Sweet ‘Chocolate’ Exhibit Opens At New Mexico Museum Of Natural History & Science In June
The opening of ‘Chocolate: The Exhibition’ during its run at The Field Museum. The exhibition, which engages the senses and traces the evolution of chocolate, will opens June 17 at the NMMNHS.. Courtesy/The Field Museum
NMMNHS News:
ALBUQUERQUE — Get ready, Chocoholics: a new exhibition that explores every aspect of your favorite sweet treat is coming to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS) this summer.
June 17, the Museum will open the doors to “Chocolate: The Exhibition,” a traveling exhibit that engages the senses and traces the evolution of chocolate from a small, Read More
TCMG: American String Quartet Performs In Taos June 2-3
Taos Center for the Arts and the Taos Chamber Music Group present the American String Quartet at the Taos Community Auditorium June 2-3. Courtesy/TCMG
TCMG News:
Taos Center for the Arts partners with Taos Chamber Music Group (TCMG) to present the American String Quartet at the Taos Community Auditorium 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 2 and Friday, June 3 as part of the TCMG Season 29.
The ASQ will perform two different shows. The first (June 2) features Beethoven’s String Quartets Opus 74 (“Harp”) and Opus 131 in a belated 250th birthday tribute that TCMG had originally scheduled with the Americans Read More
Aspen Student Earns Nacha Mendez Music Scholarship
Nacha Mendez Music Scholarship recipient Elena Roybal with her orchestra teacher Michelle Rosette. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
Aspen Elementary School 6th grader Elena Roybal has been awarded a Nacha Mendez Music Scholarship. She will receive a first-place level scholarship in the younger girl category in the amount of $2,000. The NMMS Awards Ceremony will be held May 9 at SITE Santa Fe.
“Music runs deep in my blood,” Roybal said. “I really want to get better at playing the violin. I want to learn and play more challenging music. I hope I can continue participating in the orchestra in middle school Read More
Daily Postcard: Lilacs Beautify Local Neighborhoods
Daily Postcard: Lilacs have persevered through recent smoke and haze and provide a touch of beauty to neighborhoods such as Pajarito Acres Thursday in White Rock. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
View Of Sun Setting Behind Cerro Pelado Fire Plume
The sun setting this evening behind the Cerro Pelado Fire plume viewed from N.M. 4 at mile marker 59 on the way to Bandelier National Monument. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
NMFO: ‘Wanted Man’ To Begin Filming In New Mexico
Actor Kelsey Grammer
NMFO News:
SANTA FE — New Mexico Film Office Director Amber Dodson announced Wednesday that the feature “Wanted Man” will begin principal photography beginning in May, in and around Las Cruces.
Directed by Dolph Lundgren (“Castle Falls”) and produced by Craig Baumgarten (“Hook,” “Universal Soldier,” “Shattered Glass,” “Castle Falls”), “Wanted Man” is the story of an aging detective, Travis Johansen, whose violent policing methods have given the department a serious public relations problem.
To save his job, he is sent to Mexico to extradite a female witness, and once Read More
Scenes Of Smoke At Sunset Viewed From N.M. 4
Smoke at sunset this evening viewed from N.M. 4 near Rover Boulevard. Photo By Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Smoke at sunset this evening viewed from N.M. 4 near the Truck Route. Photo By Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Stark View This Morning From Pajarito Mountain
Stark view from Pajarito Mountain at 7:30 a.m. today looking southwest with Cerro Grande Mountain in the foreground and Rabbit Mountain with smoke in the background. Photo by Doug StavertLALT Presents ‘Blythe Spirit’ By Noel Coward
Wendy Lanchier as Elvira and Patrick MacDonald as Charles in the LALT production of ‘Blythe Spirit’. Courtesy/LALT
LALT News:
The Los Alamos Little Theatre’s (LALT) May production is the classic comedy, “Blithe Spirit” written by Noël Coward and first performed on London’s West End in 1941.
Performances are Friday and Saturday, May 13, 14 (curtain at 7:30 p.m.), Sunday May 15 (curtain at 2 p.m.) Thursday May 19, Friday May 20 and Saturday May 21 (curtain at 7:30).
It is the story of writer Charles Condomine who is doing background research for a new mystery novel. He and his wife invite a local medium Read More
Los Alamos High School Students Compete At Enchantment Awards At Popejoy Hall May 7
The LAHS Olions cast and crew of Les Miserables. Courtesy/LAHS
From left, Elise Ovaska, Samuel Wolfsberg, Katie Wingo, Elijah Hanks, Henry Tholen, Alma Philips, Peter Finch, Balto Carr and Brooklyn Baca. Not pictured: Lizzie Massa and Max Cox. Courtesy/LAHS
LAHS News:
Los Alamos High School (LAHS) Olions students will participate in the 2022 Enchantment Awards this Saturday May 7 at Popejoy Hall in Albuquerque.
Each year, the New Mexico High School Musical Theater Awards recognizes individual and communal artistry in performance, and honors teachers and their schools’ commitment to Read More
Sancre Productions Releases 2022 Los Alamos Summer Concert Series Calendar!
Daily Postcard: Iris In Bloom Around White Rock
Daily Postcard: Signs of spring emerge in gardens around White Rock. Photo by Annette Maes Read More
New Mexico History Museum & Southwest Association Of Indian Arts Celebrate 100 Years Of Santa Fe Indian Market
Indian Market booths in front of Palace of the Governors in 1973 in Santa Fe. Courtesy/Palace of the Governors Photo Archives (NMHM/DCA), neg. no. 132581
Aerial shot of Indian Market in 2011 in Santa Fe. Courtesy/Kitty Leaken Photography
SANTA FE — The New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) and the Southwest Association of Indian Arts (SWAIA) announce the opening of Honoring Tradition and Innovation, an exhibition commemorating 100 years of Santa Fe’s Indian Market, 1922-2022.
The exhibition, which opens Aug. 7, traces the 100-year history of this important market and explores the Read More
TGIF Concert Series: Pianist David Solem May 20
CONCERT News:
What: David Solem, piano
Music: Nikolai Kapustin
Date: May 20, 2022
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 982.8544
Program:
- Eight Concert Studies, opus 40 (1984) – Nikolai Kapustin (1937 – 2020)
- Prelude
- Reverie
- Toccatina
- Reminiscence
- Raillery
- Pastoral
- Intermezzo
- Finale
A Note about Kapustin: Nikolai Kapustin was a Ukrainian composer and pianist. He played with many Soviet jazz bands in his career and his compositional Read More
Susan Eddings Pérez Gallery: 2022 Spring Highlights
Susan Eddings Perez ‘Go Ahead and Stop’, 2022 Mixed media with gold leaf on panel 60 x 60 in. Courtesy/Susan Eddings Perez Gallery
Brandon Reese ‘Time’, 2021 Clay, Oxides, Paint, Plaster, Wood, Sticks 30 x 30 x 2.50 in. Courtesy/Susan Eddings Perez Gallery
Alison Hixon ‘I would never’, 2022 ink and watercolor 8.50 x 11 in. Courtesy/Susan Eddings Perez Gallery
Rob Lang ‘Dry Dock’ 23C, 2022 (3/10) Photograph Limited Edition Pigment Read More
MOIFA Executive Director Khristaan Villella To Head Dissemination & External Affairs At Getty Research Institute
NMDCA News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (NMDCA) announced Monday that Khristaan Villella, executive director of Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) and chair of arts and sciences for NMDCA, has become an associate director at Getty Research Institute. He will oversee the Dissemination and External Affairs.
Villella has been executive director at MOIFA since 2016.
“During his tenure, Dr. Villella has increased the visibility of the museum, while forging new partnerships within and beyond the department that have benefited New Mexicans across the state,” Read More
LANL Scientist Interviewed About Valley Fever
San Diego reporter Lindsey Theis and her cameraman Kyle Short from Phoenix prepare to interview a local scientist Monday morning at Overlook Park in White Rock. The topic is Valley Fever, an infectious disease that has seen rising numbers in the southwestern United States. Photo by Shari Mills
San Diego reporter Lindsey Theis, right, and her cameraman Kyle Short setting up to interview LANL Scientist Morgan Gorris, center, for an upcoming story on Valley Fever, an infectious disease that has seen rising numbers in the southwestern United States. Photo by Shari Mills
Cameraman Kyle Short begins Read More
Daily Postcard: Western Tanager Visits Warbler Pond
Daily Postcard: A cheerful Western Tanager with a flaming orange-red head visits a warbler pond Sunday on the grounds of a residence on Barranca Mesa. While most birds owe their redness to a variety of plant pigments known as carotenoids, the Western Tanager gets its scarlet head feathers from a rare pigment called rhodoxanthin. Unable to make this substance in their own bodies, Western Tanagers probably obtain it from insects in their diet. Around the turn of the twentieth century, Western Tanagers were thought to pose a significant threat to commercial fruit crops. One observer wrote that Read More
One-Horned Goat Is Lifting Spirits All Over Los Alamos
This single-horned goat with its coat of many colors and engaging smile is lifting spirits at the North Mesa Stables and all over Los Alamos – at a time when the community sure could use some comic relief. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com Read More
Santa Fe Opera Guild Presents: ‘Carmen’s Path From Novella To Opera’ Tuesday May 10
Celestine Galli-Marie as Carmen de Bizet. Courtesy/SFOG
SFOG News:
Santa Fe Opera Guild Presents ‘Carmen’s Path from Novella to Opera’, 3-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 10 with presenter James Keller virtually on Zoom. (Virtual Check-In, 2:50 p.m. MDT)
Complementary for Guild Members; $10 Per Device for Non-Members.
Keller considers how composer Georges Bizet and librettists Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy put together their opera Carmen, drawing principally from Prosper Mérimée’s novella but from other literary and musical sources as well.
He will discuss how political, social, and aesthetic Read More
