LAPS News:
The Los Alamos Public Schools Board of Education meets 5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 22 for its School Board Training and Retreat.
The meeting is in the School Board Room at the Administration Offices, 2101 Trinity Dr., Suite V.
This meeting is open to the public.
To read the school board meeting agenda for July 22, click here. Read More
The San Miguel Mountains (viewed from Burro Trail) on Bandelier’s western boundary represent another episode of volcanism in the park’s history. Courtesy/NPS
BANDELIER News:
Bandelier National Monument will begin offering a variety of programs to the public this summer.
“As COVID restrictions have relaxed, Bandelier is anxious to provide the programming visitors want so they can learn more about this park’s amazing resources. We invite the public to include one or more of these activities in their planned visit to Bandelier,” Acting Superintendent Dennis Milligan said.
Cultural Demonstration Read More
Marie Felicite St. Vrain
TCHS News:
The Taos County Historical Society announces the return of its monthly public programs beginning 2 p.m. Aug. 7 in the Kit Carson Electric Cooperative Boardroom at 118 Cruz Alta Road in Taos.
Speaker Christine St. Vrain Fischahs will present “Shedding Light on the Santa Fe Trail’s 1839 Mysterious Female Traveler”.
Admission is free for members of the Society with a $5 suggested donation for non-members.
Born in 1823, Marie Felicite St. Vrain was inducted into the Santa Fe Trail Association’s Hall of Fame in 2017 for her travels in 1839 along the mountainous Read More
Sherry Destromp and James Hogue of LAVNS present free talk Monday on ‘Comfort Care’. Photo by Wendi Wolfe
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
LARSO
Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service, Inc., (LAVNS) is hosting a presentation by Sherry Destromp and James Hogue on Hospice Services available in the community called, “Comfort Care”.
The hour-long event is 1 p.m. Monday, July 19 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center, 1101 Bathtub Row, and includes a question and answer period.
LAVNS Executive Director Wendi Wolfe, RN, LNCC, is coordinating the event and welcomes seniors, caregivers and loved Read More
Daily Postcard: A young sassy buck stops to engage in a stare down with a local resident on Catherine Avenue early Thursday evening before sauntering off to parts unknown in White Rock. Photo by George Kyrala Read More
Scene from the 2012 100 Best Communities for Young People Award celebration. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen
Former LAPS Superintendent Dr. Eugene Schmidt speaks with former LAHS student Soumyo Lahiri-Gupta at the 2012 100 Best Communities for Young People Award celebration. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
LARSO
If you don’t know me well, let me tell you how a little, local program, brought me to where I am today.
About 2006, I read an article in the Los Alamos Monitor, about a program called Leadership Los Alamos (LLA). I was smitten with the idea of Read More
Los Alamos Public Libraries hosts a discussion live-streamed Thursday with author Laura Paskus. Courtesy/LAC
Los Alamos Public Library Systems News:
From forests to farm fields, reservoirs to rivers, the impacts of climate change are obvious all around the state of New Mexico. How does warming intensify environmental problems, exacerbate inequity, and change how we relate to our landscapes? What hope is there for the future?
Join the discussion with Los Alamos Public Libraries and author and journalist Laura Paskus in this live-streamed program via Zoom, 7 p.m. Thursday, July 8. Register Read More
USDA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, July 6, and Wednesday, July 7, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will travel to New Mexico to discuss the Biden Administration’s plans to ensure access to healthy and nutritious food in all communities and make historic investments in our country’s infrastructure.
Today, Secretary Vilsack will join U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández for a tour of a food distribution center in Rio Rancho. There, they will discuss the Biden Administration’s commitment to promoting nutrition security and how the American Families Plan will help achieve this goal.
Wednesday,
Actor Charles Lear
ISC News:
Charles Lear presents a one-man production of King Richard III at International Shakespeare Center (ISC) 7 p.m., July 17 and July 18, at 3209A Calle Marie in Santa Fe.
Lear has been active in theatre for more than 40 years. He has produced, directed, taught and acted, is a produced playwright, and makes the bulk of his living as a union (I.A.T.S.E) stagehand/carpenter/welder.
His focus as an actor these days is on Shakespeare, and he was a member of the Stag and Lion Shakespeare Company, which has a theatre on West 57th Street in Manhattan, up until his move to New Mexico. Read More
TEATRO PARAGUAS News:
Alix Hudson has been a dynamic force in the Santa Fe theatre scene for the last eight years as a playwright, director, actor and technician.
Although most of her work has benefitted Teatro Paraguas where she is a Board member, Hudson has worked with many Santa Fe companies, including NM Actors Lab and Ironweed Productions.
Hudson will soon be moving to Grand Rapids, Mich., with her partner Sharla Stearn. To honor her huge contribution to Teatro Paraguas and Santa Fe theatre, videos of her critically-acclaimed plays produced at Teatro Paraguas – Our Lady of Mariposas, Revolution, Read More