Arts

Daily Postcard: Sharp-Shinned Hawk At Overlook Park

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Daily Postcard: This Sharp-shinned Hawk posed on a fence recently at Overlook Park in White Rock. It can be challenging to tell the difference between a Sharp-shinned Hawk and a Cooper’s Hawk, but the prevailing view of the ‘authoritative sources’ is that this is a Sharp-shinned Hawk. Adults have red eyes and the yellow eyes on this hawk suggest it is a juvenile. According to All About Birds, Sharp-shinned Hawks are the smallest hawks in Canada and the US. Interestingly, females are generally about one-third larger than males, which is typical for hawks and owls but otherwise not common Read More

Santa Fe Community Orchestra Performs Musical Storytelling With ‘Riddles & Themes’ Dec. 14

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Santa Fe Community Orchestra. Courtesy photo

MUSIC News:

SANTA FE — The Santa Fe Community Orchestra will perform its second concert of the 2025-2026 season at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 14, at the Scottish Rite Temple in Santa Fe. The orchestra will be led by conductor William Waag in a program of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Edward Elgar.

Concert Program

Riddles & Themes

Join us for an afternoon of captivating orchestral storytelling, where Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Edward Elgar explore identity, mystery, and emotion through masterful sets of variations that resonate across time and Read More

Daily Postcard: Bucks Sparring On High School Lawn

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Daily Postcard: A pair of bucks are spotted engaging in a sparring match, practicing their moves and establishing who gets the best turf on Sunday on the lawn at Los Alamos High School. Photo by Michael Smith

Another view of the bucks sparring Sunday on the lawn at Los Alamos High School. Photo by Michael Smith

And one more view of the bucks sparring Sunday on the lawn at Los Alamos High School. Photo by Michael Smith Read More

Posts From The Road: Red Oak II Near Carthage

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General Store: The Red Oak  General Store was operated by Lowell Davis’s father. Davis spent many hours in the store and this is where he learned to paint and sculpt. The store was moved to Red Oak II and restored in 1987. The interior has many features of the original store, but also contains several tables that can be used for a meeting or gathering space today. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Blacksmith Shop: The Blacksmith Shop is another Red Oak structure that played a part in Lowell Davis’s early years. The shop was operated by Lowell’s great-grandfather and there is no doubt where Lowell Read More

DALA To Present ‘Sugar Plum On The Hill’ Dec. 5-7

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DALA News:

Dance Arts Los Alamos (DALA) will present “Sugar Plum on ‘The Hill’: Part 3, The Mysterious March” Dec. 5-7 at the Duane Smith Auditorium. This original ballet is the final installment of DALA Artistic Director Jonathan Guise’s Nutcracker on “The Hill” trilogy, the only narrative trilogy of full-length ballets in western ballet repertoire.

The story combines the traditional Nutcracker ballet with the unique history and character of Los Alamos, based on Guise’s thorough research of the Manhattan Project and close collaboration with the Los Alamos Read More