Entertainment

Barbershop Chorus Performs I Believe in Music Oct. 20-21!

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Sound Check delivers a singing Valentine to Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson in February. Courtesy photo 

The guys ham it up at Eagle Mountain Elementary School. Courtesy photo 

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos

If you have ever received a present and inside there is another present, the Barbershop Chorus event of I Believe in Music this weekend, can offer that, four additional times!

You see each two-hour performance also includes the golden, melodious tones of four pretty fantastic quartets. Each quartet is made up of four parts representing baritone, base, lead and tenor. The four-part Read More

Fiesta Of Cultures Returns To Coronado Historic Site Oct. 21

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DCA News:

Fiesta of Cultures will take over Coronado Historic Site (CHS) 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21.

Fiesta of Cultures is an annual event held by the Friends of Coronado and Jemez Historic Sites, welcoming people from all walks of life to share space.

Visitors can expect an arts and crafts fair, live entertainment, demonstrations, and kids-friendly activities—there will even be bread baking in the site’s newly built horno!

Around 10:30 a.m., Bad Habit and the Enablers will be performing, and then at 2 p.m., the Spanish Boom dance group will perform their set. Pueblo Foods and Busy Bee Read More

DPU To Debut Thermal Cameras With Ghost Hunt Oct. 28

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COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) will launch its next conservation and energy efficiency tool—a thermal camera—on Nov. 1 through the Library of Things. Before that, DPU will partner with the Los Alamos Public Library to host a ghost hunt using thermal cameras Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Los Alamos Little Theatre (LALT).

After much anticipation, the weather is finally changing enough to provide meaningful and beneficial thermal camera results to community members. The thermal cameras are intended for users to perform an energy assessment of their living and working Read More

2023 Dixon Studio Tour Nov. 4-5 … Map Now Available

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DST News:

Get Your 2023 Dixon Studio Tour Map!

This year the Dixon Studio Tour (DST) celebrates its 42nd tour, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (each day) Nov. 4-5 and you can plan your studio visits now. The Dixon Studio Tour map is out.

There are several ways to get a map. You can head to their WEBSITE, preview artists work, and download a PDF, pick one up at any participating artists gallery the weekend of the tour or use the link below to load a google map to your phone.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE GOOGLE MAP

Join the Dixon Studio Tour for the group show opening 5-7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3. Each year, the Friday evening prior Read More

Concordia Santa Fe’s Wind Orchestra Final Concert Of 2023 At New Mexico Museum Of Art In St. Francis Auditorium

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Concordia Santa Fe’s Wind Orchestra presents final concert of 2023 Sunday, Nov. 5. Courtesy/CSF

Concordia Santa News:

Concordia Santa Fe’s Wind Orchestra will present its final concert of 2023, “From Darkness to Light” Sunday, Nov. 5 at the New Mexico Museum of Art in the St. Francis Auditorium.

Led by guest conductor Dr. Michael Mapp of New Mexico State University, the 40-member ensemble will perform works by David Biedenbender, Carlos Chavez, Katahj Copley, Tom Davoren, Julie Giroux, José Pablo Moncayo, and Jonathan Newman.

The Wind Orchestra was founded in 2007 to provide high-caliber Read More

2023 Day Of Arts And Culture Draws Large Turnout

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Scenes from the 2023 Day of Arts and Culture held Sept. 30 around downtown Los Alamos. Photos by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

MAINSTREET News:

Sept. 26, Los Alamos County Council proclaimed October as Arts and Humanities Month, which aligns with the national celebration of the same name.

In support of this, Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District co-hosted the Day of Arts and Culture and released the first annual Fall Arts and Culture Event Guide.

This listing of arts and cultural events around Los Alamos and White Rock can either be picked up at the Fuller Lodge Art Gallery, the library, Read More

Heinrich To Join George R.R. Martin For Fireside Chat On Artificial Intelligence And Future Of Creative Economy

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George R.R. Martin. Courtesy/Henry Söderlund

U.S. SENATE News:

SANTA FE — At 2 p.m. MT, Friday, Oct. 13, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Founder and Co-Chair of the Senate Artificial Intelligence Caucus, will join acclaimed writer and producer George R.R. Martin and University of New Mexico Professor and Santa Fe Institute External Faculty Member Melanie Moses to explore the influence of artificial intelligence (AI) in arts and culture and its impact on New Mexico’s creative economy. 

Members of the public interested in attending the event can register here.  

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Community Winds Fall Celebration Concert Saturday Oct. 14

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LACW News:

The Los Alamos Community Winds (LACW) will present its Fall Celebration Concert 7 p.m. Saturday,  Oct. 14 p.m. at the Crossroads Bible Church at 97 East Road in Los Alamos.

The varied concert program will feature Charles Ives’ Variations on America, Ottorino Respighi’s La Boutique Fanasque, and Paul Creston’s Celebration Overture, along with five other selections.

Admission to the concert is free. A donation at the door of $10 per guest is suggested.

LACW is an award-winning volunteer concert band made up of members of the Los Alamos and northern New Mexico community. LACW Read More