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Hillstompers Celebrate 15 Years Of Funky Fun

The Hill Stompers rev up the crowd today at the Beer Co-op in Central Park Square. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

A large crowd turned out today tto celebrate 15 years of Hill Stompers fun. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

The Los Alamos Hill Stompers celebrated the start of its 15th season of making music and mayhem today with a big party at Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op, 163 Central Park Square.

The local community street band would like to thank the community for its support throughout the past decade and a half. They especially want to thank the United Church for Read More

Los Alamos Historical Society 2nd Annual Fall Gala Draws Glamorous Crowd To Fuller Lodge

The annual Fall Gala would not be complete without Los Alamos History experts Nancy Bartlit, left, and Hedy Dunn at historic Fuller Lodge. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Guests are elegantly attired for the 2nd annual Fall Gala this evening at Fuller Lodge. County Councilor Rick Reiss, second from left, Pat Soran and Ann Hayes, center, and Los Alamos Historical Society Board President Ron Wilkins, right. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Chamber Marketing Manager Ryn Herrmann, left, and MainStreet Executive Director Suzette Fox. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com Read More

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Welcomes New Fellow: Elaine Heumann Gurian

Elaine Heumann Gurian
 
MUSEUM News:
 
SANTA FE — The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum welcomes Museum Studies Fellow-In-Residence Elaine Heumann Gurian Sept. 21 to Oct. 23.
 
The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum’s Museum Studies Fellowship Program appoints one museum professional per year for a month-long residency in Santa Fe. This year’s recipient is esteemed museum consultant and writer, academic, writer and lecturer in Museum Studies programs around the world.
 
Her area of expertise is helping museums that are “beginning, building, or reinventing themselves.” She
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PEEC Day Trip To Explore Copper Mine Sept. 12

PEEC News:
 
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is offering a rare chance to visit the abandoned Nacimiento Copper Mine 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sept. 12, near Cuba, N.M.
 
The trip, led by local geology expert Patrick Rowe, will be fun and hands-on for both adults and children. Participants will start at the nature center, carpool to the side, and explore the area, with ample chances to find beautiful specimens such as petrified wood.
 
This popular tour will fill up fast, so it is recommended to register in advance at www.peecnature.org
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Science On Screen: ‘Horror Of Dracula’ Sept. 23

SFI News:
 
The popular Science On Screen series continues Sept. 23 in Santa Fe with Santa Fe Institute (SFI) Omidyar Fellow Sam Scarpino presenting Horror of Dracula.
 
Dracula is as much about this problem, the problem of evidence and truth, as it is about vampires,” writes Eula Biss in her acclaimed essay On Immunity: An Inoculation.
 
Since the invention of vaccines, vampires have been used to scare individuals away from these life-saving shots.
 
While also a metaphor for concerns about capitalism and anti-immigration
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This Week At The Reel Deal

By JIM O’DONNELL
Reel Deal Theater

This Friday we are opening Vacation, Diary of a Teenage Girl, and bringing back Jurassic World for a week. Straight Outta Compton, No Escape, and Mistress America will end Thursday. Shaun the Sheep will hold for another week. Next week, the fall and holiday films begin in earnest with Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, Black Mass, Hotel Transylvania 2, Everest, The Intern, The Martian, Pan, Bridge of Spies, Goosebumps, Spectre 007, Peanut Movie, and Hunger Games: Mockingjay part 2. And that’s only through the end of November!

Movie poster for ‘Vacation.’ Read More

Pooka On The Loose At Los Alamos Little Theatre

Grady Hughes as Elwood P. Dowd. Photo by Ken Milder
 
Holly Robinson and Stuart Ruppecht as Myrle Mae Simmons and Duane Wilson. Photo by Ken Milder
 
LALT News:

It’s fun, it’s funny and you’ll find the pooka when you get there.

The Los Alamos Little Theatre presents the classic play “Harvey” Sept. 11-26 at the Performing Arts Center. The play is performed at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and with a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. Sept. 13.

“Harvey” is among the top fifty longest running plays on Broadway, along with “The Lion King,” “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Annie,” and “My Fair Lady,” to name a few.

The original Read More

Little Forest Playschool Fall Fiesta Saturday

Courtesy image
 
LITTLE FOREST News:
 
Little Forest Playschool is holding its annual Fall Fiesta 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12. 
 
Everyone in the community is invited to join in on the family fun. There will be a dunk tank, bubble pit, bounce houses, alpine slide, goats and ponies, face painting, food, games and prizes.
 
Food will include hamburgers, hot dogs, kettle corn, cotton candy and a bake sale and cake walk. As part of the fundraising effort, there also will be a silent auction with items such as gift certificates from your favorite local stores and restaurants
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See Los Alamos Student Artwork At State Fair

Some of the LAPS student art at N.M. State Fair. Photo by Stephanie Rittner.
 
A display of LAPS student artwork at the State Fair. Photo by Stephanie Rittner

LAPS News:

The New Mexico State Fair is Sept. 10-20. Visit the School Arts Building to see nearly 250 artworks created by the students of Los Alamos Public Schools.

Examples of LAPS student artwork display at the State Fair. Photo by Stephanie Rittner

The artworks were selected by art teachers:

  • Stephanie Rittner, Pinon Elementary
  • Renee Mitsunaga, Chamisa Elementary
  • Lorri McInroy, Mountain Elementary
  • Britt Williams, Aspen Elementary
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Author Mark Aaron Robinson Of Los Alamos Book Signing Sept. 12

BOOK News:

Author Mark Aaron Robinson, a resident of Los Alamos, will be available to sign copies of his book, Walking Among the Wheat & Tares, 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12 at Hastings Entertainment, 542 North Guadalupe St.. in Santa Fe.

Robinson is an ecological engineer and environmental scientist with the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Saudi geologist from the Atomic Energy Research Institute (AERI) at Riyadh, at Bedouin Well, June 2009, 40 miles east of Mecca.

Afternoon temperatures were about 128°F. The well was hand dug and ~90 feet deep. Water in the well is suitable only Read More

Relaxation Abounds At Stage Stop Café

The John Urban Band performs Sunday afternoon at the Stage Stop Café in Jemez Springs. Band members from left, Sharrah Taylor, Mike Farber, Fred Bolton and John Urban. Photo by Jennifer Bartram 

Entrance to Stage Stop Cafe in Jemez Springs. Photo by Jennifer Bartram 

From left, Sharrah Taylor, Mike Farber, local songwriter Jim, Fred Bolton and John Urban. Photo by Jennifer Bartram 

It’s all about relaxing on Sunday afternoon. Dogs are welcome on the deck of the Stage Stop Café in Jemez Springs and often take naps under their owner’s chairs. Sit back, Read More

Santa Fe Events Taking Place In September

Fiesta de Santa Fe dancers. Courtesy photo
 

SANTA FE News:

Green Chile Cheeseburger Smackdown – Sept. 10

Edible Santa Fe will host the 3rd Annual Green Chile Cheeseburger Smackdown, a competition that puts top chefs and restaurants head-to-head to compete for the title of the ultimate green chile cheeseburger. Fans vote online for the city’s best and the eight establishments that receive the most votes will advance to the final cook-off. Chefs will fire up their grills at The Santa Fe Railyard and present their best burgers to the public and a panel of food critics from across the country Read More

Taos National Society Of Watercolorists Hosts New Show Sept. 18

Pueblo Lady’ by Bill Baron is one of the paintings featured in ‘Seeing Taos Through Watercolor.’ Courtesy photo
 
ART News:

The Taos National Society of Watercolorists will host an exhibition of paintings titled, “Seeing Taos Through Watercolor.”

The opening reception is 5-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18 at the Old Taos County Courthouse on Taos Plaza. The show runs through Oct. 4. Participating TNSW members include:  Bill Baron, Diane Bender, Karen McCurtain-Blair, Carol Doughty, Linda Henderson, David Sullins and Jinx Wright.

The Group was organized Read More

String Quartet Concert Sept. 13

Quartetto Energico. Courtesy photo
 
UNITARIAN News:
 
The community is invited to join Quartetto Energico for classical music and refreshments at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, in the sanctuary of the Los Alamos Unitarian Church in the TRK building, 195 East Road.  
 
There will be a free-will offering in place of admission. Proceeds from this benefit concert will go toward the purchase of sound and audio-visual equipment for the new Unitarian Church building now under construction.  
 
Quartetto Energico is a recently created, local string quartet whose members
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Water Color Artist Jeannie Hyland To Teach At Fuller Lodge Art Center

Still Life by Jeannie Hyland. Courtesy photo
 
FLAC News:

Watercolor painters, discover how to get exciting results by applying color to saturated paper. Join world renowned artist Jeannie Hyland to improve your skills at watercolor painting or to learn all new skills.

 Fuller Lodge Art Center is pleased to offer a one day workshop with Hyland from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. “Wet & Workable Watercolor: Still Life” will help students learn how to work on wet, moist and dry paper to uncover the tremendous flexibility of watercolor.

Hyland will cover managing the moisture Read More

Scenes From Final Summer Concert Of 2015

Los Alamos County Summer Concert Series promoter Russ Gordon huddles under a large green unbrella with local dancer Annie Bard waiting for Friday’s final concert of the season to begin at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Concert goers begin to gather for Friday’s final concert of the season at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Howard the Chinese Shar Pei attends Friday’s final concert of the 2015 season, which was sponsored by the Los Alamos Daily Post. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Eddy Partridge of the Nomads.
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Piano Virtuoso Sean Chen Opens LACA Season

Sean Chen at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Courtesy photo
 
LACA News:

The first American to medal in the prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano Competition since 1997 will kick off the Los Alamos Concert Association’s 70th Anniversary season at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25 in the Duane Smith Auditorium.

Rising young pianist Sean Chen has been praised by the Huffington Post for his “exceptional ability to connect with an audience.” His busy concert schedule has earned him rave reviews throughout the US and a recent European tour included a performance in Amsterdam’s Read More

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