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LAAC’s Brown Bag Performance Features Hawaiian Music With Hot Jazz By Blonde Aloha Noon Wednesday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 5, 2016

Eve West Bessier and Patrick Markham of Blonde Aloha perform at noon Wednesday at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy/LAAC

LAAC News:

The days are getting shorter and cooler but the Los Alamos Arts Council is offering an escape to warmer air, sunnier skies and rolling ocean waves in Wednesday’s noontime Brown Bag Show at Fuller Lodge.

The show features Blonde Aloha, a duo made up of Patrick Markham and Eve West Bessier. The performers will sing and perform traditional Hawaiian music. They blend traditional Hawaiian music with hot jazz from the 1920s and 1930s as well as Beatles tunes.

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Night Sky Planetarium Show At Nature Center Oct. 7

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 4, 2016
View of the night sky and Milky Way galaxy. Courtesy photo
 
PEEC News:
 
Learn more about the stars and constellations visible this month at Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s star show at 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 7 in the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium. 
 
With physicist Paul Arendt as the host, attendees will enjoy a tour of celestial objects—star patterns, constellations, planets, and deep sky objects— easily viewed through binoculars this month. Arendt will also include a special presentation about our local group of galaxies and how some
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Farmington Police Department To Host Second Annual National Night Out Event Today

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 4, 2016
 
FPD News:
 
FARMINGTON ― The Farmington Police Department will host its second annual National Night Out event 4-7 p.m. today. Oct. 4, at the Farmington Boys and Girls Club.
 
The Helpful Heroes Junior Civitans will launch their Back the Blue campaign during the event, which is this year’s theme. Attendees will enjoy a variety of activities and attractions, including bubble soccer, face painting, a police pumpkin pick and demonstrations by FPD’s specialty units. District Coordinator Unit officers will give away several bicycles throughout the event.
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New Mexico Museum Of Natural History & Science Announces New Programs And Schedule Changes

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 4, 2016
Celebrate National Fossil Day Oct. 12 and Attend ‘Startup Sendoff’. Courtesy photo
 
NMMNHS News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science announces the presentation of two special programs designed to expand access to the Museum and Tuesday closures designed to provide more flexibility in after hour access.
 
The first special program “Afternoon Science Adventures” celebrating National Fossil Day is 3-6 p.m., Oct. 12. The second special program “Startup Sendoff” is 5:30-9 p.m., Friday,
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Dances Of India: ‘Beauty & The Beast’ Oct. 16

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 4, 2016
Photo by Elena E. Giorgi
 
YMCA News:
 
She began dance lessons when she was 10, and after 11 years of dedication to this, her parents wondered what she would do for a living. They needn’t have fretted.
 
Alina Deshpande also enjoyed science, which led to a Masters and PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the University of New Mexico. Today she works at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a senior scientist, but her love of dance has served her well, nurturing a creative spirit to share dance as a teacher at The Family YMCA.
 
This creative spirit also has empowered
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‘I Am Become Death’ Opening Reception Oct. 7

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 3, 2016
Courtesy/FLAC
 
FLAC News:
 
The Fuller Lodge Art Center in Los Alamos is hosting an art opening 5-7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 7, like no other!
 
Los Alamos IS New Mexico ‘s Secret City and the birthplace of the Manhattan Project and the Atomic Bomb. With its contentious history and the National Laboratory still in place, the town is saturated with visitors seeking the truth.
 
For its next exhibit, the  Fuller Lodge Art Center will open its doors to the theories and opinions of
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Celebrate World Archaeology Day Oct. 15

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 3, 2016
Pots and bowl found at 17th-century archaeology sites in Northern New Mexico from Museum of Indian Arts and Culture collections. Photo by Blair Clark, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.
 
CNMA News:
 
SANTA FE ― A celebration of World Archaeology Day is Saturday, Oct. 15 at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology, 7 Old Cochiti Road in Santa Fe.
 
Join the staff of The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology and the Office of Archaeological Studies 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the annual celebration. This event celebrates 12,000 years of
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New Mexico Symphonic Chorus Celebrates Autumn With ‘Choral Colors’ Concert Oct. 16

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 3, 2016
NMSC News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― For the first concert of its 2016-17 season, the New Mexico Symphonic Chorus will celebrate autumn with beautiful and exuberant music from composers Bartók, Effinger, Pinkham, Ginastera and Thompson in the “Choral Colors – Fall Festival” concert.
 
The 70-member Chorus is led by Roger Melone at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, at the First United Methodist Church in Albuquerque. Also on the program is a guest chorus, the award-winning Eldorado High School Concert Choir directed by Megan Rader.
 
“This concert
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Nature On Tap: Recent Discoveries In Astronomy Oct. 6

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 2, 2016

PEEC News:

The community is invited to this week’s Nature on Tap to discuss the latest findings in astronomy. 

Local astronomers and astrophysicists Dr. Paul Arendt, Dr. Galen Gisler and Dr. Rick Wallace will provide an engaging discussion about black holes, NASA’s Juno probe, the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, the night sky, and upcoming planetarium shows 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6 at UnQuarked in Central Park Square.

Arendt received his PhD in physics at Ohio State University and now works in commercial manufacturing and the Applied Research & Development of Materials Read More

ULLR Fest 2016 Rocks Pajarito Mountain!

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 2, 2016

People of all ages display their ULLR Fest spirit at Saturday’s annual event on Pajarito Mountain. Photo by Ken Hanson

ULLR Fest is by far the most popular fall festival and draws a large crowd to Saturday’s event on Pajarito Mountain. Photo by Ken Hanson

JJ and the Hooligans perform at Saturday’s ULLR Fest on Pajarito Mountain. Photo by Ken Hanson

COMMUNITY News:

ULLR Fest, Pajarito’s most popular fall festival drew a large crowd Saturday to the mountain.

This year’s event featured New Mexico Brewersfest with local craft beers, live music by JJ and the Hooligans Read More

Annual Los Alamos Artists Studio Tour Featuring Kate O’Donnell, Kathi Geoffrion And Jen Longmire Oct. 15-16

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 2, 2016
Iris watercolor by Kathi Geoffrion Parker. Courtesy photo
 

IRIS GRACE, 19×23 inches, Oil by Kate O’Donnell. Courtesy photo

 

Jewelry by Jen Longmire. Courtesy photo
 
ART News:
 
The Los Alamos Artists Studio Tour (LAAST) is pleased to present its third annual Studio Tour! This free, self-guided tour will take you into the studios of many of Los Alamos’s artists to see how they work.
 
The Tour is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15 and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday Oct. 16.
 
This year, participating artists represent ceramics, fiber art, photography,
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Mary Cardin Workshops At Fuller Lodge Art Center

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 2, 2016
A fall inspired work by Mary Cardin. Courtesy photo
 

FLAC News:

Chances are anyone who has lived in Los Alamos for awhile has seen a watercolor painted by Mary Cardin.

Cardin’s work hangs everywhere from private homes to the public library. That’s because Cardin has a long standing and beloved relationship with Los Alamos. Every year she finds herself making the trek from Chama to Los Alamos to share her artwork and knowledge, and every year Cardin invites her students to come up to Chama and take weekend workshops at her Bed and Breakfast.

There’s a reason the road between Cardin’s Bed and

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Tickets On Sale For New Mexico Symphonic Chorus New Season: Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s The Creation

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 1, 2016
NMSC News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― Individual concert tickets, as well as season tickets, are now on sale for the 2016-2017 season of the 70-member New Mexico Symphonic Chorus.
 
In its upcoming season, the Chorus will perform beloved music, including Handel’s Messiah and Haydn’s The Creation, as well as choral music by acclaimed composers including Bartók, Britten and Vaughan Williams. In its sixth season as a stand-alone chorus, the New Mexico Symphonic Chorus will be conducted in its four concerts by Roger Melone.
 
Also, the Chorus
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Handmade Paper Trade Fair Comes To Santa Fe

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 1, 2016
Shop for crafts, supplies and fine art related to paper and book arts at the Oct. 21-22 Paper Trade Fair In Santa Fe. Courtesy photo
 
NMHM News:
 
SANTA FE ― The New Mexico History Musuem/Palace of the Governors and Friends of Dard Hunter welcome everyone to shop a special Paper Sale Oct. 21-22. 
 
Vendors will be selling tools, supplies, crafts, and fine art related to paper, print and book arts.
 
The Paper Trade Fair is part of Earth Paper Sky, the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Friends of Dard Hunter, an organization for hand papermakers. Stop by and shop 9:30
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Givhan And Camp Poetry Reading Oct. 12

Submitted by Chris Clark on September 30, 2016

Jennifer Givhan

POETRY News:
 
Two of New Mexico’s fine poets will read myths, fairy tales and other experiences from their award-winning books at a free event at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12 at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie in Santa Fe followed by a book signing.

JENNIFER GIVHAN is a Mexican-American poet from the Southwestern desert. Her books include Landscape with Headless Mama (Pleiades Editors Prize) and Protection Spell (Miller Williams Series, U of Arkansas Press). She’s received NEA and PEN/Rosenthal Emerging Voices fellowships, The Frost Read More

Pajarito Mountain & Los Alamos Ski Club Host Ullr Fest Saturday

Submitted by Chris Clark on September 30, 2016
Courtesy image
 
PMSA News:
 
Pajarito Mountain Ski Area, in partnership with the Los Alamos Ski Club will host Ullr Fest this Saturday, Oct. 1.
 
Ullr Fest is a community event honoring Ullr, in hopes of bringing a good ski season to Pajarito Mountain this winter. The event includes a brewfest, two concerts, a downhill mountain bike race, a disc golf tournament, and a costume contest.

Saturday’s Ullr Festival includes live music from noon to 5pm by JJ and the Hoolians, and Bronach Celtic Blues. The New Mexico Craft BeerFest is noon to 5 p.m.

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