Q&A: Los Alamos Museum Of Art’s Ruth Tatter
Los Alamos Museum of Art Co-founder Ruth Tatter. Photo by Mandy Marksteiner
Thursday, March 16, the Los Alamos Museum of Art will host a special reception 5-7 p.m., at the Karen Wray Gallery at 1247 Central Ave., where LAMOA board members and volunteers will display their own artwork. The community is invited to come and get to know the members of LAMOA.
An interview with LAMOA Co-founder Ruth Tatter:
Marksteiner: How did you first come up with the idea for LAMOA?
Tatter: My mother was living in a condo in Los Alamos and one of her neighbors was a gentleman who Read More
Daily Postcard: Mammatus Clouds Over Townsite
Daily Postcard: Mammatus clouds color Saturday’s sky over the Los Alamos townsite. Photo by Kathryn Willcutt Read More
Learn Thousand Year Old Pysanky Art Form March 25
Daily Postcard: Moon Over Main Hill Road
Daily Postcard: The moon shines Sunday over the Main Hill Road heading up to Los Alamos. Photo by Bob Beberniss Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: Y Instructor Nalani Kimball
Los Alamos Family YMCA Instructor Nalani Kimball leads a Power-Up fitness class Thursday morning at the Family YMCA on Iris Street in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More
Zandree Stidham Benefit Concert At UNM-LA April 21
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COMMUNITY News:
Area musicians are very excited to share their music with the community to help support Dr. Zandree Stidham, a UNM-LA professor battling cancer.
Dr. Stidhman’s Benefit Concert is scheduled for 5-8 p.m., April 21 at UNM-LA. The musicians hope to see a large part of the community attend this important event. There will be a silent auction running with the auction.
To donate to the auction or volunteer for the concert, contact Kaylen Pocaterra at kpocaterra1@gmail.com. Courtesy photo Read More
Daily Postcard: Fox Explores Local Neighborhood
Daily Postcard: A fox is spotted early Saturday morning exploring the neighborhood around 37th Street in Los Alamos. Photo by Kathryn Willcutt Read More
Co+op’s Six Year Birthday Bash Underway Until 3 p.m.!
The Los Alamos Co+op Market at 95 Entrada Dr. is celebrating its 6th Anniversary until 3 p.m. today by showcasing its Community Partners and Vendors. The entire community is invited to celebrate and enjoy interactive booths by a variety of nonprofit organizations including PEEC, LA Animal Shelter, Bathtub Row Brewing Coop, Los Alamos County Recycling and Delancy Street Shelter. Photo by Greg Kendall
Seven Co+op vendors are on hand to offer free product samples and to show appreciation to its customers, the Co+op is providing free chair massages. Photo by Greg Kendall
Sample foods, free chair Read More
Los Alamos Historical Society Hosts ‘Visual Peace: War Transformed’ At Fuller Lodge 5:30 p.m. Tuesday
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HISTORICAL SOCIETY News:
As part of the Los Alamos Historical Society’s annual lecture series on the theme Multiple Perspectives on the Atomic Bomb, the Los Alamos Historical Society invites the community for Visual Peace: War Transformed, a special cross-cultural evening of art, film and dialogue. The event is Tuesday in Fuller Lodge.
Starting at 5:30 p.m., there will be an exhibit and reception for Artists Masaru Tanaka, a photographer born in Hiroshima, and Betsie Miller-Kusz, a painter born in Los Alamos. Tanaka and Miller-Kusz have collaborated Read More
PAC 8 Community Media Center Online Auction
Students enrolled in a PAC 8 class learn video making and are shown here working on location at Ashley Pond Park. Courtesy photoLocal Trumpet Recital By Miriam Wallstrom Sunday
MUSIC News:
Miriam Wallstrom, a high school junior, will present her first trumpet recital at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 12 at Fuller Lodge. Playing pieces on both a b flat trumpet and a piccolo trumpet, Wallstrom will perform works by Haydn, Albinoni, Sasche and a Dixieland jazz piece.
Jan McDonald is her music teacher and will accompany her on trumpet for several of her recital pieces. Cindy Little, well-known piano player, also will accompany her on the piano, and her friend Jenny Paige will play duets with her on the euphonium.
Wallstrom has studied the trumpet for almost six years, played Read More
Daily Postcard: Roaring Sunrise Over Los Alamos
Daily Postcard: A roaring sunrise lights up the sky last week over Los Alamos. Photo by Sarah Eells
Daily Postcard: Full Sunrise. Photo by Sarah Eells
Daily Postcard: Sky moving along. Photo by Sarah Eells Read More
Robert Benjamin’s Live Short Plays At Senior Centers
Ruby (Pat Beck), left, and a saleswoman (Kate Ramsey) inspect which clothing is best for Ruby to end her romance. Photo by Larry GibbonsTHEATRE News:
“Fresh Out,” a 12-minute comedy by Los Alamos playwright Robert F. Benjamin will be performed at 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 10 at the White Rock Senior Center Event Hall and 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, March 15 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center. The performances are free.
Actresses Pat Beck and Kate Ramsey make up the cast.
This will be Benjamin’s third comedy at the senior centers, following the 2016 performances of Too Soon and Swerving.
Daily Postcard: Bufflehead Duck Joins Recently Arrived Cinnamon Teal At Ashley Pond
A Bufflehead Duck, right, joins the recently arrived Cinnamon Teal Duck Thursday at Ashley Pond. Thanks to the efforts of former County Parks Division Manager Dick McIntyre, Ashley Pond has become an inviting destination for ducks and birds of all stripes during their migrations. McIntyre played a major role in the design and implementation of the popular Ashley Pond Park improvements in downtown Los Alamos. Find information about Bufflehead ducks here and Cinnamon Teal ducks here. Photo by Greg Kendall
Longtime local resident Homer the Goose jumps for joy at the sight of his colorful new Daily Postcard: Early Sunlight Falls On Fuller Lodge
Daily Postcard: Sunlight falls early this morning on historic Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos. Photo by Marc Bailey Read More
Los Alamos Co+op Celebrates Six Years!
The Co+op is having a 6-year anniversary party this weekend and everyone is invited. Courtesy photo
Co+op News:
The Los Alamos Co+op Market is celebrating its 6th Anniversary this Saturday by showcasing its Community Partners and Vendors.
The entire community is invited to celebrate and enjoy interactive booths by a variety of nonprofit organizations including Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC), Los Alamos Animal Shelter, Bathtub Row Brewing Coop, Los Alamos County Recycling and Delancy Street Shelter.
Seven Co+op vendors will be on hand to offer free product samples and Read More
Local Playwright Brings Personal Tale Of Reinvention To The Stage
Los Alamos Playwright Carrie Classon
Los Alamos Resident Carrie Classon was working and living in Lagos, Nigeria when her life, as she knew it, screeched to a halt. Her marriage ended along with her job and company-owned housing.
In this situation, some might choose to panic and run back to the U.S. but Classon elected to take another route. She continued to live in Lagos for three-and-a-half years, deciding this was a “good opportunity to stay and figure out what had happened in my life.”
Now, she is taking her chronicles to the Read More
Chamisa’s Jozlyn Martinez Wins New Mexico Youth Art Month Flag/Poster Contest
Chamisa Elementary School student Jozlyn Martinez wins state contest. Courtesy photo
CHAMISA News:
Chamisa Elementary School proudly announces that the State of New Mexico’s Elementary Winner for the Youth Art Month Flag/Poster Contest is Jozlyn Martinez.
The school celebrates the efforts of all of the creative problem solvers it has in its sixth grade class. They worked diligently to create a poster that exemplified the theme: “United Through Art.”
Martinez won $100 in art supplies and the Chamisa art program will receive $300 in art supplies from the contest’s sponsor: Sargent Read More
Daily Postcard: Sunset From Canada Bonita Trail
Daily Postcard: View of the setting sun last weekend during a hike along the Canada Bonita Trail. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Pysanky: Learn Thousand Year Old Art Form March 25
