Daily Postcard: Fawns Visit Walnut Street
Daily Postcard: The cooler air lately in Los Alamos seems to have put a spring in the step of this fawn spotted recently at a residence on Walnut Street. Photo by Robert Beberniss
Fawn spotted recently leaping around a residence on Walnut Street. Photo by Robert Beberniss
Three fawns gather recently on the lawn of a residence on Walnut Street. Photo by Robert Beberniss Read More
Cinema Cindy Reviews: ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’
By Cynthia Biddlecomb David Luning Performs At Pond Tonight
David Luning. Courtesy photoMUSIC News:
Gritty, soulful singer/songwriter David Luning is a lively storyteller whose music, earnest songwriting and rich, captivating voice would have you believe you’re listening to a hardened veteran of Nashville.
Luning is performing as part of the Los Alamos Summer Concert Series at 7 p.m. today at Ashley Pond Park. The concert is free.
His debut album “Just Drop On By” was met with high critical praise and garnered Luning numerous film and TV placements with most recently, a featured placement of his song “ Whiskey Bottle” in NBC’s series Read More
Adobe Rose Theatre Presents ‘Lobby Hero’
THEATRE News:
The Adobe Rose Theatre in Santa Fe will present ‘Lobby Hero’ by Kenneth Lonergan and directed by Staci Robbins Sept. 8-25.
Lobby Hero – nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play, tells the story of Jeff, a luckless young security guard trying to get his life together after being thrown out of the Navy.
But the lobby proves to be no sanctuary from the world, as Jeff is drawn into a local murder investigation involving his supervisor, a tightly wound young man called upon to bear witness against his troubled brother, and an overzealous and Read More
Cinema Cindy Reviews: ‘Pete’s Dragon’
By Cynthia BiddlecombArts In Public Places Board Meets 5:30 p.m. Thursday
COUNTY News:‘Granite Mountain’ Filming At Urban Park Friday
COUNTY News:
“GraniteMountain” is filming approximately 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26 at Urban Park. There will be no loud noises, stunts or special effects conducted as part of filming this scene.
“Granite Mountain” has obtained a permit to reserve all Urban Park facilities, including the pavilion, all fields (soccer/baseball), courts (basketball, volleyball, tennis) and parking spaces connected to the park. The production will block off and sign areas not accessible to the public during filming.
Beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25 through Read More
USPS Helps National Park Service Celebrate Centennial
This sheet includes 16 different stamps, all of them showing views of national parks or plants, animals, artwork, objects, and structures found in or associated with a national park. Courtesy/NPS
USPS News:
NEW YORK — Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan helps the National Park Service celebrate its 100th anniversary with the dedication of the pane of 16 National Parks Forever stamps .The first-day-of-issue ceremony took place in New York City at the World Stamp Show-NY 2016 – which is the world’s largest stamp show and is only held once a decade in the United States. Read More
Daily Postcard: Fawn Visits Barranca Mesa Residence
Daily Postcard: This speckled fawn pays a visit Monday to a home on Barranca Mesa accompanied by its mother and another doe attracted to the windfall of apples from nearby trees. Photo by Ken Hanson
Fawn visits residence Monday on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Ken Hanson Read More
Public Invited To San Ildefonso Pottery Dedication
The public is invited to join the Art in Public Places Board, Los Alamos County Council and guest artists at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31 for dedication of San Ildefonso pottery replicas stationed along N.M. 4 in White Rock. LADP File Photo
COUNTY News:
The public is invited to join the Art in Public Places Board, Los Alamos County Council and guest artists at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31 to celebrate the dedication of the large San Ildefonso pottery replicas stationed along N.M. 4 in White Rock.
The creation of this impressive artwork was a collaborative effort Read More
YMCA PiYo Live® Rave Saturday
Cinema Cindy Reviews Ben-Hur
By Cynthia BiddlecombDaily Postcard: Sun Setting Over Otowi Mesa
Daily Postcard: This photo is taken Monday from a home at the end of Los Pueblos as the sun is setting over Otowi Mesa, highlighting the cliffs, mesas and a bit of rainbow. Photo by Steve GreeneDALA Opens Auditions For Nutcracker On ‘The Hill’
Scene from Nutcracker on ‘The Hill’. Courtesy photoPipe Band Plays Ashley Pond Pavilion Wednesday
The Albuquerque & Four Corners pipes and drums bagpipe band’s logo on the bass drum. Photo by TK Thompson
MUSIC News:
Weather permitting, The Albuquerque & Four Corners pipes and drums bagpipe band is set to perform 6:30-7:30 p.m., Wednesday in the pavilion at Ashley Pond Park.
The band is committed to promoting the listening pleasure and ongoing education of bagpipe music and invites the community to attend this free event. Read More
Daily Postcard: Rio Grande From White Rock Canyon
Daily Postcard: A view of the Rio Grande River from White Rock Canyon. Photo by JoAnna O’Neill Read More
Relay For Life Night At Ashley Pond Park Friday
Walkers circle Ashley Pond at Friday’s Annual Relay for Life, which raises funds to fight cancer. This is the 30th annual event in Los Alamos. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Medical Center Marketing Director Mary Beth Maassen admires an item at the Silent Auction. Maassen is one of the organizers of the event. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Jim Lauderdale performs during Relay for Life Night at Friday’s Los Alamos County Summer Concert Series. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Two-steppin’. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comDavid King Dunaway On Musicians And The Blacklist
David King Dunaway. Courtesy photo
LIBRARY News:
Noted historian and broadcaster David King Dunaway will speak at Mesa Public Library at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 24 in the Upstairs Rotunda. His talk is entitled Force and Violins.
Force and Violins was first presented to the Library of Congress’ American Folklife Center in 2008, on the subject of systematic persecution of folksingers in the United States in the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s.
Through the Benjamin A. Botkin Folklife Lecture Series, the American Folklife Center presents distinguished experts speaking about their research and current Read More
Letter To The Editor: A Positive Experience
Movie production underway Wednesday on Rover Boulevard. Photo by Terry FoxxI am probably like many of you and wondered why New Mexico would support the film industry by giving them a rebate. I had an opportunity to find out recently when the No Exit Films requested to use our house to film scenes for “Granite Mountain.” Why they chose our house I don’t know and I must say I was a little hesitant at first. However, the Location Manager explained the process and we consented.
The process took three days to set up, shoot, and take down. Everyone whom I interacted Read More
Spanish Market Youth Winner Rachel Rivera
Rachel Rivera, an eighth-grader at Los Alamos Middle School, enjoyed a very successful Spanish Market in July. Photo by Christine Hipp
Rachel Rivera’s straw appliqué art piece, “Holy Family,” won youth grand prize, best of show award and the straw applique award at this year’s Spanish Market. Photo by Christine Hipp
