Daily Postcard: Morning Sky Glitters Over White Rock
Daily Postcard: The morning sky glitters over White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Mike Hearne With Shake Russell And Jimmy Stadler Play Summer Concert Series At Ashley Pond Tonight!
Tonight’s Summer Concert Series features singers/songwriters Mike Hearne, pictured, Shake Russell and Jimmy Stadler at 7 p.m. at Ashley Pond Park. Courtesy photoTonight’s Los Alamos County Summer Concert Series features Taos/Austin singer/songwriter Mike Hearne, his Texas buddy singer/songwriter Shake Russell, and theirs, mine and Los Alamos’ good time buddy Taos singer/songwriter Jimmy Stadler. The show starts at 7 p.m. at Ashley Pond Park.
Hearne lives both in Texas and Taos. He’s been playing solo, with Shake and with Jimmy and/or Read More
Santa Fe Opera Strikes Gold With Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Political Allegory
Kevin Burdette (General Polkan), Tim Mix (King Dodon) and the Santa Fe Opera Chorus. Photo by Paul Horpedahl/Santa Fe Opera 2017
Kevin Burdette (General Polkan), Tim Mix (King Dodon), and the Santa Fe Opera Chorus. Photo by Paul Horpedahl/Santa Fe Opera 2017
By CARL NEWTON
Los Alamos
Maestro Emmanuel Villaume, the Music Director of the Dallas Opera, co-producer of The Golden Cockerel, was in command of some of the most opulent sounds ever heard in the Crosby Theatre. Rimsky-Korsakov, best known for his orchestral works like Scheherazade and the Russian Easter Overture, devoted most Read More
Flight Of The Cranes
Each year the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum receive thousands of donated paper cranes from around the world. Create your crane to send to Japan at Culture and Collaboration: The Los Alamos/Japan Project, an exhibit on display at the Los Alamos History Museum until July 20. The Los Alamos History Museum will deliver the community’s cranes to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August. For more information, contact Museum Director Judith Stauber at judith@losalamoshistory.org. Photo by Judith Stauber Read More
A Mountaineer’s Story: Shackleton South Georgia Traverse Centennial Expedition
Adventurer Richard Spitz recounts his expedition through South Georgia Island July 25 at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy photoAny history book indicates
Daily Postcard: Hummingbird Spotted In Small Nest
Daily Postcard: A local hummingbird is spotted resting in a small nest built on the branch of a tree growing in Quemazon. Photo by Trisha Ancell
Daily Postcard: An adult hummingbird hovers near a pink flower growing in Quemazon. Photo by Trisha Ancell Read More
First Lowrider Day, Espanola On The Plaza Convento
First Low Rider event gathered last weekend on the Plaza in Espanola. Photo by Derrick Key
Photo by Derrick Key
Photo by Derrick Key
Couple driving. Photo by Derrick Key
Dancing girls on the plaza. Photo by Derrick Key
Low rider family. Photo by Derrick Key
Low rider women. Photo by Derrick Key
Impala. Photo by Derrick Key
Red low rider. Photo by Derrick Key
The plaza. Photo by Derrick Key
Young low rider. Photo by Derrick Key Read More
State Film Office: ‘Icebox’ Shooting In New Mexico
STATE FILM OFFICE News:
SANTA Fe – New Mexico Film Office Director Nick Maniatis has announced that the independent feature “Icebox” produced by Icebox Productions, LLC will begin principal photography July through early August in Albuquerque and Española.
“We welcome ‘Icebox’ to New Mexico. In addition to the economic impact for crew and vendors, ‘Icebox’ will employ 40 New Mexicans in principal roles. That is testament to the deep talent pool of actors we have here in our state,” said New Mexico Film Office Director Nick Maniatis.
The production will employ 80 New Mexico crew members, 40 Read More
2017-2018 Season Of The Met Live In HD
Markus Werba as Papageno in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. Photo by Marty Sohl/Metropolitan OperaDaily Postcard: Friday Night Moon Rising In The Sky
Daily Postcard: Moon rising Friday night in the sky as viewed from Quemazon. Photo by Trisha Ancell
Daily Postcard: Moon rising Friday as viewed from Quemazon. Photo by Trisha Ancell Read More
Da Vinci – The Genius Exhibition: New Mexico 2018
Da Vinci—The Genius exhibition, courtesy: Grande Exhibitions. Courtesy photoCinema Cindy Reviews: Baby Driver
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB“Baby Driver” was released on June 28th and has been getting some great reviews ever since. The title may distract from the theme, but think of Paul Simon’s famous tune of the same name and you get the picture.
This is a combination heist flick and hot pursuit action film, directed by Edgar Wright. The soundtrack is a marvelous compilation of popular/rock mood and motivational tunes. The best thing about this film is the way it was edited so that the beat of Baby’s tunes punctuates and choreographs the action. The worst thing about the film is the total disregard of
The Taos Plaza: History. Myth, And Memory Aug. 5
TCHS News:Scenes From Sciencefest At: Suspended Moment
From left, Allison Cobb, a native to Los Alamos, artist Yukiyo Kawano and Butoh choreographer Meshi Chavez receive a rousing applause at the conclusion of their performance art piece, Suspended Moment. The performance was Sunday afternoon, the final day of Sciencefest, in Fuller Lodge. According to the the group’s website, https://igg.me/at/suspendedmoment, the project started out as a solo piece but was augmented over the past two years. It includes a large sculpture of the nuclear bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II as well as music, poetry and choreography. Read More
Meow Wolf Maxes Crowdfunding Equity Campaign In Record Time
MEOW WOLF News:
Santa Fe – As news broke on Saturday morning that renowned Santa Fe art collective Meow Wolf had launched a WeFunder investment crowdfunding campaign to offer shares to the general public, word began to spread on media outlets from Vancouver to Houston and from New York and Washington D.C to San Diego. By just after noon Monday, investors had snapped up the opportunity in record time—the fastest known regulation equity investment crowdfund since SEC regulations allowing them were enacted as part of the JOBS Act in 2015.
“Meow Wolf has shattered the regulation Read More
Los Alamos 2017 Sectional Duplicate Bridge Tournament
BRIDGE News:
The 56th annual Los Alamos Sectional duplicate bridge tournament is July 28-30 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center.
Last year’s tournament attracted more than 150 bridge players, both from within New Mexico and from surrounding states. More than 100 players came from outside Los Alamos County.
The tournament starts at 2 p.m. Friday with stratified and 499er pair games. Another stratified pair game is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday. Saturday’s schedule includes stratified and 499er pair games at 9 a.m., as well as a compact knockout team game. The 2 p.m. schedule Saturday is the same. Read More
Tuesdays At The Pond Features Ronnie Bell July 18
Los Alamos Creative District News:
Tuesdays At The Pond this week features musician Ronnie Bell at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Ashley Pond Park.
From inspirational gospel to traditional rhythm and blues to his own distinct and seductive sound, Ronnie “Mr. Cotton Candy” Bell of the Nuclear Process Infrastructure Group (NPI-2) takes personal joy in creating music that touches as many people as possible. After singing backup with the gospel group George Perkins and the Voices of Harmony, Bell began to explore his own musical style, subsequently releasing several extended-play CDs, as well as singles Read More
Daily Postcard: Sun Breaks Through Morning Clouds
Daily Postcard: The sun breaks through the morning clouds over White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Week 2 Of Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
MUSIC News:PEEC: Painting Class With Lisa Coddington July 27
Rufous hummingbird and Indian paintbrush flowers by Lisa Coddington. Courtesy/PEEC
