Daily Postcard: International Space Station Over Los Alamos
Daily Postcard: A composite of wide angle photos of the International Space Station (ISS) traveling NW to SE over Los Alamos Wednesday evening Dec. 8, 2021. Information about the ISS including a link to sign up for notifications on when it might be visible in your area can be found at: https://spotthestation.nasa.gov. Photo by Marc BaileyBook Signing With Award Winning Cookbook Author Liddie Martinez At Los Alamos Daily Post 2-4 PM Saturday
Front cover of The Chile Line: Historic Northern New Mexican Recipes by Liddie Martinez. Courtesy/Pajarito Press
Back cover of The Chile Line: Historic Northern New Mexican Recipes by Liddie Martinez. Courtesy/Pajarito Press
COMMUNITY News:
The Los Alamos Daily Post is hosting a book signing 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11 for its food columnist Liddie Martinez and her popular cookbook, The Chile Line: Historic Northern New Mexican Recipes, published by Pajarito Press LLC.
The community is invited to enjoy refreshments, ask Martinez questions, acquire a book, and have her sign it at the Los Read More
Special Expanded Holiday Hours At MIAC And MOIFA
NMDCA News:
The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (NMDCA) announces special holiday hours at Museum of Indian Art and Culture (MIAC) and Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) on Museum Hill.
Both museums will welcome visitors on three consecutive Mondays, Dec. 20, 27 and Jan. 3. Ordinarily, at this time of the year, the museums are closed Mondays.
The community is invited to bring children, families and out of town guests to experience the treasures of Museum Hill.
In addition, the stores in these museums will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, Dec. 20 and Monday, Dec. 27. MIAC features Read More
Daily Postcard: Sunrise Casts Golden Glow Over Clouds
Daily Postcard: The early morning sunrise casts a golden glow over clouds across the sky Wednesday in White Rock. Photo by Dave Lannen Read More
On The Job For 20 Years In White Rock: Jack Clifford
On the job in White Rock Tuesday is Jack Clifford snapping a shot of the latest message on the White Rock rock at the corner of N.M. 4 and Rover Boulevard. Clifford, 92 years young and a resident of Los Alamos since arriving in 1948 to work at Los Alamos National Laboratory, considers himself a bit of a historian of the iconic rock at the entrance to White Rock. Clifford has been taking pictures of the painted rock for the last 20 years, sometimes numerous times a day with each message change. Clifford remembers only one message that stayed on the rock for an entire week, which was when White Rock celebrated Read More
Daily Postcard: Moon And Venus Over North Community
Daily Postcard: An orange and blue sunset Monday evening over North Community as the moon and planet Venus begin to peek out for the night. Photo by Marc Bailey Read More
Mesa Library Presents Hunker Up On Zoom Dec. 16
COUNTY News:
Mesa Public Library presents Hunker Up, a live-on-Zoom theater production by local playwright Robert F. Benjamin 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16.
Hunker Up, a relatable, romantic comedy for the COVID era, is a captivating, 30-minute play that will set a lighthearted tone for the holidays. The performance will be followed by a 20-minute audience talkback session with Benjamin, director Eric Bjorklund, and performers Jody Shepard and Tomas Farish (both long-standing actors with Los Alamos Little Theatre).
Hunker Up centers on Kevin and Bari, two single seniors who fostered a friendship Read More
Santa Fe Pro Musica: Baroque Christmas Dec. 18-21 & 23-24
Pro Musica Baroque Ensemble performs 6 p.m. Dec. 18-21 and 23-24 in Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe. Courtesy/PMSF
CONCERT News:
SANTA FE – In December the Pro Musica Baroque Ensemble presents this favorite holiday tradition in the festively decorated Loretto Chapel.
Step back into the eighteenth century and experience chamber music as it is meant to be heard—in an intimate, resonant and glorious space.
About the Guest Artists
Kim Pineda, flute: Pineda has performed on historical flutes, recorders, and as a conductor throughout the U.S., Canada, Israel, and on NPR. Founder and music director Read More
PAC 8 Television Schedule For Dec. 10-16, 2021
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 Dec. 10 through Dec. 16:
Friday, Dec. 10, 2021
- 6 a.m. — Democracy Now! – Live
- 10 a.m. — The Tom Hartman Program
- 11 a.m. — County Council Replay 12-07-21
- 3 p.m. — Democracy Now!
- 4 p.m. — Rising Up with Somali
- 5 p.m. — PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
- 6 p.m. — Los Alamos Senior Center – “Wake up and
Christmas Tree Skirt Displayed In 2019 In Washington, D.C. Now At Los Alamos County Municipal Building
The Los Alamos Piecemakers Quilt Guild tree skirt displayed for Christmas 2019 in Washington, D.C. is now on display for Christmas 2021 in the Los Alamos County Municipal Building. Courtesy photoDaily Postcard: House Finch Snacks On Apple
Daily Postcard: A little house finch found the one remaining apple on a tree in the backyard of a residence Sunday in White Rock and spent several minutes nibbling on the fruit. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
Scenes From 2021 Los Alamos Holiday Lights Parade
The Los Alamos Police Department took the top award in the 2021 Holiday Lights Parade with its float featuring Ralphie with his new Red Ryder BB gun out to protect the citizens of Los Alamos from Black Bart and his outlaws. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
The LAPD Bomb Team vehicle pulling the top award winning float featuring Ralphie the crime fighter. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District News:
Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District hosted the annual Holiday Lights Parade Saturday evening on Central Avenue in downtown Los Alamos as Read More
New Mexico Veterans Invited To Learn How To Get Involved In State’s Film & TV Industry; Fast Track Union Membership
NMDVS News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Veterans Services (NMDVS) and New Mexico Film Office (NMFO) are hosting a re-scheduled Operation Sound Stage (OSS) “Lunch & Learn” online presentation today, Dec. 6.
The presentation will discuss ways New Mexico veterans can get involved in the state’s film and television industry.
Veterans can join this discussion 9-11 a.m. today via Zoom.
NMFO staff will provide an overview of OSS – a workforce development initiative through the NMFO’s Film Crew Advancement Program that may offer exciting and well-paying film and TV production jobs Read More
Daily Postcard: Sunrise Blankets Landscape In Amber Hue
Daily Postcard: The sunrise blankets the landscape in an amber hue Sunday near Deertrap Trailhead on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Amanda Macdonald Read More
Posts From The Road: Great Platte River Road Archway
The Archway: The archway spans 309 feet over I-80 just east of Kearney, Nebr. The 1,500-ton structure was lifted into place in one piece in August 1999 during an 8-hour closure of the highway. The archway houses a two-story museum featuring Nebraska and Platte River Valley history and America’s migration west beginning in the 1800s. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
A Closer View: A closer view of the Great Platte River Road Archway reveals how the structural framework of the arch is on the exterior while the wall of the arch is inside of the structural components. The colorful exterior shines Read More
Scene From 27th Annual Los Alamos Creche Show
Marianne Johnson, left, and Bonnie Cardin help set up the 27th Annual Creche Show Friday at the Los Alamos ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, featuring 248 creches. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Nativity set from Jerusalem owned by Rissa Baker. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Creche owned by Makayla Lui. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Nativity display owned by Robert Wells. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
A nativity set from South Africa. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
A creche from Germany owned by Kaye Mason. Photo Read More
Daily Postcard: Christmas Lights Reflect In Ashley Pond
Daily Postcard: Beautiful Christmas lights reflect in the water of Ashley Pond Saturday night in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
Los Alamos Police Chief Dino Sgambellone Shares Candy Canes At 2021 Holiday Lights Parade On Central Avenue
Los Alamos Police Chief Dino Sgambellone hands out candy canes at the parade line-up area this evening during the 2021 Holiday Lights Parade on Central Avenue. The LAPD float won the top spot in the parade followed by New Beginnings Fellowship and Wiemann Wealth Strategies/Raymond James. Check back in the morning for scenes from the parade. By Ryn Herrmann/Chamber Read More
Daily Postcard: Reflection Of Sunrise In White Rock
Daily Postcard: The sunrise reflected in the window of a residence Friday in White Rock. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
DALA’s ‘Ratcracker On The Hill’ Opens Tonight!
Dance Arts Los Alamos ballerina Isabella Bailey as Sugar Plum of Grace. Courtesy/DALA
Review by KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
Sometimes you just need to throw the guidebook away and make your own story. This sentiment is certainly true with Dance Arts Los Alamos’ (DALA) most recent production of “The Nutcracker”. Even the name has changed; “Ratcracker on the Hill” begins at 7 p.m. today at Duane Smith Auditorium and continues at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
How many versions of “The Nutcracker” have been performed? No doubt countless but there has never been one Read More
