Tourists and Locals Check Out Saturday’s Artist Market
Tourists and locals alike check out the wares at Saturday’s first Artist Market of the season at the Visitor Center on N.M. 4 in White Rock. The first market included 10 artists and crafters from Los Alamos and White Rock. The artists sold paintings, photography, hand crafted jewelry, natural beauty products, hand painted wood pieces, tie dye clothes, yarn works and more. Chuck’s Wagon provided food for sale during the event. To participate in the market, contact Melanie Peña at 505.661.4807 or melanie@losalamos.org Read More
Cool Jazz on a Warm Night at Ashley Pond
Sax great Greg Abate was joined for the concert by three New Mexico jazz musicians: John Rangel on keyboard, drummer Pete Amahl and on bass, Andy Zadrozny. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
The concert crowd grooves to Greg Abate. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Greg Abate, the Prince of Beebop, blows while drummer Pete Amahl and keyboardist John Rangel back him up. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Concertgoers purchase treats from a vendor. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Keyboardist John Rangel is one of New Mexico’sNative American Artists Del Curfman and George Alexander Show Work at Cordova Branch of Del Norte Credit Union
Art by Del Curfman. Courtesy/DNCU
Art by George Aleander II. Courtesy/DNCUDNCU News:
Del Norte Credit Union (DNCU) supports the local/regional art community via its North Stars Art Series, with rotating exhibits at several area DNCU branches. Its latest collaboration with The Institute of American Indian Art (IAIA) exemplifies the program’s objective—to present DNCU members with an aesthetic viewpoint while offering artists an opportunity to reach potential patrons. The exhibit showcases the artwork of students Del Curfman and George Alexander II—gifted artists who embody Read More
Jazz Great Greg Abate Plays Ashley Pond Tonight in Summer Concert Series
Greg Abate, ‘the Prince of Bebop’ plays Ashley Pond tonight. Courtesy/gregabate.comBy RUSS GORDON
So, can you dig jazz? Bebop? The kind of music made famous by saxophone monsters like Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Stan Getz, Lester Young and Ben Webster? If you don’t really know the music of these legends, just come on out to Ashley Pond at 7 tonight and listen to a man critics call the “Prince of Bebop,” Greg Abate.
Bebop became famous in the ‘40s into the ‘50s, coming from the scat singing of folks like Dizzy Gillespie. He would sing nonsensical lyrics, such a lyric as “bebop”. There Read More
AAUW Hosts Presentation by Stacia Lewandowski on History of Santa Fe Art Scene
White Rock Artist Market Begins Saturday
Artists display their wares at the 2013 White Rock Artist Market. Courtesy/LACCCHAMBER News:
This Saturday, June 7, kicks off the start of the White Rock Artist Market’s summer season. The Artist Market is twice a month ,10 a.m. to 3 p.m., June through October outside the White Rock Visitor Center on N.M. 4.
The first market includes 10 artists and crafters from both Los Alamos and White Rock area. These artists will be selling their paintings, photography, hand crafted jewelry, natural beauty products, hand painted wood pieces, tie dye clothes, yarn works, and much more. Stop by and support Read More
This Week at the Reel Deal
Column By JIM O’DONNELL This week we are opening Edge of Tomorrow, with Emily Blunt and Tom Cruise. Wewill hold X-Men: Days of Future Past, Maleficent, and A Million Ways to Die in the West. Godzilla and Blended will end this Thursday.
Movie poster for ‘Edge of Tomorrow’ Courtesy/Reel Deal Theater
Edge of Tomorrow has been getting over the top 90 percent ratings, and Emily Blunt, one of my favorite actresses’ co-stars (or stars) in this science fiction thriller directed Read More
Little Theater Holds Reading of ‘Mr. Roberts’
‘USS Reluctant Anchored Off Ennui’ artwork used with permission from the artist, Glenn Secrest of Secrest Fine Art, Newport, R.I. Courtesy/LALT
LALT News:
Los Alamos Little Theatre will hold a reading of the play “Mr. Roberts” by Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 11 in the Green Room of the Performing Arts Center, 1670 Nectar St.
“Mr. Roberts” is scheduled to be performed in March as part of the LALT 2014-15 season. Anyone interested in reading from the script – or listening to the reading – is welcome to attend.
The Story: Read More
Scenes from Tuesday at the Pond with Savor
The Los Alamos Creative District hosted “Tuesdays at the Pond” June 3. The first performer was Savor, a Cuban/Latin singing instrumental group with Afro-Cuban rhythms. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.comSavor Plays Cuban/Latin Music at the Pond Today
CREATIVE DISTRICT News:
The Los Alamos Creative District will host “Tuesdays at the Pond” at 7 p.m., beginning June 3. The first performer will be Savor, a Cuban/Latin singing instrumental group with Afro-Cuban rhythms. Everyone is invited. Read More
Los Alamos Symphony Awards Four Scholarships
Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra scholarship winners, top row from left, Judy Lee, Chip Mielke, bottom row from left, Kristen Haertling, Maria McTeigue. Courtesy/LASOLASO News:
Four Los Alamos High School seniors have been awarded scholarships from the Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra.
Judy Lee and Chip Mielke each received $300 and Kristen Haertling and Maria McTeigue each received $200.
The LASO awards are presented to seniors who have demonstrated outstanding musical achievement and who plan to continue musical pursuits, regardless of what he or she does in the future.
Mielke is Read More
Family Secrets Make Up ‘City Island’ Plot
‘City Island’ movie poster. Courtesy/impawards.com
Review by KELLY DOLEJSI
“If we only knew each other’s secrets, what comforts we should find.” So says John Churton Collins, who has nothing to do with this week’s screening at Mesa Public Library. Nevertheless, “City Island” (2009, PG-13), echoes the long-dead English literary critic’s pithy dictum.
Writer/director Raymond De Felitta’s farcical drama centers, as all good farcical dramas should, on a family. Families are always full of buffoonery and ridiculously improbable situations, and the film’s Rizzo family is Read More
Full House Savors Dinner and Jazz Brasileiro at Blue Window Bistro Saturday Night
Saturday’s Jazz Night at the Blue Window Bistro, 813 Central Ave., featured Albuquerque’s Jazz Brasileiro with vocalist Debo Orlofsky and guitarist Tony Cesarano. Cesarano is known by many for his 28 years of playing for the Rockettes at Radio City Musical Hall. At the Blue Window Bistro Saturday night, Jazz Brasileiro performed classic and contemporary Brazilian music with melodies sung in Portuguese and English. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Massive Crowd Gathers For Friday’s Summer Concert
James Carothers and the Renegade Mountain Band kick off Friday’s Summer Concert at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
A perfect May evening brought out a large crowd at the third Summer Concert of 2014 Friday at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Dancers two-step to the Renegade Mountain Band. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Concert master Russ Gordon helps someone find their lost car keys. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Concertgoers seated on the rock wall at Ashley Pond. Photo Los Alamos Photographers Monica and Phillip Noll Bring Four Corners Together in ‘Quadripoint’
‘Enlightenment’ by Phillip Noll. A spectacular display of light and color over the Grand Canyon during a summer storm. Bright Angel Point, North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz. 
‘The Narrows’ by Monica Noll. The Virgin River winds through the Narrows as the early morning sun lights up the canyon walls. Zion National Park, Utah.Los Alamos photographers Monica and Phillip Noll share a lifelong love of the natural world. Together they search out the spectacular beauty of the outdoors and capture it in breathtaking
This Week at the Reel Deal
Column by JIM O’DONNELLThis week we are opening Maleficent, andA Million Ways to Die in the West. We will hold X-Men: Days of Future Past, Godzilla, and Blended. Blended has only one matinee each day so do check our schedule. Million Dollar Arm will end this Thursday.
From what I’ve seen of our two new movies, Maleficent lead by Angelina Jolie, and Elle Fanning, should be great fun for all ages while A Million Ways to Die in the West is both hilarious and vulgar, so I would give it a fairly strong R rating. Read More
Angkor Wat: A Photo Essay
Photo by Jason Frazier
Photo by Jason Frazier
Photo by Jason Frazier
By JASON FRAZIER
Angkor Wat was first a Hindu, then subsequently a Buddhist, temple complex in Cambodia. It is the largest religious monument in the world.
Construction on Angkor Wat first began in the 12th Century AD and became the largest preindustrial city in the world measuring at least 1,000 square kilometers. Today, Angkor Wat is much more than just a bunch of old buildings. An entire community of people still live within the protected area.
There are houses, schools, restaurants and shops. Angkor Wat is a UNESCO World Heritage Read More
Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
“X-Men: Days of Future Past” may fall into the same genre of superhero movies as “Spiderman 2”, which played last week here in town, but that is where any similarity between the two films ends.
Admittedly, this is an entertaining genre but my qualifications critiquing it are few. Like many people, I don’t have the backstory on these characters (especially Mystique, Beast, Quicksilver, Wolverine, even Professor X and Magneto) beyond what the film itself tells us.
Movie poster for ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past.’ Courtesy/Reel Read More
Storms Didn’t Stop Homemade Jamz Blues Band
A break in Friday’s rainstorm was all people needed to show up for the first Summer Concert in the new bandstand at Ashley Pond to hear the Homemade Jamz Blues Band. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
The Los Alamos Meetup Group stakes their claim at Ashley Pond. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Young Cora Perkins is ready for the weather. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
Concert snacks. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
A child makes the most of a damp situation during the Gordons’ Summer Concert Series Friday at ‘Art in Action’ Launching at White Rock Visitor Center
White Rock Visitor Center on N.M. 4. Courtesy/LACC
CHAMBER News:
An Art in Action program is rolling out Memorial Day Weekend at the White Rock Visitor Center on N.M. 4.
The first featured artist is photographer Diana McPherson, owner of Friends of Nature Photography.
Locals and visitors to the community can stop at the visitor center and watch artists create murals and other projects on a rotating basis.
“This is a pilot program and we would like to hear from artists interested in participating and performing their art live before the public,” said Mike Lippiatt, manager of the Read More
