New Art Exhibition At Santa Fe Botanical Garden Features Human Nature: Explorations in Bronze
Artist David Pearson and Santa Fe Botanical Garden CEO Clayton Bass with ‘Ascension of Eve’ in the Garden. Photo by Addison DotySpring Arts & Crafts Fair K Of C Hall Saturday
Public Invited To ‘Kites Of Many Colors’ Art Dedication
One of eight woven glass kites to be installed next week over the fireplace in the White Rock Branch Library. Photo by Kevin Allen
Another of the eight woven glass kites to be installed next week over the fireplace in the White Rock Branch Library. Photo by Kevin Allen
APPB News:
The newest artwork in the Los Alamos County’s art collection, “Kites of Many Colors” in the White Rock Branch Library, will be dedicated at a ceremony at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 28.
Artists Eric Markow and Thom Norris will be present for the ceremony, hosted by the Arts in Public Places Board.
The APPB commissioned the artwork Read More
Daily Postcard: Omega Bridge Frames Rising Moon
Daily Postcard: The Omega Bridge frames the moon rising Thursday above the evening alpenglow. Alpenglow is an optical phenomenon that appears as a horizontal reddish glow near the horizon opposite of the Sun when the solar disk is just below the horizon. This effect is easily visible when mountains are illuminated, but can also be seen when clouds are lit through backscatter. Source: wikipedia.com. Photo by Marc Bailey Read More
Scenes From 2019 Easter Sunrise Service At Overlook
The Brass Ensemble performs at the crack of dawn this morning for the Easter Sunrise Service at Overlook in White Rock. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
Residents gather early this morning for the annual Easter Sunrise Service at Overlook in White Rock. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com Read More
Santa Fe Opera Announces Annual Spring Tour
UnShakeable. Photo by Kate Russell
OPERA News:
SANTA FE — The Santa Fe Opera’s 25th Annual Spring Tour kicks off this month in a series of free public concerts and school performances across the region.
The locations of the performances include Los Alamos, Albuquerque, El Paso, Las Cruces, Santa Fe, Socorro, Raton and Taos.
Former Santa Fe Opera Apprentices Adelaide Boedecker (soprano) and Calvin Griffin (baritone) perform UnShakeable, a one-act opera composed by conductor Joseph Illick with a libretto by Andrea Fellows Walters, the Opera’s director of community Read More
Indian Arts & Culture: San Ildefonso Pottery, 1600-1930
San Ildefonso ca 1850. Large storage and water jar with images of clouds and flowers and plant life. Courtesy photoKirtland AFB Air And Space Fiesta May 18
Arts In Public Places Advisory Board Meets Thursday
In And Around Town: April 21
In and Around Town: Musicians With Local Ties Join 2019 Summer Concert Series Lineup: James Carothers And Manzanares
Led by brothers David and Michael Manzanares and accompanied by some of the best musicians in the industry, Manzanares has been labeled one of the hottest Latin acts to hit the music scene gaining both national and international attention. Courtesy photoSummer Concert News:
Sancre Productions, Producer of the 2019 Los Alamos Summer Concert Series at Ashley Pond, announce country sensation James Carothers and Latin Guitar Band Manzanares, with special opening performance from The Max Pack have officially joined the Concert Series lineup.
Mixing together Tennessee twang, Southern Read More
Daily Postcard: Display Of Easter Faith In Los Alamos
Daily Postcard: Ron Lucero displays his Easter faith at the statue of St. Mary on the grounds of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church at 3700 Canyon Road in Los Alamos. He explained that her wood carved face reminds him of his own mother and grandmother. Lucero lives on a 5,000-acre ranch in Villanueva in San Miguel County, a town that according to the 2010 census has just 234 people. Lucero said that each time he visits Los Alamos, he stops to see the statue, visit the Chapel of Divine Mercy and attend Mass at IHM. ‘The gates of Heaven are a little harder to get into … but the gates to Hell are wide open,’ Lucero Read More
Earth Day Festival At Los Alamos Nature Center April 27
Fun and entertainment for all ages will be available at PEEC’s Earth Day Festival 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., April 27 at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy/PEEC
Scene from previous PEEC Earth Day Festival at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s (PEEC’s) signature event, the annual Earth Day Festival, is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Canyon Road.
The festivities include delicious food, the debut of the new Passport to the Pajarito Plateau, fun activities and exciting entertainment. Plus, Read More
Rotary Members Participate In Holi Festival
Rotarians Laura Gonzales, Jessie Conrad and Jim Nesmith celebrate Holi Day, a communal celebration of colors, during Sunday festivities at Fuller Lodge. The event was sponsored by Sirphey owner Prashant Jain. Members of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos were on hand to tell participants about Rotary International’s impressive success in eradicating polio worldwide with small exceptions in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria where war and distrust of Western medicine limit vaccination programs. Polio is a contagious virus that causes muscle wasting and paralysis. It is easily Read More
Daily Postcard: Moon Above Trees In Quemazon
Daily Postcard: Moon shines through trees Thursday night in Quemazon. Photo by Trisha AncellOn The Job In Los Alamos: Painting Icons At IHM
On the job in Los Alamos is artist Shelly Riebe demonstrating how to prepare boards for icon painting Tuesday in the parish hall at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church at 3700 Canyon Road. A Catholic icon is a representation of the image of such holy figures as the saints, Mary, Jesus and other religious figures, in the form of a painting. An interesting aspect of Catholic icons is that almost everything on the icon has a symbolic meaning. From the colors used to paint the Catholic icon to the way the subject is portrayed on the icon. For example certain iconic figures always have halos, such as Mary or Jesus, Read More
Wildfire Day & Elks Annual Easter Egg Hunt Saturday
Sparky the Fie Dog greets visitors during Wildfire Day 2018. Courtesy photo 
From left, Smokey Bear, Elroy the Elk, Sparky the Fire Dog and the Easter bunny are expected to be on hand at the annual Elk’s Easter Egg Hunt and Wildfire Day 2019 Saturday at Ashley Pond Park. Courtesy photo
Daily Postcard: ‘Pink’ Moon Looms Large This Morning
The ‘Pink’ moon spotted early this morning from White Rock appears larger than average because it is three days past perigee, the point in its orbit when it is nearest to earth, according to Space.com. Although the name suggests the moon will appear a certain color, that is not true. Instead the moon is named pink after the color of wild ground phlox, one of the early spring flowers. Native Americans named the moons so they could keep track of their harvesting schedule. The moon might appear red or orange because of dust, haze, smoke or ash in the atmosphere. The next full moon will be the Flower Moon Read More
Anne Hillerman’s ‘The Tale Teller’ Mesa Library April 24
Anne Hillerman
