Arts In Public Places Board Meets Nov. 14
‘The Nutcracker’ a Sweet Treat for the Holidays
Sarah Dale and Devon McCleskey perform as the sugar plum fairy and Cavalier in “The Nutcracker” Friday night. Photo by Holger Waschinski
Review by Bonnie J. Gordon
New Mexico Dance Theater Performance Company’s “The Nutcracker” opened Nov. 9.
Seeing “The Nutcracker” is like visiting an old friend. The music and the story are so comfortable and familiar we fall easily under its spell.
Adding to the homey feeling is the knowledge that this is our very own “Nutcracker.” NMDT-PC is a Los Alamos company. The company is joined on stage by young students from the NMDT School.
Almost all Read More
Clark & Kendall’s Weekend Preview: Nov 9
This week’s preview is sponsored by www.fyila.com
The Woman in Black: Los Alamos Little Theatre 1670 Nectar St.
7:30 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays, Nov. 9, 10, 16, 17 / 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11
Kipps was traumatized by seeing the Woman in Black when he was sent to settle the estate of an old woman in a remote part of England. He has enlisted the services of an actor to help him re-enact the events, and thus exorcise his demons. You may see appearances of The Woman around town. Have you seen “The Woman in Black”? Halloween isn’t over yet. Come see this spooky ghost story, if you dare… Read More
Karen Wray Fine Art Grand Opening is Nov. 16
Watercolor artist Secundino Sandoval looks through paintings at his Los Alamos home. Courtesy photo
By Karen Wray
Karen Wray Fine Art is delighted to announce that we have moved to a wonderful new location in Los Alamos, and would like to invite the community to our Grand Opening from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16.
Our new address is 1475 Central Ave., Suite 125, at the southwest corner, ground floor, of the Community Bank Building.
Photo: Karen Wray and Tinkerbell
This is also our gallery’s Holiday Art Show, so we’ll have ornaments, cards, prints, pottery, jewelry, sculpture and paintings Read More
Join PAC 8 for Holiday Wine and Cheese Nov. 16
PAC 8 News:
PAC 8 is holding their annual Holiday Wine and Cheese – Silent Auction and Fundraiser at 7 p.m., Nov. 16 at historic Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos.
Do your Holiday shopping in one evening while you taste delicious wines and cheeses from around the world.
Original items such as sushi making lessons with sushi dinner, ski passes from Pajarito Mountain, a 12 lb. organic turkey from Los Alamos Coop, bagels and cream cheese for a year from Ruby K’s, artwork, jewelry, many gift certificates and much, much more will be available for bidding.
Live music will be by Rumelia – a Balkan/Folk/ World Read More
Festival of Chocolate Coming to Betty Ehart Senior Center Saturday
The Festival of Chocolate formally launches the weeklong event called, Festival of Trees. This year more than 50 items are available for silent auction. Those attending the Festival of Chocolate get the first glance at the many offerings.Courtesy photo
By Bernadette Lauritzen
The Los Alamos Retired and Senior Organization (LARSO) and Champions of Youth Ambitions (C’YA) will host the eighth annual Festival of Chocolate at the Betty Ehart Senior Center.
The Los Alamos MainStreet sponsored event will take place from 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10. Tickets are $20.
“The Festival of Chocolate Read More
PBS Commemorates Native American Heritage Month
Racing The Rez – a documentary about Navajo and Hopi cross-country runners at two rival Arizona schools. Courtesy/NMPBS
NMPBS News:
New Mexico PBS commemorates Native American Month with programs airing Nov. 8-22.
Many of this month’s programs focus directly on various Native peoples living in New Mexico or the American Southwest. For ease in highlighting, the various shows are profiled below in chronological order.
RACING THE REZ – New!
7 p.m. Thursday Nov. 8
For the Navajo and Hopi, running is much more than a sport, it is woven into the cultural fabric of their Read More
Educational Opportunity at Santa Fe Opera Guild
Photo: John Webber
SFOG News:
“When Opera Goes to the Movies” presented byJohn Webber at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14 at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 107 W. Barcelona St.
We’re all familiar with the Met Opera’s (and other opera companies’) video transmissions of productions on the big screen which view the action through the “fourth wall” of the stage.
Here, the focus will be to define what makes a filmed version of an opera different from a video presentation of a live, on-stage opera performance.
While many opera directors have also been Read More
Column: Hannemann’s Music Corner – Practice
Hannemann’s Music CornerWelcome to a variety of columns on Music. Not entertainment, nor Happenings, nor Events, but Music.
Some columns are answers to questions people ask, and I invite you to add fuel to the fire by firing off any questions you may have.
Topics will cover the full spectrum: music history, music theory, music as a business, music performance, instrument playing tips.
Some will be short, some not so. Some will have notation (so early on will be some columns about reading notation.)
First up: Practice.
I am absurdly
Swankiest Event of Season Coming to Los Alamos!
Bronze statue by David Pearson. Courtesy photo
SPEAKEASY SOIREE:
Get ready for the swankiest event of the season! The Speakeasy Soiree, benefitting the United Way of Northern New Mexico, takes place from 5:30-10 p.m., Nov. 16 at the Dixie Girl Restaurant in downtown Los Alamos.
Come on over and Charleston the night away during the 1920s themed night of dining and dancing at the Dixie Girl restaurant in Los Alamos.
The Speakeasy Soiree is sponsored by Los Alamos National Bank and 100 percent of the profits go directly to supporting the United Way of Northern New Mexico’s efforts in the local Read More
Quidditch Comes to New Mexico This Weekend
Courtesy/IQA
Special to the Las Alamos Daily Post
Quidditch (the game in the Harry Potter books) comes to New Mexico this weekend.
The West by Southwest Showcase will feature a number of university and mercenary (club) teams in a regional competition sponsored by the IQA, the International Quidditch Association.
Caroline Wurden from Los Alamos will be in New Mexico to be a referee for the games. She is a member of Cal Quidditch (Berkeley) and a former co-captain.
More recently, Wurden has served as a referee. She helped develop referee materials for the IQA and is also a trainer for new refs.
The Read More
Fuller Lodge Art Center Offers ‘Tax Free’ Shopping Day
FULLER LODGE ART CENTER News:
- Celebrate our Freedom to Vote
Come by the Art Center after you vote for a Tax Free Shopping Day
To help you take a break from thinking about the government (after you vote), the Art Center
is offering a “tax free” shopping day. We’ll even serve sparkling cider! On Tuesday Nov. 6,
we will cover the tax on any purchases you make here. Say “I voted!” and we’ll even offer
you a sticker:
YOU WON’T LEAVE EMPTY HANDED! Read More
‘Woman in Black’ Pays Triumphant Visit to Los Alamos
Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.com
Review By Bonnie Gordon
Do not miss The Woman in Black at Los Alamos Little Theater through Nov. 11.
Not only do I guarantee you’ll be creeped out, this is a play that makes you think, and the production is outstanding.
“The Woman in Black,” adapted from the book by Susan Hill by Stephen Mallatratt, premiered in 1987 and has been running steadily on the London stage since 1989.
Don’t think that just because you saw the movie version, you should skip this play. Seeing the story on the stage is an entirely different experience.
The play is a send up of the classic English
Photojournalist Tony O’Brien’s ‘Contemplative Landscape’ on Display at NM History Museum
A Quiet Moment, Monastery of Christ in the Desert. Photo by Tony O’Brien
NM HISTORY MUSEUM News:
After covering the lives of drug addicts and prostitutes in America and the struggle of Afghan rebels fighting the Soviets – including a stint as a prisoner of war – Santa Fe-based photojournalist Tony O’Brien turned to Christ in the Desert Monastery in Abiquiu to restore his spirit.
During the year he spent living with the Benedictine monks, they allowed him to document their daily activities and rituals, both contemplative and secular.
O’Brien’s work from that era now forms the heart of a new Read More
Palace’s Front Door to Close for Renovation Project
PALACE News:
Visitors can still visit via the History Museum and Palace Courtyard
Santa Fe—A long-awaited maintenance project to refinish or replace some of the floors in the entryway of the 400-year-old Palace of the Governors will temporarily inconvenience visitors accustomed to entering themuseum complex through its doors.
As of Friday Nov. 2, the Palace doors facing the Santa Fe Plaza are closed as workers begin deconstruction in the entry and front-desk area.
Visitors are asked to come in through the New Mexico History Museum, just around the corner at 113 Lincoln Ave.
The work is expected Read More
LAPS Choir Boosters Hold Harmony Workshop
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Public Schools Choir Boosters are presenting a harmony workshop featuring 540 Express from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, Saturday, Nov. 3 at the Church of Christ, 2323 Diamond Drive.
540 Express is an all-male a cappella group comprised of singers and educators from Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The workshop will cover musical literacy, harmony, and tone quality and is open to all students in grades six through 12. Students will perform two pieces with 540 Express at a concert at 7 p.m. at the same location.
Entry fee for the workshop is $20 per student and students will need to bring a sack Read More
Young Pianist Raises Money for Friends of the Shelter
Presley Gao, 10, presented Sally Wilkins, President of Friends of the Shelter, with a $217 check for donations he received for performing a benefit concert Sept. 8. Courtesy photo
SHELTER News:
Presley Gao began taking piano lessons with Dr. Madeline Williamson on his 6th birthday in 2008.
Today at just 10 years of age, he is performing solo piano recitals more likely found in the repertory of concertizing pianists.
Gao has earned several awards in piano competition, including the Santa Fe Sonata Contest, the District and the New Mexico State Honors Auditions and the Dennis Alexander Piano Read More
Game On – Medieval Style – at Mountain Pas and Highland Games
The ladies of Bryngolau: Althina of the North Storms, Belaset Tintura and Isauda Marchwyle. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon
By Bonnie J. Gordon
The Shire of Bryngolau (Shining Hill in Welsh) hosted a pas d’arms tournament and games event Oct. 19 at the Posse Lodge in Los Alamos.
The local group is currently an “Incipient Shire” while they demonstrate their ability to function as a full Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) branch.
The Shire of Bryngolau encompasses Los Alamos and Rio Arriba counties and has more than 20 members.
SCA is a non-profit educational organization devoted to the study of the Read More
Local Students Win State Music Awards
Olivia Koo, 1st place winner in level I ages 8-9 piano performance, is a 3rd grade student at Barranca Mesa Elementary School. Her piano teacher is Aejin Chang. Courtesy photoJan McDonald Plays for LAHS Marching Band Fundraising Dinner
Los Alamos High School Marching Band. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
BAND BOOSTER News:
Nationally recognized trumpeter Jan McDonald will join Los Alamos High School Marching Band Boosters for a fundraiser Italian dinner Wednesday, Nov. 7 at Trinity on the Hill Church’s Kelly Hall.
The fundraiser will benefit the LAHS Marching Band.
“Jan McDonald continues to support the Topper Band, which he directed for almost 30 years,” event organizer Karen Mehlin said. “We are so excited that he will play for this event.”
McDonald received his BA and MA degrees Read More
