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
Osprey Executes Touch and Go at Los Alamos Airport
CV-22 Osprey out of Kirtland Air Force Base flew over a Los Alamos neighborhood en route to the Los Alamos Airport on Saturday afternoon. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
An Osprey touches down at the Los Alamos Airport Saturday afternoon. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
CV-22 Osprey out of Kirtland Air Force Base takes off from the Los Alamos Airport Saturday afternoon. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com Read More
Who Calls the Shots When it Comes to Vaccines?
Local moms discuss parental rights with Rep. Jim Hall. Photo by Mandy Marksteiner
By Mandy Marksteiner
Kristy Mack had concerns about giving her son the chicken pox vaccine when she was eight months pregnant because she didn’t want to risk harming her unborn child.
The doctor agreed to delay the shot. Her son eventually received all of his shots. But if he had been attending preschool, he would have had to file a vaccination exemption with the State Department of Health.
If his waiver had been denied, he wouldn’t be able to go to preschool.
The waiver forms have been changed. Now parents are required Read More
Ocean Salinity Trends Show Human Fingerprint
AGU News:
WASHINGTON – Changes in ocean salinity over the second half of the 20th Century are consistent with the influence of human activities and inconsistent with natural climate variations, according to a new study.
Observed changes agree with computer modeling of salinity trends in a steadily warming world, said Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, climate researcher David Pierce, the study’s lead author.
Ocean salinity changes are driven by the world’s patterns of evaporation and rainfall, which themselves are changing.
Observations over recent Read More
NNSA Completes 50th Shipment Under Threat Reduction Program
NNSA Administrator Thomas D’Agostino. Courtesy/NNSA
NNSA News:
Cooperative Program Removes Highly Enriched Uranium from Uzbekistan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today announced the successful removal of 72.8 kilograms of highly enriched uranium (HEU) spent fuel from the Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Today’s announcement marks the 50th shipment under NNSA’s cooperative program with Russia to return Russian-origin HEU.
Since the program began 10 years ago, NNSA and its Russian counterparts have closely cooperated Read More
Rinard Wins Embroiderer’s Gold Thread Award
CAROLE RINARD. Courtesy photo
EGA News:
Santa Fe Enchantment, the 2012 national seminar of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America, will bring more than 600 needlework enthusiasts from across the country to Buffalo Thunder Resort in Pojoaque from Oct. 28 through Nov. 2.
Participants will attend classes in all facets of needle arts. Members of the local Pajarito Chapter of EGA are excited to have the opportunity to study with noted teachers without having to travel a long distance.
While registration for the seminar is now closed, the public is invited to come to Buffalo Thunder during that
A Moment in Time: The Odyssey of the Segesser Hides
Segesser II, depicting a 1720s expedition to root out French raiders. Photo by Blair Clark, NM/DCA.
NEW MEXICO HISTORY MUSEUM News:
Historian Thomas E. Chávez speaks about and signs copies of his new book, A Moment in Time: The Odyssey of New Mexico’s Segesser Hide Paintings (Rio Grande Books, 2012), an anthology that includes 14 articles by prominent scholars, at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium in Santa Fe.
The event is free with admission; Sundays free to New Mexico residents.
Contributors to A Moment in Time include Fray Angélico Chávez; Joe S. Sando; Read More
American Legion Post 90 to Host 2012 Veterans Day Ceremony
AMERICAN LEGION News:
This year’s Veterans Day community celebration will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 at the American Legion Post 90, 1325 Trinity Dr.
All Veterans, their families and friends, as well as the general public are invited to attend. The local theme is “Honoring the Vietnam Veteran.”
More than 3 million men and women served in Vietnam, and more than 58,000 made the ultimate sacrifice.
Veterans Day is a National Holiday to thank and honor the 23 million living Veterans who have honorably served their country in both wartime and peacetime.
There are currently 1.4 Read More
Bishop’s Lodge Buries Time Capsule
Bishop’s Lodge Ranch Resort & Spa, 1297 Bishop’s Lodge Road in Santa Fe, hosted a celebration Friday to commemorate its 95-year anniversary as a resort approaching in 2013. Bishop’s Lodge Managing Director Richard Verruni presents opening remarks at the site where the time capsule will be buried. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
At Friday’s ceremony, former Santa Fe Mayor Larry Delgado prepares to place his pocket knife in the time capsule that commemorated Bishop’s Lodge Ranch Resort & Spa’s 95-year anniversary. Mayor Pro Tem Rebecca Wurzburger Read More
