Arts

Discover the Powerful Colors of Sita Loop

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‘Moonlight Dancing’ by  Sita Loop. Courtesy photo
 
‘Cave Dwelling’ by Sita Loop. Courtesy photo

By NANCY COOMBS

“Are those ponies flying?” Santa Fe artist Sita Loop asked with a chuckle, as she talked about her signature paintings of petroglyph ponies. The answer is no. 

“They represent the wild mustangs running free forever,” Loop said.

Loop participated in the Arts and Crafts Fair last summer and will be in Los Alamos again Oct. 19 for the 37th annual Fuller Lodge Fall Arts and Crafts Fair.

“Many years ago, I dreamed a beautiful story where Read More

UNM-LA Artistic Pumpkin Carving Class Perfect for Entire Family

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UNM-LA News:

The University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) will offer a class in artistic pumpkin carving taught by expert pumpkin carver Lori Dauelsberg. The class meets 6-8 p.m. for two consecutive Thursdays, Oct. 17-24, in room 614 on the UNM-LA campus.

“Pumpkin carving has become a much more sophisticated undertaking,” says Eva Artschwager, Director of Community Education. “The simple Jack-O-Lanterns that you may remember from childhood have been replaced by elaborate silhouettes of faces, spiders, and complex scenes. It’s really amazing.”

When it comes to pumpkin Read More

Halloween Spirit Comes to White Rock

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Halloween spirit is popping up in yards across White Rock such as this home with a grave yard theme on Rover Boulevard. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

A pile of perky pumpkins greet visitors to this White Rock home. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Ghosts hover above pumpkin heads depicting a pirate, a caballero and a tourist. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

With Halloween just 21 days away, homes throughout White Rock displayed holiday spirit Wednesday. 

Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition. It is thought to have originated with Read More

Atomic City Children’s Theater Fundraising Car Wash & Bake Sale Saturday

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Los Alamos actors and actresses to host car wash and bake sale Saturday at LANB. Courtesy/ACCT

ACCT News:

The Atomic City Children’s Theater announces a fundraising car wash and bake sale, which talented and award winning local actors and actresses are hosting to raise money for their upcoming field trip to the Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta, Ga., in January 2014.

Once in Atlanta, these bright young students will perform excerpts from Disney Mulan Jr. as a part of their adjudicated performance in front of Broadway producers, directors, choreographers and actors. Please come out Read More

Homecoming Court Spotted Riding Horses

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The Los Alamos High School Homecoming Court were spotted on small rocking horses in Smiths parking lot Friday afternoon. The wooden horses are created by Taos artist Juan Rivera and will be on sale 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Nov. 2 at the Fuller Lodge Art Show. Rivera, who has a singing voice likened to Frank Sinatra, will perform Christmas songs during the show. Photo by Sandra J. Quintana
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Solve ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ with LA Light Opera

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Company Chairman William Cartwright (John Cullinan) and members of the chorus. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Edwin Drood (Rita O’Connell) meets his fiancée Rosa Bud (Christina Martos) in the graveyard. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
 
Review By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Loosely based on an unfinished mystery by Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, a musical by Rupert Holmes, is set in the Victorian Music Hall Royale in London.

The company is on stage to present a play based on the unfinished Charles Dickens novel. Since Dickens Read More

Gallery Patrons Walk the Dark Side at Opening

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Gallery visitors check out Corinne Marie’s ‘Dead Painter Painting A Dead Painter Painting.’ Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Artist Sandra Quintana with her water color series ‘Path Into Darkness.’ Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

Women attending Friday’s artist’s reception at Fuller Lodge Art Center received a red rose, compliments of Flowers By Gillian.

The rose was in keeping with the show “Deep Into That Darkness Peering,” which was inspired by a quotation from Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven.”

Emotional and Read More