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Scenes From 2018 Gathering Of Nations

This young dancer is one of many performers who participated April 25-27 in the Gathering of Nations at the Powwow Grounds Expo New Mexico/Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque. The Gathering of Nations is considered the most prominent Native American powwow in North America. The annual event hosted tens of thousands of people and more than 700 tribes from throughout the United States, Canada and around the world celebrating their culture and traditions through traditional Native American dance, music, arts, crafts and cuisine. Photo by Derrick Key

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PAC 8 Weekly Television Schedule For May 4-10

PAC 8 Television schedule for May 4-10:
 
Friday, May 4, 2018
  • 06:00 AM Democracy Now! – Live
  • 10:00 AM The Tom Hartman Program
  • 11:00 AM County Council Replay 5-01-18
  • 01:00 PM Democracy Now!
  • 04:00 PM Uprising
  • 05:00 PM Democracy Now!
  • 06:00 PM Chamber Business Breakfast – LA County Commercial Code Enforcement
  • 07:00 PM Los Alamos History – “Ladies of the Canyons…”
  • 08:00 PM Book Signing – The Kremlinologist
  • 09:00 PM Living Treasures Ceremony
  • 12:00 AM Free Speech TV
 
Saturday, May 5, 2018
  • Free Speech TV
 
Sunday, May 6, 2018
  • 06:00 AM FSTV
  • 05:00 PM The Prophetic Word
  • 05:30 PM Key to the Kingdom
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Deadline For 2018 Clouds NatureScapes Photo Contest Submissions Aug. 31

Entry from 2017 NatureScapes Annual Photo Contest: Sun Sets Over the Waters of Navajo Lake, East Arm shore, Navajo Lake State Park, Michael Shaw. Courtesy photo
 
NMMNHS News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE  Amateur photographers participating in the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS) annual NatureScapes Photo Competition need to submit their entries to the museum by Aug. 31. “Clouds” is the topic for this year’s NatureScapes competition.
 
“We want to remind all of our competing photographers to turn their focus skyward this year for images of clouds before
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U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham Announces Winner Of 2018 Congressional Art Competition

First Place: ‘Before the Bells by Savina Romero, Albuquerque Academy. Courtesy photo

Second Place: Through the Woods by Mariza Sandoval, Volcano Vista High School. Courtesy photo

Third Place: Untitled by Paige Brown, Explore Academy Charter School. Courtesy photo

From the Office of U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham:

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham has announced the winners of the 2018 Congressional Art Competition for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District.

The winning entry for Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham’s 2018 Congressional Art Competition was by Savina Read More

Scenes From Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary Spring Arts And Crafts Fair

John and Margie Sarrao display Margie’s unique, one-of-a-kind pottery and jewelry at the Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary spring arts and crafts fair Saturday at Immaculate Heart of Mary parish hall. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

Scene from the Ladies Auxiliary spring arts and crafts fair Saturday at Immaculate Heart of Mary parish hall. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

Vendors Pauline Flynn, left, and Gretchen Graves chat during the Ladies Auxiliary spring arts and crafts fair Saturday. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com Read More

Los Alamos Schools Credit Union Holds 63rd Annual Meeting Carnival At Fuller Lodge

Los Alamos Schools Credit Union Supervisory Committee member Virginia Kachelmeier and Board Chair Bill Boedecker sign in credit union members at the 63rd annual meeting carnival Friday at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Middle School Band plays for the LASCU annual meeting carnival Friday at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

Scene from Friday’s LASCU carnival at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

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Smart Design With Suzette: In The Know … Trends

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By SUZETTE FOX
Los Alamos

The interior design landscape is ripe with possibility. I’ve been extremely busy designing and keenly aware of design trends. I wanted to share what I’m seeing and designing so to keep you, my readers, in the know. This is your ‘cheat sheet’ for the year!

2018 interiors celebrate eclectic style. Grey, beige and ‘greige’ will give their place to dark blues, gold, bronze, sumptuous greens, terracotta and ochre yellows. Tactile natural materials such as rich velvets will team up with geometric patterned or chintz floral soft furnishings, and larger than Read More

Spring Events At New Mexico Historic Sites

Fort Selden Historic Site. Courtesy/NM Department of Cultural Affairs
 
Navajo and Mescalero Apache Gourd Dancers honoring their ancestors through a memorial song. Courtesy/NM Department of Cultural Affairs.
 
NMHS News:
 
New Mexico’s Historic Sites have a lot to offer the weekend of Mother’s Day. Meet Amazing Women of the Wild West at Fort Selden Historic Site Saturday or enjoy a gourd dance at the Fort Sumner Historic Site.
 
Take Mom to a Mother’s Day Tea at Fort Stanton Historic Site Sunday. 
 
Saturday, May 12, 2018, 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
Meet Amazing
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Sangre De Cristo Chorale Presents Celebration!

COMMUNITY News:

 

SANTA FE – The Sangre de Cristo Chorale will present its spring concert, Celebration!, at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 28 at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Fe and 4 p.m. Sunday, April 29 at the United Church of Los Alamos.

 

The concert repertory celebrates the considerable contribution of American composers and arrangers made to the rich palette of choral music. The first half of program honors Leonard Bernstein on the celebration of the centennial of his birth with contrasting examples of his creative work including his “Chichester Psalms” and “West Side Read More

Scenes From Topper Revue 2018: The Eastons

Scene from this evening’s Los Alamos High School 2018 production of Topper Revue: The Easton Awards! Performances continue at 7 p.m., April 27 and 28 in the new and improved Duane Smith Auditorium. Tickets are $7 for students and seniors, $10 for adults, and $5 for children under 5. Courtesy photo

Scene from this evening’s LAHS 2018 production of Topper Revue: The Easton Awards at Duane Smith Auditorium. Courtesy photo

Scene from this evening’s LAHS 2018 production of Topper Revue: The Easton Awards at Duane Smith Auditorium. Courtesy photo

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LAVA Volunteer Celebration Friday

LAVA News:
 
The annual Los Alamos Volunteer Association Volunteer (LAVA) volunteer celebration is 3-5 p.m. Friday, April 27 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center. 
 
Eddy and the Nomads will provide music to a 60’s theme. 
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LAAC Presents Spring Arts Fair

A scene  from the 2017 Los Alamos Arts Council’s Arts Fair. This year’s fair is May 5 on the lawn of Fuller Lodge. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

LAAC News:

Los Alamos Arts Council announces that its annual Spring Arts Fair is 9 a.m. to  4 p.m. Saturday, May 5 on the lawn of Fuller Lodge. Admission to the fair is free.

About 70 artists from New Mexico and other Southwestern states will display their creative work, 99 percent of which is for sale to the public.

One of the few juried arts and craft shows in the area, shoppers can browse some top-notch wares including sculptures, Read More

New Mexico Wildlife Center Celebrates ‘Year Of The Bird’

Swainson’s Hawk. Photo by Izuru Toki
 
NMWC News:
 
ESPAÑOLA  New Mexico Wildlife Center (NMWC) invites the community to its celebration of the first semi-annual World Migratory Bird Day, at 11 a.m., May 12.
 
Visitors will enjoy wildlife presentations, watch raptors eating up close, meet Linda Compton, the author of “Winged Gifts of Grace,” at her book signing, eat from the nacho bar, and watch children while they have fun engaging in arts and crafts activities.
 
Professional and amateur photographers will display and sell beautiful images of birds, as well.
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New Trumpet Students Invited To Open House & Honk-a-thon At Los Alamos Music Academy Saturday Night

Local trumpet player Mandy Marksteiner is hosting an open house Saturday at the Los Alamos Music Academy on DP Road. Courtesy photo

MUSIC News:

Does your son or daughter want to learn the trumpet? Mandy Marksteiner is a local trumpet players who teaches private lessons at the Los Alamos Music Academy (LAMA).

She is hosting a free open house 7-8 p.m. Saturday, April 28 where children and their parents can meet her and find out more about taking trumpet lessons. Marksteiner will provide several trumpets for students to look at and try and will provide a packet of information on the trumpet, practice Read More

Scenes From Teddy Bears Picnic At FSN

Charlie Wolking, aged 3, almost 4, visits the teddy bears with his duck Wednesday at the Family Strengths Network Teddy Bears Picnic. Children listened to stories, sang songs and learned how to live safely in a town with bears. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

Scene from Wednesday’s Teddy Bears Picnic at Family Strengths Network. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

Scene from Wednesday’s Teddy Bears Picnic at Family Strengths Network. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

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Local Photographer Leslie Bucklin Holds Trunk Show

Local photographer Leslie Bucklin is holding a Trunk Show of her work Saturday at Fuller Lodge Art Center. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

A piece of Leslie Bucklin’s work entitled ‘Anderson Overlook’. Courtesy photo

 

By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

Local photographer Leslie Bucklin is hosting a Trunk Show of her work from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Fuller Lodge Art Center.

Bucklin grew up in Los Alamos and following a few years in Colorado and California, she returned to Los Alamos to raise her family. She says her passion Read More

Lensic Presents Jacob Jonas The Company May 3

Jacob Jonas The Company. Courtesy/MinhT(@thismintymoment
 
LENSIC News:
 
SANTA FE  The Lensic is presenting Jacob Jonas The Company—the Los Angeles-based dance troupe at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 3 at The Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St. in Santa Fe. 
 
Tickets: $26-$56. Available at Lensic.org, 505.988.1234, or The Lensic box office at 211 W. San Francisco St.

Jacob Jonas The Company has toured North America since its birth in 2014, bringing its mix of contemporary ballet, modern dance, and acrobatic movement

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