A&E

PEEC: Backcountry Film Festival Tickets Sold Out

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 24, 2017

The Backcountry Film Festival sells out four days before the screening. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

Early planning paid off for those who wanted to see the Backcountry Film Festival this Thursday.

Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) worked with the Reel Deal Theater and local sponsors to bring the films to Los Alamos, and its popularity exceeded their expectations when it sold out Sunday evening.

To see other upcoming PEEC events and learn more about the Los Alamos Nature Center, visit www.peecnature.org. Read More

Pottery Display At Betty Ehart Senior Center

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 22, 2017

Pottery is on display through mid February at the Betty Ehart Senior Center at 1101 Bathtub Row is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Courtesy photo

BESC News:

The Betty Ehart Senior Center (BESC) is hosting a display of Southwest Native American Pottery. The display features about two dozen pieces, supported by a generous amount of information on Southwest pottery in general and on each particular piece.

The display runs until the middle of February, courtesy of Stephen Ledoux and Nelly Case who have been BESC members since the middle of last year when they Read More

LALT Hosts 3:45 p.m. Panel Discussion Following 2 p.m. Performance Of ‘Dog Sees God’ Today

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 22, 2017

The cast of ‘Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead’, perform at 2 p.m. today and will participate in panel discussion at 3:45 p.m. following today’s performance. Photo by Larry Gibbons

COMMUNITY News:

Los Alamos Little Theatre will host a panel discussion open to the community at 3:45 p.m. today, Jan. 22. The discussion will address suicide, violence, sexual identity and other issues teenagers face as evidenced in the play “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead” and also as manifest in the local community.

The panel discussion will follow today’s Read More

Cinema Cindy: Hidden Figures

Submitted by Chris Clark on January 22, 2017
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos
 
“Hidden Figures” is currently my choice for the best picture of 2016. The film was just released to the public Jan. 6 and surprised everyone by immediately jumping to the top of the charts. The popularity of the film is well deserved!
 
This is a period piece about the American space program in 1961 and about the people behind the scenes whose dedication to the effort made space flight possible for our nation. Among them, were these three exceptionally gifted people featured in the film, each with math skills and one a math genius, African-American
Read More

New Mexico Museum Of Art Hosts British Museum’s ‘Lines Of Thought’ International Debut

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 22, 2017
Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452–1519), The Virgin and Christ Child with a Cat, about 1478–81, pen and brown ink over stylus underdrawing. Collection of the British Museum (1856,0621.1) © The Trustees of the British Museum.
 
NMMA News:
 
SANTA FE ― In late May 2017, Lines of Thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to Now: from the British Museum makes its international debut at the New Mexico Museum of Art, the first, and one of only two United States venues to host the exhibition.
 
With works from a list that reads like a “who’s who”
Read More

Panel Discussion Following ‘Dog Sees God’ Sunday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 20, 2017

LALT News:

Los Alamos Little Theatre will host a panel discussion open to the community at 3:45 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22. The discussion will address suicide, violence, sexual identity and other issues teenagers face as evidenced in the play “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead” and also as manifest in the local community.

The panel discussion will follow a matinee performance of Dog Sees God, but the discussion is open to anyone interested in attending. The event will be held at the Performing Arts Center, 1670 Nectar St. in Los Alamos.

Participating in the panel discussion will be Brian Read More

Topper Revue 2017 Jan. 26-28

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 19, 2017

TOPPER REVUE News:

Do you like singing, dancing and bad jokes? Then do we have the show for you.

Come to the Topper Revue experience of a lifetime. Watch as dozens of acts from all across the land perform Topper Revue 2017 at the Duane Smith Auditorium Jan. 26-18.

Performances begin with a preview at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, performances at 7 p.m. Friday Jan. 27 and Saturday Jan. 28 and a 2 p.m. matinee Saturday Jan. 28.

Tickets are $7 for students and seniors and $10 for adults. Student tickets for the matinee and all tickets for the preview are $5.

The Olions Thespian Club was created in the 1950s by Los Read More

Science On Tap: Neutron Capture By Hook Or By Crook … Jan. 19

Submitted by Chris Clark on January 19, 2017
LACDC News:
 
The Laboratory was founded on the science of nuclear reactions—work it continues today.
 
At this month’s Science On Tap, Shea Mosby, with the Lab’s Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE), will talk about how a better understanding of nuclear reactions on radioactive materials is progressing using instruments such as the Detector for Advanced Neutron Capture Experiments (DANCE) and Apollo.
 
This work is allowing scientists to make predictions about how neutrons behave with more accuracy than ever before possible whether you’re talking about weapons,
Read More

Jazz With CME At Blue Window Saturday Night!

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 18, 2017

Craig Martin Experience plays Blue Window Saturday night. Courtesy photo

ENTERTAINMENT News:

The Blue Window Bistro, at the restaurant’s new location in the heart of downtown Los Alamos, will host an evening of jazz with the Craig Martin Experience at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21.

“We’re pleased to have CME as the first musical performance at our new location,” owner Melissa Paternoster said. “The band was first music we hosted at our former location, too.”

CME will offer a set of traditional jazz favorites along with a mix of inventive original tunes composed by band members.

“We’re excited to perform Read More

Morning Snow On North Mesa

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 17, 2017
 
Snow this morning on North Mesa. Photo by Teresa Resende
Read More

Daily Postcard: Clouds Stretch Across Sky

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 17, 2017

Daily Postcard: Clouds stretch across the sky recently over Smith’s Marketplace. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Daily Postcard: Clouds above Smith’s. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Daily Postcard: Welcome To Los Alamos

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 16, 2017

Daily Postcard: A worker installs a new welcome banner on Central Avenue recently showing the new county logo. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

Search
LOS ALAMOS

ladailypost.com website support locally by OviNuppi Systems