Uranium Documentary Film Festival July 15-17
CVNM News:- Blue Gold ― a documentary about the increasing precious commodity of water and the struggle to control it.
- Crying Earth Rise Up
Tuesdays At The Pond: Community Winds Tonight
Stone Carving Intro With Rollie Grandbois July 17-18
See Los Alamos History Through Edith Warner’s Eyes
Edith Warner (Pat Beck) mixes up her famous chocolate cake for her tea room guests. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comA newly revised short play, “Sunrise at Otowi Bridge” by Los Alamos playwright Robert Benjamin is one of the highlights at this year’s ScienceFest.
Benjamin originally wrote the play in 1994. It’s about Edith Warner, the famous “Woman at Otowi Crossing,” who has been the subject of several biographies and novels. In a stirring one-woman performance as Edith, Pat Beck rises to the challenges of being the center Read More
Miguel Harth-Bedoya Presents ‘The Sights And Sounds Of The Inka Trail’
Miguel Harth-Bedoya conducting. Courtesy photoMUSIC News:
During the Spanish conquest, Spain achieved a peak of musical creativity, and the fruits of its labor traveled to colonies in the new world. As a result, music in these regions evolved from ancient, indigenous roots into something new and contemporary.
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, a native son of Peru, presents “The Sights and Sounds of the Inka Trail,” a multidisciplinary presentation about the music of South American regions connected by the great Inka Trail during the era of Spanish colonization at 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13 in the New Mexico Read More
Scenes From Friday’s ‘(This) Ability’ Art Opening
To many, a wheelchair is a symbol of confinement. In Friday’s opening reception for (‘This) Ability’, a wheelchair has been yarn-bombed in a rainbow of colors to show that wheels provide others with the opportunity to be mobile. Display created by Irene Berenstein. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Patrons peruse the art during Friday’s opening reception at Fuller Lodge Art Center. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comAt Friday’s Artists Reception for (This) Ability at Fuller Lodge Art Center, the artists reveal
Artist’s Flowers Fill Rose Chocolatier Through July
Artist Rose Cardona poses with two of her paintings of flowers outside Mesa Public Library. Rose Chocolatier at 991 Central Ave. is displaying Cardona’s work this month. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Artist Rose Cardona explains that her painting’s are inspired by life’s simple joys — children and flowers. Her work is on display through July at Rose Chocolatier, 991 Central Ave. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comShanghai Quartet And Pianist Robert McDonald Give Midsummer Concerts In Taos
Shanghai Quartet. Courtesy photoMUSIC News:
The 53rd season of Taos School of Music continues with two midsummer concerts.
Called “utterly sublime” by the New York Times, the Shanghai Quartet, with pianist Robert McDonald, comes to Taos Community Auditorium at 7:30 pm. Sunday, July 19.
On the program are Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 20, No. 4, Janacek: String Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata” and Bridge: Piano Quintet in D Minor.
Robert McDonald also gives a solo program of Bach, Schubert, and Schumann July 22 at Taos Community Auditorium.
Tickets are $25 each; $10 for 16 and under. Read More
‘Gustavo Arellano And Lalo Alcaraz’s Two-Night Stand’ To Benefit NHCC
Gustavo Arellano, left, and Lalo Alcaraz. Courtesy/pocho.comNHCC News:
The National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce and the City of Albuquerque announce a series of events July 23 and 24 featuring Gustavo Arellano and Lalo Alcaraz.
Entitled “Gustavo Arellano and Lalo Alcaraz’s Two-Night Stand,” the series of events will all take place at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, beginning at 6 p.m., July 23 for “Adult Night at the National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum.”
Arellano is the editor of OC Weekly, an alternative newspaper in Orange Read More
Artists Re-create Historic Los Alamos Gatehouse
Livy Snyder and her students from the Art Center at Fuller Lodge were working this afternoon to re-create the historic gatehouse at the entrance to Los Alamos. The site will serve as an information center for ScienceFest. A period car will be parked in front of the façade and it will provide a photo opportunity for visitors. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
The young artists recreate the sign at the Main Gate to Los Alamos this afternoon. The sign asked people to show their passes when Los Alamos was a closed town. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comFar West Plays Ashley Pond Park 7 p.m. Today
Far West. Courtesy photoMUSIC News:
The Far West plays Ashley Pond Park at 7 p.m. today as part of the free Summer Concert Series.
It’s “Keep It Co-op Night” with special thanks to Del Norte Credit Union, Zia Credit Union, Los Alamos Co-op Market, Bathtub Row Beer Co-op, Little Forrest Preschool and LA Public Schools Credit Union.
Far West is reminiscent of the 70s Cosmic Cowboy scene that featured bands like the Flying Burrito Brothers, the Byrds, Poco, the Grateful Dead, The Band, Buffalo Springfield, and Willie and Waylon.
“The Far West are the best country band out of the Los Angeles Read More
Los Alamos ScienceFest Calendar Of Events
SCIENCEFEST News:
Have you noticed the flurry of activity at the entrance to town?
Led by Fuller Lodge Art Center art instructor Olivia Snyder, her class of 12-14 year old artists are transforming Entrance Park and creating a façade of the iconic main gate from the Manhattan Project era. Entrance Park will function as an information booth for ScienceFest Saturday, July 18.
The only science festival in the state, Los Alamos ScienceFest is a 5-day festival that celebrates Los Alamos, New Mexico as a center of science and creativity. The festival will feature mind-blowing demonstrations, interactive Read More
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NMJW News:Art Reception At Rose Chocolatier 5-7 p.m. Today
One of the paintings by Rose Cardona on display at Rose Chocolatier. Courtesy photoART News:
Rose Chocolatier at 991 Central Ave. is hosting a new art reception 5-7 p.m. today. Rose Cardona is displaying her collection of paintings inspired by life’s simple joys—children and flowers.
As a child, she watched her mother, and relatives painting murals. Cardona started painting as soon as she could hold a brush. Cardona’s creative ideas seem to flow from her from being a part of a large multi-cultural and artistic family.
For Cardona, being part of art projects makes her happy, and Read More
Scenes From Acoma Pueblo
From Mesa top at Acoma Pueblo. Photo by Jenn Bartrum
Acoma Pueblo Church. Photo by Jenn BartrumStaff Report
The beauty and history of the Pueblo of Acoma were revealed during a recent visit.
There is a great difference of opinion as to the age of the Acoma Nation. While traditional Acoma oral history reflects on a time far beyond our imagination, a time of creation and emergence onto this world, the Acoma people have always known of a special place called “Haaku,” a spiritual homeland prepared for their eternal settlement.
Recent excavations on Acoma Mesa tend to suggest Read More
Los Alamos Jazz Project Plays Bathtub Row Beer Co-op
A large crowd turns out to hear Los Alamos Jazz Project Tuesday afternoon at Bathtub Row Beer Co-op. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailyost.comStormy Sky Covers Los Alamos County
A stormy sky covers Los Alamos County Tuesday. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.comSky Turns Golden Over Urban Park Tuesday
The sky looking west over Urban Park Tuesday evening turned golden during a thunderstorm. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Fuller Lodge Art Center Opens (This) Ability Friday
Ursula Freer’s ‘Entanglement, Transgenderism, Reincarnation, Duplicate Personality’ is one of the works in ‘(This) Ability,’ opening Friday at Fuller Lodge Art Center. Courtesy/FLACFLAC News:
Our struggles and difficulties are often what make us stronger and force us to forge a unique path. In (This) Ability artists take us down a new road by acknowledging and working with limitations, pathological or otherwise.
(This) Ability opens with an Artists Reception 5-7 p.m., Friday at Fuller Lodge Art Center. Trish Ebbert’s show, From The Subconscious,
