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Los Alamos Photographer Jennifer Bartram Displays Her Work At Cottonwood On The Greens

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 2, 2017

Los Alamos Photographer Jennifer Bartram with her photos on display and available for purchase at Cottonwood on the Greens restaurant at the Los Alamos County Golf Course. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Photographs by Los Alamos Photographer Jennifer Bartram are on display and available for purchase at Cottonwood on the Greens. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Photography depicting local area subjects by Jennifer Bartram is on display and available for purchase at Cottonwood on the Greens. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Youth Beginning Photography Class For 1st-3rd Graders At Los Alamos Nature Center

Submitted by Chris Clark on February 2, 2017
Acorn Woodpeckers frequently visit the Los Alamos Nature Center. Photo by Mrs. Magelssen
 
PEEC News:
 
Retired school teacher Mrs. Magelssen will teach a beginning photography class for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Los Alamos Nature Center.
 
This beginning photography class will encourage children to discover the basics of composing good photographs through hands-on experience. Camera equipment will be provided. Students will identify pictures that are pleasing to the eye, take
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The Harmaleighs Play Los Alamos Feb. 19

Submitted by Chris Clark on February 2, 2017
The Harmaleighs. Courtesy/Facebook.com
 
MUSIC News:
 
The Harmaleighs will perform in Los Alamos Sunday, Feb. 19 at Fuller Lodge.  The Americana duo hails from Nashville, Tenn., and is hard at work on their much-anticipated second album. Their current single, “I Keep Ticking On” continues to garner more fans and has more than a million plays on Spotify. 
 
Doors open for The Harmaleighs at 6 p.m., and the band takes the stage at 7 p.m. Light meals will be available 6-7 p.m., and beer and wine are available throughout
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Daily Postcard: Lenticular Clouds At Sunset

Submitted by Chris Clark on February 2, 2017

Daily Postcard: The view from the back yard of a home in Pajarito Acres Tuesday of lenticular clouds over the Sangres at sunset. Mountains here often make lenticular clouds, but the reddish sunset light on one is much less common. Photo by Bob Reedy Read More

The Lensic: Jazz Vocalist Dianne Reeves Feb. 26

Submitted by Chris Clark on February 1, 2017

Dianne Reeves. Courtesy photo

 
LPAC News:
 
SANTA FE — The Lensic presents legendary jazz and R&B singer Dianne Reeves at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 26.

Known for her virtuosity, improvisational prowess and unique jazz and R&B stylings, Reeves has received five Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album and an honorary doctorate of music from Julliard. Her magical, timeless voice, exceptional personality, and the sheer force of her performance mark her as a captivating world-class artist. As Wynton Marsalis puts it, “She has one of the most powerful, purposeful,

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LAHS Students Win DWI Awareness Poster Contest

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 31, 2017
These top three winning posters are created by students at Los Alamos High School. Courtesy photo
 
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos

The DWI Planning Council is celebrating success with their DWI awareness poster contest and some great plans for February.

Three members of the Los Alamos High School class of 2019 were the top three vote getters after 70 entries were submitted for review, during DWI Awareness Week. Those winners will now have their posters displayed Feb. 17 for “DWI Day at the Roundhouse” at the Round House.

The first place entry by Jade Portillos, featured a drawing of a Read More

Local Authors Book Fair Features ‘The Perils And Pleasures Of Publishing’ Feb. 4

Submitted by Chris Clark on January 31, 2017
Tom (T. Jackson) King. Courtesy photo
 
COMMUNITY News:
 
Writing a book seems like a huge task, doesn’t it? Authors have discovered, to their dismay, that writing the book is only half the battle: once the book is written you have to get it published.
 
The Local Authors Book Fair Saturday, Feb. 4 at Mesa Public Library will feature several authors who have figured out a way to get their books published, and the Fair also will feature a panel discussion by three experts in the field. The Book Fair is 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and the panel discussion
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Last Chance To See ‘Crossing Paths’ Beadwork Show

Submitted by Chris Clark on January 31, 2017
 
MRM News:
 
Crossing Paths: Beadwork from the Millicent Rogers Museum and the E. Irving Couse Collections focuses on the history of beadwork in northern New Mexico–an art form not typically associated with the Southwest.
 
Today, Jan. 31 is the last day to view this exhibit before it closes.
 
Finely crafted beaded works from the museum’s permanent collection are paired with items collected by the painter and first president of the Taos Society of Artists, E. Irving Couse. Many of the pieces from the Couse collection have never been publicly
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Local Photoshop Author Offers Workshop Thursday

Submitted by Chris Clark on January 31, 2017
 
projectY News:
 
Local Photoshop author Scott Valentine is offering a workshop demonstrating essential Photoshop tools to get through basic design projects quickly and efficiently.
 
This class, held the evening of Thursday, Feb. 2, is ideal for small businesses that need quick turnaround for simple design and digital imaging tasks. 
 
Working through a business card and flyer project, participants will learn how to use templates and stock images for fast development, various kinds of layers and masks, and how to get the most out of type
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Mesa Public Library Screens ‘Before Sunset’ Thursday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 31, 2017

Movie poster for ‘Before Sunset’. Courtesy image

 

Review by KELLY DOLEJSI

Los Alamos

 

Those who love a good conversation, or more specifically, those who love analyzing the way a conversation moves its interlocutors from cautious to intimate, should check out “Before Sunset” (2004, rated R). It will screen at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Mesa Public Library’s upstairs meeting room theater.

 

The award-winning film is part two of a trilogy shot over the span of nearly 20 years, beginning with 1995’s “Before Sunrise” and completing with 2013’s “Before Midnight.” Director/screenwriter Read More

Classical Music World: Sell-out Strategies

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 31, 2017
By ANN MCLAUGHLIN, Artistic Director
Los Alamos Concert Association

In the run up to Joshua Bell’s performance here Feb. 3, the Los Alamos Concert Association is contending with a host of issues related to managing a sold-out house. Getting 944 people settled comfortably in the hall is a little trickier than you might imagine.

The most obvious issue is the limited parking adjacent to the Smith Auditorium. Scores of people will be coming from off the hill and many won’t have a clue about alternatives to the Smith lot. We are hoping that our local patrons will car pool and consider parking in the Sullivan Read More

UNMLA: Benefit Concert For Dr. Stidham April 19

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 30, 2017
UNM-LA News:
 
Students Daniel Wierl and Kaylen Pocaterra are hosting a benefit concert in support of Dr. Zandree Stidham, diagnosed with Essential Thrombocythemia in 2010.
 
The concert is 4-7 p.m., in Building 2 at UNM-LA, April 19. In preparation for the concert, they are looking for musicians interested in playing. For more information, contact Kaylen at kpocaterra1@gmail.com.
 
The students also are starting a # for Dr. Zee, reference #teamzee to donate. To donate to Dr. Zee’s Crowd Rise page, visit here.
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Historical Society Lecture By Joni Wallace Feb. 14

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 30, 2017

Award winning poet Joni Wallace

HISTORICAL SOCIETY News:

The Los Alamos Historical Society presents a reading and lecture award winning poet Joni Wallace on “Mesas and Particles: Los Alamos as Literary Muse”, at 7 p.m,, Tuesday, Feb. 14 at Fuller Lodge.

Wallace grew up in Los Alamos and is the award-winning author of three books of poetry. Wallace’s lecture includes readings from her latest book, Kingdom Come Radio Show (Barrow Street, 2016).  Los Alamos and the Manhattan Project compose the backdrop for Kingdom Come Radio Show, apoetic documentation of place (Los Alamos) and history Read More

Scenes From LAHS’s Topper Revue 2017

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 30, 2017
Los Alamos High School students Melina Burnside and Wilbur Wang perform during Saturday’s Topper Revue 2017. Photo by Patricia Burnside

LAHS’s Jenny Lee, Jennifer Esquivel, Malorie Apgar and Lexi Timmermans performing in Saturday’s Topper Revue 2017. Photo by Patricia Burnside

Opale Schappert, Daniel Sarrao and Tavo Rogers (emcees) perform Saturday in LAHS’s Topper Revue 2017. Photo by Patricia Burnside
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