Daily Postcard: Doe Spotted On Woodland Trail
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on October 11, 2016
Daily Postcard: This doe is spotted Sunday evening during a walk along Woodland Trail off of Arizona Avenue. Photo by Michelle StumpCinema Cindy Reviews: ‘Deepwater Horizon’
Submitted by Chris Clark
on October 10, 2016
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos
“Deepwater Horizon” is the latest disaster flick to hit the theaters. It tells the seat-gripping story of events that led to that oil exploration rig erupting on April 20, 2010.
Eleven men lost their lives that day, and the oil and sludge continued to gush into the Gulf of Mexico for another 87 days.
‘Deepwater Horizon’ movie poster. Courtesy image
This would prove to be America’s largest environmental disaster, polluting the flora and fauna of the Gulf Coast.
This is not a film about the environmental ramifications of the Deepwater
Read More Daily Postcard: Bear Cubs Spotted Playing Ball
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on October 10, 2016
A video camera installed in the enclosure housing orphaned bear cubs Valley Girl and Cowboy during their rehabilitation shows the bears playing ball. Dr. Kathleen Ramsey has been caring for the cubs, which were rescued from the Valles Caldera after their mother was killed for attacking a runner who got between her and the cubs. The cubs have been growing and gaining strength and are scheduled to be released next month back into the wild. Courtesy/LEWF Read More
Teatro Paraguas Presents Donald Levering And Rich Boucher Nov. 6
Submitted by Chris Clark
on October 9, 2016
TP News:
The Diabolical Poet meets the Paradoxical Rhapsodist in the Neutral Territory, and there they will dialogue in verse on such sundry and variegated topics as:
- Money for babies, and debt turned on its head;
- Eating ice cream as polar ice caps melt;
- Father in the mirror;
- Father in the sky;
- Apes in space;
- Apes writing poems;
- Lincoln and Lenin back from the Great Beyond,;
- Rachmaninoff and the Pagan Love Orchestra; and
- Why are we here and Who are we really?
Rich Boucher resides in Albuquerque. He served two terms as a member of the Albuquerque Poet Read More
Scenes From Art Opening: ‘I Am Become Death’
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on October 9, 2016
Friday’s art opening unveils the latest exhibit at Fuller Lodge Art Center, which touches on the controversial topic of the results of the Manhattan Project in ‘I Am Become Death’. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Spirited. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comStaff Report
The Fuller Lodge Art Center in Los Alamos art opening Friday unveiled the theories and opinions of artists from across the country.
Some view the results of the Manhattan project as a curse, others a blessing. The Art Center touches
Daily Postcard: Bunny Huddles Against Morning Chill
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on October 9, 2016
Daily Postcard: A small bunny huddles on a large rock against the morning chill Saturday in Quemazon. Courtesy photo Read More
Nuclear Worker Documentary Coming To Los Alamos
Submitted by Chris Clark
on October 9, 2016
COMMUNITY News:The Award Winning documentary “The Safe Side of the Fence” will be showing at 7 p.m., Oct. 20 at The Reel Deal Movie Theater in Los Alamos.
The film looks at the nation’s nuclear legacy from the Manhattan Project to today’s nuclear industry. World War II’s Manhattan Project required the refinement of massive amounts of uranium, and St. Louis-based Mallinckrodt Chemical Works took on the job.
As a result, the chemical company’s employees would become some of the most contaminated nuclear workers in
Read More Los Alamos Artist Betty Nance Smith Receives Award Of Excellence 2016 Salon Show At Castle Gallery
Submitted by Chris Clark
on October 8, 2016
Watercolor artist Betty Nance Smith of Los Alamos receives the Award of Excellence at the 2016 Salon Show at Castle Gallery in Ft. Wayne, Ind. Courtesy photo Read More
Daily Postcard: ‘Mother And Child’ On 36th Street
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on October 8, 2016
Daily Postcard: A deer and fawn stroll Friday in the tall grasses on 36th Street. Photo by Michelle Stump Read More
Black Holes Film At Planetarium This Weekend
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on October 7, 2016
Cinema Cindy Reviews: Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children
Submitted by Chris Clark
on October 7, 2016
By Cynthia BiddlecombLos Alamos
“Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” is appropriate entertainment for older teens and adults, young and old, during this pre-Halloween season. Tim Burton directed this adventure-fantasy, based on a popular young adult novel by Ransom Riggs. Though the film is not especially scary, there are creatures in the film that do come close. But some of these may just tickle your funny bone.
The story may surprise you, traveling in time as it does between two eras in history (1943 and 2016), two points on a well-studied map (suburban Florida and
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Annual Los Alamos Artist Studio Tour Oct. 15-16
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on October 6, 2016
‘Election’ Shows At Library Today
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on October 6, 2016
By KELLY DOLEJSILos Alamos
Escape debate season with a film about an over-achieving, over-prepared female running against a popular, soft-headed male for student body president.
The award-winning “Election” (1999, rated R), screening at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Mesa Public Library, begins with high school teacher Jim McAllister’s (Matthew Broderick) morning routine. He’s a healthy guy, running, showering, and looking forward to a day teaching civics, a job he enjoys.
But amid all this peachiness, a dank pit exists. On his way to his classroom, McAllister finds student Tracy Flick (Reese Read More
SFCC Launches 2016 Santa Fe Literary Review
Submitted by Chris Clark
on October 6, 2016
SFCC News:Santa Fe Community College will host a free reading and reception 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20 to launch the 2016 edition of the Santa Fe Literary Review and to recognize contributors.
SFCC students and local, regional, national and international writers will read their work and contributing artists and authors will sign copies of the Review. The public is welcome to attend. this free event in SFCC’s Visual Arts Gallery, Santa Fe Community College, 6401 Richards Ave.
Pick up a free copy of the Review at the SFCC Library and downtown at
Read More Bandelier Fall Festival, ‘Lunacy’ Night Saturday
Submitted by Chris Clark
on October 6, 2016
Pueblo jewelry at Bandelier’s Fall Festival. Courtesy/NPSNPS News:
This Saturday, Oct. 8, there will be two special annual events at Bandelier National Monument: Fall Fiesta and International Observe the Moon Night.
Fall Fiesta is 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., in Frijoles Canyon near the Visitor Center, with more than a half dozen local Pueblo artists offering their handmade crafts for sale, including pottery, drums, kachinas and jewelry.
There also will be a dance group presenting traditional dances in late morning and early afternoon. There
Read More Natural History Museum Has Interactive Dinosaur
Submitted by Chris Clark
on October 6, 2016
Temporary Exhibit ‘Be the Dinosaur’. Courtesy photoMUSEUM News:
ALBUQUERQUE ― The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science’s new traveling exhibit Be the Dinosaur™ is a state-of-the-art video game that allows visitors to explore some of the greatest mysteries of paleontology in a completely interactive way while walking through the Cretaceous period as a dinosaur.
The six stations allow the visitor to forage through a virtual field searching for food and water while also avoiding attacks from other dinosaurs. Visitors
Read More Daily Postcard: Aspens Line Quemazon Trail
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on October 6, 2016
Daily Postcard: Aspen trees line Quemazon Trail. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Spaghetti Fundraiser & Band For Arleigh Huff
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on October 6, 2016
The Lensic Presents Rita Moreno: My Life With Words And Music Oct. 27
Submitted by Chris Clark
on October 5, 2016
Rita Moreno. Credit/Mark HillLPAC News:
SANTA FE ― The Lensic presents stage, film and television treasure Rita Moreno in Rita Moreno: My Life with Words and Music at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 27. Tickets start at $25 (TicketsSantaFe.org).
With her quick wit, deep insight and earthy candor, Moreno will share fascinating stories and songs from her childhood in Puerto Rico and her seven-decades-long career, including encounters with some of show businesses’ biggest names.
She is one of only 12 living performers who have
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