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Clean Up Los Alamos Day Rescheduled To May 18

COUNTY News:

Due to inclement weather, Clean Up Los Alamos Day has been rescheduled for Saturday, May 18.

The volunteer appreciation lunch will be held noon to 1 p.m. May 18 at Ashley Pond Park.

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Kirtland AFB Airshow Features Thunderbirds, Space Fiesta And STEM Pavilion May 18

KAFB News:
 
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NN The Kirtland Air and Space Fiesta May 18 will feature the Air Force Thunderbirds, Space and STEM Pavilion and several other aerial acts and displayed aircraft.
 
Scheduled static displays include:  A-10/C Thunderbolt “Warthog”; AC-130W Stinger II; B-52 Stratofortress; C-17 Globemaster III; F-35 Lightning II; HH-60G Pave Hawk; HC/MC-130J Combat King II/Commando II; CV-22 Osprey; UH-1N Huey; T-38 Talon; TH-1 Civil Air Patrol Glider and Search and Rescue aircraft.
 
Scheduled aerial acts include:  Air Force Thunderbirds;
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Taos School Of Music 57th Chamber Music Festival

 
TSM News:
 
The Taos School of Music will present the 57th annual Chamber Music Festival this summer from June 16 to Aug. 4, to include 16 concerts of chamber music for strings and piano, performed by a distinguished faculty and 19 students chosen by international audition.
 
Returning faculty include Artistic Director and pianist Robert MacDonald, pianist Thomas Sauer, the award-winning Borromeo String Quartet, the Brentano String Quartet (Ensemble-in-Residence at Yale), the Shanghai Quartet along with new guest artist/violinist Ara Gregorian. The 19 string and piano
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Discover What’s Coming Up Night Skies In May

Learn what is coming up in May’s night skies this Friday, May 10 in the Los Alamos Nature Center’s planetarium. Astronomer Paul Arendt will lead this tour of the heavens, which begins at 6 p.m. The nature center also will show the full-dome film ‘EXPLORE’ at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 11. Courtesy photo
 
PEEC News:
 
Learn what will be coming up in the night sky during the month of May this Friday evening at the Los Alamos Nature Center planetarium.
 
Paul Arendt will lead an interactive tour of the heavens highlighting the planets, star patterns and constellations that may
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Los Alamos Historical Society Annual Meeting Features Richard Rhodes ‘Reykjavik’ Performance

The Pajarito Players will present Reykjavik’ by Richard Rhodes May 14. Courtesy image

LOS ALAMOS HISTORICAL SOCIETY News:

The Reykjavík Summit, held on October 11 and 12, 1986, was considered by many experts to be a turning point in the Cold War. During those two days in Reykjavik, Iceland, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev debated terms for nuclear arms reduction.

Though the two leaders ultimately failed to reach an agreement, at times during the talks both countries were on the verge of eliminating nuclear weapons.

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Foxx And Martin Publish Third Volume Of ‘Plants Of The Jemez Mountains’

Authors Teralene Foxx and Craig Martin with the two most recent volumes of ‘Plants of the Jemez Mountains’ during a recent visit to the Los Alamos Daily Post. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

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

Los Alamos authors Teralene Foxx and Craig Martin recently published the third in their series of books titled “Plants of the Jemez Mountains”.

The third volume focuses on the Sunflower Family. This family of flowering plants is so large it gets its own book, Martin said.

This book follows “Volume 2, Flowering Plants” published

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Daily Postcard: Goose Seeks Justice

Daily Postcard: This goose is spotted looking for justice Sunday at the Los Alamos Justice Center, which unfortunately was closed so it waddled next door to cool off in Ashley Pond. Photo by Hannah Miller Read More

SFCC To Celebrate Kate Besser Writing Awards

The Writer, David Maidenberg. Courtesy photo
 
SFCC News:
 
SANTA FE –– Santa Fe Community College emerging writers will showcase their work during the Kate Besser Writing Awards celebration, formerly known as the Student Writing Awards at 6 p.m. today at Meow Wolf, in the Learning Lab, 1352 Rufina Circle.
 
The recipient of the Richard Bradford Memorial Creative Writing Scholarship also will be announced. The awards were renamed the Kate Besser Writing Awards in recognition Besser’s love of literature and creative writing.
 
More than a dozen writers representing
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Unique Exhibit Opens At Mesa Public Library Thursday

Mei Li (Su Fong) Milonni. Courtesy photo
 
Courtesy photo
 
LIBRARY News:
 
“Calligraphy in Clay” is the newest exhibit in the Upstairs Art Gallery at Mesa Public Library. An opening reception to meet the artist, Mei Li (Su Fong) Milonni 5-7 p.m. Thursday, May 9, in the Upstairs Rotunda.
 
Milonni has combined two of her passions in this exhibit – traditional Chinese calligraphy and ceramics. She has studied and worked in both media for many years, and only recently has she combined the two to create a unique and fascinating body of work.
 
Traditional calligraphy
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X Marks Sky Over Los Alamos Sunday Morning

Contrails form an X in the sky over Los Alamos early Sunday morning viewed from the parking lot in front of Ruby K’s at 20th Street and Central Avenue. Photo by Terry Goldman Read More

LAMS Students Shine At Denver Music Competition

LAMS music students shine and bring home multiple awards over the weeked at the Music in the Parks competition in Denver, Colo. Courtesy/Lindsay Alexander

Awards won over the weeked by LAMS music studetnts in performances at the Music in the Parks competition in Denver, Colo. Courtesy/Lindsay Alexander

 
By LINDSEY ALEXANDER
LAPS

Within the Los Alamos Middle School Music Department, 192 students from various ensembles competed last weekend and won multiple awards at the Music in the Parks competition in Denver, Colo.

Forty-six ensembles from 14 schools representing New Mexico, Colorado Read More

Pacheco Canyon Burn Visible From Los Alamos

Driving down the Main Hill Road Sunday afternoon smoke is visible straight ahead from the 500-acre prescribed burn underway in Pacheco Canyon, approximately six miles east of Tesuque Pueblo and three miles west of Ski Santa Fe. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailpost.com

Scene from the 500-acre prescribed burn underway in Pacheco Canyon Sunday afternoon, approximately six miles east of Tesuque Pueblo and three miles west of Ski Santa Fe. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailpost.com

Scene from the 500-acre prescribed burn underway in Pacheco Canyon Sunday afternoon, approximately six miles east Read More

More Scenes From 2019 Los Alamos Arts Council Spring Arts & Crafts Fair At Fuller Lodge Saturday

More scenes from the Los Alamos Arts Council 2019 Spring Arts and Crafts Fair Saturday on the lawn at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Ken Hanson
 
Scene from the Los Alamos Arts Council 2019 Spring Arts and Crafts Fair Saturday on the lawn at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Ken Hanson
 
Scene from the Los Alamos Arts Council 2019 Spring Arts and Crafts Fair Saturday on the lawn at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Ken Hanson
 
Kandy Korn is a crowd favorite at the Los Alamos Arts Council 2019 Spring Arts and Crafts Fair Saturday on the lawn at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Ken Hanson
 
A taste of honey at the Los Alamos Arts
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Santa Fe Community College Visual Arts Gallery Presents Student Exhibition Opening Reception May 9

‘Spring in the City’ oil painting by SFCC art student Ameliah P. Jaramillo-Ortega. Courtesy/SFCC
 
SFCC News:
 
SANTA FE Santa Fe Community College Visual Arts Gallery presents an exhibition celebrating students in School of Arts, Design and Media Arts.
 
The exhibition opens with a reception 4:30-6 p.m. Thursday, May 9 in the Visual Arts Gallery on campus at 6401 Richards Ave.
 
The SFCC School of Arts, Design and Media Arts offers comprehensive coursework in fine arts design, media arts, dance, drama and performance. Associate degrees in Architecture, Fine Arts,
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