Chamberfest Festivities Downtown Los Alamos Today!
Rubber ducky fishing at Chamberfest 2013. Courtesy/LACC
CHAMBER News:
The community is invited to come downtown 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today to enjoy music, dance, shop, dig in a giant sand pile, look at 4×4 vehicles, and explore other family-friendly entertainment.
Chamberfest is expected to draw more than 2,000 residents to the downtown area. Businesses and nonprofits utilize this opportunity to provide giveaways and games for attendees as well as sell merchandise and distribute information.
Chamberfest is the annual Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce event featuring Chamber Members. Read More
Classical Music World: Notes From Cliburn 10
American Daniel Hsu brings the chamber music portion of the Cliburn to a close. Courtesy photo 
Rachel Cheung, the finalist from Hong Kong, enjoys the audience’s response to her performance of Brahms. Courtesy photo 
Russia’s Gregory Tchaidze performs with the Brentano String Quartet. Courtesy photo 
By ANN MCLAUGHLINFollowing a practice that began with the very first Cliburn Competition, all competitors are required to learn a brand new work written especially for the competition. Read More
Daily Postcard: Quemazon Rainbow
Daily Postcard: A rainbow shines Tuesday over Los Alamos as seen from Quemazon. Photo by Trisha Ancell Read More
Classical Music World: Notes From Cliburn 9
Yekwan Sunwoo of South Korea and the Brentano String Quartet play as one. Courtesy photo
American Kenneth Broberg enjoys the final moment of his performance with the Brentano String Quartet. Courtesy photo
The “plays-well-with-others” round of the Cliburn Competition has begun.
First, Cliburn competitors are required to choose one of five piano quintets to play with the Brentano String Quartet. Next, each competitor will play a concerto, any concerto, as long as it meets the approval of Maestro Leonard Slatkin Read More
SFI Community Event: The Majesty Of Music And Mathematics June 19
Courtesy photoThis multi-media production will explore the interconnectedness of music and mathematics. The evening will feature remarks by Cristopher Moore, an SFI mathematician and computer scientist, and musical selections by The Santa Fe Symphony with Guillermo Figueroa, Principal Conductor.
The Majesty of Music and Mathematics will air on New Mexico PBS/KNME in 2018 and will be distributed
LALT Holds Auditions For ‘Communicating Doors’
Los Alamos Little Theatre will hold auditions for the play, “Communicating Doors,” by Alan Ayckbourn, which will be performed in September. Auditions are 3-5 p.m. June 18 and 5-7 p.m. June 19 at the Performing Arts Center. Please have a prepared one minute monologue – you can pick your own! Scripts will be available at the Mesa and White Rock libraries.Seattle Band Western Centuries Plays Pond Tonight
Jazz Bassist Danny Zieman Visits Los Alamos
Jazz bassist Danny Ziemann. Photo by Aaron WintersBy BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
Danny Ziemann, jazz bassist, educator and composer from Rochester, N.Y., was in Los Alamos recently to visit his sister, Amanda Zieman. He visited music students at Los Alamos High School to talk about music, then stopped by the Los Alamos Daily Post.
Freelancing professionally in western NY since the age of 18, Ziemann has toured throughout the USA, Canada, and Europe, playing major jazz festivals and spreading his passion for jazz. Zieman is on the move much of the time. He was recording in New Read More
Daily Postcard: Butterfly Shows Off Colorful Wings
Daily Postcard: A butterfly shows off its colorful wings as it rests on a tray in the early morning sunshine Thursday in the garden of a home on Walnut Street. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Atomic City Children’s Theater Announces Changes For 2017-18 Season
Pajarito Celebrates SummerFest June 10
Courtesy/PajaritoMountainClassical Music World: Notes From Cliburn 8
Los Alamos Concert Association Board member and friend Dorothy Amsden asked me what happens to the competitors in the Cliburn Competition who are eliminated at the end of each round. “Do they remain for the rest of the competition or do they return home, tail between the legs, poor things?” she wondered.
While there must certainly be some tremendous disappointment, these pianists are not neophytes. Most have been through multiple competitions and are likely braced for not just the possibility, but the likelihood of Read More
Nothing To Do? … So Not True! Los Alamos County Hosts 100 Days of Summer Program
The 100 Days of Summer kicked off May 26 and runs through Sept. 8. Los Alamos County Image“There’s nothing to do” is a commonly stated phrase, especially in small towns. The Los Alamos County Community Services Department is striving to prove this statement wrong through its 100 Days of Summer Program.
The program kicked off May 26 during the Los Alamos County Summer Concert; its purpose is to educate locals on the multitude of local programs and activities in town so they will stay in the County rather than venture elsewhere in Read More
Fifth Annual Inside] Out Art Exhibition Opens Sept. 15
SFCG News:Daily Postcard: Horse Finds Grass Really Is Greener
Daily Postcard: A horse finds the grass really is greener on the other side of this fence at the North Mesa Stables. Photo by Jennifer Bartram Read More
Los Alamos/Japan Project Partners With Green Legacy Hiroshima To Safeguard Atomic Bomb Seeds
Courtesy/LAHM
Los Alamos History Museum News:
The Los Alamos/Japan Project is proud to announce its newest partnership with Green Legacy Hiroshima, an organization dedicated to safeguard and to spread worldwide the seeds and saplings of Hiroshima’s atomic bomb survivor trees. The Los Alamos History Museum is the grateful recipient of four varieties of second-generation, atomic bomb tree seeds-camphor, ginkgo, holly, and persimmon. With help from staff master gardeners and Los Alamos County Parks Department, we look forward to cultivating these historic trees for future planting Read More
Dichroic Glass Sculpture Installed At Golf Course
A suspended dichroic glass sculpture, ‘Carry the Light’, made by Albuquerque artist, Doug Czor is now hanging in the entry hallway of the Los Alamos County Golf Course building on Diamond Drive. Courtesy/LAC
A suspended dichroic glass sculpture, ‘Carry the Light’, is now hanging in the entry hallway of the Los Alamos County Golf Course building. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
The Art in Public Places Board is pleased to announce the installation of a suspended dichroic glass sculpture (“Carry the Light”) made by Albuquerque artist, Doug Czor. The new sculpture is hanging in the entry hallway Read More
Classical Music World: Notes From Cliburn 7
Cliburn finalists, standing, from left, Americans Daniel Hsu and Kenneth Broberg, South Korean Yekwon Sunwoo, Russian Yuri Favorin, and seated: Rachel Cheung of Hong Kong and Georgy Tchaidze of Russia. Courtesy Photo
By ANN MCLAUGHLINKenneth Broberg of the U.S. shot up in my estimation after a magisterial performance of the Liszt B-minor sonata. Italian Leonardo Pierdomenico sank just a little after a nice but not stellar recital. Read More
Brown Bag Performance Series Los Alamos/Santa Fe String Quintet Today
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