Casper And The Boys Hang Out In White Rock
Casper, center, and the boys are spotted hanging out Friday on Aster Street in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Annual Fall Arts & Crafts Fair 9 a.m. To 3:30 p.m. Today
ART News:
The Fuller Lodge Art Center is hosting its annual Fall Arts & Crafts Fair.
The Fall Arts & Crafts Fair runs 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today at the Crossroads Bible Church at 97 E. Road. Read More
Daily Postcard: Scarecrow Makes Community Plea
Daily Postcard: This scarecrow is appealing to the community to come out and shop at the Los Alamos High School Choir’s Pumpkin Patch. ‘The choir really needs your support so please show them you care by purchasing a pumpkin this weekend!’ The Patch is at 1100 4th St., in the Canyon School parking lot where Trinity Drive, East Road and Central Avenue meet. The Patch is open 3:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays/Tuesdays/ Thursdays/Fridays, 12:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesdays and 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Come out and meet the choir students and buy a pumpkin to help their group. Photo by Leslie Read More
Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘The Girl on the Train’
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos
“The Girl on the Train” is a new thriller based on a popular British novel by Paula Hawkins.
The book, published in January 2015, quickly hit the New York Times Bestseller List, gaining the notice of those who look for stories to bring to the screen. The film opened Oct. 7 nationwide.
Admittedly, I had not read the book, so I went to the film with no preconceived notions. What I found was a story at first convoluted by “the girl” and her memory lapses – due to her alcoholic binges. She is presented as the first of three women who tell their stories at the beginning of Read More
Artist To Present Rubber Stamp Carving Class
Rubber stamp carving tools. Courtesy photoART News
Local artist, writer, Web designer, and self-proclaimed Geek, Else Tennessen is a recent transplant to Los Alamos.
A staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Else has always pursued her artistic passions in her spare time. An avid user of Instagram, Else enjoys cataloguing the beauty of northern New Mexico, along with beautiful snapshots from her own life.
Currently Tennessen has been focusing on participating in the popular national art challenge Inktober, where artists post new art in response to a national one word Read More
CCA Presents Farms, Films, Food
CCA News:
SANTA FE – The CCA, Farmers Market Institute and Street Food Institute celebrate the harvest with Farms, Films, Food: A Santa Fe Celebration.
The third edition of the community-oriented program “Farms, Films, Food: A Santa Fe Celebration” arrives Nov. 2 for food demos, community presentations, free films, gallery tours and low-cost meals provided by local vendors. The event is produced by the Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute, the Street Food Institute and the Center for Contemporary Arts.
The November event includes food demonstrations; meals prepared by local chefs Read More
Daily Postcard: Red Necked Sapsucker Recuperates
Daily Postcard: This Red Necked Sapsucker is recuperating after he flew into the window of a Los Alamos home Tuesday and broke a bone in his chest. He is being seen by Dr. Kathleen Ramsay at the Wildlife Center in Espanola. Photo by Libbi Lovejoy
Daily Postcard: This Red Necked Sapsucker recuperates following a collision with a window Tuesday in Los Alamos. The impact broke a bone in his chest. He is being seen by Dr. Kathleen Ramsay at the Wildlife Center in Espanola. Photo by Libbi Lovejoy Read More
Moving Arts Espanola Presents ‘Noche de Musica’
Daily Postcard: Golden Cottonwoods On NM 502
Daily Postcard: Golden cottonwoods line the roadway along NM 502 by the Rio Grande. Photo by Jeane Strub Read More
Play Reading At Los Alamos Little Theater Oct. 25
Prehistoric Experiences At New Dinosaur Park Five Hours From Los Alamos
The Royal Gorge Dinosaur Experience opened in July about five hours from Los Alamos just outside Cañon City, Colo. Photo by Jennifer Bartram 
Childrens ropes course. Photo by Jennifer Bartram
- Colorado’s newest dinosaur museum offers learning experiences and high-value family fun for kids of all ages
The Jurassic and Cretaceous periods may have ended millennia ago, but that’s not stopping a major resurgence of interest in dinosaurs, as well as the presence of 17 skinned animatronic dinosaurs, at the Royal Gorge Dinosaur Experience Read More
LAHS Choir’s Pumpkin Patch Has New Hours
Shoppers search for just the right pumpkins Sunday at the LAHS Choirs Pumpkin Patch at 1100 Canyon Road. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
COMMUNITY News:
With the days getting dark earlier, the Los Alamos Choir’s Pumpkin Patch at 1100 Canyon Road, in the old Canyon School parking lot, has news hours.
The Patch now closes at 6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and at 5:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Proceeds from this annual community fundraiser benefit the LAHS Choir.
Also, the Patch opens at 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays, and is able to take credit cards during most shifts.
See you at the patch! Read More
Daily Postcard: Fiery Sunset Over Quemazon
Daily Postcard: A fiery sunset descends over Quemazon. Photo by Trisha Ancell Read More
Meet Local Author Laura Kelly 5-7 p.m. Thursday
Los Alamos Author Laura KellyLaura Kelly has a full schedule; it includes teaching fitness classes at the Los Alamos Family YMCA and working at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Still, Kelly wanted to add one more thing to her to-do list: write a novel.
After receiving numerous emails about workshops run by Tom Bird, an expert on crafting bestselling books, Kelly decided to give one a try in Santa Fe. She attended the workshop and said, “I was hooked.”
Ultimately, she decided to go a step further and sign up for one of Bird’s “Write Your Best Seller in a Weekend” Read More
‘First Lady Of Cumbia’ La Yegros Performs Nov. 5
Argentine singer, rapper and songwriter La Yegros. Courtesy/NHCC
NHCC News:
ALBUQUERQUE – Argentine singer, rapper and songwriter La Yegros will perform at the National Hispanic Cultural Center at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5 in the Albuquerque Journal Theatre.
Tickets are $12, $17 and $22, with a $2 discount for students, seniors and NHCC members, and are available from the NHCC Box Office, at 505.724.4771, or at www.nhccnm.org.
The event, part of the Center’s New Latin Music Series and Festival Chispa, is presented in partnership with Avokado Artists.
While La Yegros now lives in Buenos Read More
Daily Postcard: Hunter’s Moon Over Pajarito Mountain
Daily Postcard: A hunter’s moon hovers above Pajarito Mountain early Monday morning. At its closest point over the weekend, the supermoon was 222,365 miles from Earth — on average, it’s 238,855 miles away, according to National Geographic. This kicks off three straight months of supermoons with the next appearances scheduled for Nov. 14 and Dec. 14. The November moon is set to be a real show-stopper: According to NASA, it is ‘not only the closest full moon of 2016 but also the closest full moon to date in the 21st century.’ It won’t be this close to Earth again until 2034. Source: NPR. Photo Read More
