Arts

Beta Sigma Phi Hosts Arts and Crafts Fair

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Necklace. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN

The sisters of Beta Sigma Phi will host their annual arts and crafts fair with more than 55 vendor 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 at the Crossroads Bible Church in Los Alamos.

Jewelry, clothing, handmade items and holiday decorations will abound, as vendors help the community organization celebrate its 26th year in Los Alamos.

“I always enjoy mingling with long-time neighbors and friends at the craft fair,” Xi Nu member Karen Edwards said. “I can always count on finding unique gifts, while being able to help those in need.”

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Letter to the Editor: Thank You For Wowing Our Patrons!

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By the Staff at the Fuller Lodge Art Center
 
We wanted to shout out a great big thank you from the rooftops for the amazing performers at Harambre Hip Hop Crew and Dance Arts Los Alamos but it occurred to us that more people would probably read and pass on our thanks through the Los Alamos Daily Post! 
 
As part of our Trickster show in September, both groups came out and wowed our patrons with practically an entire day of break dancing and statues coming to life. Both groups were out of this world, and we tried to capture them in all their talent, but unfortunately were unable to upload the
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SFI’s Clio Andris Presents Dr. Strangelove

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Courtesy/SFI

SFI News:

The popular Science On Screen series continues with Santa Fe Institute (SFI) Postdoctoral Fellow Clio Andris presenting Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 dark comedy Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

The presentation begins at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28 at the CCA, 1050 Old Pecos Trail in Santa Fe. Advance tickets are recommended. For tickets and prices, call the CCA Box Office at 505-982-1338.

The legendary Peter Sellers stars in Kubrick’s satire of Cold War-era mutually assured destruction, nuclear hysteria, and U.S.-Russian relations. Read More

NMSA Theater Department Presents En Punto de Mis Ojos

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NMSA News:

SANTA FE –  New Mexico School for the Arts (NMSA) Theater Department presents En Punto de Mis Ojos … an original, site-specific performance that takes place at NMSA.

NMSA is in the former St. Francis Cathedral School, 275 East Alameda in Santa Fe.

Audience members will travel throughout the two-story school building, where they will be immersed in the history and myth of one of the 16th century’s most controversial couples: Hernan Cortez and Malinal, later to be known as La Malinche.

Originally a slave, La Malinche became Cortez’s consort and bore him the first mestizo, Read More

Historic Sculptures Master Plan – The Details

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Oppenheimer and Groves statues on Central Avenue in front of Fuller Lodge adorned with flowers during the 2012 County Fair. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com

Editor's Note: This story appeared in the April 2 edition of the Los Alamos Daily Post and provides background to the upcoming Los Alamos County Council work session discussion of the "Plans for Historic Sculptures" set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the White Rock Fire Station. Minor changes to the plan may have been made since April.

By GREG KENDALL
Los Alamos Daily Post
 

The Historical Sculptures Master Plan Read More

‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ Nostalgic Romp Will Win Your Heart

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The Man in the Chair (Henry Knutsen), center, lives his dream. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Robert Martin ((Patrick MacDonald), Janet Van De Graff (Rose Corrigan) and The Man in the Chair (Henry Knutsen) in ‘An Accident Waiting to Happen.’ Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

 

Review by BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

There’s nothing like a show where the cast seems to be having as much fun as the audience. Everyone had a rollicking good time at the opening of “The Drowsy Chaperone” Friday night when the Dixon Community Players opened at The Toolshed Read More

Fun Packed HalloWeekend Planned

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Courtesy/LAM

MAINSTREET News:

Los Alamos MainStreet hosts Trick or Treat on MainStreet 4-6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25 in downtown Los Alamos.

Last year more than 3,000 people attended the event. Local businesses and organizations will open their doors and set up tables along Central Avenue to hand out treats to the costumed trick-or-treaters.

A performance by High Flyers Gymnastics will start at 5 p.m., followed by The Hallo-wiener Parade at 5:30 p.m. and a dance performance by New Mexico Dance Theater at 6 p.m. Find a complete event list on lamainstreet.com.

Festivities will continue Saturday, Read More

Rumba Class Benefits High School Dance Club

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BESC News:

Natalia Barkhudarova will be teaching a Rumba Dance Class 7:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center.

Barkhudarova will teach a dance sequence in Rumba, plus focus on some of the fine points of arm styling.

A donation of $10 per dancer is suggested. The money will be given to the Los Alamos High School Dance Club for transportation expenses.

The Dance Club is planning trips to New Mexico State University High School Dance Day in February and to the Capital City High School Dance Festival in March. Read More