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Valles Caldera National Preserve Plans Prescribed Burn For Valle Grande This Spring

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 6, 2016

VCNP News:

The Valles Caldera National Preserve is looking for an opportunity to implement a prescribed burn project this spring.

The prescribed burn will target up to 1,471 acres of grass in the Valle Grande, adjacent to N.M. 4 between mile markers 39-42. Some traffic delays may occur during the ignition phases of the burn, but we do not anticipate any road closures. If conditions permit, burn operations will occur during mid-day in order minimize impacts to morning and afternoon commuter traffic on N.M. 4. The burn operations should take one to three days to complete.

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Daily Postcard: Goldfish Spotted In Ashley Pond

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 6, 2016

Daily Postcard: Goldfish and a large turtle now make Ashley Pond their home. Photo by Greg Kendall Read More

Broadway Singer Performs At UNM-LA

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 6, 2016

Broadway singer Seph Stanek performing Tuesday at UNM-LA. Photo by Nancy Coombs

MUSIC News:

“That guy has some pipes!” exclaimed a UNM-LA student after Broadway singer Seph Stanek sang two songs Tuesday at the College Concert at UNM-LA.

Stanek is touring with the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players who performed “The Pirates of Penzance” at Popejoy Hall this past weekend. He stopped in Los Alamos for a couple of days to visit his cousin Diana Martinez of the Family YMCA.

While in Los Alamos, Stanek has UNM-LA instructor Juanita Madland accompanying him on piano. Madland invited him to Read More

Daily Postcard: Daffodils

Submitted by Chris Clark on April 5, 2016

Daily Postcard: Daffodils close-up in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

Scenes From Los Alamos Photography Club’s Opening Reception Monday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 5, 2016

An opening reception was held Monday evening for the annual Los Alamos Photography Show in the upstairs gallery at Mesa Public Library. The 140 prints will be on display during regular library hours through April 30. John and Marcee Sarracino organized this year’s show, which is sponsored by the Los Alamos Photography Club. John McHale and Leigh House discuss a print. Photo by Ken Hanson

Hal Davis, left, talks about his prints with Los Alamos Fire Chief Troy Hughes and his wife Jodi Hughes. Photo by Ken Hanson

Martin Cooper describes Bob Walker’s shot of water buffalo crossing the Read More

Los Alamos Photography Club Exhibit Walk Through April 19

Submitted by Chris Clark on April 5, 2016

CourtesyLAPC

LAPC News:

The Los Alamos Photo Club is hosting a walk-through of its 21st Annual Show 7-9 p.m., April 19 in the upstairs Gallery at Mesa Public Library.

The public is invited to view submitted works and interact informally with photographers.

The show runs through April 30.

French Film Gives Realistic Look At Classroom Life

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 5, 2016

Movie poster for ‘The Class.’ Courtesy photo

Review By KELLY DOLEJSI

“The Class” (2008, rated PG-13), perhaps the only film I’ve seen starring a real-life middle-school language teacher, will screen at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Mesa Public Library.

Laurent Cantet’s award-winning drama cinematizes François Bégaudeau’s semi-autobiographical novel “Entre les murs” (“Between the walls”), which is also the film’s original title in France. Onscreen, Bégaudeau, who based his book in part on his own experiences teaching French and literature at to 13-year-olds in Paris, plays François Read More

Los Alamos Community: Support Middle School Band

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 5, 2016

LAMS Band Director Ryan Finn works with his students to prepare them for upcoming regional competition. Courtesy photo

By LAPS Foundation Executive Director Joanna Gillespie and

The Band Aid Committee

Many of you are familiar with the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation’s (LAPSF) work to help teachers and students in LAPS with “classroom makeovers.”

This year the LAPSF is leading the charge to refurbish the Los Alamos Middle School (LAMS) Band classroom. Working with a committee of band parents, LAMS staff and administration, (including Band Director Ryan Finn, Principal Johnson Read More

Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘Zootopia’

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 5, 2016

By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB

Los Alamos

“Zootopia” has been out for a month, but I finally got to see it Sunday and, boy, am I glad I did! This little gem is full of the most intricate, animated world ever created. The details in the background scenes alone are worthy of an art award!

But even more compelling is the set up for the story. Zootopia is a city in which all the animal species live in relative peace, having “evolved” from their more savage predecessors. Prey and predator live in the same city, patronizing the same businesses, aspiring to jobs and housing, mates and families. Not that there aren’t Read More

New Mexico Philharmonic Ends Popejoy Classics Series With Return Of Violinist Rachel Barton Pine

Submitted by Chris Clark on April 5, 2016

NMP News:

ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico Philharmonic welcomes violinist Rachel Barton Pine back to the Popejoy stage at 6 p.m., Saturday, April 30.

Featured on the Popejoy Classics Season Finale are three audience favorites: The Academic Festival Overture by Johannes Brahms, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, and the “Organ Symphony” of Camille Saint-. Fawzi Haimor conducts. The concert will be preceded by a Pre-Concert Talk at 5 p.m. with Maestro Haimor

Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘Batman v. Superman’

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 4, 2016

By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB

Los Alamos

“Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” may have the best special effects and horrific violence the movie industry can create on screen, but I found myself yawning through it.

But most of the D.C. Comics details thrown into the film are not explained for the non-indoctrinated. More could have been done in the writing or the editing process to allow us plebes to better follow the storyline.

This dark, chaotic and violent film (my husband’s words) features two of our historically favorite D.C. Comics superheroes, Batman and Superman. Part way through the film, Wonder Read More

Manasse/Nakamatsu Duo Performs In Los Alamos April 17

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 4, 2016

Acclaimed clarinet and piano duo Jon Manasse and Jon Nakamatsu and perform April 17 in the Duane Smith Auditorium. Courtesy/LACA

LACA News:

The Manasse/Nakamatsu Duo will perform in Los Alamos at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 17 in the Duane Smith Auditorium.

Presented by the Los Alamos Concert Association, the acclaimed clarinet and piano duo has won praise for its compelling virtuosity and engaging stage presence.

One of the great clarinet soloists of his generation, Jon Manasse is principal clarinetist with the American Ballet Theater and New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra. His solo Read More

Daily Postcard: Camp Hamilton Trail

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 3, 2016

Daily Postcard: Hiking Thursday along Camp Hamilton Trail. Photo by Robert Beberniss Read More

Public Invited To Lunchtime Concert At UNM-LA April 5

Submitted by Chris Clark on April 2, 2016

Students who participated in the 2015 Music Theory for the Non-major class at UNM-LA. Instructor Juanita Madland is on the right. Courtesy/UNM-LA

UNMLA News:

The Music Theory class presents a public concert 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, in Building 2 at the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA).

Students will perform musical pieces they worked on this semester as they explored how to understand what makes music and its emotions. The audience will hear performances by students Betty Carlson, Shane Kim, Skyler McCall, Rheta Moazzami, Nancy Nunnelley, Phyllis

Daily Postcard: Western Bluebird Spotted At Stables

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 1, 2016

Daily Postcard: A western bluebird is spotted Thursday evening at the stables on North Mesa. Photo by Trisha Ancell

A western bluebird Thursday evening at the stables on North Mesa. Photo by Trisha Ancell

A western bluebird Thursday evening at the stables on North Mesa. Photo by Trisha Ancell Read More

Santa Fe Opera: UnShakeable Premieres April 9

Submitted by Chris Clark on March 31, 2016

SFO News:

SANTA FE ― Santa Fe Opera presents UnShakeable, a new opera composed by Performance Santa Fe’s general director Joe Illick with a libretto by Andrea Fellows Walters, the Opera’s Director of Education and Community Engagment.

Set in an abandoned theater in New Mexico 25 years in the future, UnShakeable tells the story of Wyatt and Meridian, Shakespearean actors and former lovers who have fallen victim to Erasure, a viral pandemic resulting in memory loss.

Separated from Meridian at the start of the pandemic, Wyatt has been searching for

New York Singer To Perform Benefit For Los Alamos Y

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 31, 2016

Seph Stanek

YMCA News:

Seph Stanek is coming to Los Alamos in the middle of a national tour of “The Pirates of Penzance” to hold a benefit performance for The Family YMCA’s scholarship program.

He will hold a preview performance for his “Broadway at the Y,” program at noon Monday, April 4 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center accompanied on the piano by Juanita Madland. His full benefit performance is 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 5, at the Los Alamos Teen Center where he will be accompanied on the piano by Nate Salazar.

The public is welcome to attend and the performance is free, however donations will be accepted Read More