Bathroom Excitement Sparks Mock Ceremony
Concert promoter Russ Gordon, local dancer Annie Bard and Nomads’ tenor sax player Matt Gibbs are so happy with the new restroom facilities at Ashley Pond Park that they held an impromptu dedication ceremony Friday evening before the final summer concert of the season. They utilized toilet paper for the traditional ribbon cutting segment of the ceremony. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Eddy Partridge of Eddy and the Nomads breaks into song as he exits the boys room at Ashley Pond Park Friday saying ‘the new restrooms rock’. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
2015 Summer Concert Series Wraps Up With Nomads And DK & The Affordables At Ashley Pond Tonight
Eddy Partridge of the Nomads, left and DK Warner of DK & the Affordables on stage with Russ Gordon, center. Courtesy photoEddy Partridge & the Nomads play at 7 p.m. today at Ashley Pond Park. DK & the Affordables follow around 8:45 p.m. This concert is the last show of the 2015 Summer Concert Series.
The Nomads from Los Alamos are one of the community’s all-time favorite bands. They play popular music from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Songs like Richie Valens’ “La Read More
Local Flora And Fauna Reflects Fall In The Air
Flora and fauna reflecting fall colors is spotted today near Los Pueblos in Los Alamos. Photo by Jennifer Bartram Read More
America’s Cowboy Balladeer Performs At NMHM Oct. 18
Don Edwards
NMHM News:
SANTA FE — Don Edwards, a premier performer of old-time ballads and cowboy songs, returns to the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, performing The Legend of Jack Thorp.
Tickets for Edwards’ performance are $25 at the History Museum Shop; call 505.982-9543 or visit www.newmexicocreates.org.
In this musical adventure, Edwards tells the story of Jack Thorp, born Nathan Howard Thorp in New York City in 1867. While still in his teens he came to New Mexico and became a working cowboy. One night in 1889 while hunting stray horses, he rode into a camp of Read More
Classical Music World: Sight Vs. Sound
By ANN MCLAUGHLIN, Artistic DirectorProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences isn’t an obvious place to find interesting articles about music. But a recent article written by psychologist and Juilliard-trained pianist Chia-Jung Tsay, caught my attention.
In a series of experiments, Tsay showed 185 non-musicians video clips of competitors as they performed in 10 international music competitions. One group both viewed and heard the competitors. A second group heard the audio, but didn’t see the performers and the third group watched Read More
Creativity On Display At Boomerang On Central Avenue
Boomerang Consignment and Resale owner Anna Dillane, her dog Buddha and Details owner Clint Chevalier in front of their latest creative endeavor at Boomerang, 1247 Central Ave., Suite A in downtown Los Alamos. Boomerang carries gently used clothing, accessories, furniture, books, household items and antiques. Dillane is now accepting fall consignment items and can be reached at 505.662.1479. Chevalier provides free estimates for vehicle detailing and office, home and window cleaning. Call Deails at 505.662.9136. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Boomerang owner Anna Read More
This Week At The Reel Deal
By JIM O’DONNELLThis Friday we are opening Straight Outta Compton and Mistress America. The Gift, and Love and Mercy will end Thursday. Shaun the Sheep and No Escape will hold for another week.
Movie poster for ‘Mistress America.’ Courtesy Reel Deal Theater.
Mistress America: Tracy (Lola Kirke) is a lonely college freshman in New York, having neither the exciting university experience nor the glamorous metropolitan lifestyle she envisioned. But when she is taken in by her soon-to-be stepsister, Brooke (Greta Gerwig) – a resident of Times Square Read More
Poet Laureate Joan Logghe Returns To Teach Creative Writing At UNM-LA
Author, Poet Laureate, Joan Logghe
UNM-LA News:
Joan Logghe, Santa Fe’s Poet Laureate 2010-2012, will be returning to teach a Creative Writing class at UNM-LA. The class will meet 9-11:45 a.m., Fridays from Sept. 11–Dec. 4.
Logghe encourages writers of all levels to take her class. “There will be a healthy and fun mix of poetry, memoir, creative non-fiction, and sudden fiction. This class is an introduction to creative writing and will be great and gentle for beginners; published writers may also refresh their writing style. You may be making a writer’s timeline of your life for a memoir, Read More
Los Alamos Choral Society Holds Brahms Requiem Rehearsals Sept. 8
LACS News:Spectacular Sunrise Spotted From Quemazon
A spectacular sunrise spotted this morning from Quemazon. Photo by Trisha Ancell
A colorful way to start the day this morning in Quemazon. Photo by Trisha Ancell
‘To Catch A Thief’ Opens Library Film Series Thursday
Movie poster for ‘To Catch a Thief.’ Courtesy photo
Review By KELLY DOLEJSI
It begins! The 2015-2016 season of Mesa Public Library’s Free Film Series charges out of the pen this week with Alfred Hitchcock’s classic “To Catch a Thief” (1955, rated PG).
The movie screens at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the upstairs meeting room theater. In this jewel of a movie, Cary Grant plays John Robie, aka “the Cat,” a retired burglar renowned for his silence on rooftops and his fine choice in purloined gems. After serving six years in World War II, hisRead More
Little Forest Playschool Fall Fiesta Sept. 12
History Of Acequias And Future Of Taos Sept. 12
Courtesy image
TCHS News:
Acequias are hand dug, gravity-fed irrigation canals that divert stream water to sustain the agro-pastoral economy Spanish colonial settlers established in the upper Rio Grande valley in the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries.
Acequia agriculture extended riparian habitats, transformed regional ecology, and created the cultivated New Mexican landscape we see today. Ditches divert, divide, and deliver water to crops and livestock. They form borders and pathways. They connect and define communities of irrigators who manage water as a commons.
They sustain Read More
The Iguanas Mixed Up Quite A Gumbo Friday
The Iguanas on stage for Friday’s Summer Concert at Rover Park in White Rock. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Music, dancing, laughter. The Iguanas on stage Friday night at Rover Park. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Saxiphonist Joe Cabral blows his horn. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comMUSIC News:
The Iguanas slithered into Rover Park Friday night to perform for the summer concert.
Their mix of Conjunto, R&B, blues, Chicano rock, Country and every kind of rock ‘n roll, could come only from New Orleans. They even brought a warm Read More
Mammatus Clouds Hover Over Los Alamos At Sunset
Mammatus clouds are spotted hovering over Los Alamos Friday from Pueblo School looking northeast. Mammatus typically develop on the underside of a thunderstorm’s anvil and can be a remarkable sight, especially when sunlight is reflected off of them. Photo by Marc Bailey Read More
New Griffith Gym Mural Unveiled Sept. 1
New ‘Hilltopper’ mural in Griffith Gymnasium at Los Alamos High School. Courtesy photo
LAPSF News:
The Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation announces the completion of a new mural in Griffith Gymnasium at Los Alamos High School.
The public is invited to attend a ribbon cutting ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, in the gym.
Many student artists answered the call for original art work to adorn the east wall of Griffith Gym. The mural honors the creativity and memory of Isaac Hayden, and was collaboratively paid for by his family, friends, the LAHS class of 1994 and Read More
‘Young Frankenstein’ Vignettes Begin Brown Bag Season
LAAC News:
It’s always free and always entertaining to take a lunch break at the Los Alamos Arts Council’s Brown Bag Performance Series at Fuller Lodge.
Presenting a wide range of programs, from Beethoven to ballet, opera to jazz, chamber music to bagpipes, these concerts have been entertaining Los Alamos music lovers on their midday breaks since 1973. Brown Bag Performances connect performers to the community. Performances are at noon and typically on the first Wednesday of each month but dates may vary.
The 2015-2016 Brown Bag season begins at noon, Sept. 2 with Los Alamos Light Read More
‘Nativities Of The Southwest’ Book Signing Sunday
Book Cover of ‘Nativities of the Southwest.’ Courtesy photo
MRM News:
Millicent Rogers Museum Store in Taos, celebrates “Christmas in August” and the printing of Susan Topp Weber’s beautiful new book, “Nativities of the Southwest.”
Weber will make a presentation on the topic at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30 at the museum, and will linger until 4 p.m. to sign her books. Weber also will bring along some Southwest nativities to sell in the store that day only. Read More
Los Alamos Artist Betty Nance Smith Has NYC Opening
View the show online at https:////blog.oilpaintersofamerica.com/salmagundi/ Read More
