Arts

Jemez Mountain Trail Runs Announces Raffle For Secundino Sandoval Original Painting

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Original watercolor by Secundino Sandoval to be raffled May 22. Courtesy photo

JMTR News:

The 10th Annual Jemez Mountain Trails Runs are scheduled for Saturday, May 23.

This year’s poster art is an original watercolor by Secundino Sandoval. All runners and volunteers get a poster. We are raffling off the original with framing by Village Arts to benefit the race. Tickets are $5 each or five tickets for $20. Tickets can be purchased at Village Arts, Fusion Multisport, and CB FOX. Drawing will be May 22 at the pre-race dinner.

The painting will be displayed at Village Arts through April 18, then move Read More

Registration Opens For White Rock Artist Market

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White Rock Artist Market. Courtesy/LAMVB

LAMVB News:

Memorial Day Weekend marks the third consecutive year for the White Rock Artist Market, outside the White Rock Visitor Center on N.M. 4. 

Local artists and artisans from Los Alamos, White Rock and the surrounding Northern New Mexico area will be participating in this year’s Artist Market. The markets are the first Saturday of each month, June through October, with the exception of May’s market, which is Saturday, May 23. The market hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in conjunction with the required Atomic Shuttle bus service at the White Rock Read More

Nearly 1,500 People Visit Los Alamos Photography Club Exhibit At Mesa Public Library

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Mesa Public Library Program Specialist Katy Korkos guides a tour today of the Los Alamos Photography Club exhibit on display in the library’s upstairs gallery. Korkos said nearly 1,500 people have viewed the exhibit since it opened March 30. The exhibit runs through May 1. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

LAAC Benefit Concert: An Artful Evening

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Pianist Ron Grinage. Courtesy photo

LAAC News:

The Los Alamos Arts Council (LAAC) invites the community to attend an evening of arts and culture beginning with a dessert reception and silent auction followed by a concert featuring pianist Ron Grinage playing works by Russian composers.

The auction and reception begin at 6 p.m., and the concert begins at 7 p.m., Saturday, April 18 at Fuller Lodge.

A reproduction Tiffany lamp will be raffled at intermission.

Tickets are $25 at CB FOX, the LAAC office or on the website Los Alamos Arts Council.org.

For more information, call 505.663.0477. Read More

Leadership Los Alamos Class Explores Local Culture

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Ken Nebel of the Arts in Public Places Board discusses local art. Photo by Martha Katko 

Leadership Los Alamos participants tour art around town and head to check out the sculpture in front of the Justice Center. Photo by Martha Katko

LLA News:

The Leadership Los Alamos Class of 2015 participated in a Cultural Session last month in the beautiful Hans Bethe house. The session was chaired by Heather McClenahan, executive director of the Los Alamos Historical Society.

The class participated in a very competitive and educational game of Los Alamos Cultural Trivial Pursuit. Not surprising, Read More

Unitarian Church Forum Features ‘Avenue Q’

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UCLA News:

The community is invited to attend the Forum at the Unitarian Church at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, April 5.

The Forum will feature “Avenue Q” by Director Holly Haas. Avenue Q is a Tony Award winning musical, performed with puppets.

Come to this Forum to hear Haas talk about the Los Alamos Little Theater production, which starts May 1. Learn what is unique about this play that has caused so much attention.

The play will be presented jointly by the Los Alamos Little Theater and the Dixon Community Players and should be outstanding. This will not be just a talk. Some of the cast members Read More

Mesa Library Shows Droll Murder Mystery ‘Laura’

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Movie poster for ‘Laura.’ Courtesy photo

 

Review by KELLY DOLEJSI

If a leading lady in a 1940s Hollywood film noir is smart, sweet, witty, beautiful, and kind, two things are certain. One, every man onscreen will fall in love with her, and two, she has to die.

Mesa Public Library will screen “Laura” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the upstairs meeting-room “theater” as part of its Free Film Series.

In “Laura” (1944), showing Thursday at Mesa Public Library, Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney) is a shrewd advertising executive with a young, innocent face and a string of romantic attachments that Read More

Jemez Spring Library Celebrates 50th Anniversary With Author Symposium

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Courtesy/JSPL

JSPL News:

Jemez Springs is an area of ancient settlement starting with early Pueblo people, continuing with Spanish settlers, and Anglo immigrants from the east, all drawn to the healing waters and rich natural environment of the Jemez valley and mountains.

People who have lived here are frequently heard to count their blessings!

On April 12, Jemez Springs is celebrating only a tiny fragment of that rich history, just 50 years of it, 50 years of our library’s history. Early 20th century Jemez Springs was never very populous and it was isolated, taking many hours or days to travel Read More

Scenes From Friday’s Opening Of ‘Canyons, Mesas, Mountains, Skies’ At Fuller Lodge Art Center

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Community members gather Friday for the opening reception of ‘Canyons, Mesas, Mountains, Skies’ at Fuller Lodge Art Center at 2132 Central Ave. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Rock Garden by Carol Martin-Davis. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Young artists Steven Calhoun (lower painting) and Livy Snyder (upper painting) both sold their pieces early in the show. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Decorated skull by Heather Beemer of Jemez Springs. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Fabric art creations.
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