Daily Postcard: Sunrise Illuminates Flowers And Colors Sky
Daily Postcard: The sunrise illuminates flowers and colors the sky Sunday near Deer Trap Mesa Trailhead. Photo by Amanda Macdonald Read More
Los Alamos High School Olions Present [Title of Show]
LAHS News:
The Los Alamos High School Olions are preparing for their last performance of the year: [Title of Show] – the clean version.
[Title of Show] is a musical that follows two young men named Jeff and Hunter, who make the decision to write an original musical and submit it to a theater festival. The catch is that the festival is in three weeks.
Jeff and Hunter gather their actress friends, Susan and Heidi and hire a pianist named Larry to pull the show together. With their team assembled, they work together to create a musical about creativity, imagination, community and growing together Read More
PAC 8 Community Media Center Hosts Summer Classes
On location last year at the Los Alamos History Museum. Courtesy/PAC 8
PAC 8 Community Media Center students last year learning outdoor video techniques. Courtesy/PAC 8
PAC 8 News:
PAC 8 Community Media Center is offering exciting new classes this summer:
Drone Flight & Videography – FAA Certified Remote Pilot Jean Gindreau will lead the course. Students will learn drone flying skills, flight maneuvers, how to get good video footage from a drone and video editing in this course.
GoPro Video for 4th – 8th graders – Students will use the new Hero 9 Black, learn Time Warp, Read More
Trapdoor Projects: ‘Sometime I Just Let The Birds Sing’
Trapdoor Projects new installation with Albuquerque artist mk: ‘Sometimes I Just Let The Birds Sing’ . Courtesy image
Trapdoor Projects News:
‘Sometimes I Just Let The Birds Sing’ is an installation by mk in collaboration with what is left of Trapdoor Projects’ exhibition space following a recent fire in April 2021.
Functioning in the same way as one would handle grief, mk considers the parallels of the tribulations of their parents and of themselves, exploring the relationship of this event to their own family histories and complex trauma.
“A fire is something that comes out of the blue, without Read More
Daily Postcard: American Flag At Los Alamos Post Office
Daily Postcard: The American Flag stands tall even at half-mast Saturday above blossoming trees in front of the post office in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Kathy Willcutt Read More
Big Horn Sheep Spotted Near Rio Grande Gorge Bridge
Big horn sheep spotted Sunday near the edge of the Rio Grande Gorge at the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge in Taos. Bighorn sheep typically weigh 160-250 pounds, but males may weigh more than 350 pounds. Their wide-set eyes are situated well to provide a wide arc of exceptional vision. The bighorn sheep’s keen eyesight, hearing and sense of smell help detect and avoid predators. Source: National Wildlife Federation. Photo by Dave Lannen
A camera shy big horn sheep stays behind a bush Sunday near Rio Grande Gorge. Although not as agile as mountain goats, bighorn sheep are well-equipped for climbing the Read More
Meow Wolf Honors Teachers With Ticket Giveaway Event
Meow Wolf honors teachers by offering a giveaway to 25 public school teachers to receive free 4-pack tickets to the House of Eternal Return exhibit in Santa Fe. Photo by Jonathan Reilly
MEOW WOLF News:
SANTA FE — Just weeks after reopening their famed immersive experience, House of Eternal Return, Meow Wolf is spreading the love to educators across the state of New Mexico by offering a giveaway for free tickets during Teachers Appreciation week.
Beginning Monday, Meow Wolf will hold a giveaway for New Mexico teachers on their Santa Fe Facebook page. To enter the contest, teachers and fans of teachers Read More
Daily Postcard: Sun Shines Through Clouds In White Rock
Daily Postcard: The sun shining brightly through clouds Thursday in White Rock. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
Arts Council Hosts Brown Bag Concert Live Wednesday!
The Brown Bag concert features pianist Charles Lieou noon, Wednesday at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy/LAAC
LAAC News:
The Los Alamos Arts Council (LAAC) is hosting the first live Brown Bag concert at the Lodge since the beginning of COVID-19 and is thrilled to be welcoming the community to a live lunchtime music performance!
The live concert takes place noon Wednesday, May 5 in the Pajarito Room at Fuller Lodge.
Seating will be limited, and the Arts Council will be following strict COVID-19 safety procedures. Masks will be required.
This Wednesday’s Arts Council’s free Brown Bag concert features Read More
Coro de Cámara Spring Concert ‘Dancing into May’ … Online Auction Bidding Extended To Friday
Coro de Cámara News:
After a long year of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s time for some joyful spring music from the popular local chamber chorus Coro de Cámara. The group’s latest online concert ‘Dancing into May: Celebrating Life, Love, and New Birth’ features madrigal songs, solo piano, and poetry.
The spring-themed concert is free of charge and available for viewing at any time on Coro’s website.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote, “If spring came but once a century instead of once a year, …what wonder and expectation there would be in all hearts to behold the miraculous change.” Recalling the Read More
Posts From The Road: Paint Mines Interpretive Park
Colorful Formations: Colorful formations featuring shades of red, yellow, and orange are seen on these formations at Paint Mines Interpretive Park in Calhan, Colorado. Various tints of these colors as well as grays, blacks and white rocks and soil are seen within the park. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Overview: While driving to the Paint Mines Interpretive Park, one may think he is in the wrong area until arriving at the eroded landscape featuring formations and colors that are out of this world. The area is typical of eastern Colorado with rolling hills, grasslands, farming and ranching. Read More
Daily Postcard: Sunset Colors Sky Over Española Valley
Daily Postcard: A pastel sunset colors the sky Saturday over the Española Valley. Photo by DW Decker Read More
LASO Sponsors Free Concert Of Chamber Music
LASO News:
The Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra (LASO) presents a free “virtual” concert of chamber music available on its own YouTube channel right now!
The program opens with two movements from J.S. Bach’s Sonata in E minor for flute and basso continuo, featuring flautist Heidi Morning.
Next comes a little-known duo for viola and cello by Ludwig van Beethoven, which the composer himself titled “Duet with Two Eyeglasses Obbligato”, played by Nelly Case and James Knudson.
Lastly, Claire Detels plays a selection of 20th century American piano works including “Ellis Island”, a work by avant-garde Read More
Dogs Lifting Spirits All Over Los Alamos: Meet Cinder
Jim Fitzgibbon offers his 14-month-old dog Cinder a refreshing drink of water after their long walk Wednesday near Smith’s Marketplace where Cinder lifts spirits all over Los Alamos. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com Read More
Daily Postcard: Pond Reflects Images Of Homer And Edna
Daily Postcard: Beloved community goose Homer and his faithful companion Edna glide across the ‘smooth as glass’ water Saturday at Ashley Pond, which is reflecting their images and that of the tree growing in the area near the pavilion. Photo by Jennifer Whytlaw Read More
LAAC: Brown Bag Shows Return To Fuller Lodge Wednesday
Pianist Charles Lieou performs Wednesday at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy/LACA
LAAC News:
Los Alamos Arts Council (LAAC) will host an in-person Brown Bag Show with its next performance at noon Wednesday at Fuller Lodge.
For its opening program, pianist Charles Lieou will perform selections from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I-J. S. Bach
Los Alamos Arts Council will practice COVID restrictions to ensure the safety of the performers as well as audience members.
Temperatures will be taken at the entrance and masks will be required in Fuller Lodge. There are stations for hand sanitizing available. Read More
Cats Lifting Spirits Around Los Alamos: Meet Wingate
Meet Wingate the cat, who sometimes thinks he’s a dog. He is shown here with his sister Chinle behind him. This comical cat takes a bit of an attitude while getting his picture taken and is lifting spirits all over Los Alamos. Wingate is a member of the Darien Raistrick family. Photo by Darien Raistrick Read More
Deer Grazes On Spring Grass Near Canyon Road
A lone deer grazes quietly in the woodsy area Friday near Canyon Road. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Celebrate The Pink Moon, The Peach Moon
Celebrating the pink moon Monday (also known as the peach moon). Photo Zhen Huang
Peach trees bloom throughout Los Alamos as shown here Saturday. Photo by Zhen Huang
By ZHEN HUANG
Los Alamos
Monday night we celebrated the biggest and brightest full moon of the year, the fourth full moon. In Western culture it is called Pink Moon. In Chinese culture, it is called Peach Moon.
The peach tree is one of the most planted easy growing trees in our backyard here in Los Alamos. Peach trees greet us with beautiful pink blooms in early spring and reward us with sweet juicy fruits throughout autumn.
You may know Read More
Daily Postcard: Deer Stop At LAHS For A Snack
Daily Postcard: A small herd of deer snack on grass recently at LAHS practice field. Photo by Ed Birnbaum
Deer graze on grass recently at LAHS practice field. Photo by Ed Birnbaum Read More
