Daily Postcard: First Red-tailed Hawk Released
Dr. Kathleen Ramsay releases the first of two red-tailed hawks that have been under her care following injuries. Courtesy/Land of Enchantment Wildlife Foundation Read More
Museum Of Indian Arts & Culture Remains Closed Due To Emergency Repairs … Reopens March 3
MUSEUM News:
SANTA FE—The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) on Museum Hill in Santa Fe remains closed due to emergency repairs. The museum will reopen to the public at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 3.
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, a division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs is located on Museum Hill the Museum of Arts & Culture at 710 Camino Lejo off of Old Santa Fe Trail. As the 19th century closed, one of the Southwest’s major “attractions” were its vibrant Native American cultures.
In response to unsystematic collecting by Eastern museums, Read More
Daily Postcard: A Skyview From Acid Canyon
Daily Postcard: A skyview Saturday from Acid Canyon. Photo by John Scott Read More
Daily Postcard: Sunset At North Mesa Stables
Daily Postcard: Wednesday evening sunset at North Mesa Stables. Photo by Trisha AncellHelp LALO Select Next Production
LALO News:
Los Alamos Light Opera is inviting the public to comment on choices for its next show, to be produced the last weekend of February and the first weekend of March2018.
Recently, the LALO Board listed and discussed 25 possible light operas and narrowed the choice down to five. The criteria are as follows: availability (from the rights-holder–depends on whether the show is still on Broadway or on tour), good music, large cast with both women and men, dancing, uplifting, family-friendly, not “dated” (with inappropriate racial, Read More
Brave New Brass Brown Bag Recital March 1
Brave New Brass 2013. Courtesy photoPlans Announced For Los Alamos Museum Of Art
Local artists Ruth Tatter and Michelle Griffin recently spoke at the Rotary Club of Los Alamos, describing efforts they are spearheading to create a Los Alamos Museum of Art. In the very first planning stages of this non-profit, Board members are seeking funding, a museum location and a director. Photo by Alison Pannell Read More
Cabin Fever Festival In Jemez Springs Saturday
An artist carves an eagle out of a block of wood at the Cabin Fever Festival in Jemez Springs. Courtesy photo
EVENT News:
Jemez Springs will provide a much needed reprieve from the lull of winter with the family friendly Cabin Fever Festival 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25.
A portion of all proceeds will benefit Jemez Valley Animal Amigos – a no kill rescue group. In addition, the Jemez Springs Community Library will be selling more than a dozen books by late author Tony Hillerman – some which are signed – as part of their book sale, and as donated by Hillerman’s daughter.
Lecture Explores Pictorial Traditions Of Kiowa People
Untitled (Deer, man and stream). Silver Horn (Haungooah). Ca. 1897. Gift of Charles and Valerie Diker. 55172.; Untitled (Boy and porcupine in tree). Silver Horn (Haungooah). Gift of Charles and Valerie Diker. 55173. Courtesy photoPEEC: Learn Botanical Drawing And Watercolor
Illustration by Lisa Coddington. Courtesy photoPEEC News:
Learn botanical drawing and watercolor using botanical and natural subjects with Santa Fe Artist Lisa Coddington. Novices as well as those refining their skills will receive encouraging step-by-step instruction in drawing and watercolor.
With easy to understand demonstrations and master artist examples, Coddington will work to reinforce each artist’s confidence in creating dimensional autumn-themed subjects. The objective is to finish one small painting and/or develop a series of sketches that support the Read More
Daily Postcard: Buckman Mesa And Rio Grande
Daily Postcard: Buckman Mesa and Rio Grande River during a hike Wednesday. Photo by Robert Beberniss Read More
LACA Presents Baltimore Consort March 5
Baltimore Consort. Courtesy photoMUSIC News:
One of America’s favorite early music ensembles, the Baltimore Consort, will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 5 in the Smith Auditorium in Los Alamos.
Presented by the Los Alamos Concert Association, the Consort will explore instrumental music of the 16th and 17th centuries in a program they call “Gut, Wind, and Wire.”
In addition to early music staples like viols, lutes and recorders, the program will introduce less familiar instruments including the gemshorn, crumhorn, Renaissance bagpipe, rebec and cittern.
Founded in 1980, the Baltimore Read More
Community Winds Present ‘Pictures At An Exhibition’
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
The Los Alamos Community Winds will present the first of its two spring concerts, ‘Pictures at an Exhibition,’ at 7 p.m. Saturday at White Rock Baptist Church (80 State Road 4). The concert is free ($10 donation suggested). A large ensemble of 55 musicians will perform.
The centerpiece of the concert is Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”. A posthumous exhibition of drawings and water-colors by the architect Victor Hartmann, intimate friend of Moussorgsky, was held in 1874. Moussorgsky, as a tribute to his friend, wrote Read More
Los Alamos Piano Students Perform At UNM-LA Sunday
Performers Yunseo Kim and Julia Chen. Courtesy photo
Ahoy, Los Alamos! Annual Rotary Crab Fest Is Saturday
This aquamarine pendant, valued at $1,060, was donated to the Crab Fest fundraiser auction by Bennett’s Fine Jewelry. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comAhoy, Los Alamos! It’s time for the 8th Annual Crab Fest, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Los Alamos! You are all cordially invited: Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Knights of Columbus Hall on the corner of Trinity Drive and DP Road. Catered by The Blue Window Bistro, this all-you-can-eat crab and prawn dinner, our Club’s biggest fundraiser of the year, is served family-style with generous Read More
Daily Postcard: Dramatic Scene At Nightfall
Daily Postcard: A dramatic picture emerges Wednesday as night falls on Los Alamos. Photo by Carl Newton Read More
LAHS Band Director Attends Midwest Clinic: International Band & Orchestra Conference
Zane Meeks directs a class of students in the newly remodeled Los Alamos High School music wing. Courtesy photoArts In Public Places Advisory Board Meets Thursday
LAHS Class Of 2019 Prepares For Annual ‘Duct Tape A Staff Member’ To The Wall Fundraiser
The Los Alamos High School Class of 2019 will hold its annual duct tape a staff member to the wall fundraiser. Last year security filled the bill as Scott Reynolds was hoisted for the cause. Today and Thursday students can purchase a ticket for just $1 and pick their favorite staff member from a list of willing volunteers. Here, Topper Freshman Academy teacher Debbie Grothaus gives some support to Reynolds before the entire school paraded by for selfies. Courtesy photo Read More
