Fun Outings

Free Cha-Cha-Cha Dancing At BESC Starts Monday May 6

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COMMUNITY News:

Everyone is welcome to free ballroom dancing 7-9 p.m. every Monday (except County holidays) at the Betty Ehart Senior Center Center at 1101 Bathtub Row.

It is a Los Alamos County Activity organized by Terry Goodwin and Selmo Jarmillo. Every month they focus on a particular ballroom dance, and in May the focus is Cha-Cha-Cha.

From 7-7:15 p.m., they will be playing Cha-Cha-Cha music so that as folks arrive they can dance or watch. From 7:15-8:15 p.m. there will be a lesson taught by Dr. Jan Velechovsky. Then 8:15 p.m. until closing at 9 p.m. they will play a mix of music for various ballroom Read More

United Church To Host Final Free Concert Of Series Sunday

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Santa Fe Symphony Principal Harpist Anne Eisfeller. Courtesy/UCLA

The United Church of Los Alamos at 2525 Canyon Road. Courtesy/UCLA

UCLA News:

The United Church of Los Alamos (UCLA), will host the final of their free concert series this Sunday. The Santa Fe Symphony Musician’s chamber will be held at 4 p.m., in the sanctuary at 2525 Canyon Road.

The performance will feature Santa Fe Symphony principal harpist Anne Eisfeller. The program will include music from the 17th through 21st centuries, including music inspired by nature as well as J.S. Bach, Antonio Cabezon, Marcel Tournier and contemporary Read More

Office Of Archaeological Studies: Step Back In Time May 15

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NMDCA News:

The community is invited to join the Office of Archaeological Studies at noon  Wednesday, May 15 for a free talk from OAS Executive Director John Taylor-Montoya: Friends of Archaeology Brown Bag Talk, It’s a Hard Rock Life: Women and Children at Historic Mines in Southern New Mexico.

The Office of Archaeological Studies provides free lectures to the public as part of its education and outreach mission.

OAS Studies conducts cultural resource management and archaeological research projects throughout New Mexico with a diverse group of archaeologists and support staff. Read More

Pianists Collaborate In Concert At Cathedral Basilica May 4

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EunAe Lee

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

Pianists Natasha Stojanovska and EunAe Lee are sharing the stage and the piano bench for their upcoming Four Hands Piano Recital Saturday at the Cathedral Basilica, 131 Cathedral Place in Santa Fe. The concert begins at 7 p.m. at the church. The program will feature works by Bach, Schubert, Poulenc and Debussy.

Lee and Stojanovska met each other while pursuing their doctoral studies in piano at Northwestern University. Lee is a professor at the University of Mary and Stojanovska is a musician living in Santa Fe.

Natasha Read More

Candidates Sought For 2nd Annual Northern New Mexico Fair & Rodeo Royal Court

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COUNTY News:

Ladies and gentlemen from all over Northern New Mexico, ages 6 and up, are invited to participate in the 2nd Annual Northern New Mexico Fair and Rodeo Court Competition at Los Alamos County.

This competition is a revamped program of the Los Alamos County Queens Court Competition, that will allow for a larger age bracket for participation, categories for males of all ages, and the removal of Los Alamos County resident requirement to compete.

Categories are the following:

Each contestant will give a formal speech before a panel of judges and compete in a horsemanship contest. Judging Read More

Abiquiu Inn Launches Art Exhibition By Ruth Meaders

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The Abiquiu Inn has launched a new exhibit with the artwork of Ruth Meaders in the Main Salon of Café Abiquiu at 21120 Hwy 84 in Abiquiu. Courtesy photo

ABIQUIU INN News:

The Abiquiu Inn has launched a new exhibit with the artwork of Ruth Meaders in the Main Salon of Café Abiquiu at 21120 Hwy 84 in Abiquiu. The show will run through May 31.

Meaders calls herself a feral painter, painting by instinct. She grew up in a small town in Nova Scotia, Canada and briefly studied at Nova Scotia College of Art, as well as University of Toronto. At the age of 21, she moved to Bermuda, living there for almost a decade and Read More

DALA Opens Don Quixote Ballet Friday At Smith Auditorium

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Scene from ‘Don Quixote’. Photo by Jesse Martinez

Scene from ‘Don Quixote’. Photo by Jesse Martinez

DALA News:

Dance Arts Los Alamos (DALA) will host its second annual spring gala event, the DALA Gala Soirée, 5:15-6:30 p.m. Friday at Fuller Lodge, prior to the opening night performance of the full-length ballet “The Tales of Don Quixote”.

Gala guests can expect an exciting and elegant evening out on the town including drinks and tapas, with presentations from DALA Artistic Staff and Board of Directors, history and behind-the-scenes about the production, opportunities to support DALA’s non-profit Read More

Santa Fe Community Orchestra To Present Concert May 19

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SFCO News:

The Santa Fe Community Orchestra (SFCO) will present a free performance of three widely acclaimed works:

          • Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol;
          • Florence Price’s Adoration; and
          • Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Maurice Ravel.

The concert is 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 19 at the Scottish Rite Temple, 462 Paseo de Peralta, in Santa Fe. 

Admission is free, with donations gratefully accepted at the door. 

For more information, visit SFCO.org. Read More

2024 Fiber Fair At Bosque Redondo Memorial May 4

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NMHS News:

Visitors of all ages can connect to the history of Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site during the Fiber Fair 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Saturday, May 4, 2024.

This interactive event includes live demonstrations and hands-on wool working activities using sheared wool from the site’s flock of Navajo Churro Sheep.

The day’s festivities will include various activity stations, sheep viewing, food trucks provided by the Friends of Bosque Redondo Memorial, and more. Admission is $7/adult. Free for children 16 and younger. Please call 575.355.2573 for more information or visit Read More