NatureScapes 2017 Photo Contest Winners Announced
First Place: Virga, Cliff WoodDaily Postcard: Sunset And Moon Rise
Daily Postcard: The sunsets as the moon rises Tuesday over Los Alamos. Photo by Corrina Hughes Read More
Los Alamos County Dedicates Smart House Artwork
From left, Arts in Public Places (APP) Board Chair Susie Schillaci, Artist Alexander Scheinker, Photographer Minesh Bacrania, APP Board Member Britton Donharl and APP Vice Chair Jeremy Smith cut the ribbon this afternoon to officially dedicate the artwork that was formerly in the Smart House and now resides in an alcove on the second floor of the Los Alamos County Municipal Building. Other artwork featured in the alcove was created by artists Kevin Box and Umi Raby who were unable to attend today’s dedication. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
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Fall Foliage Emerges On Jemez Mountains
Fall colors begin to emerge on the Jemez Mountains. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
Compass Rose Painting Completed On Runway At Los Alamos County Airport
Members of the Rio Grande Norte Chapter of the 99’s organization have completed their project of painting a compass rose on the runway of the Los Alamos County Airport. They explained that the compass is used by pilots to calibrate their aircrafts. This particular compass is 42 feet in diameter. The 99’s is an international organization of women aviators. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
The compass rose painting is now completed on the runway of the Los Alamos County Airport. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Bandelier Celebrates Fall Fiesta Saturday
Caroline Lovato, jewelry maker, Santo Domingo Pueblo. Courtesy/NPS
Toyas, potters from Jemez Pueblo. Courtesy/NPS
BANDELIER News:
This Saturday, Oct. 7, visitors are invited to spend a fine autumn day in Frijoles Canyon at Bandelier’s annual Fall Fiesta, 11-3 at the park Visitor Center.
Each weekend through the summer, Pueblo cultural demonstrators showcase their work at the park. For the Fall Fiesta, all these artists are invited to come on the one day, sell their crafts, and talk with visitors. In addition, it’s also a chance for the artists to visit with each other.
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State Archaeology Fair In Taos Oct. 14
NMHPD News:Daily Postcard: Evening Sky From Anderson Overlook
Daily Postcard: Layers of color decorate the sky Sunday evening from Anderson Overlook. Photo by Josh Smith Read More
Concert Pianist Makes Los Alamos Debut Friday
New Mexico Film Office Announces ‘The Kid’
MOVIE News:Another Aleppo: Lecture By Author Claudette Sutton
Author Claudette Sutton’s grandparents and their children, on the patio outside their home in Aleppo, around 1946. Courtesy/NM History MuseumLive Entertainment To Accompany Tapas And Wine At Taste Of Knowledge Oct. 14
LAHS student Jenna Espinoza (front row, right) will perform a type of folk dance from Spain called Sevillanas, which is similar to Flamenco. Courtesy photo
Ryan Finn and the other members of his jazz quartet will perform Oct. 14 during Taste of Knowledge. Courtesy photoScenes From Friday’s ‘In Memoriam’ Art Opening
Visiters check out the art on display at the opening of the ‘In Memoriam’ exhibit Friday at Fuller Lodge Art Center. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Pottery by Linda Hayden. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Scene from the opening of ‘In Memoriam’. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Tapestry by Letitia Roller. The High Desert Tapestry Alliance and the Tapestry Artists of Las Arañas are displaying work in the Portal Gallery inside The Fuller Lodge Art Center. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comHeinrich Statement On Mass Shooting In Las Vegas
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) made the following statement on the mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nev., where some 50 people are dead and 200 injured.
“I’m sickened by the mass shooting in Las Vegas. We are all keeping everyone impacted by this act of domestic terrorism and those working on the front lines in our thoughts.” Heinrich said. “These incomprehensible acts of violence have become far too common, yet each one is no less tragic or heartbreaking. Every life lost to gun violence is a tragedy. Our country is weary from violence and grief Read More
Scenes From Sixth Annual Opera On The Rocks
Attendees of Opera on the Rocks wearing rain gear and sitting under umbrellas, grey skies and light rain but not dampened spirits as Opera Alta performs scenes from Mozart’s comic opera The Abduction from the Seraglio Saturday at Bandelier. Presented by the Los Alamos Opera Guild of the Guilds of the Santa Fe Opera, Inc., Bandelier National Monument and Opera Alta in the scenic amphitheater at Bandelier’s Juniper Campground, the performance coincided with the celebration of National Public Lands Day. Photo by Norman Doggett
Opera Alta’s singers in the new adaptation
SFCC Autumn Poetry Readings Oct. 11
SFCC News:Daily Postcard: Clouds Over Los Alamos
Daily Postcard: Clouds floating in the sky Thursday over Los Alamos. Photo by Michael Perkins Read More
Dixon Players Present ‘Reliving The 70s’
THEATRE News:
If you love Broadway, pop, soul and disco music, singing, acting, dancing and comedy, then “Reliving The 70s” is the show for you! There will be so many recognizable tunes no matter how old you are that include everything from hit musicals, to soulful classics with country, reggae and punk thrown into the mix.
The Dixon Plays will present “Reliving The 70s” at 7 p.m. Oct. 6, 7, 8, 13 and 14 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15 at The Toolshed, #68 HWY 75 in Dixon.
To follow up the extraordinary success of last year’s “Back To The 60s” revue the Players have imported a talented group of musicians from Read More
LALO Auditions For ‘Guys And Dolls’ Oct. 5-8
LIGHT OPERA News:
Los Alamos Light Opera announces auditions for the 2018 production of Guys and Dolls, directed by Laurie Tomlinson, with musical direction by Gretchen Amstutz.
Hailed as the “perfect musical comedy,” this award-winning classic, with book by Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling and music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, gambles with luck and love under the bright lights of Broadway.
Auditions are 7-10 p.m. Thursday, Oct 5, 4-7 p.m.; 4-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6 and 2-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Oct. 7-8 at the Performing Arts Center, 1670 Nectar St. in Los Alamos. Callbacks are 7 p.m. Read More
Cinema Cindy Reviews American Made
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB“American Made” is the latest movie in which Tom Cruise plays a cheeky character caught up in shady deals. While a fun action film, American Made has a serious side to it; the film gives us a look into the morally questionable lengths to which the U.S. went in order to attempt the overthrow of leftist regimes in Central America. “Is all this legal,” asks Tom Cruise’s character? “It is when the good guys do it,” is the reply.
Cruise plays Barry Seal, a real life pilot who flew surveillance planes in Central America, then ran guns to the Contras—the insurgent group that
