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STATE News:Daily Postcard: Colorful Hummingbird In Quemazon
Daily Postcard: A colorful hummingbird is spotted in Quemazon. Photo by Trisha Ancell Read More
Daily Postcard: Rainbow Appears Sideways In Clouds
Daily Postcard: A rainbow appears sideways in the clouds Wednesday over Los Alamos. Photo by Dawn Cline
Photo by Dawn ClineDaily Postcard: Grey Fox Spotted On Barranca Mesa
Daily Postcard: This grey fox is spotted eating spelt bird seed Thursday afternoon in the yard of a Barranca Mesa home. The grey fox, is a carnivorous mammal of the family Canidae ranging throughout most of the southern half of North America from southern Canada to the northern part of South America. No other canid’s natural range spans both North and South America and it is the only American canid that can climb trees. Source wikipedia.com. Photo by Ken Hanson Read More
Coro de Cámara Presents ‘Rhapsody’ May 20-21
Pianist Nate Salazar, second from left, and the string quartet who will accompany the chorus during the ‘Rhapsody’ concert May 20-21 in Los Alamos. From left, violist Brian Newnam, Salazar, cellist Dana Winograd, violinist Kay Newnam and violinist Ari Le. Courtesy photo
- Saturday, May 20 at 7 p.m. at The United Church of Los Alamos, 2525 Canyon Road; and
- Sunday, May 21 at 3 p.m. at The Unitarian Church of Los Alamos, 1738 N. Sage St.
Chorus, piano, and guest string quartet
Patrick Neher Named New Executive Director Of Los Alamos Arts Council
Patrick Neher. Courtesy photo
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
Los Alamos has the potential to be a destination for the arts and the new Los Alamos Arts Council Executive Director Patrick Neher hopes to tap into that potential to make it a reality.
Neher will officially take on the position starting July 10. His predecessor, Marlane Hamilton, will retire at the end of June. She has served as the executive director for 18 years.
Neher, who resides in Bellingham, Wash., is excited to come to Los Alamos. He explained it is his hometown.
“I’m very excited about returning home and seeing Read More
PAC 8 Community Media Center Offers Summer Classes For All Grade Levels
Courtesy photoSanta Fe Opera Announces 2018 Season
LANL Director Charlie McMillan, who also is a musician, joined Santa Fe Opera General Director Charles MacKay during Tuesday’s announcment of the 2018 Opera Season. Photo by Carl Newton
On Tuesday the Santa Fe Opera presented its 2018 season to an audience of opera supporters. Company premieres include Bernstein’s Candide June 29, 2018 and John Adams’ Dr. Atomic July 14, 2018. Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos will be seen in a new production, and two revivals round out the season. Puccini’s Madame Butterfly is from 2010 and Read More
Daily Postcard: Morning Glow Spotted From Quemazon
Daily Postcard: The glow of the sun spotted lighting the sky Sunday morning from Quemazon. Photo by Trisha Ancell
Daily Postcard: Sunrise Sunday from Quemazon. Photo by Trisha Ancell Read More
Los Alamos And White Rock Senior Centers Feature ‘Dead Right’
COMMUNITY News:
Be sure to mark those calendars for 12:30 p.m. May 17 at the Los Alamos Senior Center and May 19 at the White Rock Senior Center for a free, very funny short play reading, Dead Right, by Elaine Jarvik.
The play stars Sally Cassil and Tom Farish and is directed by Pat Beck. This engaging play centers on how a friend’s tedious, grammatically incorrect obituary plunges Penny and Bill, age 60s, into a prickly discussion at the breakfast table. How could Bill read the paper when they have their own obituaries to plan?
It’s a touching comedy about how we hope to be remembered. This play was honored Read More
Daily Postcard: Light Show Fills Sky Over Ashley Pond
Daily Postcard: A light show fills the sky Saturday night over Ashley Pond. Photo by Paul Jaramillo Sr. Read More
SFCC Choirs Spring Concert May 13
SFCC News:Udall Fights For Funding Increase For Arts & Humanities
U.S. Sen. Tom UdallHelp Spread Blessing Of Creativity To Rusinga Island In Kenya
Local retired teacher, Sharon Allen, is traveling to Rusinga Island at the end of May with Project Humanity as part of their educational outreach, which also is focusing on creating school libraries. She is looking for help from the Los Alamos community to collect lightly used and new art supplies for these artists. Courtesy photo
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COMMUNITY News:
Project Humanity launched a new initiative Nov. 14, 2016 on Rusinga Island, Kenya – Rusinga Island Artists’ Guild. Rusinga Island is in Lake Victoria, Kenya, an area hard hit by AIDS.
Christopher Gomzy, Read More
LAAC Celebrates 50 Years Of Arts And Crafts Fairs
Tito Rios serenades the crowd at the Los Alamos Arts Council’s Spring Arts and Crafts Fair Saturday at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Artist Gary Strein talks to a customer during the Los Alamos Arts Council’s Spring Arts and Crafts Fair Saturday. Stein has a long history of participating in the annual fair. He first participated in it between 15 and 18 years ago. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Jesus Rodriguez makes a purchase from Venus Brightstar Saturday. Brightstar, who is from Santa Fe, said she has been attending the fair for about 10 years. Read More
Daily Postcard: Deer Nibbles Seeds In Western Area
Daily Postcard: A deer is spotted nibbling seeds Saturday morning in Western Area. Photo by Julie Smith Read More
LAAC’s Arts & Crafts Fair Underway Until 4 p.m. Today
The Los Alamos Arts Council (LAAC) annual Arts and Crafts Fair is underway until 4 p.m. today on the lawn at Fuller Lodge. This is LAAC’s 50th year of putting on this fair and this year there are about 75 vendors participating. In addition to supporting the vendors at the fair, participants can purchase a 50th anniversary tote bag from LAAC for $5 and purchase raffle tickets for a chance to win a sculpture donated to the organization by artist Greg Gowen. Raffle tickets are $5 each or five for $20. The winning ticket will be drawn during LAAC’s annual meeting in June. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More
Fuller Lodge Art Center Turns 40!
Fuller Lodge Art Center (FLAC) is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a new look and a special exhibit ‘Look Who’s 40!’, which opened Friday with an artists’ reception. The shopping area of the gallery has been reshaped and updated. FLAC was founded in 1977. The County Council approved an agreement for the Los Alamaos Arts Council to operate the gallery at Fuller Lodge with a $2,400 subsidy. FLAC became independent from the Arts Council in 1982. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
‘Look Who’s 40!’ features work by 40 artists, including all of the living former directors of FLACDaily Postcard: Sunrise At Saint Peters Dome
Daily Postcard: Sunrise at Saint Peters Dome on the eastern edge of the Jemez Mountains. Photo by Jaret McDonald
Saint Peters Dome
Saint Peters Dome is the highest of the small group of 8,000-foot peaks on the eastern edge of the Jemez Mountains rising above Cochit Lake, Cochiti Pueblo and the Rio Grande River. It serves as the foundation for a watchtower from which forest management can keep an eye out for fires in the eastern portions of the Jemez Mountains.
This peak as well as the rest of the Jemez Mountains were once part of a massive supervolcano that collapsed around a million years ago, which Read More
