The Lensic Presents 2022-2023 Season
The Lensic News:
SANTA FE — The Lensic, Santa Fe’s nonprofit performing arts center, has announced its 2022-2023 Season, featuring music, dance, family events and more.
The Lensic 2022–2023 Season:
2022:
- Oct. 6: Tower of Power
- Oct. 7: The Wailin’ Jennys
- Oct. 13: Sugar Skull! A Día de los Muertos Musical Adventure
- Oct. 21: Martha Redbone—Bone Hill: The Concert
- Nov. 11: New York Theatre Ballet
- Dec.1: The TEN Tenors: Home for the Holidays
- Dec. 22: The Manhattan Transfer: Holiday Show
- Dec.31: Joe Illick and the New Year’s Eve Orchestra, featuring Anthony Roth Costanzo, Countertenor
Karen Wray Gallery: Spring Group Art Exhibition May 20
Courtesy photo
By KAREN WRAY
The Karen Wray Gallery
Be the first to see the latest local art in Los Alamos!
The artists are all being incredibly secretive about their latest creations. The newest group exhibition will start with a reception 4:30-6:30 p.m. May 20. You will be the first to see what the artists have been creating behind closed doors.
They haven’t breathed a word to me about what they’re bringing in, but I know it is going to be incredible, and unique and I cannot wait to unveil their creativity once again. Mark your calendar because you are invited to the reception.
We all look forward to Read More
Daily Postcard: Beautiful Sunrise Over Sangre De Cristos
Daily Postcard: A beautiful sunrise over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains starts the day early this morning as viewed from White Rock. Photo by Nancy Ann HibbsTeatro Paraguas Hosts Poets Basia Miller & Michou Landon
Michou Landon
TEATRO PARAGUAS News:
Teatro Paraguas is hosting a poetry reading with noted Santa Fe poets Basia Miller and Michou Landon.
The reading is 5 p.m. Sunday, May 22 at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie.
Tickets: Free; and Reservations: 505.424.1601
Miller’s poems are rooted in the Flint Hills of eastern Kansas where she grew up. They’ve cropped up from the ridges and paths of places like Navajo Mountain, Utah, the Northern New Mexico forests, and Santa Fe’s streets and backyards.
Miller
She’s cultivated her love of all things French by translating the poetry of two writers into English Read More
Beso Jewels Mother’s Day Gifts At Village Arts April 29 & 30
Mother’s Day gifts such as this Rough Emerald and Sterling Bib necklace by Los Alamos artist Lee Griffin will be available for purchase at Village Arts this Friday and Saturday. Courtesy/Beso Jewels
Mother’s Day gifts such as this Akoya Pearl Necklace and Akoya 14k Pearl Earrings will be available for purchase at Village Arts this Friday and Saturday. Courtesy/Beso Jewels
COMMUNITY News:
Beso Jewels will be at Village Arts on DP Road with a variety of gifts perfect for Mothers Day.
Schedule Beso Jewels will be at Village Arts:
- Friday, April 29 from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.; and
- Saturday, April 30 from
Daily Postcard: Springtime View Of Downtown Post Office
Daily Postcard: Springtime view of the United States Post Office at 199 Central Park Square last week in downtown Los Alamos. After 11 years of effort, this post office was listed on the National Register of Historic Places Aug. 3, 2015. It was built in 1948, as part of a Community Center funded by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Ownership of the property was transferred to the USPS in 1963. The post office has a series of ornamental thunderbird grilles in its windows, which may have been created by artist Tony Dá, son of potter Maria Martinez. It was designed by architects W.C. Kruger and Read More
Upstart Crows, Shakespeare Gym Present: ‘Hamlet’ May 27
The Upstart Crows of Santa Fe and The Shakespeare Gym performing ‘Hamlet’ in the ruin of Seton Castle on the grounds of the Academy for the Love of Learning. 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 Rd,).
Tickets $20 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 Jun 3, 4, 5 with Read More
PAC 8 Community Media Center Offers Summer Classes
PAC 8 is offering new classes this summer as well as some of the favorites. Courtesy/PAC 8
Visit the PAC 8 website at https:////pac8cmc.com/classes.html for a complete schedule of summer classes. Courtesy/PAC 8
PAC 8 News:
PAC 8 is offering new classes this summer as well as some of the favorites. In GoPro Video students will use the new Hero 9 Black, learn Time Warp, Time Lapse, Slo Mo, Live Burst and editing with Adobe Premiere.
In Drone Flight & Videography FAA Certified Remote Pilot Jean Gindreau will lead the course and students will learn drone flying skills, flight maneuvers, how to Read More
Net Proceeds Of Zozobra 2021 Transfers To Santa Fe Downtown Kiwanis Foundation For 2022 Grants Cycle
Courtesy/Kiwanis
ZOZOBRA News:
SANTA FE — Even after battling through two long years of daunting pandemic challenges, Zozobra and the keepers of his flame, the Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe, never quit on kids!
In 2021, Kiwanis was able to burn your gloom but that was only part of our purpose. Now, we need your assistance to complete our goal of helping kids by sharing the message that the Zozobra grant cycle from the net proceeds of the 2021 burning is open.
In 2020, Zozobra was the only event in the State of New Mexico that took place in live time as planned, albeit without a live audience. And even without Read More
Daily Postcard: Trees Are Blooming All Around Community
Daily Postcard: Trees are blooming all around the community including this beautiful tree spotted Sunday at a residence on Rover Boulevard in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Scenes From PEEC’s 2022 Earth Day Celebration
Crowds of people gather for the festivities Saturday at the Los Alamos Nature Center on Canyon Road. After a two-year hiatus, the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) was able to host its Earth Day celebration. The event featured local, regional and state booths as well as live entertainment by the Hillstompers. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos County Zero Waste Team Member and Environmental Sustainability Board Member Jessie Emerson discusses her hand-made solar-powered oven during Saturday’s Earth Day celebration. The oven, which Emerson constructed Read More
Daily Postcard: Bleeding Heart Spotted In Pajarito Acres
Daily Postcard: A bleeding heart adorns a garden Tuesday in Pajarito Acres. Photo by Richard Henderson Read More
Daily Postcard: Sunset Veiled In Smoke From Jemez Fire
Daily Postcard: The sunset veiled in smoke Friday from the fire in the Jemez Mountains. Photo by Gretchen Mills Read More
State Of New Mexico Seeks Nominations For 2022 Governor’s Awards For Excellence In The Arts
NMA News:
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Arts Commission and New Mexico Arts, the state arts agency, are seeking nominations for the 2022 Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts.
The annual Governor’s Arts Awards are New Mexico’s highest and most prestigious artistic honor and are intended to celebrate extraordinary achievement in the arts. Nominations may be submitted by individual state residents, or representatives of businesses or organizations in New Mexico.
Nominations for the awards may include individual living New Mexican artists working in any discipline who have demonstrated Read More
LAMTA 2022 Spring Recital Sunday At Fuller Lodge
Nineteen students share their music at the LAMTA recital in February. Courtesy/LAMTA
LAMTA News:
The teachers and talented young pianists of Los Alamos are happy to announce their second Spring Recital of 2022. This exciting event is 2 p.m. Sunday, April 24 at Fuller Lodge.
The first in-person LAMTA recital (Feb. 27, 2022) since COVID had 19 students sharing their music. This Sunday’s event will feature 23 participants, ages 6 to 16, representing six Los Alamos professional teachers. The increase is a great representation of young pianists who are keeping our wonderful art of piano alive Read More
Special Monday Version Of Brown Bag Concert: Black Mesa Brass Quintet ‘Bach To Beale Street’ Fuller Lodge April 25
The Black Mesa Brass Quintet will perform ‘Bach To Beale Street’ during a special Monday version of the Brown Bag Concert April 25. The concert begins at noon at Fuller Lodge, 2132 Central Ave. The community is invited to attend and encouraged to bring their lunch to eat during the concert. Courtesy photo Read More
ART NM! At Millicent Rogers Museum In Taos April 30
Millicent Rogers Museum. Courtesy/MRM
MRM News:
TAOS — ART NM! An Arts and Culture Day is a community celebration of arts and culture, presented by New Mexico’s arts advocacy organization, Creative New Mexico, and hosted by the Millicent Rogers Museum.
ART NM! in Taos is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 30. Join Creative New Mexico, the Millicent Rogers Museum, The Paseo Project, and Flamenco Rain in celebrating the arts of our state through hands-on arts activities in the museum’s courtyard. Art NM! Day activities are included with museum admission ($0-12; free for members, veterans, Read More
Daily Postcard: The Woodlands Are In Bloom
Daily Postcard: The woodlands are in bloom Tuesday in Los Alamos Canyon. Photo by Gretchen MillsThe Lensic Presents Rick Ridgeway: Life Lived Wild
Rick Ridgeway
The Lensic News:
SANTA FE — The Lensic presents accomplished adventurer, writer and sustainability advocate Rick Ridgeway at 7:30 p.m. June 2.
Ridgeway will talk about his adventures, passions and 2021 memoir Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map (Patagonia Books, 2021).
Tickets are $20 and available starting at 10 a.m. Friday, April 22 at Lensic.org, 505.988.1234, and The Lensic Community Box Office, 211 W. San Francisco St., in Santa Fe.
The presentation will be followed by a question and answer period. Ridgeway’s books will be for sale in the lobby before Read More
Joseph Uher Leaves Musical Legacy For Family And Friends
Barbara Uher, married to Joseph Uher for 65 years, shown here recently with their son Ken Uher. She holds the 15-and-a-half -inch diameter metal disk played in her husband’s 1903 Regina Music Box. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Play Music Box Video Here, created by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com.
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com
Joseph L. Uher of Los Alamos had a passion for working with wood. That passion turned into a decades long quest to collect, build and restore to original splendor a collection of magnificent music machines.
He was a US Navy Veteran Read More
