XI NU News:
The Xi Nu Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi is holding its annual Craft Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at Crossroads Bible Church, 97 East Road.
Fifty vendors are participating in the event, which includes a raffle to win one of many items including a handmade quilt by a Xi Nu member.
This week’s preview is sponsored by www.fyila.com
The Los Alamos Daily Post will provide live election coverage Tuesday, Nov. 6.
Get out the Vote Event – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall and U.S. Senate Candidate Martin Heinrich 2-3 p.m. Friday, Nov 2 at Los Alamos Democratic Party Campaign Headquarters, 140 Central Park Square. Questions, call 661-9002
Varisty Football @ Sullivan Field 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2 vs. Capital High School
Dive-in Movie – Madagascar 3 7–8:45 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2 @ Larry R. Walkup Aquatic Center. Enjoy a movie while floating in the main pool. Doors Open at Read More
Los Alamos artist Fran Stovall with her painting “Taos.” Courtesy photo
Art News:
During the last 15 years, Fran Stoval has had six pastels accepted into the Pastel Society of New Mexico Pastel Society (PSNM) show earning her the title of signature member.
PSNM has held a national juried exhibitions annually since 1991. Over the years the show has come to be regarded as one of the best in the nation, attracting artists from states across the country, as well as Canada and Europe.
The 2009 PSNM introduced the Small Works exhibition. This juried exhibition runs concurrently with the National Read More
NMDT-PC dancers Sarah Dale as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Devon McCleskey as the Cavalier in NMDT-PC’s premier production of “The Nutcracker.” Courtesy photo
NMDT-PC News:
The New Mexico Dance Theater Performance Company (NMDT–PC), directed by Susan Baker-Dillingham, will present its first production of the holiday classic “The
Nutcracker” Nov. 9, 10, 11, 17, and 18 at the Duane W. Smith Auditorium in Los Alamos.
“NMDT-PC dancers have been eagerly awaiting the opportunity to perform my version of this much-loved ballet,” Baker-Dillingham said. “I hope NMDT–PC’s premiere Read More
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
Art connoisseurs will encounter the most unusual artists at work at Karen Wray Fine Art Gallery in the southwest, ground-level corner of the Community Bank Building at 15th Street and Central Avenue. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
The Los Alamos Heart Council entered the Tin Man in this year’s MainStreet Scarecrow Contest underway in downtown Los Alamos. The Tin Man has found his heart so he’s off to the annual Health Fair set for 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 27 inside Griffith Gymnasium at Los Alamos High School. Courtesy/LAHC
Author Margaret Wood. Courtesy photo
By Kirsten Laskey
There are 9-to-5 jobs where the days are spent inside the small confines of a cubicle.
Then there are other occupations that leap beyond those fabricated office walls.
These jobs break all forms of convention but they are unforgettable.
Margaret Wood had one of these boundary-breaking jobs.
In 1977, at the age of 24, she left Lincoln, Nebr. to move to the sparsely populated and very rural Abiquiu to work as a caregiver and companion.
While the town may have been a small speck on a map, Wood’s employer was a woman who was known throughout the world. Read More
LACDC News:
Join local artists and artisans for this season’s final outdoor Art Market in White Rock, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21.
The artists will be selling their jewelry, pottery, food items and much more.
For more information, contact 672-3183.
LALT News:
Group auditions will be 7:30 p.m., Nov. 4 and 5 for Van Choc Straw (think Neopolitan ice cream.)
The auditions tale place in the Green Room of the Performing Arts Center, 1670 Nectar St.
Scripts are available at the Reference Desk of the Mesa Public Library.
Anyone who wishes to have a private audition rather than attend the group audition should contact John Gustafson at johngus@cybermesa.com or 505-412-3235.
Callbacks, if necessary, will be 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6 (vote early!)
“VanChocStraw”, an unpublished play by Albuquerque-based playwright Mark Dunn, Read More