Kirsten Laskey (ladp admin)

Chamberfest Draws Mobs To Downtown Los Alamos

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Youngsters fish for rubber duckies during today’s Chamberfest in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Mairen Hoch/ladailypost.com

CB FOX’s spinner offers customers discounts in the store during Chamberfest today in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Mairen Hoch/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos National Bank provides its gigantic sandpile for the kids, which is a staple feature during the annual Chamberfest. Photo by Mairen Hoch/ladailypost.com

KRSN showcases its antique car during Chamberfest. Photo by Mairen Hoch/ladailypost.com

Rebecca Burg gets into her ‘Trolls’ Read More

Youth Invited To Share Art For Pollinator Party

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A pollinator visits a flower. Photo by Katherine Eagleson 
 

NMWC News: 

 

New Mexico Wildlife Center (NMWC) invites area youth, K-12, to create a piece of “hangable” art centered on the theme “pollinators.” All media accepted. Winners receive free admission to NMWC’s Pollinator Party on July 8 to view their art hanging in the center!

 

New Mexico Wildlife Center will hold a special celebration in honor of pollinators – bees, hummingbirds, butterflies, bats, moths and more – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  July 8 at NMWC, 19 Wheat St. in Espanola. Read More

Udall, Heinrich: $13 Million From U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers For Flood Control And Water Quality Projects

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U.S. SENTATE News:

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich today announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has provided $13 million for flood management, water infrastructure, and environmental restoration projects throughout New Mexico.

The funding comes at the request of Udall and Heinrich following passage in May of the Fiscal Year 2017 omnibus appropriations bill, which funds the government through September. The Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for designing and building major flood control, waterway management, and environmental restoration projects Read More

Classical Music World: Notes From Cliburn 10

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American Daniel Hsu brings the chamber music portion of the Cliburn to a close. Courtesy photo 
 
Rachel Cheung, the finalist from Hong Kong, enjoys the audience’s response to her performance of Brahms. Courtesy photo 
 
Russia’s Gregory Tchaidze performs with the Brentano String Quartet. Courtesy photo 
 
By ANN MCLAUGHLIN
Artistic Director
Los Alamos Concert Association
 

Following a practice that began with the very first Cliburn Competition, all competitors are required to learn a brand new work written especially for the competition. Read More

C’YA Provides Science Education To Students

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Chad Lauritzen, seen here at Dixon Elementary School, volunteered to teach science through Champions of Youth Ambitions. The organization celebrates its third anniversary this weekend since gaining its non-profit status in 2014. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen
 
The very first LANL Foundation grant funded this opportunity for the Future PhDs of Dixon Elementary. Lauritzen still teaches there more than three years later. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen
 
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN 
​Los Alamos 
 

Champions of Youth Ambitions (C’YA), a local non-profit Read More

Classical Music World: Notes From Cliburn 9

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Yekwan Sunwoo of South Korea and the Brentano String Quartet play as one. Courtesy photo
American Kenneth Broberg enjoys the final moment of his performance with the Brentano String Quartet. Courtesy photo
 
By ANN MCLAUGHLIN
Artistic Director
Los Alamos Concert Association
 

The “plays-well-with-others” round of the Cliburn Competition has begun.

First, Cliburn competitors are required to choose one of five piano quintets to play with the Brentano String Quartet. Next, each competitor will play a concerto, any concerto, as long as it meets the approval of Maestro Leonard Slatkin Read More

County To Host Community Bike Ride

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Route Map: ‘Dump the Pump Day’ celebrates bicycle transportation, starting at 11:30 a.m., Thursday from the Ashley Pond Pavilion. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

More than 150 public transit systems and organizations are celebrating the 12th Annual National Dump the Pump Day Thursday, June 15. Los Alamos County will take it one step further by asking its residents to Dump the Pump and Bike It, Walk It or Bus it.

Invite your family, bring your friends and join us on a three-mile Community Ride. The ride was originally scheduled for Bike to Work Day May 19, but was postponed due to snow. Therefore, Read More

Los Alamos Major League Softball Wins Against Pojoaque

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Lead off pitcher for Los Alamos Savanna Luster. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com  

Lauren Harris slides into home plate well ahead of the throw in the second inning. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Jenna Harris waits for the throw but was too late for the out in the second inning. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

 

SPORTS News:

 

The Major League Softball, ages 13-16, which consists of teams from Los Alamos and Pojaque, met at softball field Tuesday, June 6, in White Rock.  

 

Coach Harris’s team from Los Alamos, put four runs on the board in the first Read More

LALT Holds Auditions For ‘Communicating Doors’

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LALT News:
 
Los Alamos Little Theatre will hold auditions for the play, “Communicating Doors,” by Alan Ayckbourn, which will be performed in September. Auditions are 3-5 p.m. June 18 and 5-7 p.m. June 19 at the Performing Arts Center. Please have a prepared one minute monologue – you can pick your own! Scripts will be available at the Mesa and White Rock libraries.
 
“Communicating Doors” is a murder mystery with a time travel twist. It has parts for three males and three females and takes place in a suite at the Regal Hotel, London in May 1977, October 1997,
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