Arts

Scenes From Summer Concert Friday Night At Ashley Pond

The crowd was small, but a few braved the light rain early that passed by and the crowd grew to enjoy the lively classic rock & roll band, Dirty Modine from Albuquerque Friday night at Ashley Pond Park.  Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com 

The headliner for Friday night’s concert at Ashley Pond Park, Dirty Modine, features Gary Pals on guitar, Gary Gabaldon on drums, Shawn Mills as lead singer, John Fernandez on base and Frana Gabaldon on keys. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Dirty Modine lead singer Shawn Mills and base player John Fernandez perform Friday night at Ashley Pond Park.  Read More

Back By Popular Demand: Teatro Paraguas Teen Ensemble Presents ‘Cuentos’

Scene from Cuentos performed by Teatro Paraguas Teen Ensemble. Courtesy photo

THEATER News:

Teatro Paraguas is pleased to announce the three more performances of the Teatro Paraguas Teen Ensemble, production of Cuentos, a comedy with music by Carlos Morton and Angel Vigil.

Cuentos is a fast-moving comedy with music about a sister named Sheri (Mesa Harman) and a brother fondly known as Snake Eyes (Kingston Leyba) who hail from Denver. Their abuelita (Rosario Saucedo), whom they are visiting, implores them to go to Chimayo to find Tia Juanita, who is a curandera with healing herbs and a magic Read More

Los Alamos MainStreet And Creative District Launches ‘Voltage Visions’ Youth Mural Project

LAMSCD News:

Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District (LAMSCD) is proud to announce the debut of Voltage Visions, the first project in a series of placemaking initiatives rolling out this year.

Funded by a grant from the Creative Industries Division of the New Mexico Economic Development Department (NMEDD), Voltage Visions transforms local electrical transformer boxes into vibrant public art. The murals are strategically located near three upcoming fall placemaking sites.

For this initial project, partnered with the Los Alamos Teen Center and hired local artist Margarita Ryan to Read More

Los Alamos Arts Council Presents Events For July

LAAC News:

The Los Alamos Arts Council (LAAC) is offering a full schedule of events for July. It is providing everything from educational lectures on indigenous murals to self stewardship workshops. Not to mention: summer  camp. As a reminder, the public can find the most updated calendar of events here: https://www.losalamosartscouncil.org/events-2-1.

July Events:

  • Summer camp is here! The first four weeks of camp have been amazing. LAAC’s camps are intended for rising first graders through rising sixth graders, and are offered in both the morning and the afternoon. Camps are themed

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Quote Of The Day: Man In The Arena

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, Read More

County Boards And Commissions Weighs In On Best Option To Improve Safety At Ashley Pond Park

A rendering of one of the options to improve safety at Ashley Pond Park. This option involves installing boulders and having native plants. Courtesy/LAC

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

Looks certainly are not everything but when it comes to improving crowd safety at Ashley Pond Park, Los Alamos County is striving to offer something that ensures the public’s wellbeing and is aesthetically pleasing.

Los Alamos County Senior Engineer Jennifer Morrow explained to the Transportation Board Tuesday that the concrete jersey barriers currently lining the park’s Read More