face Of The Divine: Eastern Orthodox Icons’
COMMUNITY News:
There are vital, reasons for creating and using icons. They are alternately and at once used as aides in prayer, decoration of the church and of personal homes, as well as instruction on the story of salvation, the Gospel in color, so to speak.
Their tradition has been part of Church tradition since Saint Luke the Evangelist painted the first icon the Theotokos and Christ Child.
Icons have been created using many different media over the centuries, but egg tempera is one of the most ubiquitous. An emulsion of egg yolk and white wine/vinegar is used to suspend and spread earth pigments Read More
