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Nature And Politics Share The Scene

Bucks lounge on a lawn framing political signs for GOP candidates Sharon Stover running for House Dist. 43 and her husband Los Alamos County Councilor Steven Girrens running for reelection. Courtesy photo

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Daily Postcard: Greater Roadrunner Visits Ridgeway

A Greater Roadrunner paid a brief visit to the back deck of a residence Saturday afternoon off of Ridgeway, which backs on Pueblo Canyon. It went from the railing to the deck, peeked inside the home through a sliding glass door, hopped back to the railing, to the windscreen and then departed to the west. Photo by Marion L. Stelts

Saturday afternoon this Greater Roadrunner paid a brief visit to the back deck of a residence off of Ridgeway. Photo by Marion L. Stelts

Greater Roadrunner visits residence Saturday off of Ridgeway. Photo by Marion L. Stelts

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‘The 1940’s Radio Hour’ Captures Spirit Of War Years

B. J. steps in to perform Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy with Connie (Nora Cullinan), left, and Ginger (Joy Reynolds) in the Los Alamos Little Theatre’s ‘The 1940’s Radio Hour’. Courtesy photo
 
Ginger (Joy Reynolds) sizzles while, from left, B. J. (Stuart Rupprecht), Neil (Patrick Webb), Clifton (John Cullinan) and the rest of the cast look on. Courtesy photo
 
The cast on stage performing to a full house during Friday’s opening night of ‘The 1940’s Radio Hour’ at the LALT. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
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Geoffrion Parker To Offer Figure Drawing Class

Kathi Geoffrion Parker with one of her drawings. Courtesy photo
 
Art by Kathi Geoffrion Parker. Courtesy photo
 

FLAC News:

Los Alamos native and watercolor artist extraordinaire, Kathi Geoffrion Parker will teach this month at Fuller Lodge Art Center.

Geoffrion Parker’s life as a professional artist has spanned four decades including her 30-year career as a graphic artist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Since she was a high school student, Geoffrion Parker has either been running or participating in the Life Drawing Group at Fuller Lodge Art Center.  Now retired from Read More

Elves Prepare Annual Festival Of Trees Auction

Items for the annual Festival of Trees auction at the Betty Ehart Senior Center set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

The elves working with the Festival of Trees will be getting ready tonight, Saturday and all of next week for the annual tree auction and to ensure the Betty Ehart Senior Center is in full bloom for the holidays.

Potential bidders may visit the trees throughout the week as they lead up to a 4-hour event 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12. While admission is free, snack and lunch items for school children will be collected throughout the week long event. Read More

Yang: A Pictorial Memory Journey

Gladiolus by Elena Yang. Photo by Elena Yang
 
Story, Art and Photography by
ELENA YANG
Los Alamos

In this penultimate post…at least till spring of 2017, I want to share with you some of my photographic memories of this part of the world.

Photo by Elena Yang

I am not a morning person by nature, and so whenever I catch spectacular sunrises, they’re all the more special to me.
The dramatic sky in the southwest desert is almost a weekly event, sometimes daily. I must have accumulated hundreds of shots in my files.

Photo by Elena Yang

And the clouds. The Clouds! I learned about “mammatus” in this part Read More

Family Night At Los Alamos Nature Center Nov. 8

Melissa Mackey

PEEC News:

Tuesday, Nov. 8 is Family Night at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Enjoy an evening of games, hands-on activities, and music, 6-7 p.m., with Mesa Public Library’s Melissa Mackey.  The nature center will be open until 8 p.m. for exploring the exhibits.

Mark your calendars: the second Tuesday of every month is Family Night at the nature center. Thanks to a generous sponsorship from the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos, this program is free for all.

For more information about this and other programs offered by the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC), visit www.peecnature.org Read More

Cinema Cindy: Keeping Up With The Joneses

By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos
 
“Keeping up with the Joneses” is an entertaining, lightweight spy movie. It may be too lightweight for those with affection for great action flicks. But it is lighthearted fun for anyone with a sense of humor about Suburbia and therapeutic intervention.
 
Jeff and Karen Gaffney (Zach Galifianakis and Isla Fisher) are fairly ordinary, upper middle class parents living on a cul de sac. Their boys go off to camp for the summer, allowing us to get to know Jeff and Karen as individuals and a couple.
 
The house next door has just sold and quickly the new
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Art On Tap At Unquarked Tonight

CREATIVE DISTRICT News:

In Celebration of NanoWriMo, The National Write a Novel in a Month Campaign, tonight’s Art On Tap will feature a roundtable discussion with local author DM Daniel, a writer of fiction for middle grade and young adults, as well as freelance editor. Come prepared to share ideas, especially if you are working on NanoWriMo yourself, and participate in a few fun writing games. Enjoy the literary side of art tonight at 5:30 p.m. at UnQuarked, 145 Central Park Square.

Art On Tap is sponsored by the Los Alamos Creative District and hosted by Fuller Lodge Read More

Drawing And Painting Class With Lisa Coddington

PEEC News:

Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) welcomes back talented artist Lisa Coddington, who will teach a two-day workshop on drawing and watercolor using botanical and natural subjects.

The class will be held at the Los Alamos Nature Center 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 12 and 13. Coddington’s class is open to all, from beginners to advanced artists.

Participants will explore pencil and watercolor techniques that portray plants and animals in this hands-on workshop. With easy to understand demonstrations and Master artist examples, Coddington will work Read More

More Scenes From LAAC’s Annual Pumpkin Glow

A crowd of people in costume line up to check out the annual Pumpkin Glow event sponsored by the Los Alamos Atrs Council Saturday night behind Fuller Lodge. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

A totem pole of pumpkins. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Jack-o-lanterns on display during the Los Alamos Arts Council’s Pumpkin Glow Saturday at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

A ghostly pumpkin. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Arts Council Volunteer Hunter Gustafson gets the jack-o-lanterns ready to be lit Read More

Reading Event At New Mexico Museum Of Natural History & Science

RC News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE  The Rotary Club of Albuquerque announces their annual Reading is Fun event at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS).
 
The event is noon to 3 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 6, on the Museum’s monthly free day.  
 
This family event is appropriate for all ages. Participants each receive passports and will be directed to a variety of literacy activities, including:
  • Puppet Theater, where visitors will be introduced to scientific vocabulary;
  • Craft Station;
  • Reading station where families can read to each
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Scenes From DPLA’s Halloween Event

PEC Commissioner Karyl Ann Armbruster at the Democratic Party of Los Alamos Halloween event at the Democratic Party Headquarters in Central Park Square. Courtesy photo

Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard at Friday’s Halloween event at the local Democratic Headquarters in Central Park Square. Courtesy photo

Scene from Friday’s Halloween event at the local Democratic Headquarters in Central Park Square. Courtesy photo

From left, County Clerk candidate Amy Wood, Distric Attorney candidate Marco Serna and County Council candidate Antonio Maggiore at the local Democratic Headquarters Read More

Scenes From LAMC’s Annual Halloween Event

Staff and family gather at Los Alamos Medical Center Friday for the annual Halloween event open to the entire community. Staff decorate their departments and give treats to trick-or-treaters. Photo by Raphael Edralin

Scene from Friday’s annual Halloween event at Los Alamos Medical Center at which doctors and staff dress up and greet the community. Photo by Raphael Edralin

Scene from Friday’s annual Halloween event at Los Alamos Medical Center at which doctors and staff dress up and greet the community. Photo by Raphael Edralin

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DALA Announces New Faculty

Dala dancers perform during the Oct. 28 Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet event. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
DALA News:

Due to a significant increase in enrollment, Dance Arts Los Alamos (DALA) is excited to announce the addition of four new instructors to the faculty.  They will join instructors Lisa Jaegers, Tina Anderson, Rhiana Guise, Neslihan Ceran, Leslie Puckett, Theresa Wilson, Patrick MacDonald, and Jonathan Guise.

Allison Beaux will be teaching jazz, modern, hip hop, and ballet. Allison received her B.S. in Dance at the University of Idaho and has experience Read More

‘The 1940’s Radio Hour’ Opens At LALT Friday

The cast of ‘1940s Radio Hour’ rehearses for the upcoming show. Courtesy photo
 
Singers rehearse. Courtesy photo

By KELLY DOLEJSI
Los Alamos

Los Alamos Little Theater’s November production, “The 1940’s Radio Hour”, brings audiences a sliver of bygone American life. The radio show offered an escape from hard news during the tragedies of World War II as even in the midst of violence, racism and loss, there was still music.

“‘The 1940’s Radio Hour’ is exciting to me because the ’40s were a time I often heard about from my parents and grandparents,” said Suzy Kroesche, who plays singer Geneva Read More

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