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‘Goodnight, Los Alamos’ Book Signing At Bradbury Science Museum Saturday, March 9

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 3, 2019

The Bradbury Science Museum, an illustration in Goodnight, Los Alamos. Photo by Brenda Fleming

An illustration of the Fat Man atomic bomb in Goodnight, Los Alamos. Photo by Brenda Fleming

BSM News:

Did you get a copy of Goodnight, Los Alamos over the holidays? Do you want to purchase a copy for an upcoming birthday or baby shower? Now’s your chance to get it signed.

Author Whitney Spivey and illustrator Brenda Fleming will be at the Bradbury Science Museum with Sharpies in hand 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 9.

The book—in which two little girls say goodnight to 26 notable places and things around Read More

2019 Diversity Week Art Contest Winners Announced

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 2, 2019

One Los Alamos announces the winners of the 2019 Diversity Week Art Contest. Children and Young Adults K-12 were asked to submit artwork celebrating what diversity means to them. Three winners were chosen from 34 creative entries. The winners are, from left, Kylie Shrader (3rd place), Kara-Lynn Christensen (2nd place) and Jillian Lewis (1st place), all 5th graders from Chamisa Elementary School. Art teacher in Renee Mitsunaga’s art class. First place received $30, Second place $20 and Third Place $10 – all in Los Alamos Chamber Checks. Thanks to all the participants and congratulations Read More

Mezzo-soprano Kehar Joanna Koslowsky Performs Brown Bag Concert Wednesday, March 6

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 1, 2019
Kehar Joanna Koslowsky

MUSIC News:

The Los Alamos Arts Council Brown Bag Series presents Kehar Joanna Koslowsky, mezzo-soprano, in recital and accompanied by pianist Deborah Wagner at noon Wednesday, March 6 at Fuller Lodge.

Koslowsky is an accomplished choral and solo artist with a growing reputation in the New Mexico music scene. Since moving to Santa Fe, she has performed as a soloist, recitalist, and choral artist with the New Mexico Bach Society, the Santa Fe Symphony, the Zia Singers/New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus, the Santa Fe Women’s Ensemble, and in the TGIF series at the First Presbyterian Read More

The Princess Bride Screens At Mesa Library March 7

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 1, 2019
The community is invited to watch The Princess Bride at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Mesa Public Library. Courtesy/LAC
 
LIBRARY News:
 
The Princess Bride (1987, rated PG, 1 hr., 38 min.), written by William Goldman and directed by Rob Reiner, will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 7 in the upstairs meeting room at Mesa Public Library.
 
The film is a romantic comedy and a fantasy adventure story.
 
An elderly man (Peter Falk) reads the story to his bedridden teenage grandson (Fred Savage). Although the story is a family tradition, the young fellow listens reluctantly. In the
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(R)evolution Of Spanish Pueblo Architecture In New Mexico March 2

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 28, 2019
Rachel Preston Prinz
 
TCHS News:
 
The Taos County Historical Society announces its March 2, program “(R)evolution of Spanish Pueblo Architecture in New Mexico” with guest speaker Rachel Preston Prinz.
 
The illustrated lecture begins at 2 p.m., in the Kit Carson Electric Cooperative Boardroom, 118 Cruz Alta Road in Taos. The free program is open to the public and members of the Society.

Prinz will trace the beginnings of the style and its evolution in the early years (1912-1917), and how we see it today with new eyes. Today, in Santa Fe, there is an ongoing discussion of the Spanish Read More

Recap Of Middle School Jazz Clinic And Performance

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 27, 2019
Los Alamos Jazz Project musicians and Director Ryan Finn. Courtesy photo
 
MUSIC News:
 
Middle school jazz musicians from around the state gathered last weekend in Los Alamos this weekend for two days of intensive learning and rehearsal, culminating in a concert that’s open to the public.
 
Los Alamos Jazz Project Director Ryan Finn created the event to include middle school musicians in the state’s vibrant jazz education program.
 
“This year, the New Mexico Music Educators association expanded to include jazz in its All-State band programs, but that left middle school
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Santa Fe Opera Young Voices Concert Sunday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 27, 2019

MUSIC News:

Join the Los Alamos Opera Guild for a membership social and concert by Young Voices of The Santa Fe Opera. 3 p.m. Sunday, March 3 at the Los Alamos United Church, 2525 Canyon Road.

Doors will open at 2:30 p.m. for a reception with punch and cookies. The reception will continue after the concert. Admission is by donation.

Vocalists Eleanor Henderson, Alexander Waters, Maya Rogers, and Jeremiya Palmer-Scott will present operatic works.

Community members are encouraged to join or renew membership in the Los Alamos Opera Guild. For information on the benefits of membership in the Guilds Read More

Scenes From Filming At Los Alamos County Airport

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 26, 2019

Scene of generators, lighting and other equipment Monday night at the Los Alamos County Airport as crews filmed scenes for the final season 1 episodes of Our Lady, LTD, (Our Lady of Perpetual Grace). Our Lady, LTD is a 10-episode modern noir drama, produced by MGM Television, about a young grifter who attempts to prey upon a pastor who turns out to be far more dangerous than he suspects. The series stars Ben Kingsley as Pastor Byron Brown and Jimmi Simpson as the disgraced firefighter turned grifter. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Crews film scenes for the final season 1 episodes of Our Lady, Read More

LAPS District-Wide Art Exhibition Wednesday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 26, 2019
 
LAPS News:
 
The community is invited to the Los Alamos Public Schools district-wide art exhibition, 5-7 p.m., Wednesday on the 3rd floor of Mesa Public Library.
 
Refreshments will be served and music will be provided by the Los Alamos Jazz Project.
 
March is Youth Art Month and also Music in the Schools Month. LAPS Art Teacher and Youth Art Month Coordinator, Renee Mitsunaga, explained that during Youth Art Month, students engage in a problem-solving creativity project that inspires them to use art to communicate the given theme. This year’s theme was “Your Art, Your
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Legislative Roundup: Feb. 26

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 26, 2019
Daniel ‘DC’ Casillas of Albuquerque, who works with On Set FX, applies movie makeup to Nicole Montoya of Glorieta as part of a demonstration Monday during Film and Media Day at the Capitol in Santa Fe. Photo by Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican
 
By The Santa Fe New Mexican:
 
Days left in the session: 18
 
Confirmed: The Senate on Monday voted 34-0 to confirm Jackie White as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
 
White, 44, previously worked as a captain for the Albuquerque Fire Department. She heads the agency responsible for coordinating
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Student Art Show Opens At Mesa Library Wednesday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 25, 2019

The walls in the upstairs art gallery at Mesa Public Library are beginning to fill up with artwork created by students from every school in the Los Alamos Public School System. Courtesy photo

LIBRARY News:

The Upstairs Art Gallery at Mesa Public Library is more colorful than it has ever been, with the walls covered with artwork created by students from every school in the Los Alamos Public School System.

The exhibit opens to the public with a reception 5-7 p.m. Wednesday and will remain on display regular library hours through March 24.

This year’s All-Schools Art Show at Mesa Public Library is filled Read More

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