Fun Outings

East Park Pool Opens For Summer 2024

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East Park Pool at 111 East Road is now open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. until Labor Day. Courtesy photo

By JAMES WERNICKE
East Park Pool

  • ‘Experience for yourself why East Park Pool has been a beloved community oasis for 70 years!’

When we were filling the pool for the season, we discovered a major leak in our plumbing system. If you’ve ever had a plumbing emergency in Los Alamos, you know how challenging it can be to find a plumber. Now, imagine trying to find one specializing in commercial pool systems. When they told us we would need to wait for special parts to be delivered, our hearts sank as we saw our summer by the Read More

Paraglider Pilot Emma Goldberg Lands At Overlook Park

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Motorized paraglider pilot Emma Goldberg of Los Alamos out for a ride this morning landed at Overlook Park in White Rock. Goldberg has been flying for a year and has logged 250 flights. She sets wind direction flags on the field for taking off and landing. Goldberg spent about 50 minutes flying this morning over the local area and said she can fly up to about 2.5 hours on a full tank. She trained in Colorado and often times flies with her husband. Photo by Shari Mills

Motorized paraglider pilot Emma Goldberg of Los Alamos out for a ride this morning landed at Overlook Park in White Rock. Photo by Shari Read More

Scenes From 2024 Summer Concert With Nathaniel Krantz

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Scene from the 2024 Summer Concert with headliner Nathaniel Krantz and a double rainbow overhead Friday at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Scene from the 2024 Summer Concert with headliner Nathaniel Krantz Friday at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Scene from the 2024 Summer Concert with headliner Nathaniel Krantz Friday at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Scene from the 2024 Summer Concert with headliner Nathaniel Krantz Friday at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Scene from the 2024 Summer Concert Read More

Cinema Cindy Reviews: Inside Out 2

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By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos

“Inside Out 2” filled the New Reel Theater at SALA on its opening night, Friday. In fact, a few of the last groups of folks to arrive had to split up just to find seats. Los Alamos wasn’t alone in this; word has it that this new Pixar film is filling theater seats across the country.

This is a film for all ages, good, animated fun with insightful, psychological underpinnings. The story reprises the role of the emotions in the brain of a girl who is just becoming a teenager. Parents of teenagers will easily relate, while the youngest parents in the theater may cringe when Read More

‘OFF-GRID: Women Of The Mesa Draws Rave Reviews

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‘April – She Brings Water’ by Beverly Branch. Courtesy/Step Up Gallery

STEP UP GALLERY News:

The exhibit of 39 large oil portraits called “OFF-GRID: Women of the Mesa” by artist Beverly Branch is getting rave reviews from local and regional visitors.

“If you haven’t been to the exhibit, you must. It is the best–as in the BEST–art shown at the Step Up. She is a painter in the Taos Artist style, and her paintings make you wish you were inside them with those remarkable women. Leaving the gallery and looking around the windy streets rolling with traffic, you definitely, definitely wish you could Read More

‘Amidst Cries From The Rubble: Art Of Loss And Resilience From Ukraine’ Opens June 23 At MOIFA

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MOIFA New:

The Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) invites the community to attend the opening of “Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine” 1-4 p.m. Sunday, June 23 on Museum Hill, 706 Camino Lejo in Santa Fe.

Through large-scale photographs and evocative objects collected from the war-torn landscapes and communities of Ukraine, Amidst Cries from the Rubble follows the journey of a nation grappling with daily trauma of death and destruction.

Using the tools of war—shell casings, helmets, ammunition boxes—Ukrainians breathe new life into the remnants Read More

Los Alamos Chamber Of Commerce Celebrates New Smoothie & Milkshake Shop At Mesa Top Games & Toys

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From left, incoming Chamber Director Sandy Jones, Economic Development Program Manager Janice Krish, Gwen Koetter, Owner Carolyn Cowan of Smoothie & Milkshake Shop at Mesa Top Games & Toys and Assistant Manager Kai Dumbledore, Lyda Dumbledore and Chamber Director Ryn Herrmann snip the ribbon to celebrate the opening of the Milkshake Shop at Mesa Top Games & Toys at 1247B Central Ave. Courtesy/Chamber

CHAMBER News:

The Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated the opening of the new Smoothie & Milkshake Shop at Mesa Top Games & Toys with a ribbon cutting at 1247B Central Read More

Nathaniel Krantz To Headline Summer Concert Friday

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Rising New Mexico country star Nathaniel Krantz to headline the Summer Concert Friday night at Ashley Pond Park. Courtesy photo

Sancre Production News:

This Friday, June 14, the Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation, New Mexico Music Commission and New Mexico Consortium have joined forces to bring in rising New Mexico country star Nathaniel Krantz to headline the Summer Concert.

The fun starts at 6 p.m. with a youth performance by Moving Arts Española and the headliner comes on at 7p.m., all FREE at Ashley Pond Park!

Albuquerque native, Krantz has always had a love for music. He started Read More

Bandelier’s Mandatory Shuttle Service Begins June 27

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The Bandelier shuttle begins service to Frijoles Canyon Thursday, June 27. Courtesy photo

BANDELIER News:

Bandelier National Monument is beginning its free summer shuttle service to Frijoles Canyon on June 27, 2024.

The shuttle, provided by Atomic City Transit, boards at the White Rock Visitor Center. It is mandatory from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily except for those who meet one of the following exceptions:

  • Has a disability placard displayed on their vehicle
  • Are traveling with pets
  • Conducting park-related business
  • Organized commercial tour groups traveling in their own bus or van
  • Are camping
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‘Dementia Man, An Existential Journey’ June 21 At SALA

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Playwright and actor Samuel Simon performs ‘Dementia Man, An Existential Journey’ 7-9 p.m. June 21 at SALA Event Center. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

“Dementia Man, An Existential Journey” is the award-winning autobiographical story of a man who faces his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease performed by actor and playwright Samuel A. Simon 7-9 p.m. June 21 at SALA Event Center.

In this full-length theatrical piece, Simon takes the stage as a man facing his cognitive decline and asks the hard questions of what to do next in the face of what he calls “an existential journey”. The play challenges Read More