A&E

FBI: Purveyors Of Fraudulent Native American-style Goods And Products Sentenced In Federal Court In Albuquerque

FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE – Jawad Khalaf, 72, of Albuquerque, Nashat Khalaf, 73, of Gallup; Sterling Islands, Inc.; a wholesale jewelry business in Albuquerque and Al-Zuni Global Jewelry, Inc., a wholesale jewelry business in Gallup, were sentenced Thursday in Federal Court in Albuquerque,

In April, the defendants pled guilty to misrepresentation of Indian-produced goods and services in an amount greater than $1,000 as part of a scheme to import Native American-style jewelry from the Philippines and sell it to customers in the United States as authentic. 

Another defendant, Taha Shawar, Read More

Red-tailed Hawk Lifting Spirits All Over Los Alamos

A Red-tailed Hawk spotted Sunday on Pajarito Mountain is lifting spirits all over Los Alamos. Red-tailed Hawks are large hawks with typical Buteo proportions: very broad, rounded wings and a short, wide tail. Photo by Neelima Prasad
A Red-tailed Hawk spotted Sunday on Pajarito Mountain. Photo by Neelima Prasad
Read More

Posts From The Road: The Rand Store In Colorado

The Rand Store: The Rand Store is housed in a historic building in Rand, Colo. The upstairs served as hotel rooms in the past but is not used today. The national and state flag fly from a wooden flagpole by the store. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Interior: A view of the interior of the store including decor of the wild west and a wood stove used for heating. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Locals: Visitors are welcomed by several locals in the entrance to The Rand Store. Abundant wildlife can be found throughout the North Park area and surrounding mountains. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com Read More

Juniper Hairstreak Butterfly Lifting Spirits In Los Alamos

This Juniper Hairstreak butterfly is lifting spirits all over Los Alamos as it lights on a Black Eyed Susan blooming on the deck of a home Aug. 23 on Barranca Mesa. The butterfly spent 10 a.m. to noon flitting among flowers on the deck before flying off to parts unknown. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan

A Juniper Hairstreak butterfly on a Black Eyed Susan Aug. 23 on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan

A Juniper Hairstreak butterfly on a Black Eyed Susan Aug. 23 on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan Read More

Father Theophan: Throwing Off Center

The process of forming a pot out of clay has changed very little for millennia. Created by Father Theophan

By FATHER THEOPHAN
Rector of Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church

Throwing pottery, not at someone, but on the pottery wheel, is an ancient craft. It comes from the Old English word “thrawan”, which means to twist or turn.

Originally, and often to this day, they were foot-driven, although electric motors have eased the work of most potters. Whatever the modern evolutions of the wheel, the process of forming a pot has changed very little for millennia: centering, opening, and pulling up walls, Read More

PAC 8 Community Media Center Schedule Aug. 29-Sept. 3

PAC 8 News:

During the COVID-19 pandemic, PAC 8 Community Media Center is available by appointment for recording events, transferring of old media, shooting and editing and pick-up and drop-off of videos and other items.

For information, email pac8@losalamos.com, call 505.662.7228 or visit pac8cmc.com.

PAC 8 Community Media Center Television Schedule Aug. 29-Sept. 3:

Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020 

  • Free Speech TV

Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020

  • 6 a.m. — FSTV
  • 5 p.m. — The Prophetic Word
  • 5:30 p.m. — Key to the Kingdom
  • 6 p.m. — Drawing Men to Christ
  • 7 p.m. — United Church
  • 8 p.m. — La Verdad Internacional
  • 8:30 p.m.
Read More

Curious House Wren Lifting Spirits Around Los Alamos

A curious house wren is lifting spirits around Los Alamos as it explores rocks and crevices on the ground near a home Monday on Barranca Mesa. The house wren is a very small songbird of the wren family, Troglodytidae. Named for its tendency to nest in human-provided bird houses near human houses, the house wren is one of the most familiar backyard birds. Source: www.birdwatchersdigest.com. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan

A curious house wren is lifting spirits around Los Alamos as it explores rocks and crevices on the ground near a home Monday on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan

A curious house Read More

Daily Postcard: Signs Of Autumn Creeping Into View

Daily Postcard: A Virginia Creeper is showing fall colors Thursday in White Rock. Virginia Creepers remain attractive through the summer and in the autumn turn bright purple or red before falling off the vines. It is one of the earliest vines to color in the fall. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More

State Of The Arts: The Ethereal Abstracts Of Marianne Hornbuckle Explore The Universe

Marianne Hornbuckle at her Pojoaque Valley home and studio. Photo by Bonnie Gordon/ladailypost.com

‘March of Spring’. Courtesy/Marianne Hornbuckle

By Bonnie J. Gordon
Los Alamos Daily Post
bjgordon@ladailypost.com

Marianne Hornbuckle has been on the artist path since second grade.

She “went straight” as a young adult, choosing teaching English, raising children and living a conventional life in suburban Houston. But the call of art was strong and once she picked up a brush, she was soon working as a full-time artist.

Thirty-seven years ago, Hornbuckle moved to her home in the Pojoaque Read More

The Boom Roots Collective Performs In Final Los Alamos Summer Virtual Concert Series Friday

Boom Roots Collective performs Friday on the Los Alamos Summer Concert Facebook Page. Courtesy photo

SUMMER CONCERT News:

The Los Alamos Summer Virtual Concert Series Presented by Toyota of Santa Fe is proud to present the Boom Roots Collective performing at 6 p.m. Friday on the Los Alamos Summer Concert Series Facebook Page.

The Boomroots Collective brings high-level progressive Reggae and Hip Hop music, which has been described as ­“Jamaican funk with New Mexican Soul”. The Collective is a community of conscious artists bringing a unique mix of two genres for one reason: love of music.  Read More

Seed Stuffing Squirrel Lifting Spirits Around Los Alamos

A Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel spotted Tuesday lifting spirits around Los Alamos and here in the Jemez stuffing seeds into its’ cheek pouches, no doubt practicing for the next Chubby Bunny challenge. Photo by Marc Bailey

A Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel stuffing seeds Tuesday in the Jemez. Photo by Marc Bailey Read More

Search
LOS ALAMOS

ladailypost.com website support locally by OviNuppi Systems