LAMS Marks Pi Day With Pi-rates Of Caribbean Theme
LAMS gym was transformed for Pi-rates of the Caribbean March 14 in celebration of Pi Day. Students moved among 14 stations to take measurements and make calculations. Here students at the Trinidad station find the volume of a cone and then enjoy an ice cream cone decorated with frosting. Courtesy/LAMS
LAMS News:
The Los Alamos Middle School (LAMS) gym was transformed for Pi-rates of the Caribbean Monday, March 14 in celebration of Pi Day.
Students moved among 14 stations where they took measurements and made calculations, and participated in other fun activities centered around the irrational Read More
LAPS Celebrates ‘Music In Our Schools Month’
An Aspen Elementary School student tries out the guitar. Courtesy/LAPS
The Los Alamos High School Symphonic Strings perform under the direction of Michelle Rosette. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
March is designated as Music in Our Schools month, and Los Alamos Public Schools is celebrating the music programs and the teachers who lead them at the elementary, middle and high schools.
Led by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), music educators and students throughout the United States and overseas are demonstrating this March, the powerful role a quality music program plays Read More
Deer In Snow Lifting Spirits Around Los Alamos
Deer are lifting spirits in Los Alamos after early morning snowfall Wednesday on North Mesa. Photo by Bob Hull Read More
Daily Postcard: Seurat-like Snow Falls Over Tall Pine Tree
Daily Postcard: Large and heavy snowflakes cover a pine tree in a way that resembles French artist Georges Seurat’s spotted paintings Wednesday over White Rock. Neo-Impressionists Georges Seurat and Paul Signac pioneered a painting technique, dubbed Pointillism, that was revolutionary for its time. Bored of traditional paintings, artists of the era searched for new ways to make ‘impressions’ of landscapes and day-to-day life. Seurat and Signac looked to science for inspiration and discovered how to trick the eye into seeing more in a painting than the sum of its parts: an arrangement of Read More
Daily Postcard: View Of Rio Grande From Overlook
Daily Postcard: View of the Rio Grande Tuesday from Overlook in White Rock. Photo by Jen Moss Read More
Daily Postcard: Worm Moon Shines Over White Rock
Daily Postcard: The final full moon of the winter season rose Thursday and Friday night. The Worm Moon reached peak illumination at 3:20 a.m. EDT Friday. The Worm Moon is captured here through tree branches 6 a.m. Saturday in White Rock. For many years, it was thought the name referred to the earthworms that appear as the soil warms in spring. This invites robins and other birds to feed. However, more research revealed another explanation. In the 1760s, Captain Jonathan Carver visited the Naudowessie` (Dakota) and other Native American tribes and wrote that the name Worm Moon refers to a different Read More
PAC 8 Community Media Center: March 25-31, 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 March 25-31:
Friday, March 25, 2022
- 6 a.m. — Democracy Now! – Live
- 10 a.m. — The Tom Hartman Program
- 11 a.m. — County Council Replay 3-15-22
- 3 p.m. — Democracy Now!
- 5 p.m. — PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
- 6 p.m. — Los Alamos Senior Center – “Chair Yoga with Jacci”
- 7 p.m. — Stanford Stem Cell
Scenes From ‘Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience’ Exhibit Saturday In Albuquerque
A scene taken Saturday at the ‘Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience’ exhibition, underway through May 1 at the Immersive Pavilion in the Sawmill District in Albuquerque. This popular traveling exhibitions includes more than 300 of the greatest works of post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh. Prices start at $39.99 for adults and $23.99 for children, plus ticketing fees. Tickets are available at www.vangoghalbuquerque.com. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
A scene taken Saturday at the ‘Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience’ exhibition, underway through May 1 at Read More
Official 2022 Zozobra Art Contest Now Open!
Courtesy/Kiwanis
ZOZOBRA News:
SANTA FE — The Time is Now, the Place is Santa Fe and the Man of the Hour is ZOZOBRA!
The Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe is excited to announce a new Call For Artists to design the Official 2022 Zozobra Adult and Youth Posters and T-shirt images.
The 2022 Zozobra Decades Project leads Zozobra right into the 1990s, the era of plaid shirts and Pokémon! Haven’t you always wanted to be “Friends” with Santa Fe’s biggest malcontent?
“Everyone in New Mexico wants to be a part of the Zozobra festivities! What better way is there than an art contest for New Mexico artists, Read More
Fuller Lodge Art Center Announces 2022 Summer Camps
Fuller Lodge Art Center is hosting a variety of summer camps for students in 1st through 12th grade. Santa Fe Opera Guild Presents ‘The Medieval Origins Of Tristan And Isolde’ April 20
Mary Springfels will play examples of early music on instruments familiar to Gottfried von Strassburg such as the harp, vielle, and medieval bagpipe during a presentation April 20 on Zoom. Courtesy/SFOG
SFOG News:
The Santa Fe Opera Guild (SFOG) will present “The Medieval Origins of Tristan and Isolde” 3 p.m. (virtual check-in 2:50 p.m.) Wednesday, April 20.
Presenter: Mary Springfels
The webinar will be recorded on the Zoom Webinar Format for viewing later.
Tickets: Complementary for SFOG members; $10 per device for non-members
Richard Wagner may have made Tristan and Isolde a household Read More
Daily Postcard: Closeup View Of Deer Munching Apple
Daily Postcard: A closeup view of a deer munches an apple Sunday in the yard of a residence on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Amanda Macdonald Read More
Posts From The Road: Bluebonnet Season In Texas
Roadside Blooms: Bluebonnets and Indian paintbrush cover the roadside in the Texas hill country west of Austin. Bluebonnets are seen around the state, but this area is a favorite to photograph. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Afternoon Light: The late afternoon light skims across the landscape with a warm glow of color. The blooms are always beautiful but time of day and other factors such as this old gate add another dimension in the framing of this field of flowers. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos
You know its Spring when the bluebonnets Read More
Daily Postcard: Full Moon Setting Over Pajarito Mountain
Daily Postcard: The full moon setting Saturday morning over Pajarito Mountain. Photo by Marc Bailey Read More
Fiery Sunrise Colors Sky Over Pajarito Acres
A fiery sunrise colors the sky Wednesday over Pajarito Acres in White Rock. Photo by Richard Henderson Read More
Upstart Crows Presents: ’Tis But A Scratch April 22, 24
Upstart Crows of Santa Fe actors rehearse a scene. Courtesy/Upstart Crows
UPSTART CROWS News:
Upstart Crows of Santa Fe presents its Spring Scenes show: ’Tis but a scratch – a mashup of scenes from Monty Python’s Holy Grail and iconic Shakespearean stage fights.
The show is 6:30 p.m. April 22, and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. April 24 at the Scottish Rite Temple at 463 Paseo De Peralta.
Tickets $15 at the door and online.
Twenty five actors ages 10-18, have been learning stage combat skills with Ambrose Ferber, Itai Rosen and Rylie Philpot and preparing scenes from Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Henry IV, Read More
NMFO, In Partnership With Stowe Story Labs, Launches Training Program For Emerging New Mexican Screenwriters
NMFO News:
SANTA FE — Friday, the New Mexico Film Office (NMFO) announced a partnership with Stowe Story Labs to provide a new training program for emerging New Mexican screenwriters.
The program will be administered in three parts over the course of six months by Stowe Story Labs Founder and Director David Rocchio and is designed to support emerging screenwriters in developing foundational skills necessary for writing feature film or television scripts.
“Stowe Story Labs prepares and equips top emerging screenwriters, filmmakers, and creative producers with all that is needed to develop Read More
Daily Postcard: Foggy Friday At Valle Caldera
Daily Postcard: View of the foggy morning Friday at Valle Caldera National Preserve. Photo by Nina Thayer Read More
Santa Fe Pro Musica Presents ‘Holy Week’ Featuring Diderot String Quartet In Historic Loretto Chapel April 14-16
Santa Fe Pro Musica presents ‘Holy Week’ featuring the Diderot String Quartet April 14, 15 and 16 in the historic Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe. Courtesy/SFPM
SANTA FE PRO MUSICA News:
Santa Fe – Santa Fe Pro Musica commemorates the joys and sorrows of the Easter season
with its stirring “Holy Week” concerts, 7 p.m. April 14, 15 and 16 in the historic Loretto Chapel.
The Diderot String Quartet performs Haydn’s ‘The Seven Last Words of Christ’, a musical meditation on each of the seven last words or utterances of Christ. The core of the work is a sequence of seven prayerful, meditative instrumental sonatas
LACA Presents Macedonian Pianist Simon Trpĉeski April 10
Celebrated Macedonian pianist Simon Trpĉeski performs April 10 in Los Alamos. Photo by B.Ealovega
LACA News:
Celebrated Macedonian pianist Simon Trpĉeski will close the Los Alamos Concert Association’s (LACA) 75th Anniversary season 4 p.m. Sunday, April 10 at Duane Smith Auditorium.
Trpĉeski was recognized early in his career with young artist awards from the BBC and London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He is now a frequent soloist with major European and American orchestras including the philharmonic orchestras of New York and Los Angeles, Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Read More
