More Scenes From Skiesta 2019 On Pajarito Mountain
Large crowd turns out Saturday for Skiesta 2019 at Pajarito Ski Hill. Photo by Jim ODonnell
Scene from Skiesta 2019 Saturday at Pajarito Ski Hill. Photo by Jim ODonnell
A pair of Tyrannosaurus rex strut their stuff on the slope during Skiesta 2019 Saturday at Pajarito Ski Hill. Photo by Jim ODonnell
Scene from Skiesta 2019 Saturday at Pajarito Ski Hill. Photo by Jim ODonnell
Yikes – taking a tumble Saturday during Skiesta 2019 at Pajarito Ski Hill. Photo by Jim ODonnell
Scene of a reverse backscratcher during Skiesta 2019 Saturday at Pajarito Ski Hill. Photo by Jim ODonnell
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New Lensic Community Council Gathers Perspectives, Ideas From Local Leaders
LENSIC News:Daily Postcard: Hiking Trail Off Rio Bravo
View from the hiking trail Monday off Rio Bravo in White Rock. Photo by Jenn Bartra/ladailypost.com Read More
Authors Speak Features Walt Whitman Thursday
Walt Whitman. Courtesy/The Whitman Archive
Library News:
Walt Whitman’s America is the topic for Thursday’s Authors Speak at Mesa Public Library.
Dr. Bruce Noll as Whitman. Courtesy/New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities
Whitman scholar Dr. Bruce Noll, an education professor at UNM, will present his Chautauqua performance at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 21 in the Upstairs Rotunda at Mesa. The program is sponsored by the New Mexico Council for the Humanities and the Friends of Los Alamos County Libraries.
Dr. Noll is interested in the “orality” of literature – the use of speech rather than Read More
Los Alamos Limerick
By SONJA KELLERDaily Postcard: Snowy Sangre De Cristos
Daily Postcard: The snowy Sangre de Cristos viewed recently from the East Gate area of Los Alamos. Photo by Ken HansonDaily Postcard: Elk Herd Spotted Near Pajarito Acres
Daily Postcard: An elk herd is spotted early Thursday evening at the intersection of NM 4 and N. Monte Rey Drive in White Rock. Photo by John Bartlit Read More
Taos Chamber Music: ‘Celebrating Chilton’ April 6-7
Robert McDonaldChamisa Elementary School Student Yan Kaa Martinez Wins State Youth Art Month Flag/Poster Contest
Chamisa Elementary School sixth grader Yan Kaa Martinez wins New Mexico’s Elementary Youth Art Month Flag/Poster Contest. Courtesy photo
CHAMISA News:
Chamisa Elementary School proudly announces the State of New Mexico’s Elementary Winner for the Youth Art Month Flag/Poster Contest is Yan Kaa Martinez.
The school celebrates the efforts of all sixth grade creative problem solvers who worked diligently to create posters that exemplified the theme: “Your Art, Your Story.”
Martinez will receive $100 in art supplies and the Chamisa art program will receive $300 in art supplies Read More
Daily Postcard: Evening In Downtown Los Alamos
Daily Postcard: Evening falls over downtown Los Alamos Friday looking east from 15th Street and Central Avenue. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Scenes From Pi Day At Ashley Pond Park
Corbin Greco serves up pie to his teacher and County Councilor Katrina Schmidt during PI Day activities Thursday at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Cody Adams
Severus Redmond, 4, laughs with his father Jordan Redmand. Photo by Cody Adams
Emmitt Tibbits, feeds dessert to Chef Laurence Pena. Photo by Cody Adams
Los Alamos Police Cmdr. Oliver Morris breaks out the cuffs as Melanie Weekley brings the pie. Photo by Cody Adams
Rita Sanchez delivers a pie in the face to Activities Coordinator Bernadette Lauritzen. Photo by Cody Adams
Sophie Bathrick-Price pies Teen Center Director George Marsden. Photo Read More
County Community Services Department Hosts Putt-Putt Golf And Other Activities At Nature Center March 19
The community is invited to join PEEC and the Los Alamos County Community Services Department for a night of putt-putt, games, prizes and more, at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy/PEECDaily Postcard: Cedar Waxwings Dine At Pond
Daily Postcard: A small flock of Cedar Waxwings is spotted feasting on berries (even upside down) Thursday at Ashley Pond Park in downtown Los Alamos. According to the Audubon Society, these birds are sociable at all seasons, and it is rare to see just one waxwing. Occasionally a line of waxwings perched on a branch will pass a berry back and forth, from bill to bill, until one of them swallows it. Photo by Lynn Wysocki-Smith
A Waxwing takes a break from munching berries to sip water from a shallow puddle Thursday at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Lynn Wysocki-Smith
A Waxwing turns his most becoming side Read More
Los Alamos Children’s Dentistry Donates $1,800 To Art Council Kite Festival
Christine Monteith with Los Alamos Arts Council and Dr. Bill Nichols, owner of Los Alamos Children’s Dentistry, hold up a $1,800 check Tuesday at Nichol’s office, 751 Trinity Dr. The money will be used to purchase t-shirts for the arts council’s Kite Festival. The festival is May 18-19 at Overlook Park in White Rock. Nichols has supported the Kite Festival for three years. ‘We enjoy how it’s an event for all the little kids in the community …. it’s just a really fun, cool event,’ he said. Monteith said the arts council appreciates his longtime Read More
Sancre Productions Announces Partial Lineup For 2019 Summer Concert Series
Igor and the Red Elvises are coming back to town! The band will perform Aug. 2 during the Summer Concert Series. Courtesy photo Senior Centers To Host Dramatic Reading For ‘Of Butterflies And Roses’ March 27 And April 4
Mandy Marksteiner, left, and Cassandra Bowman will perform a dramatic reading for ‘Of Butterflies and Roses’ at the senior centers. Courtesy photo
COMMUNITY News:
A dramatic reading of “Of Butterflies and Roses,” by Claudia I. Haas will take place at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, at the Betty Ehart Senior Center. A reading also will be held at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, April 4, at the White Rock Senior Center.
‘Of Butterflies and Roses,’ takes place after a memorial service for Clara and Laurel’s mother is done, and the last guest has left.
Laurel and Clara are now picking up the Read More
Marc Hudson Exhibition At Karen Wray Gallery In April
Artist Marc Hudson. Photo by Mandy Marksteiner
Cabinet handles by Marc Hudson. Photo by Mandy MarksteinerThe community is invited to a reception, 5-7 p.m. Thursday, April 25 at the Karen Wray Gallery, for artist Marc Hudson whose solo exhibition runs April 25 through May 23.
Ashed Glazed Vase with Cholla by Marc Hudson. Photo by Marc Hudson
A master of glazes
One of the things that make Hudson’s art stand out is the beauty and variety of the glazes that he uses. His deep knowledge of glazes is the result of years of mixing and testing the glazes in a systematic Read More
Daily Postcard: Snow Covered Jemez Mountains
Daily Postcard: Scene of snow covered Jemez Mountains Wednesday viewed from N.M. 502. Photo by Robert Travis Read More
