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Rendering The Unthinkable: Artists Respond To 9/11

‘Rendering the Unthinkable: Artists Respond to 9/11’. Courtesy/ 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York

‘World Trade Center as a Cloud’, 2011 by Christopher Saucedo. Pressed linen pulp on handmade paper. Three panels, each 40 inches x 60 inches. Saucedo, a Brooklyn native, created these images by pressing layers of fine white linen pulp onto a large blue field. The forms reference floating clouds, but on closer inspection can be seen as an ethereal representation of the World Trade Center. The artist’s brothers Stephen and Gregory Saucedo, both New York City firefighters, responded Read More

Fifth Grade Band Students Learn Basics At First Lesson

Richard Hannemann, owner of a home based music store in Los Alamos, made sure that every student had an instrument and supplies. Courtesy photo

Kim LeTellier, a music educator at Chamisa Elementary. Courtesy photo

Larry Bronisz, a trombone player, first learned how to play his instrument 48 years ago at Aspen Elementary. Courtesy photo

LAPS News:

Tuesday, Sept. 6, more than 115 beginning band students attended the First Lesson Night at Los Alamos High Read More

Final Summer Concert Of Season Features Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys At Pond Tonight

Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys perform at Ashley Pond at 7 p.m. today to end this season’s Summer Concert Series. Courtesy photo
 
By RUSS GORDON
Los Alamos Concert Promoter

Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys will play Ashley Pond at 7 p.m. today. The weather should be dry and warmer so come on out for a classy night of dancin’ and romancin’ to what is one of the top bands in country, alt-country and rockabilly in the WORLD!

I swear that’s the truth. check him out on youtube and his website. Chuck was the founder, lead guitarist and vocalist for the band, BR549. Read More

NM Philharmonic Fundraising: Carmina Burana!

NMP News:
 
The New Mexico Philharmonic and the New Mexico Symphonic Chorus solidify artistic collaboration with a Fundraising Special Concert to benefit the New Mexico Philharmonic. The musicians of the orchestra graciously partake in the fundraising by donating a portion of their services.
 
This special fundraising concert is the opening concert of the 2016-2017 season and it features alongside the New Mexico Philharmonic the Young Musician Initiative Children Chorus and the New Mexico Symphonic Chorus under the baton of Roger Melone. For more info, see nmphil.org
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Atomic City Children’s Theater Auditions For 2017 Junior Theater Festival West Field Trip To Sacramento

ACCT News:
 
Atomic City Children’s Theater (ACCT), the Los Alamos Public Schools’ award winning after-school theater program, is excited to announce auditions for their Junior Theater Festival West (JTF West) field trip to Sacramento, Calif. in February 2017.
 
Auditions are 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 in the Mountain Elementary School gymnasium, and are open all students in the Los Alamos or White Rock area between the ages of 8-18. Registration begins at 1 p.m.
 
JTF West activities begin with an adjudicated performance on Saturday
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Author Festival Highlights New Mexico’s Finest Writers

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AF News:
 
The 2016 Author Festival highlights Anne Hillerman, David Morrell, Joseph Badal, Rob Kresge, Steve Brewer, Steve Havill, Don Bullis, Paula Paul, Margaret Tessler, Patricia Smith Wood and 11 other esteemed writers. 

Twenty-one of New Mexico’s finest writers will gather 

10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Oct. 1 at the Albuquerque Museum for an Inaugural Book Event. Authors will share their experiences, sell merchandise and sign their books for fans. Books will be for sale in the
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Museum Hill Hosts Free-For-All Community Day Celebration Sept. 25

MUSEUM HILL News:

  • Numerous Activities Planned for the Whole Family on September 25, 2016

SANTA FE – The Museum Hill Partners of Santa Fe announce their third annual Museum Hill Community Day 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept 25, Admission to the Museum Hill Museums and related activities are free all day.

Comprising the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, the Santa Fe Botanical Garden, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, the Museum of International Folk Art, the Museum of Indian Art and Culture, and the National Park Service, the Museum Hill Partners work together to draw tourists and residents Read More

Daily Postcard: Fawn Feasts On Windfall Apples

Daily Postcard: This fawn returns from a two week trip to parts unknown to feast once again on windfall apples in the yard of a residence in Los Alamos. The delicate fawn is again accompanied by its mother – the homeowners say they are glad to have the pair eat the windfall apples so they don’t go to waste as there is still plenty in the tree for the family. Photo by Ken Hanson
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Pajarito Spanish Dance Alliance Flamenco Classes Sept. 10 Through Nov. 19

Dance Alliance November 2014. Courtesy photo
 
PSDA News:
 
Flamenco Dance Classes sponsored by the Pajarito Spanish Dance Alliance are 5-6 p.m. Saturdays, Sept. 10 through Nov. 19 at the New Mexico Dance Theater studio, 149 Central Park Square. 
 
The level is beginning to advanced and all ages 10 and up are welcome. The tuition is suggested at $10 per class, pay what you can, and the classes will be taught by Ellen Walton and Catalina Rio Fernandez. 
 
Pajarito Spanish Dance Alliance is a 501 (c) (3) organization enabling
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‘Opera On The Rocks’ At Bandelier Sept. 24

COMMUNITY News:

For the fifth year, the Los Alamos Opera Guild of The Guilds of The Santa Fe Opera, Inc., Atomic City Transit and Bandelier National Monument are presenting “Opera On The Rocks” at the Juniper Campground Amphitheater. This year it will be the evening of Saturday, Sept. 24.

In previous years the music has been by Mozart, but this year Zarzuelas, excerpts from traditional Spanish opera, will be featured. There also will be food, beverages and a craft table for kids. Tickets are available at the Guild’s website. 

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Daily Postcard: Orphaned Bear Cubs Grow Stronger

Daily Postcard: Orphaned bear cubs Valley Girl and Cowboy seen Sunday on the Land of Enchantment Wildlife Foundation video camera installed in their enclosure. The pair is likely to be released into the wild sometime around Thanksgiving when they are sufficiently fattened up for the winter. Courtesy/LEWF  Read More

Little Forest Playschool Fall Fiesta Sept. 10

Kids getting soapy in the Bubble Pit at Little Forest Play School. Courtesy photo

LITTLE FOREST News:

The community is invited to Little Forest Playschool’s Annual Fall Fiesta 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10.

Join staff at the 2-acre playground for family fun and games including:

  • Prizes;
  • Face Painting;
  • Alpine Slide;
  • Free Toddler Area;
  • Bounce House – 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.;
  • Dunk Tank – 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and 
  • Bubble Pit – noon to 2 p.m.

Exciting additions this year include: 

  • Traditional Dance at 10:30 a.m. from Ohkay Owingeh; and
  • Live music from The Lebrons
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MRM: New Beadwork Show Opens Today

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MRM News:
 
Crossing Paths: Beadwork from the Millicent Rogers Museum and the E. Irving Couse Collection has opened and focuses on the history of beadwork in northern New Mexico–an art form not typically associated with the Southwest.
 
The diverse community of Taos, New Mexico has acted as a center for cross-cultural interactions and exchange for centuries, if not longer. Before and after the arrival of the Spanish into the region, Taos Pueblo was a significant center for trade between the Pueblo communities to the south and the tribal nations
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Los Alamos Little Theatre Opens Season With ‘Not Quite Right’

By KELLY DOLEJSI

The risk in watching Los Alamos Little Theater’s “Not Quite Right” is that you might see a glimpse of your own family in the spotlight.

Luckily, “whatever your generation or family relationship,” said actor Eric Bjorklund, who plays Marty in the September production, “someone onstage is arguing from your point of view.”

When the play opens, Marty, a man “too old to be quick and too young to retire,” sits in his garage in the middle of the night, playing with a couple oven mitts. At 58, Marty’s still not quite sure what he wants to do when he grows up. He’s learning pottery and sky-diving, Read More

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