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Scenes From Friday’s Summer Concert

The Summer Concert moved to Fuller Lodge Friday to avoid a thunderstorm. The crowd listens as Jim Lauderdale performs. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Jim Lauderdale performs one of his songs. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Local bluegrass band Higher Ground traded sets with Jim Lauderdale Friday night at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
The gang from LANB hands out glowing armbands. LANB sponsored Friday’s Summer Concert. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
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Daily Postcard: Deer Visit Los Alamos Neighborhood

Daily Postcard: A deer grabs a bite to eat Friday afternoon from a tree near Sandia and 40th Street. Photo by Delbert Romero Jr.

Deer spotted Friday afternoon at the corner of Sandia and 40th Street. Photo by Delbert Romero Jr.

A deer gets ready to cross the road at the corner of Sandia and 40th Street. Photo by Delbert Romero Jr.  Read More

Reception For Watercolorist Allen Brown At Karen Wray Gallery Underway Until 7 p.m. Today!

Gallery owner Karen Wray with watercolorist Allen Brown. Brown is presenting his first solo art show with a reception at the Karen Wray Gallery 5-7 p.m. today at 1247 Central Ave., Suite D-2 in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Guests begin to gather at the reception for Alan Brown’s solo show today at the Karen Wray Gallery on Central Avenue. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
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Community Members Needed For LALT Work Party

LALT News:

Los Alamos Little Theatre invites all interested community members to attend a work party 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, as theatre members undertake projects to spruce up and maintain the building and grounds of the Performing Arts Center, 1670 Nectar St., where LALT productions are performed.

LALT manages the Performing Arts Center under a license agreement with Los Alamos County and is responsible for general maintenance of the facility.

In addition to general yard and building maintenance, a couple of the major undertakings for this work party are to winnow and organize the Read More

Jim Lauderdale Performs Summer Concert In Fuller Lodge

Jim Lauderdale performs tonight at the Summer Concert. Courtesy photo

 
UPDATE: Due to inclement weather, the concert will be held at 7 p.m. in Fuller Lodge. 

SUMMER CONCERT News:

The great singer-songwriter-performer Jim Lauderdale returns to Los Alamos for tonight’s Summer Concert at 7 p.m. sponsored by Los Alamos National Bank.

Lauderdale performs country, bluegrass, roots rock and R&B. He is the winner of the Americana Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award and host of the Music City Roots TV show.
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Enchanted Island Populated By Amazing Singers And Actors

Ensemble Cast. Photo by Ken Howard for Santa Fe Opera, 2017
 
Anna Christy (Morgana) and Alek Shrader (Oronte). Photo by Ken Howard for Santa Fe Opera, 2017
 

By CARL NEWTON
Los Alamos

Handel’s “’Alcina’ is one of his “magic” operas which is based on an ancient epic poem. Handel’s traditional operatic style is a mixture of recitatives and da capo areas (the opening A section is repeated after an intervening B section). The arias may express amorous intention, sorrow, pity, despair or determination. In the repeated A section, feelings are usually intensified.

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New Play By Robert Benjamin Opens Aug. 10

Paula, a young motorcyle cop (Alix Hudson), offers David, (Jim McGiffin) a rose. Photo by Cameron Gay
 
Sweethearts Ruby (Marguerite Scott) and David (Jim McGiffin) share a moment, while David’s daughter Dawn (Juliet Salazar) looks on in disapproval. Photo by Cameron Gay
 

By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

bjgordon@ladailypost.com

Los Alamos playwright Robert Benjamin’s latest full-length play, Still in the Game, opens Aug. 10 at Teatro Pajaguas in Santa Fe.

Benjamin is a late-blooming playwright. Following a distinguished career as a research physicist and science Read More

Scenes From Final Movie In The Park For 2017

Los Alamos Fire Chief Troy Hughes presents a prize to 3-year-old Hendricks Deschamp at Wednesday night’s final Movie in the Park of this season at Ashley Pond Park, which was sponsored by the Los Alamos Public Safety Association. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

Firefighter Kenny Anderson helps Rebecca Jiang operate a fire hose. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Police Department Dispatchers Seth Martinez and Andrea Garcia hand out free popcorn and other items at Wednesday’s Movie in the Park. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com Read More

Lensic: Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Aug. 26

Ricky Skaggs
 
LPAC News:
 
Bluegrass and country music legend Ricky Skaggs—winner of 14 Grammy awards and 8 Country Music Awards—performs with his band, Kentucky Thunder at 7:30 p.m.  Saturday, Aug. 26, at Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 West San Francisco St., Santa Fe, NM 87501.
 
TICKETS: $46-$75. Available at Lensic.org, TicketsSantaFe.org505.988.1234, and the Tickets Santa Fe Box Office at The Lensic. 
 
Ricky Skaggs—born in 1954 in the small town of Cordell, Kentucky—has been playing mandolin and performing since he was
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Hillstrummers To Play Western Music Aug. 9

The BESC HILLSTRUMMERS Ukulele group will play your favorite Western Songs at 12 p.m. (high noon) Wednesday, Aug. 9 at Smith’s Marketplace (Produce Lobby). Come and sing-a-long. Get in the mood for the upcoming Los Alamos County Fair and Rodeo. Photo by Dan Gerth Read More

Evening Programs At Bandelier Aug. 3-20

Courtesy photo
 
BNM News:
 
In between thunderstorms, it’s great to be out under the stars on August evenings, and Bandelier will be offering many evening programs over the next two weeks. 
 
They’re presented at the amphitheater at Juniper Campground, weather permitting, and both campers and non-campers are welcome.  
 
Upcoming topics include: 
  • 8:30 p.m. Thursday, 8/3  Night Sky – talk and telescope viewing 
  • 8:30 p.m. Friday, 8/4  Leaping Lizards!  (reptiles)  
  • 8:30 p.m. Saturday, 8/5  Imagining
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More Scenes From July 29 Summer Concert

DK & The Affordables performed during Los Alamos County Summer Concert held July 28 at Ashley Pond. In the middle, DK’s daughter, Ariel, joins her father on the stage. Courtesy photo by Eliott Schultz 

Wearing a sequined jacket, DK was dressed to the nines for the summer concert on July 28. Courtesy photo by Eliott Schultz 

DK and the Affordables performed July 28 at Ashley Pond. Courtesy photo by Eliott Schultz

Another scene from the July 28 concert. Courtesy photo by Eliott Schultz

Another scene from the July 28 concert. Courtesy photo by Eliott Schultz

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Come See Las Vegas Artist Justin Favela Install His Piece In The Piñata Exhibit Aug. 14-20

NHCC News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE  Las Vegas artist Justin Favela will be installing his latest piñata piece in The Piñata Exhibit (Sure to be a Smash Hit!) at the National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum from Aug. 14-20.
 
Working in the media of painting, sculpture, performance, and, most importantly, piñatas, Favela draws from art history, popular culture, and his Guatemalan/Mexican heritage. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Studio Arts from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and has exhibited his work across the United States in notable
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New Mexico Film Office: ‘t@gged’ Enters Third Season

NMFO News:

SANTA FE – New Mexico Film Office Director Nick Maniatis announced today that AwesomenessTV’s premium series “t@agged”, will start production on Season 3 in early August. Production will wrap mid-September in Albuquerque and the Jemez.

“When you get picked up for another season, you know you’re doing something right,” said New Mexico Film Office Director Nick Maniatis. “Our homegrown talent and our incredible landscapes are catalysts for bringing back another season to New Mexico.”

The production will employ approximately 55 New Mexico crew members, 30 New Mexico principal Read More

White Rock Artist Market Returns Saturday

White Rock Art Market. Courtesy photo
 
CREATIVE DISTRICT News:
 
The White Rock Artist Market takes place again 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5 outside the White Rock Visitor Center.
 
This market will feature some of our regular artists and artisans but will also include some new faces to the Artist Market. This Saturday our artists will be selling fused and stained glass art, paintings, jewelry, mosaics, gift cards and bags, hand-woven pine needle baskets, natural body products, different types of handmade wooden products and much more.
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Scenes From Spanish Market

Andrew Garcia of Penasco took second place in the Leonora Curtin Paloheimo Award for Excellence in Traditional Furniture at the 66th Annual Traditional Spanish Market in Santa Fe. Photo by George Morse/ladailypost.com

Arturo Lopez of Santa Fe displayed his art  under the portal of the Palace of the Governors. Lopez won the Bultos en Nicho Award for the work by his right arm, which also took Honorable Mention in the Painted Bultos category. Photo by George Morse/ladailypost.com

Carmen Campos of El Rito (left) talks to two patrons about her tinwork at the 66th Annual Traditional Read More

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