Kirsten Laskey (ladp admin)

Who Did It? And Where? And With What? Find Out Nov. 4-18!

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By KELLY DOLEJSI
Los Alamos Little Theatre

Through careful detective work, you’ve marked off five of six names and weapons, and eight of nine rooms. You make your accusation, and then it’s time to open the confidential manila envelope.

You guessed right! It’s Wendy Caldwell Lanchier, with her cast and “crue,” in the Los Alamos Little Theatre.

This month, Director Caldwell Lanchier will present the theatrical version of the venerable board game and movie Clue.

The dark comedy Clue: On Stage will show 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays Nov. 4-18 at the Performing Arts Center, 1670 Nectar St., with Read More

Leonard: Are Your Knees Ready For Ski Season?

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By LAURA LEONARD
Doctor of Chiropractic
Los Alamos

The first flakes of the season are falling and visible snow caps on the mountains mean it’s time to start training for the ski season ahead. Whether you’ve been mountain biking, cycling, hiking or running all summer or overloaded at work and ready to get back at it, paying attention to your knees is critical to prevent an early exit from the ski season.

The high-speed nature of skiing along with the restrictive nature of ski boots, results in a higher chance of injuring the structures inside and around the knee joint when compared to other sports. Read More

Step Up Gallery Hosts Reception For Artist Carole Bellieveau

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Artist Carole Bellieveau discusses her early dollmaking during a reception Saturday at the Step Up Gallery. Courtesy photo

STEP GALLERY News:

An Artist’s Reception this past Saturday afternoon at the Step Up Gallery featured a half-hour gallery talk by artist Carole Belliveau. She explained her mixed media process and sharing career highlights.

The current retrospective exhibit at Step Up Gallery, “The Road Taken, a 45-year Journey” by Belliveau, features her female figure paintings, which are embellished with gold and silver leaf.

“I found the retrospective show engrossing as it covers Read More

Los Alamos Business Accelerator Completes Phase I

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Participants in the Los Alamos Business Accelerator, run by Los Alamos MainStreet and the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce, meet at projectY cowork space in Los Alamos. Sixteen individuals were accepted into the program this year, which is the second cohort, and just completed Phase I of the coursework. A few of these entrepreneurs will move on to a Phase II of the program, a pop-up to test their concept, thanks to generous sponsors including New Mexico Economic Development Department through a LEADS Grant, LANL Foundation, New Mexico Resiliency Alliance, LANL CPO, New Mexico MainStreet, Enterprise Read More

Atomic City Quilts Participates In Raffle To Support Wheel Chair Ramp Installation At ‘Our Of The Assumption Catholic Church’ In Jemez Springs

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A quilt is on display through Nov. 16 at Atomic City Quilts, 1247 Central Ave. in downtown Los Alamos. The store is selling raffle tickets for a chance to win this quilt. Tickets cost $5 each or five for $20. Tickets will be sold through the end of November. Proceeds will benefit Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church in Jemez Springs. The church is raising funds to install ramps for wheel chairs to make the church ADA compliant. The quilt, which showcases mission churches in New Mexico, features real turquoise and jewels. Southwest Decoratives in Albuquerque created the pattern, Jemez Springs Read More

LAFD Honors Driver Eng. Michael Montoya With Last Ride

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Los Alamos Fire Department Driver Engineer Michael Montoya retired today and his fellow firefighters honored him with a Last Ride ceremony at the Fire Station near the golf course. ‘A life dedicated to service – enjoy your retirement – while you are no longer called to duty, and will not see the flames rage. We thank you for your service, and are thankful you have aged.’ Montoya served more than 25 years in the Fire Service including time with the Española Fire Department. He also served as vice president of the firefighters union. Photo by Jody Mayer

LAFD firefighters gather to honor Read More

Technical difficulties With Streaming Capabilities Of Joint Council/P&Z meeting

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County is still experiencing technical difficulties in streaming county meetings on the Legistar website.  Members of the public who are interested in watching the joint Council and Planning and Zoning meeting, which is 1-5 p.m. today, Oct. 14, are advised to participate via Zoom.

Individuals can join using the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86726009229 or by phone (346) 248 7799 or (669) 444 9171 or +(669) 900 6833 or (719) 359 4580 or (253) 215 8782. The Webinar ID is 867 2600 9229.

County staff apologizes for the inconvenience. Read More

Los Alamos Step Up Gallery To Feature Work Of Carole Belliveau ‘The Road Taken, A 45-Year Journey’ Oct. 14-Nov. 9

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Doll resembling son Matthew by Carole Belliveau. Courtesy/LAC

STEP UP GALLERY News:

Step Up Gallery announces a new retrospective exhibit opening Oct. 14. The exhibit, “The Road Taken, a 45-year Journey” by Carole Belliveau, will focus on Belliveau’s captivating female figure paintings, which are embellished with Gold and Silver Leaf.

To provide the historical background of Belliveau’s artistic journey, award-winning dolls representing her early days also will be on display.

The exhibit runs Oct. 14 to Nov. 9. An Artist’s Reception with refreshments is 2:30-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22. Read More

Gruninger: Yoga Therapy … Restorative Yoga Improves Brain Cognition And Function

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Restorative yoga is passive and quiet with long rest in each posture from the moment you begin class until the end of final relaxation. Courtesy photo

By JACCI GRUNINGER, MS, C-IAYT
Los Alamos

Which yoga is best? That is a tough question because they all offer a variety of ways to improve our health and sense of wellbeing in mind, body and spirit. However, recent research of a randomized controlled trial* studied the brain benefits between vinyasa and restorative yoga for breast and ovarian cancer survivors. And restorative yoga, in this study, came out on top.

As someone who enjoys a vigorous vinyasa Read More

Gruninger: Yoga Therapy … Hot Flashes, Heartburn & Anger

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By JACCI GRUNINGER, MS, C-IAYT
Los Alamos

Hot flashes, heartburn and anger. What do these three have in common? From a yogic perspective they all include the element of heat. Hot flashes are self explanatory. Heartburn, often can feel like a burning or searing and when we are angry we get a rush of heat like energy in the body.

There are numerous yoga poses that can help navigate all of these everyday “heat” occurrences. Today though, I’d like to share with you a pranayama or breathwork practice that can also help “cool” us off.

This practice is often called the cooling breath or Shitali or Sitkari Pranayama. Read More