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LASO Presents ‘A Spring Celebration Of Show Tunes’

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 13, 2018

Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra Conductor David Chavez at work during a rehearsal Tuesday night for an April 20 concert. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

LASO members rehearse Monday night for their upcoming concert. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

LASO News:

The Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra (LASO) is delighted to present “A Spring Celebration of Show Tunes” as its Spring Concert. The concert will be under the direction of conductor David Chavez, at 7 p.m. Friday, April 20 at Crossroads Bible Church, 97 East Road.  

Selections from a variety of Broadway productions Read More

New Mexico Museum Of Art Announces Exhibition Of Patrick Nagatani’s Photographs

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 13, 2018
Patrick Nagatani, Trinitite Ground Zero, Trinity Site, New Mexico.
 
NMMA News:
 
SANTA FE — A survey of work by the Albuquerque-based artist and teacher Patrick Nagatani (1945-2017) that highlights the artist’s creative process and use of visual storytelling across his career opens at the New Mexico Museum of Art May 26, 2018 and will be on display through September 9, 2018.
 
A leading figure in the “directorial photography” style, Nagatani often constructed complex tableaus and detailed models for the camera to bring attention to truths that are often hidden
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Community Winds Perform Saturday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 12, 2018

The Community Winds during a previous concert at Fuller Lodge. The organization will perform again at 7 p.m. Saturday at Crossroads Bible Church. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY WINDS News:

The Los Alamos Community Winds will host a concert, featuring pianist Dr. Tomasz Robak, at 7 p.m. Saturday at Crossroads Bible Church.

Admission is free by there will be a suggested donation of $10.

Saturday’s program will feature John Philip Sousa’s “Revival,” Richard Wagner’s and Milt Franklyn’s “What’s Opera, Doc?” as well as Don Gillis’ “Tulsa,” highlights from Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story” and Read More

Máire Ní Chathasaigh & Chris Newman Perform April 20

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 12, 2018
 
MUSIC News:
 
Chris Newman and Máire Ní Chathasaigh will be presented in concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 20 at GIG Performance Space in Santa Fe. Admission tickets are $20, and available at the door the evening of show, Go to www.gigsantafe.com for more information.
 
The celebrated partnership of Chris Newman, “one of the UK’s most staggering and influential acoustic guitarists” (fROOTS), with Máire Ní Chathasaigh, “the doyenne of Irish harpers” (Scotland on Sunday), is a breathtaking blend of traditional Irish music, hot jazz, bluegrass and baroque, spiced
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Scenes From Photography Club Show

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 11, 2018

The Los Alamos Photography Club hosted the opening for its 23rd annual show Monday at Mesa Public Library. There are 158 photographs displayed. The photographs represent 25 local photographers’ work. There will be a club walk-through with many photographer present to talk about their photographs at 7 p.m. April 17.  The public is invited to attend. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Visitors in the gallery. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Petr Janadeck viewing  photos of slot canyons by John McHale. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Matt Guider, foreground, Read More

Pajarito Chapter Of Embroiderers’ Guild Of ​America Meets April 14

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 10, 2018
Pajarito Chapter of Embroiderers’ Guild of America News:
 
Pajarito Chapter of Embroiderers’ Guild of America will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 14 in the Gibson Fellowship Hall of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 2390 North Road in Los Alamos. 
 
This is a change from the traditional Monday time so that people who are busy during the week might attend. The program will be a ribbon embroidery project. Guests are always welcome.
 
Embroidery Opportunity
 
Embroidery is an ever-changing form of needle work. The local embroiderers’ guild invites anyone
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A Lifelong Dream: Elizabeth J. Church To Speak At Historic Fuller Lodge

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 10, 2018

Author Elizabeth J. Church

LIBRARY News:

For as long as she can remember Elizabeth J. Church has wanted to be a writer.

So it is a dream come true for her to be presenting her second novel “All the Beautiful Girls” to a Los Alamos audience at 7 p.m. April 26 at Fuller Lodge as part of the Los Alamos County Library System’s Authors Speak series.

After the talk, there will be a book signing.

Church, who grew up in Los Alamos, had a plan to begin the writer’s life immediately following college, but that was not to be. Practical concerns, her mother’s disapproval, and the social strictures of the time all conspired Read More

American Western Artist, Adam Baker Makes Compelling Observation In Reference Photo

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 10, 2018
Adam Bakers Hermosa New Mexico painting
 
Original photo
 
Adam Baker/Courtesy photo
 
ART News:
 
Adam Baker did this painting based on an old photograph taken sometime between 1886 and 1900 of the town of Hermosa New Mexico. He first saw the photo when his daughter had been assigned a report for her New Mexico history class. As Baker studied the hodgepodge of characters in the photo, he knew he had to paint it, but what he discovered in the photo blew him away!
 
Baker’s daughter had chosen to do her report on Hermosa because of the main character in the photo. The
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Community Picnic & Fiber Arts At Los Luceros Sunday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 10, 2018

PEEC News:

Pajarito Environmental Education Center, New Mexico Historic Sites and the Amigos de Los Luceros are partnering to host a community picnic and fiber arts activities at the Los Luceros Historic Site.

This event, which is the first in a series called Culture and Nature, is noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 15 and free and open to the public.

Community members are invited to meet at Los Luceros Historic Site, off State Route 68. Bring a lunch for the picnic, which begins at noon, followed at 1 p.m. with activities including weaving with natural materials and a sheep-shearing event.

For more information Read More

23rd Annual Los Alamos Photographers’ Show April 9 Through May 5 … Opening 5:30 p.m. Today

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 9, 2018
 
LAPC News:
 
The Los Alamos Photo Club is hosting its 23rd Annual Show April 9 through May 5 in the upstairs gallery of the Mesa Public Library.
 
The public is invited to the opening at 5:30 p.m. today as well as the April 17 Club walk-through. Both events will allow guests and participants to view submitted works and to interact informally with the photographers
 
The show is intended to give people who live and work in Los Alamos a chance to display their photos in a formal setting. Entries are not juried. However, prints on photographic paper
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National Parks Adventure Showing At DynaTheater

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 8, 2018
NMMNHF News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― MacGillivray Freeman Film’s National Parks Adventure takes audiences on the ultimate off-trail adventure into the nation’s awe-inspiring great outdoors and untamed wilderness. The film is showing at the DynaTheater at 1801 Mountain Road NW in Albuquerque.
 
Moviegoers will soar over red rock canyons, hurtle down steep mountain peaks and explore other-worldly realms found within America’s most legendary outdoor places. Along the way, the film becomes at once an action-packed celebration of the 100-year anniversary of the National
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Scenes From Artist Reception At Karen Wray Gallery

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 7, 2018

Los Alamos resident Bob Hull, left, speaks with artist Adam Baker during an opening reception for Baker’s work Friday night at the Karen Wray Gallery. Baker’s work will be featured all month at the gallery at 1247 Central Ave., Suite D. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Director Ryn Herrmann and her husband Hans are among many community members who attended the opening reception for Adam Baker’s work Friday night at the Karen Wray Gallery. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Gallery owner Karen Wray, left, speaks with Los Alamos Read More

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