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Teatro Paraguas: Staged Reading Of Parted Waters

Teatro Paraguas News:
 
Teatro Paraguas presents a staged reading of Parted Waters, a play by Los Alamos playwright Robert F. Benjamin, at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday May 14 at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie. The suggested donation is $5-10.
 
Originally presented as a full production by Teatro Paraguas in 2010, Parted Waters is a gripping yet humorous drama about three generations of a Hispanic family in Northern New Mexico with crypto-Jewish roots.
 
Parted Waters focuses on three Hispanic men grandfather, son, and grandson whose farm near Truchas has been in the family for generations.
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Scenes From LAAC Kite Building Workshop

Los Alamos Arts Council hosted a kite building workshop April 17 at Mountain Elementary School. Here, Los Alamos Arts Council Board President Chris Monteith gets the tools ready to build the kites. The workshop is in preparation for the upcoming Kite Festival May 19-20 at Overlook Park. Photo by Daisy Gorman-Nichols

Students work on building their own kites during the Los Alamos Arts Council’s kite building workshop April 17 at Mountain Elementary School. Photo by Daisy Gorman-Nichols Read More

Museum’s Monthly First Friday Celebrates ‘Star Wars’ And Da Vinci’s Military Inventions May 4

Aerial Screw conceptual model of drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. Courtesy/Grande Exhibitions
 
Flapping Wing conceptual model of drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. Courtesy/Grande Exhibitions
 
NMMNHS News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE  The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science’s next First Friday event jointly celebrates the launch of the next Mars landing mission and “Star Wars” day.
 
(May the 4th be with you!) During May 4th’s First Friday, patrons will be able to learn about and imagine space exploration and defense. Those
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SFCC Spring Choral Concert May 1

SFCC News:
 
Santa Fe Community College Spring Choral Concert is 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 1 in the Jemez Rooms on the SFCC campus at 6401 Richards Ave., in Santa Fe. 
 
The program features folk songs from the United States and Wales, music by Benjamin Britten and the New Mexico State Song. The concert is directed by Fred Graham and the choir is accompanied by Margaret Coxwell on piano. 
 
The concert is presented by the School of Arts, Design and Media Arts and free and open to the public.
 
Call 505.428.1731, for more information.
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High Desert Saxophone Quartet Performs Friday

 
MUSIC News:
 
The next Sage Concert Series presentation is Friday with the High Desert Saxophone Quartet (and friends) performing at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos. 
 
The group includes:
 
David Dennison – Tenor Sax
Dennison retired from 37 year engineering career Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, EG&G Energy Measurements and General Electric Nuclear Energy Division. Started the clarinet at 8 years old and later added the alto saxophone. He continued playing through high school
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SAR Celebrates 40 Years Of Creativity

SAR News:
 
SANTA FE  The Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) turns 40 this year and is celebrating the occasion with a festive event June 22 at the Poeh Cultural Center in Pojoaque Pueblo.
 
Themed “Honoring Forty Years of Creativity in Native American Arts,” the evening features a presentation by artist Nora Naranjo Morse, music, food prepared by a Native American chef, and a live and silent auction of select work by past SAR artist fellows. Proceeds from ticket sales and the auctions will go directly toward IARC educational programming.
 
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Registration Opens For New Mexico Museum Of Natural History & Sciences Summer Camps For Children

Students examine display at New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science. Photo by Caitlin Jenkins
 
NMMNHS News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE  Registration is now open for the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Sciences summer camp programs. The camps are for grades K-5 as indicated.
 
Kindergarteners must have experiences in full-day classes before attending. 
  • Young Explores Camp: Wild Weather & Curious Climatology, June 18-22 (9 a.m.- 4 p.m.) – Become a meteorologist for a week – adventure through lightning, hurricanes,
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NMFO: ‘The Unsettling’ To Film In New Mexico

NMFO News:
 
SANTA FE  New Mexico Film Office Director Nick Maniatis announced today that the series “The Unsettling” produced by AwesomenessTV will begin principal photography late April through the beginning of June in Santa Fe and Lamy. 

We’re proud to welcome another series to New Mexico,Film Office Director Nick Maniatis said. With strong infrastructure and enhanced incentives in place, New Mexico is able to support productions of all sizes and genres.” 

The production will employ 60 New Mexico crew members, 10 New Mexico actors and approximately

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SAR Announces 2018-2019 Native Artist Fellows

SAR News:
 
The School for Advanced Research is pleased to announce the 2018-2019 cycle of artists-in-residence.
 
Each year SAR’s Indian Arts Research Center offers three fellowships to advance the work of mature and emerging Native artists. These fellowships give artists time to explore new avenues of creativity and invite them to grapple with ideas to advance their work and strengthen existing talents. While in residence artists can access the IARC collection of nearly 12,000 works of Native arts for research and study. This year’s artists tackle metalwork, carving, and weaving:
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Northern Holds Heritage Arts Show & Reception

 

NNMC News: 

 

Northern New Mexico College is holding a Heritage Arts Show to highlight the work of continuing education students on Wednesday, April 26 and Thursday, April 27 at the Nick Salazar Center for the Arts in Española.

 

The show will be preceded by a reception 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, April 24 where community members can meet Northern’s student artists.

 

The art show will feature Spanish Colonial Furniture, Fiber Arts, and Retablos/Bultos created as part of Northern’s continuing education courses in heritage arts.

 

SPANISH COLONIAL FURNITURE
While
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Community Invited To Duane Smith Auditorium Re-Opening Ceremony 6 P.M. Thursday

The community is invited to the ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially re-open the Duane W. Smith Auditorium at 6 p.m., Thursday at 1300 Diamond Dr. Courtesy/LAPS

The newly improved Duane W. Smith Auditorium. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

The community is invited to the ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially re-open the Duane W. Smith Auditorium at 6 p.m., Thursday at 1300 Diamond Dr.

Light refreshments will follow the brief ceremony.

The Duane Smith Auditorium, originally called the Civic Auditorium, was built in 1950. It stood as the main facility in which local organizations could host plays Read More

Daily Postcard: Broad-tailed Hummer At Bandelier

Daily Postcard: A male Broad-tailed Hummingbird spotted at Bandelier National Monument. 2018 is the 100th anniversary of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Bandelier joins others in celebrating the importance of birds in the world. Bandelier’s bird of the month for April 2018 is the Broad-tailed Hummingbird. Photo by Sally King Read More

Los Alamos Concert Association Presents Pianist Garrick Ohlsson In Newly Expanded Smith Auditorium

Garrick Ohlsson performs 4 p.m. Sunday, May 6 in the Duane Smith Auditorium. Courtesy photo

 

LACA News:

Distinguished American pianist Garrick Ohlsson will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 6 in the Duane Smith Auditorium in Los Alamos. Presented by the Los Alamos Concert Association, he will play works by Beethoven, Brahms and Schubert.

Ohlsson remains the only American to have won Warsaw’s prestigious International Chopin Competition. His gold medal performance in 1970 launched a career that takes him to great concert halls around the globe.

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The Edge Effect Art Installation Opens At Bandelier

The Edge Effect: re-Imagining the East Jemez Landscape is now open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through May 6 in the Historic Fire Lookout Tower at Bandelier National Monument. The installation is by artists Kathleen Brennan and Shawn Skabelund. Photo by Kathleen Brennan
 
PEEC News:
 
The Edge Effect: re-Imagining the East Jemez Landscape is now open inside the Historic Fire Lookout Tower at Bandelier National Monument. The art exhibition will be open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through May 6.
 
Kathleen Brennan and Shawn Skabelund are the artists behind The Edge
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Scenes From PEEC 2018 Earth Day Festivities

Scene from Saturday’s Earth Day festivities at Los Alamos Nature Center. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

Scene from Saturday’s Earth Day festivities at Los Alamos Nature Center. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

Land of Enchantment Wildlife Foundation Chair James Robinson who also is a candidate for Los alamos County Council, holds an owl at Saturday’s Earth Day festivities at Los Alamos Nature Center. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

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PAC 8 Television Listings: April 27– May 3

PAC 8 weekly Television schedule for April 27-May 3:
 
Friday, April 27, 2018
  • 06:00 AM Democracy Now! – Live
  • 10:00 AM The Tom Hartman Program
  • 11:00 AM Budget Hearing Replay
  • 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 Los Alamos Heart Council – Fantastic Voyage Through Your Heart – New Ways to Treat Heart Disease
  • 09:00 PM Book Signing – The Kremlinologist
  • 12:00 AM Free
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Daily Postcard: Rare Sighting Of Cedar Waxwings

Daily Postcard: Seven Cedar Waxwings are spotted on a big watering tub behind a home Saturday in Pajarito Acres. The yellow tip on the tail is visible, on two, and one can see the red wax on their wing tips, which gives them their name. These birds are almost never seen in the local area. Photo by Robert Reedy  Read More

Harmaleighs Return To Perform In Los Alamos

Harmaleighs will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

Jonathan Lathrop of Live In Los Alamos concerts is once again presenting The Harmaleighs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Fuller Lodge.

The Harmaleighs are a duo based in Nashville whose sophomore album was released shortly after they played to a near sold-out crowd in Los Alamos last February. Glide magazine wrote of that work, “the six-song album captures two talented and promising songwriters who exude a natural chemistry. They craft charming, Poignant folk on ‘Hiraeth.’’  

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