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State Of The Arts: Coming Together During COVID

Los Alamos Arts Council Assistant Director Ken Nebel and Executive Director Chris Monteith discuss the council Tuesday during presentation to the Rotary Club of Los Alamos. Screenshot/LADP

By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
bjgordon@ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Arts Council and Fuller Lodge Art Center are together again after 42 years.

The two organizations split in 1978 and rejoined again this spring just as COVID-19 hit. Los Alamos Arts Council Executive Director Chris Monteith and Assistant Director Ken Nebel joined the Rotary Club of Los Alamos Tuesday to talk about how things Read More

On The Job In White Rock: Worker In Bucket Views Chopper

On the job Tuesday a worker has a bird’s eye view of a helicopter passing in view just beneath his bucket high over the canyon from La Bajada Way in White Rock. #worklosalamos #wherediscoveriesaremade Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com Read More

Daily Postcard: Scenes From Hike On Red Dot Trail

Daily Postcard: Rocks seen Tuesday during a hike on the Red Dot Trail in White Rock. Photo by Dave Lannen

Scene during a hike Tuesday on Red Dot Trail in White Rock. Photo by Dave Lannen

Scene during a hike Tuesday on Red Dot Trail in White Rock. Photo by Dave Lannen

Scene during a hike Tuesday on Red Dot Trail in White Rock. Photo by Dave Lannen
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Film Office Launches Intimacy Coordinator Training Program Aimed At Increasing Safety On Sets In New Mexico

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Film Office (NMFO) announced a new Intimacy Coordinator (IC) training program today, aimed at increasing safety on sets in New Mexico.
NMFO is partnering with the Intimacy Professionals Association (IPA) Intimacy Coordinator Training Program, taught by Amanda Blumenthal, to prepare individuals in New Mexico’s film and television industry to work as Intimacy Coordinators in full-length feature film and television productions upon completion of the training.
Intimacy Coordinators are a fairly new category of industry professionals who work on film and television
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Christmas Lights Turning On All Over Los Alamos

Christmas lights and displays are turning on all over Los Alamos including this spectacular display Monday night at the corner of Diamond Drive and 36th Street. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
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SFCC Presents ‘Compart-Mentally Undefined’ Live-Streaming Electronic Music Performance Tuesday Dec. 8

SFCC News:

SANTA FE — For more than a decade, Santa Fe Community College students in the Intro to Reason and Live class have left the classroom behind to take the best final ever – performing their music for a live audience. This semester continues that tradition, but in an entirely new venue. The music event of the year is coming to your quarantine the only way that’s legal!

Join the free streaming performance, “Compart-Mentally Undefined,” at 7 p.m., Tues., Dec. 8, 2020, on Twitch. Students in the Intro to Reason and Live class show off their musical and performance achievements and express how Read More

Daily Postcard: Moon Rising Above Truchas Peaks

Daily Postcard: The moon rising above Truchas Peaks viewed Saturday evening from Overlook Point in White Rock. Truchas Peaks is in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains 26 miles northeast of Santa Fe. Photo by Marc Bailey
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History On Tap: Native American Flutes Demonstration

Artist and educator Marlon Magdalena leads a conversation on Native American flutes Dec. 7. Courtesy photo

Los Alamos Historical Society News:

Join the Los Alamos Historical Society and the Los Alamos Creative District for History on Tap online at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7.

Artist and educator Marlon Magdalena (Jemez) will lead a conversation on Native American flutes. There are many types of flutes that were developed by the indigenous people of America. The modern standardized flute known as the “Native American Flute” has caused some confusion about what a Native American Flute really Read More

Daily Postcard: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

Daily Postcard: The view very early this morning of the full ‘beaver moon’ illuminating tree branches at a residence in White Rock. During this penumbral lunar eclipse, the moon passes through the Earth’s outer shadow, called the penumbra, and misses the darker inner shadow, which is known as the umbra. This is different from a total lunar eclipse when the entire moon passes through the darker umbra. This is the last astronomical event of November. Source: Accuweather. The November moon got its name for the time of year when beavers scurried to their shelters ahead of winter. It also was the season Read More

Male Spotted Towhee Visits Residence On Barranca Mesa

A male spotted towhee visits the backyard of a residence Monday on Barranca Mesa. The spotted towhee is seen here with the smaller Oregon Junco.Spotted Towhees hop over the ground beneath dense tangles of shrubs, scratching in leaf litter for food. They also climb into lower branches to search for insects and fruits, or to deliver their quick, buzzy song. Towhees can fly long distances, but more often make short, slow flights between patches of cover. Juncos are birds of the ground. They hop around the bases of trees and shrubs in forests or venture out onto lawns looking for fallen seeds. Source: Read More

More Snowy Scenes From Overlook Point Saturday

Scene Saturday morning from Overlook Point in White Rock. Photo by Mary Wilhoit

Scene Saturday morning from Overlook Point in White Rock. Photo by Mary Wilhoit

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Snowy Scenes From Overlook Point In White Rock

Scene this morning following snowfall overnight at Overlook Point in White Rock. Photo by Mary Wilhoit

Scene this morning from Overlook Point in White Rock. Photo by Mary Wilhoit

Scene this morning from Overlook Point in White Rock. Photo by Mary Wilhoit

Scene this morning from Overlook Point in White Rock. Photo by Mary Wilhoit

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Raven Building Nest And Lifting Spirits All Over Los Alamos

A raven is busy gathering twigs from a Pinon Tree recently behind a residence on Barranca Mesa and building its nest across the canyon, as it lifts spirits all over Los Alamos. Ravens are among the smartest of all birds, gaining a reputation for solving ever more complicated problems invented by ever more creative scientists. Ravens are acrobatic fliers, often doing rolls and somersaults in the air. One bird was seen flying upside down for more than a half-mile. Young birds are fond of playing games with sticks, dropping them and diving to catch them in midair. Source: allaboutbird.org. Photo Read More

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