Big Brothers Big Sisters Mountain Region Take Over Los Alamos Nature Center Jan. 16
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on January 11, 2018
PEEC News:Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) and Big Brothers Big Sisters Mountain Region are partnering to hold a fun community night 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, at the Los Alamos Nature Center. This free event will have nature-themed activities for the whole family to enjoy.
PEEC and Big Brothers Big Sisters invite everyone to attend, take part in a nature craft, enjoy refreshments, and talk with Bigs and Littles from our community. There will be information about their new program Big Outdoors, and Big/Little matches from Los Alamos
Read More Watoto Children’s Choir In Los Alamos Feb. 15
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on January 11, 2018
Members of the Watoto Children’s Choir perform Feb. 15 in Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
Members of the Watoto Children’s Choir. Courtesy photoWCQ News:
The Watoto Children’s Choir, a group of 18 orphans from Uganda, will continue its six-month U.S. tour in the Los Alamos area Thursday, Feb. 15, featuring a brand new concert, Signs & Wonders.
The production will be presented at 7 p.m. at Crossroads Bible Church at 97 East Road.
The concert will feature worship songs that share the stories of the children and the joy that they have
Daily Postcard: Quemazon Sunrise
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on January 11, 2018
Daily Postcard: A beautiful view of the sunrise Wednesday from Quemazon. Photo by Trisha Ancell Read More
Explore Stars At Nature Center Planetarium Jan. 13
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on January 10, 2018
PEEC News:
The full-dome film We are Stars will play at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, in the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium. We are Stars will connect viewers to the evolution of the Universe and explore the secrets of our cosmic chemistry.
For more information about this and future planetarium shows, visit www.peecnature.org/pl anetarium or call 505.662.0460.
The Los Alamos Nature Center will be open regular hours
Read More Daily Postcard: Sunrise From Overlook
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on January 10, 2018
Daily Postcard: Sunrise Tuesday from Overlook in White Rock. Photo by Marc BaileyBackcountry Film Festival Comes To Los Alamos Jan. 25
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on January 9, 2018
PEEC News:
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) and the Reel Deal Theater are teaming up again to bring the popular Backcountry Film Festival to Los Alamos for the seventh year in a row.
Produced by the Boise-based nonprofit Winter Wildlands Alliance, the touring Backcountry Film Festival will make its way to more than 100 locations around the world. The screening at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25 at the Reel Deal will be the only one in New Mexico and tickets are available starting Jan. 10.
The Pajarito Brewpub will be selling
Read More Talk On Embroidering Within Boundaries Jan. 28
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on January 9, 2018
TSF News:TEXTILIANS OF SANTA FE, an unofficial group of textile lovers, makers and collectors, is sponsoring an upcoming talk at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28 by Mary Littrell about her recently published book, co-authored with Rangina Hamidi, Embroidering within Boundaries.
The talk is open to the public, and at the Wheelwright Museum Library Building, at 704 Camino Lejo on Museum Hill, with a small $5 entry fee, to help defray expenses.
Mary Littrell, Professor and Department Head Emerita of Design and Merchandising at Colorado State University, will
Read More NM-AZ Book Awards Opens For 2018
Submitted by Chris Clark
on January 9, 2018
NMBC News:The first New Mexico Book Co-op Lunch will be Jan. 26, 2018, at the Golden Corral on San Mateo near Cliff’s. Meeting starts at noon but people come early -11 a.m. – to eat and network. The meeting will open the 2018 12th Annual NM & AZ Book Awards.
Last year, the Best Book was The Annual Big Arsenic Fishing Contest written by John Nichols of Taos. In addition, over 56 books in other categories were named as winners. This year a new category is Graphic Novels.
Categories, rules, and forms are on nmbookcoop.com.
Daily Postcard: Evening Falls On Valles Caldera
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on January 9, 2018
Daily Postcard: Evening falls on the Valles Caldera. Photo by Robert Beberniss Read More
Cinema Cindy: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on January 8, 2018
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMBLos Alamos
“Three Billboards outside of Ebbing, Missouri” is a movie about a billboard rental by a woman whose daughter was murdered seven months earlier. The three billboards stand within sight of each other, making for the perfect “Burma Shave”-style staggered message. The message the woman posts asks why the Ebbing police chief has not made any arrests in the horrific rape and murder of her daughter.
Frances McDormand (Fargo) plays the rage-filled mother, Mildred Hayes, a character you aren’t soon to forget. McDormand has just won the Golden Globe for
Read More Largest Military Family Ski Event In Nation Happening At Taos Ski Valley
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on January 8, 2018
TSV News:
The 5th Annual Not Forgotten Outreach Week’s FREE event is Jan. 16-20 at Taos Ski Valley (TSV).
TSV and Not Forgotten Outreach, Inc. (NFO) invite past and present military members, their immediate family and Gold Star Families the opportunity to enjoy a week on the slopes, with free equipment rentals, $35 lift tickets, group lessons, Children’s Ski School and childcare STEEP discounts, allowing the whole family to reap the healing benefits.
The event incorporates group dining, providing beneficial socialization and bonding opportunities through
Read More Daily Postcard: Hiking Pueblo Canyon
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on January 8, 2018
Daily Postcard: Hiking over the holidays above Pueblo Canyon. Photo by Robert Beberniss Read More
Atravesada: Poetry Of The Border Performance Jan. 18-28
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on January 7, 2018
TP News:
Atravesada: Poetry of the Border performance is 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 18-28, and 2 p.m. Sunday, at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie in Santa Fe.
Atravesada is part of Teatro Paraguas’ annual Poesía Viva – living poetry – series. It explores the physical and political U.S.-Mexico border and also the Borderlands of the Self. Woven with corridos and other music of the frontera (the borderlands), Atravesada has plenty of humor – but also offers an unflinching portrait of the border as “una herida abierta.”
Atravesada is
Istvan Vardai & Shai Wosner To Perform In Los Alamos
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on January 7, 2018
István Várdai holding the Stradivarius cello, will play at 4 p.m. Jan. 21 in the Crossroads Bible Church. Courtesy/LACA LACA News:
The Los Alamos Concert Association presents István Várdai, Hungary’s rising young cellist, and esteemed Israeli-American pianist Shai Wosner at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21 in the Crossroads Bible Church at 97 East Road.
LACA’s usual venue, the Duane Smith Auditorium is undergoing renovation and will not be available for this performance. Concert attendees are encouraged to carpool and arrive early as parking in the Crossroads
Daily Postcard: Scene From Anderson Overlook
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on January 7, 2018
Daily Postcard: Scene Saturday morning from Anderson Overlook on the Main Hill Road. Photo by Nathan Burnside Read More
Daily Postcard: Narrows Of Frijoles Canyon
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on January 6, 2018
Daily Postcard: The landscape in park canyons at Bandelier National Monument has changed dramatically like this area in the Narrows of Frijoles Canyon where the trail used to climb steps on the left side of the canyon. The steps and trail were removed by floods and now hikers must follow the creek under this huge boulder. Photo by Sally King Read More
Colorful Fish Spotted At Los Alamos Medical Center
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on January 5, 2018
A school of colorful fish are spotted looking all happy Thursday afternoon in a hallway at Los Alamos Medical Center. It turns out the fish were created by students in Mrs. Mitsunaga’s art class at Chamisa Elementary School in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Daily Postcard: View From Ashley Pond
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on January 5, 2018
Daily Postcard: The view looking west from Ashley Pond Park in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Robert Beberniss Read More
