Scenes From Mountain’s ‘May The 4th Be With You’
Scene from the Wednesday, May 4 with Jeff Favorite of the Hill Stompers challenged by Luke Sky Walker, (Charlotte Burns), as students and facility at Mountain Elementary School are joined by the Hill Stompers to play Star Wars music to celebrate Star Wars Day. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
A few 5th and 6th grade members of the Mountain School Band were invited to join the Hill Stompers to play Star Wars music Wednesday, May 4 before school. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Luke Sky Walker, Charlotte Burns and Dark Ray, Anna Moore, have a dueling good time. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
Auditions Open To Be New Voice Of Zozobra Or Sing National Anthem
Courtesy/Kiwanis
ZOZOBRA News:
SANTA FE — The Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe announces tryouts for two incredible opportunities to be part of Santa Fe’s most historic tradition, the Burning of Zozobra!
Here’s your big chance to perform before a live crowd and a television and webcast audience of hundreds of thousands for the 98th Annual Burning of Zozobra!
This year, there’s a hot new opportunity –– auditioning to be the Voice of Zozobra, unseen but heard by a global audience that can’t wait to yell “BURN HIM” back at the monster you are growling for!
“People come to Santa Fe from all over the world Read More
Piñon Park Maze Art Dedication Thursday June 2
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos Art in Public Places Board and the Community Services Department invite the community to the dedication of Piñon Park Maze, by Carrie Quade, at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 2 at the Piñon Park Splash Pad in White Rock.
The Piñon Park Maze was an Art in Public Places project completed in late 2021. It is a 3D high density urethane (HDU) interactive wall maze that contains three individual mazes at varying heights, that run across the length of the 30 foot wall.
“The different levels providing interaction and enjoyment for all age visitors within the White Rock and Los Alamos Read More
Daily Postcard: View Coming Up Main Hill Road
Daily Postcard: View coming up the Main Hill Road Tuesday afternoon following about a 5-minute rain with slight snow and hail Tuesday morning in White Rock. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
Los Alamos Native James Carothers Performs Friday At Los Alamos Summer Concert At Ashley Pond Park
James Carothers returns to Ashley Pond Park. Courtesy/Sancre Productions
Summer Concert News:
Friday, May 27, James Carothers returns to Ashley Pond Park after his 2019 debut performance brought thousands to the pond, including many of his Hilltopper Class of 2000 – school classmates, former coworkers, friends and family members.
The James Carothers concert is co-sponsored by Triad National Security – Los Alamos National Laboratory, EXIT Realty, and RPM Automotive. Local hometown boy and former Los Alamos Laboratory technician, James Carothers, is best known for his stone-country Read More
United Way of Northern New Mexico Hosts Unprecedented Non-profit Expo & Music Festival UNITE!
LANL Deputy Director John Sarrao serves on the UWNNM Board of Trustees and in his role as the official Triad National Security representative, introduces special guest Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, right, to the crowd gathered Sunday for the non-profit expo & music festival UNITE! held in the plaza in Española. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks to the crowd Sunday in Española. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com
An unprecedented non-profit expo & music festival filled the Read More
Objects Of Art Santa Fe & The American Indian Art Show Santa Fe To Concert Together Aug. 11-14
ART News:
SANTA FE — Santa Fe is world renowned for unique, rich visual arts and peerless indigenous culture past and present.
This in no small part is due to the contributions of two arts visionaries and producers—John Morris and Kim Martindale—who together offer over a century of profoundly successful expertise around the country and in The City Different.
For 2022, the duo’s two signature summer shows, Objects of Art Santa Fe and The American Indian Art Show Santa Fe not only return live and in-person but are concerted together for the first time from August 11-14 to provide visitors with Read More
Lads Of Enchantment Return & Welcome New Members
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN:
The pandemic has taken a lot out of many people. One of those pieces of magic is seeing and hearing live music. The Lads of Enchantment (LOE) are coming back together to bring that big, round sound to the people of Los Alamos.
Maybe it is finally time to ask yourself, is it time to put myself out there? That answer is yes and here’s your chance.
LOE chorus member John Baillie gave it a try and has been smitten ever since. It started with a simple question. How do you sing without music? It starts with a pitchpipe playing the keynote, he was told.
“I was invited to a barbershop show in Read More
White Rock Toys & Gaming Presents ‘Secret City Car Show’ May 28 At Overlook Park
Daily Postcard: Expansive View From Overlook Park
Daily Postcard: An expansive view spotted Tuesday from Overlook Park in White Rock. Photo by Deepa Pawar Read More
Cat Spotted Passing Time On Fence Post In The Shade
A handsome cat is spotted sitting on a fence post just passing time in the shade of a leafy tree today while lifting spirits all over Los Alamos. Photo by Brint Perera Read More
NMSL Announces Winners Of 2022 New Mexico Letters About Literature Competition
NMSL News:
SANTA FE – The New Mexico State Library (NMSL) announces the winners of the 2022 New Mexico Letters About Literature competition.
Letters About Literature encourages young readers in grades 4-12 to read a book and write a personal letter to the author explaining how the book changed or shaped their perspective on themselves or the world.
NMSL believes that the lives of our state’s young readers are enriched when they are asked to reflect on literature in this way.
Students may write about works of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry, and participate across three levels according to Read More
Fitness & Spoken Word Day At Betty Ehart Senior Center
Natalie Smith teaches a Zumba class in April at Betty Ehart Senior Center. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
LARSO
While May didn’t really go as planned in many ways, the Betty Ehart Senior Center will finish off the month with some fun events.
The Friends of the Senior Center will sponsor a FREE lunch for anyone new to either center this week. You just need to complete paperwork on the phone or in person, and they will get you signed up. Free membership, free lunch, it doesn’t get any better than this. You just need to be 60 and older and vaccinated for Covid-19, Read More
Los Alamos Alumni Scholarship Awarded To Isa Manzanares
Los Alamos Alumni Scholarship recipient Isabella (Isa) Manzanares, LAHS Class of 2022. Courtesy photo
Artwork created by Isabella (Isa) Manzanares. Courtesy photo
LAHS News:
This year the Los Alamos Alumni Scholarship has been awarded to Los Alamos High School graduating senior Isabella (Isa) Manzanares Class of 2022.
Manzanares is the daughter of Michael and Sarah Manzanares of Los Alamos and will be attending Fort Lewis College in the fall. Her planned major is Art Education as she would like to be an Art Teacher for K – 12.
Manzanares finds her happiness and passion through her art and said Read More
Upstart Crows And Shakespeare Gym Present Hamlet
Upstart Crows of Santa Fe and The Shakespeare Gym preforming Hamlet. Courtesy/Upstart Crows
UPSTART CROWS News:
Upstart Crows of Santa Fe and The Shakespeare Gym announce their collaboration on a production of Hamlet, performed outdoors, under the stars, in the ruin of Seton Castle on the grounds of the Academy for the Love of Learning, 133 Seton Village Road, in Santa Fe.
Tickets $15 at the door and online.
The show, which is part of the Santa Fe Summer Shakespeare Festival, performs at 7 p.m. May 27, 28, 29 and June 3, 4, 5 with a cast of actors approximately the same ages as their characters. Thus, Read More
Daily Postcard: Sunrise Illuminates Iris Near Trailhead
Daily Postcard: Sunrise illuminates iris blooming Saturday near Deer Trap Trailhead. Photo by Amanda Macdonald Read More
Posts From The Road: Seven Magic Mountains In Nevada
Seven Magic Mountains: Visitors would come and go during the time I spent at the Seven Magic Mountains in the Mohave Desert near Las Vegas, Nev. The crowds would range from a dozen or so to well over 100 during the time I spent at the exhibit. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Framed In Orange: A purple base and a large curved orange boulder frame other mountains as visitors mingle and take photos of the artwork. While all of the colors were neon dayglow, the reds, yellows, and oranges really glowed and attracted the most attention. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer Read More
Daily Postcard: Western Tanagers On Barranca Mesa
Daily Postcard: Male and female Western tanagers squabbling over who gets to eat the suet Saturday at a residence on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Ken Hanson
Zia Credit Union Sponsors Teen Workshop
ZIA Credit Union News:
Zia Credit Union, celebrating 67 years of financial services and community philanthropy, is working together with Fuller Lodge Art Center to offer a free teen creative workshop at the Art Center, June 20-24.
This workshop, led by author Cat Ozment, will teach story structure by analyzing the skeleton of a fairytale.
This is a great course for both beginner and advanced writers. Participants may enroll by visiting the Fuller Lodge Art Center’s Eventbrite page.
“An investment in our community is the best investment one can make, and there’s no finer investment than in the Read More
Scenes From Friday Night Concert With Nosotros
The Los Alamos Summer Concert series kicked off Friday night at Ashley Pond Park. The concert, which featured Nosotros, was sponsored by the Credit Union Co-op comprised of Del Norte Credit Union, Zia Credit Union and Los Alamos Public Schools Credit Union. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Nosotros rocks the crowd Friday night. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
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