Kirsten Laskey (ladp admin)

LAAC Features The Moipei Triplets In Concert Today!

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The Moipei sisters will perform at 6 p.m. today at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

Los Alamos Arts Council is bringing Taos Opera Institute’s “Cantos De Taos 2019” in a concert at 6 p.m. today in Fuller Lodge. The concert will showcase the Moipei triplets– Mary, Maggie and Marta.

The sisters will be accompanied by pianist Billie Whittaker. The concert is free but donations will be accepted.

The Moipei triplets from Nairobi, Kenya, are recent music graduates of St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas.

Their musical journey began in 2002 when they competed in the Kenya Music Festivals Read More

LAAC Hosts Annual Meeting Tonight At Fuller Lodge!

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Brian Billow’s ‘New Mexican Flag on Map’ is one of two paintings that will be raffled during the Los Alamos Arts Council’s annual meeting at  7 p.m. today at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy photo

‘Red Range’ is one of the paintings that will be raffled during the Los Alamos Arts Council’s annual meeting. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

Los Alamos Arts Council announces its annual meeting at 7 p.m. today in the Pajarito Room of Fuller Lodge. Prior to the meeting at 6 p.m., the community is invited to join Los Alamos Arts Council in welcoming Taos Opera Institute’s Read More

Dan Erickson Brings Passion To His New Position As Recreation Manager At Los Alamos County

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Parks, Recreation and Open Space Manager Dan Erickson and his wife, Shasta, during a recent bike ride on Pipeline Road in Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

“I think I have the coolest job in the County,” Dan Erickson said of his new position as the Parks, Recreation and Open Space manager. “I’m an engineer by training but my heart is in all things outside.”

So, when he left his position as manager of the Traffic and Streets Division to become the new Parks, Recreation and Open Space manager in March, Erickson said he felt like a kid in Read More

The Life And Cold War Legacies Of Harold Agnew

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Harold Agnew

HISTORICAL SOCIETY News:

Harold Agnew received an A.B. degree in chemistry at the University of Denver in spring of 1942 and left immediately to work at the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, known more familiarly at the Met Lab.

There he witnessed the first sustained nuclear chain reaction, Chicago Pile-1. In less than a year, the young scientist was working on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos in the Experimental Physics Division, and would soon be on Tinian Island, holding Fat Man’s plutonium core.

That was a lot to take in for a young chemist yet to get his Ph.D., Read More

Planning For 2019 Summer Concert Series Gets Under Way In February

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COUNTY News:

Programming for the free 2019 Summer Concert Series is under contract, and planning for another season of musical acts will be getting under way in February.

“We are excited to bring great music to Los Alamos again this summer,” said Brian Brogan, Community Services Director for Los Alamos County, adding that the music lineup is being negotiated with a variety of artists offering family-friendly, fun, high-energy performances sure to please crowds at Ashley Pond Park on Friday evenings this summer.

Weekly concerts begin in May and continue through September. Each show will start Read More

ALERT: Dinner Over Diamond Is Moved To Pasta Paradiso

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Kim Selvage, left, and Amy Casson enjoy the meal served during last year’s Dinner Over Diamond. This year’s dinner will begin at 4 p.m. today but due to some unforseen circumstances the event will be at Pasta Paradiso on Trinity Drive. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

COMMUNITY News:

Due to unforseen circumstances, the United Way of Northern New Mexico (UWNNM) Youth Team’s fundraiser, Dinner Over Diamond, has been relocated to Pasta Paradiso on Trinity Drive.

The event is 4-7 p.m. today. The event is hosted by the UWNNM Youth Team and Zia Credit Union. Tickets are Read More

LANL Commuters Urged To Drive Safe And Be Patient During Road Construction

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The NM 502 eastbound and westbound ramps to NM 4, shown in red, are scheduled to be closed Friday and Saturday, July 20-21. Courtesy image

NNSA News:

Work on the Supplemental Environmental Project road improvements will ramp up considerably Friday, impacting the NM 4/NM 502 interchange and lane configuration of NM 502.

The safety of the workers as well as the safety of residents is of utmost importance. Law enforcement support is being sought to ensure drivers obey traffic instructions and consider the safety of the construction workers. Commuters should account for traffic Read More