Fire Hydrant Painting Continues Around Town
Steven Calhoun of Los Alamos has an umbrella ready as artist Olivia Snyder of Santa Fe paints a fire hydrant on Central Avenue during intermittent showers Thursday. The Fire Hydrant Painting Competition is part up the 2014 Los Alamos ScienceFest, which kicks off today. Snyder is a junior at Santa Fe School for the Arts and is painting a ‘space geometric’ pattern on her hydrant near the Bradbury Science Museum. Calhoun is a senior at Los Alamos High School and said he is painting two hydrants near Ashley Pond with themes of Aspen Trees and Pine Trees. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Santa Fe Pro Musica Opens Season With Iconic Works By Beethoven
The Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra conducted by Thomas O’Connor. Courtesy/SFPMSANTA FE- Santa Fe Pro Musica opens its 33rd Season at the Lensic Performing Arts Center with the Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra performing Beethoven’s iconic Symphony No. 5 and lyrical Piano Concerto No. 3 under the baton of Thomas O’Connor, featuring Steinway Artist Melissa Marse.
Steinway Artist Melissa Marse at the piano. Courtesy/SFPMThere will be two performances: 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20 and 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21.
Tickets ($20, $35, $45, $65 } are available at:
- Santa Fe Pro
Atomic City Children’s Theater to Hold Auditions for 2015 Junior Theater Festival Field Trip
ACCT News:
Atomic City Children’s Theater (ACCT), the Los Alamos Public Schools’ award winning after-school theater program, is excited to announce auditions for its Junior Theater Festival (JTF) field trip to Atlanta, Ga.
Auditions will be held 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6 and are open to all students between the ages of 8-18 in the Los Alamos or White Rock area. Students wishing to participate in the field trip should come to the Mountain Elementary School gym. Registration begins noon.
JTF activities begin with an adjudicated performance. Afterwards, students receive positive feedback Read More
DALA Free Dance Week Sept. 8-13
Young DALA dancers. Courtesy/DALADALA News:
Dance Arts Los Alamos is offering a Free Dance Week Sept. 8-13. Dancers aged 3 through adult who are new to DALA are invited to take any class of the appropriate level at no charge during this promotional week.
“Whether dancing for fun, aspiring to a professional career, or supporting a healthier lifestyle,” DALA School Director Jonathan Guise said. “Dance Arts Los Alamos offers an engaging and supportive environment to explore an amazing form of expression. I invite you to join us and see the new Dance Arts Los Alamos. Even if you would like to just watch Read More
Bathtub Row Hydrant Painting
Los Alamos artist Zena Thomas paints the fire hydrant on Bathtub Row as part of the competition underway around the county. The winner will be revealed during ScienceFest. Courtesy photo Read More
Artful Celebration At Municipal Building Sept. 11
‘Tower of Magic’ By Local Playwright Tess Light Opens Friday
Felix (Scott Reynolds) takes in the view. Photo by Steve Wolfel
Solstitia/Sue (Katrina Koehler) spends time with her brother Quartus (Tyrrell Cummings). Photo by Steve WolfelFor most of us, our lives are filled with routine. It usually involves getting up at about the same time every day, going to work, coming home and eating dinner, unwinding after a busy day and going to sleep.
This routine is repeated and repeated day in and day out. We try to find things to do that we enjoy, but how many of us really try to fulfill our dreams? There are a select Read More
Community and Historical Society Discuss Sixth Episode of WGN’s Manhattan
Richard Feynman chats with Robert Oppenheimer and a couple of other scientists back in the day at Los Alamos. CourtesyLAHS
LAHS News:
As WGN’s Manhattan series continues, there was another great audience on Sunday for the Los Alamos Historical Society’s viewing of the sixth episode.
The Los Alamos Historical Society would like to send out a special thanks to this audience who contributed a lot of the information in this press release, thank you! The Society has collected some of the questions and discussion points heard on Sunday. Our bulletin board in the Museum is updated, and these points Read More
Art With A Bang: The Work of Evelyn Rosenberg
‘Quilt with Fringe,’ a metal sculpture by Evelyn Rosenberg, is one of the detonographs on display at Mesa Public Library. Courtesy photo
Cover of ‘Detonography: The Explosive Art of Evelyn Rosenberg.’ Courtesy photoThe explosive art of Evelyn Rosenberg is on display through Sept. 30 in the Upstairs Gallery at Mesa Public Library.
There will be a reception and Authors Speak talk by Rosenberg 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, where she will sign copies of her book, “Detonography: The Explosive Art of Evelyn Rosenberg.” Read More
New Mexico Museum of Art Taps Carmen Vendelin As New Curator of Art
Carmen Vendelin
NMMA News:
Carmen Vendelin was recently the Curator of Art at La Salle University Art Museum in Philadelphia, Penn. Previously, she was at the Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, and at the Art Institute of Chicago.
She has more than 13 years of museum experience, 10 of those curatorial. Her area of specialization is 19th and 20th century American and European art with particular emphasis on the years between the 1870s and World War II. At the New Mexico Museum of Art, she will be working mainly with collections before 1955.
Vendelin Read More
‘Motorcycle Diaries’ Story of Young Che Guevara
Movie Poster for ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’
Review by Kelly Dolejsi
Why do some of us only think or want, while others do and make? How do the seeds of true revolution first begin?
Walter Salles’s “The Motorcycle Diaries” (2004, rated R), screening at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Mesa Public Library, examines a young Che Guevara’s journey across South America, where the aspiring doctor witnesses continent-wide poverty, disparity and injustice, the magnitude of which might have been enough to inspire his future.
Toward the end of 1951, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (Gael Garcia Bernal) and Read More
Fire Hydrant Painting Competition Underway
Shi Broadwell hard at work Monday painting a ‘Beauty and the Beast’ library theme on a fire hydrant near Mesa Public Library as part of the competition underway for which the winner will be revealed during ScienceFest. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Shi Broadwell concentrates on her design. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Shi Broadwell’s design begins to take shape. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Artist Elena Yang Displays Work In Santa Fe
Los Alamos artist Elena Yang with her art work. which is on display through September at the Starbuck’s at 106 W. San Francisco St. in Santa Fe. See more of Yang’s work at www.elenayangartwork.com. Courtesy photo
Art work by Los Alamos artist Elena Yang is on display through September at the Starbuck’s at 106 W. San Francisco St. in Santa Fe. Courtesy photoourtesy photo
Staff Report:
The work of Los Alamos artist Elena Yang is on display through September at the Starbuck’s at 106 W. San Francisco St. in Santa Fe.
“Art has always occupied a prominent part in my identity
Ullr Fest 14 At Pajarito Mountain Sept. 20
COMMUNITY News:
Ullr Fest 14 is set for noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20 at Pajarito Mountain. Pajarito’s most popular fall festival features more than a dozen New Mexico craft beers, live music by the Jimmy Stadler Band, a Viking Costume Contest, disc golf and kids activities.
Atomic City bus provides free shuttle service from Sullivan Field and White Rock leaving every 30 minutes.
Activities include:
- New Mexico Brewers Fest noon to 5 p.m.;
- Bike and Hike 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.;
- Jimmy Stadler Band 2-5 p.m.; and
- Atomic City Transit 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
NMSA Offers Rare ‘Luted Crucible’ Casting Workshop
An ancient metal casting technique called ‘luted crucible.’ Courtesy/open-source-gallery.org
NMSA News:
SANTA FE – The New Mexico School for the Arts (NMSA) is pleased to announce that its Visual Arts Department will be offering a rare glimpse into the ancient metal casting technique called “luted crucible” through a five-day workshop led by Guest Artist Piers Watson, of Le Village, Larroque, France, through Sept. 12.
The term “luted crucible” refers to the connecting or “luting” of two elements (in this case, the mould that contains the beeswax object to be cast and crucible Read More
Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘The Hundred Foot Journey’
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB“The Hundred Foot Journey” is a sweet, visually pleasing film that will make you wish you could enjoy aromas and flavors in movies.
The story is about the Kadam family from Mumbai, India, coming to Europe to escape the political turmoil in which they lost their restaurant as well as the wife and mother of the family. The family consists of Papa, played by Om Puri (The Ghost and the Darkness; Charlie Wilson’s War), Hassan played by Manish Dayal (90210; The Good Wife), Mansur; Mahira,Mukthar and Aisha.
Movie poster for ‘The Hundred Foot Journey.’ Courtesy/Reel Read More
White Rock Rock Gets Colorful Makeover
Someone with an artist flair gives the White Rock rock a colorful new look at the corner of N.M. 4 and Rover Boulevard. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
LAAC September Brown Bag Features Jazz Performance By Dr. Marcos Cavalcante
LAAC News:
The Los Alamos Arts Council announces the opening of the new season of its Brown Bag Performance Series at noon, Sept. 3 at Fuller Lodge.
The first concert of the series features a jazz performance by Dr. Marcos Cavalcante. The LAAC’s Brown Bag concerts showcase local preforming artists and are free and open to the public. Performances are generally the first Wednesday of the month at noon in the Pajarito Room at Fuller Lodge.
Cavalcante is a Brazilian from Bahia who lives in Los Alamos. He has lived in New Mexico since 2007. A guitar player, composer and arranger, he developed his Read More
Crowd Packs Art Opening At Convento Gallery
Standing from left, Lori Heimdahl Gibson, Jennifer Heineman and Ann Lumaghi and sitting from left, Sandy Nichols, Kit Keith and Jaye Buros are the artists who comprise Las Mujeres del Valle – Women of the Valley art show, which opened Friday at the Northern New Mexico Regional Art Center Convento Gallery in the Plaza de Española. The exhibition continues through Oct. 3. For information, call 505.500.7126 or director@nnmrac.org or www.nnmrac.org. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Northern New Mexico Regional Art Center Board Chair Gabriela Silva, bookkeeper Jennifer Heineman Read More
Meet the Cast of Tower of Magic Opening Sept. 5
Katrina Koeler as Sue McFate. Courtesy/LALTSue McFate is finding it difficult to announce her engagement. Her family has never once heard she has a boyfriend. Her fiancé doesn’t even know her real name.
Sue has come home to make the announcement, but finds herself stymied when she realizes that her fiancé, Felix, will be a huge disappointment to her family.
Scott Reynolds as Felix. Courtesy/LALT
Felix pays an unexpected visit to the family and meets his potential Read More
