2015 Poster Artist For Taos Fall Arts Festival
‘Sacred Spaces’ by Poster Artist, Meredith Mason Garcia. Courtesy/TFAFLos Alamos Nature Center Unveiled On Earth Day
Los Alamos County Council Chair Kristin Henderson, center, prepares to cut the ribbon at Wednesday’s grand opening of the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Canyon Road. The Aspen Elementary School Choir in the foreground performed at the event. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
A crowd looks over the outdoor aspects of the new Los Alamos Nature Center. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comStaff Report:
The Los Alamos Nature Center officially opened its doors on Earth Day, April 22 at 2600 Canyon Road. The project broke ground a year ago on Earth Day 2014.
The Read More
Mesa Public Library Art Show Reception May 8
Painting created by Michelle Grove Griffin. Courtesy photo
Painting created by Michelle Grove Griffin. Courtesy photoLocal Businesses Support Concert Sunday April 26
7eventh Time Down. Courtesy photo
MUSIC News:
7eventh Time Down with Ryan Stevenson and Shiloh, all the way from Kentucky by way of tour through Denver, Idaho and California, will perform at 6:30 p.m., Sunday at White Rock Baptist Church.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and VIP tickets are still available for $25 and allow 5 p.m. early access to meet artists and get a FREE CD.
Find ticket and show information at WRBCNM.ORG or 7eventhtimedown.com. Other ticket deals are available, including FREE for LAHS prom attendees. Email lainfinitysquared@gmail.com for more info or message on event page: Read More
This Week At The Reel Deal
By JIM O’DONNELLThis Friday we are opening The Age of Adaline.
Furious 7, Woman in Gold, and Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 will hold for another week. The Longest Ride will end this Thursday.
At 7 p.m. Thursday, April 30 we will open the highly anticipated Avengers: Age of Ultron. The Disney film Monkey Kingdom which has been getting great reviews will open on Friday, May 1. The Water Diviner, Ex Machina, and Danny Collins are on our short list to open as soon as we can.
Movie Poster for “The Age of Adaline.’ Courtesy/Reel Deal TheaterThe Age of Adaline: After miraculously Read More
New Mexico School For The Arts: ArtSpring 2015!
NMSFA News:‘Artful Evening’ Nets $2,500 For Arts Council
Saturday at Fuller Lodge, the Los Alamos Arts Council hosted an Artful Evening fundraiser. The event raised around $2,500. The money will be used toward the Arts Council’s programs including the Pumpkin Glow and Brown Bag events. Debbie Huling and Jan Donnelly co-chaired the fundraiser. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com 
The event featured desserts by the Blue Window. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Pianist Ron Grinage performed Russian composers’ music during the fundraiser. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Rotary Vice President Linda Hull bids on a Read More
To Feel Less Alone: Gay Block, A Portrait
Photo by Gay Block. Courtesy/NMMANMMA News:
SANTA FE — Longtime Santa Fe resident Gay Block’s photography is internationally recognized for its fearless exploration of personal identity issues—gender, class, religion, familial relationships and sexual orientation.
A survey of more than 40 of her works from 1975 to 2012 in To Feel Less Alone: Gay Block, A Portrait, opens Friday, May 1, at the New Mexico Museum of Art. The exhibition runs through July 26.
“Gay Block has always used the camera as a tool for understanding life,” Read More
Los Alamos Music Teachers Association Spring Musicale At UNM-LA 2 P.M. Sunday
Pianist. Courtesy photoLAMTA News:
Heinrich Tours Movie Set At Kirtland, Highlights N.M. Film Industry / Military Installations Partnerships
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
U.S. SENATE News:
- Military Equitable Reimbursement Act–signed into law–ensures New Mexico remains top destination for movie and TV productions
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, highlighted the partnership between New Mexico’s film industry and military installations earlier this month while touring the production set for a new film from Paramount Pictures starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, and Martin Freeman, currently being filmed at Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB) in Albuquerque.
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Annual Inmate Craftsmanship And Trades Fair May 2
New Mexico State Penitentiary ‘Old
NMCD News:
It’s that time of year when the New Mexico Corrections Department hosts the Inmate Craftsmanship and Trades Fair May 2.
The fair will feature inmate artists from 11 prisons across the state. Furniture, wood working, paintings, sewing and much more will be on display and for sale.
Proceeds from sales benefit victims, the offender’s children or designated family member, funds other inmate programs and is deposited into a savings account for the inmate artist. The rest of the money goes back to the inmate Read More
May Events At The New Mexico History Museum
NMHM News:
SANTA FE — Bring the family, bring your friends. Or just come by yourself. Besides great exhibits, we have something for everyone:
Friday, May 1, Summer hours.
Through Oct. 31, open seven days a week. Free Friday Evenings weekly, 5-8 p.m.
Friday, May 1, 5–7 p.m. Opening of Fading Memories: Echoes of the Civil War
Be among the first to see this Mezzanine Gallery exhibit and join re-enactors from El Rancho de las Golondrinas to learn more about New Mexico’s role in the war. Musical performance by the New Mexico Territorial Brass Band. Refreshments courtesy of the Women’s Board
UNM-LA Music Theory Class Invites Public To Concert
Students in the Music Theory for the Non-major class at UNM-LA from left, Joann Brown seated at piano; Nancy Ullmann, violin; Michele Vochosky, mandolin, banjo, violin, guitar; Rheta Moazzami, piano; Kapil Goyal, guitar; Pamela Reass, piano; Allene Lindstrom, piano; Nathan Lindsay, guitar; Robin Gurule, piano; Kaleb Eifert, guitar; Dorothy Brown, violin; David Hanson, viola da gamba; instructor Juanita Madland, piano. Students not pictured, Annika Davenport, Angel Ponce, Daniel Reass, Becky Scarborough, Phyllis Slattery. Courtesy/UNM-LA
UNM-LA News:
The University of New Mexico-Los Read More
Fuller Lodge Art Center Issues Call For Eye Spy Entries
New Mexico Museum Of Art Presents ‘Fire Season’
NMMA News:This Week At The Reel Deal
By JIM O’DONNELLThis Friday we are opening Women in Gold starring Helen Mirren, Katie Holmes, and Ryan Reynolds. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 also opens this Friday. Furious 7 and The Longest Ride will hold for another week. It Follows and Home will end this Thursday
Poster for ‘Woman in Gold.’ Courtesy/Reel Deal Theater
WOMAN IN GOLD is the remarkable true story of one woman’s journey to reclaim her heritage and seek justice for what happened to her family. Sixty years after she fled Vienna during World War II, an elderly Jewish woman, Maria Altmann (Mirren), Read More
Homeschoolers: Learn Art Of Plein Air Thursday
Young artists paint ‘plein-air.’ Courtesy/FLACFLAC News:
This year, an informal group of educators put together a schedule of monthly experiences for families who home school their children.
This month it is Fuller Lodge Art Center’s turn to offer a field trip experience, and they are inviting, not only the students, but their parents as well. Children are invited to come to the Art Center with or without their parents 1-3 p.m. Thursday, April 16.
The introductory part of the afternoon involves taking a quick trip around the gallery to look at the art in the current Read More
Council Greenlights Purchase Of ‘Solar Tree’ Sculpture For Installation In West Plaza Of Municipal Building
‘Solar Tree’ by Eric Thelander. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Arts in Public Places Board Chair Steve Foltyn and Senior Management Analyst Libby Carlsten brief Council this evening on a proposal to purchase and install ‘Solar Tree’ by Eric Thelander. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
Arts in Public Places Board Chair Steve Foltyn and Senior Management Analyst Libby Carlsten briefed Council this evening on a proposal submitted by artist Eric Thelander in response to an “APPB Call for Art,” specifically for a Read More
Hannemann’s Music Corner: The Staff
By RICHARD HANNEMANNMusic exists in Time and Space. If we are going to talk and write, verbally, about music, which is non-verbal, we need a common point of reference.
The Space in which music is written is called The Staff:
Above is the Grand Staff. which is comprised of the G treble clef staff on top and the F bass clef staff below.
A note is a specific tone at a specific pitch. The tones are designated with the letters A – G which repeat at regular intervals of pitch, called octaves. We need a way to designate which octave, and hence which note, we are talking about. There are 5 “c” notes shown Read More
Free South Indian Classical Dance And Music Saturday
Courtesy/YMCA
YMCA News:
The Los Alamos Family YMCA invites you to a FREE performance of South Indian classical dance and music 4:30-6 p.m. Saturday, April 18 at the Chamisa Elementary School gymnasium in White Rock.
Kavita Nandakishore is a South Indian classical dancer who has been living and teaching her art in Los Alamos since 2007, in addition to participating in the Annual Dances of India charity show this year. This year, Nandakishore, her students and guest artists will showcase their talents in an exclusive show dedicated to South Indian classical dance form called Bharatanatyam and
