Enter Wonderland This Weekend With NMDT-PC’s ‘Alice’
Megan Hemphill is a charming Alice in NMDT-PC’s ‘Alice’, which opened Friday at Duane Smith Auditorium. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Becky Cai performs the challenging role of The Caterpillar. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.comNew Mexico Dance Theater Performance Company’s “Alice,” opened Friday at Duane Smith Auditorium. Susan Baker-Dillingham’s original ballet version of “Alice in Wonderland” is a must see. The show originally premiered in 2009 and the new production lives up to the
Scenes From Uli’s Annual Fall Fashion Show
Beautiful Los Alamos women and a handsome man model the latest trends at Uli’s annual Fall Fashion Show Thursday at 800 Trinity Dr. Photo by Jim O’Donnell
Photo by Jim O’Donnell
Photo by Jim O’Donnell
Staff Report
Each year Uli and her staff host a variety of events including fashion shows.
Thursday’s annual Fall Fashion Show drew a large crowd to 800 Trinity Dr., in Los Alamos. The event featured a group of local models showing off new fall fashions. Following the show, which featured everything from casual weekend styles to formalwear, Read More
Chinese Brush Painting Workshop This Weekend
Plum blossom and butterfly. By Ming FranzAlice in Wonderland Dances Again
The cast of ‘Alice.’ Courtesy photo
Staff Report
New Mexico Dance Theater Performance Company (NMDT-PC) presents Director Susan Baker-Dillingham’s original ballet version of Alice in Wonderland this weekend.
Alice will be performed at the Duane W. Smith auditorium 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov.13, and Saturday, Nov. 14, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15. Tickets are available for purchase in advance at Uli’s Cottontails or at the door 45 minutes prior to performances. They are $15 for adults, $10 for students and seniors. Children 4 and under are free.
Alice premiered in November 2009 Read More
Limited Tickets Available For ‘A Night In MANH(A)TTAN’
Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
Today is the last day tickets can be purchased from Starbucks or reserved for pick-up at the door for “A Night in MANH(A)TTAN,” 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at Historic Fuller Lodge at 2132 Central Ave. in Los Alamos.
There are a limited number of tickets still available for purchase. Cost for entry is $25 per adult and $20 per high student (grades 9-12). Children are free.
Event representatives will be at Starbucks 2:30-3:30 p.m. today on Central Avenue. Those unable to come to Starbucks during those timeframes may contact Karyl Ann Armbruster at kaskacayman@gmail.com Read More
Ice Scene Forms At Los Alamos Golf Course
With frigid temperatures overnight, early morning sprinklers turn a section of the Los Alamos Golf Course into a winter wonderland. Photo by Rick Reiss
Photo by Nancy Coombs
Los Alamos Golf Course turns into a winter wonderland. Courtesy photo
Courtesy photo
Photo by Nancy Coombs
Photo by Nancy Coombs
Photo by Nancy Coombs
Photo by Nancy Coombs Read More
Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘Spectre’
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB“Spectre” follows closely on the heels of “Skyfall” (2012) as yet another fabulous vehicle for James Bond, Agent 007, played by Daniel Craig.
World class locations, memorable spectacles, and a bit of biographical history tantalize the viewer of this film, as they did in “Skyfall.” It is definitely entertaining.
And this from someone who was never a Bond fan…
Movie poster for ‘Spectre.’ Courtesy Reel Deal Theater
Since Ian Fleming’s books about the MI-6 agent were made and remade, featuring alluring female enemy agents, fast cars and secret weapons, Read More
LAPSF Accepting Musical Instrument Donations
LAPS FOUNDATION News:
The Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation is pleased to announce that its Instrument Donation Program is once again accepting donations of band and orchestra instruments.
Each year there are students who would like to join the elementary band and orchestra programs, provided at each of the five participating schools, whose families cannot afford the purchase of an instrument.
Do you have a musical instrument collecting dust? Make music possible for a young student and take the tax donation as allowed. As a 501(c)(3) organization, the LAPS Foundation will Read More
Victor Frankl Subject Of ‘There’s More To Life Than Being Happy’ A One Act At LALT
LALT News:
Victor Frankl, a famous Austrian neurologist and psychotherapist who survived the horrors of the Auschwitz concentration camp, is the subject of “There’s More to Life Than Being Happy,” a short play now being performed at the Los Alamos Little Theatre.
The play recounts a critical moment in Frankl’s life, a moment when he “makes the decision that will shape the rest of his life,” Playwright Deborah Magid said. “There’s More to Life Than Being Happy” is part of “8×10’s Fifth Element,” the fifth occasion that LALT has produced this format of eight short plays in an evening.
First-time Read More
The Storyteller Show Opens At UNM-LA Tuesday
‘Wise One’ by Barbara Yarnell, is one of the many Storyteller pieces on display through Dec. 4 at the UNM-LA library. Courtesy/UNM-LA
UNM-LA News:
Three classes of ceramics students from UNM-Los Alamos have formed their concept of “storytelling” into clay for a new art show at the UNM-LA Library, 4000 University Dr.
Come to the opening noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17 to chat with the artists and to see some new perspectives on the traditional Native American storyteller figure.
“This past summer, some of my students and I were talking about telling our stories in clay,” said Barbara Yarnell, Read More
Dive-In Movie: Inside Out At Aquatic Center Nov. 13
This Week At The Reel Deal
By JIM O’DONNELL This Friday we are opening Steve Jobs and Black Mass. Spectre and The Peanut Movie will hold for another week. The Martian, Bridge of Spies, and Burnt will end Thursday.
At 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov.19 we will have a special early showing of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2. Tickets are now on sale at our box office. Please try and come early, limited seating.
Steve Jobs: Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint Read More
My Blue Heaven 2015 Festival Of Chocolate Nov. 14
Photo by Bernadette LauritzenScenes From LAFC’s Boots And Black Tie Fall Ball
Los Alamos Medical Center Marketing Director and Los Alamos Family Council Board Member Mary Beth Maassen, right, coordinated Saturday’s Boots and Black Tie Fall Ball at Hilton Buffalo Thunder. She presents certificates of appreciation to her committee, from left, Kimber Wallwork-Heineman, Helen Ortega and Johanna Jiron as LAFC Board Chair Colin Kelly looks on at right. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Medical Center CEO Feliciano Jiron with his wife Johann and their daughter McKenzie at Saturday’s Boots and Black Tie Fall Ball at Hilton Buffalo Thunder. Read More
Pinon Student Ryan Worley Wins 2015 Los Alamos CROP Hunger Walk And Turkey Trot Logo Contest
Los Alamos CROP Hunger Walk and Turkey Trot 2015 winning logo designed by Pinon Elementary School 6th grade student Ryan Worley. Courtesy photo
COMMUNITY News:
Congratulations to Ryan Worley, winner of this year’s Los Alamos CROP Hunger Walk and Turkey Trot logo contest!
Ryan Worley
Worley is a 6th grader at Pinon Elementary School who really enjoys climbing the rock wall at the YMCA among other hobbies, including baking decadent desserts, writing scary stories, and reading.
His unique design depicts people walking a CROP Hunger Walk on one side of the Earth with people walking with water jugs Read More
Poetry And Wine…On A Sunday Afternoon
Lauren CampHow can you resist such an attractive combination, and right here in our town?
Next Sunday, Nov. 15, poets Lauren Camp and Rich Boucher will read some of their poems at the Unquarked Wine Room, 145 Central Square Park. The reading starts at 1 p.m., but the wine room opens at noon.
A personal note: Lauren is one of my dearest friends.
Here are the brief biographies of the poets:
Rich Boucher
Rich’s Bio: Rich Boucher resides in Albuquerque. Rich served two terms as a member of the Albuquerque Poet Laureate Program’s Selection Read More
Amy Storey Announces A Night In MANH(A)TTAN
Amy Storey of Los Alamos announces at last Tuesday’s Council meeting the ‘A Night in MANH(A)TTAN’ event coming to Fuller Lodge Nov. 14. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
Amy Story of Los Alamos broke the news at Tuesday’s County Council meeting in Council Chambers that just in time for the holidays, the community has the opportunity to step back into the Manhattan Project era … and capture it on film.
Check out the MANH(A)TTAN WGN America Facebook page for style ideas and come dressed for the 1940’s. Film crew professionals from the set of the Read More
Scenes From Kiwanis Autumn Wine Dinner
Kiwanis President Lisa Wismer tosses a coin for participants playing ‘Heads or Tails’ where the winner splits the prize winnings with the Kiwanis Service Fund. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
The field narrows as the coin toss continues and participants lose the toss and sit down. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
Entertainment, fun, food and a worthy cause were served at the Oct. 24 Kiwanis Autumn Wine Dinner “Then and Now” in Kelly Hall at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church.
Kiwanis members and guests dined on food from the Manhattan Project Read More
