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Posts From The Road: Red Poppies In Georgetown, Texas

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Poppy Fields: This house on a corner lot near downtown Georgetown, Texas featured thousands of red poppy blooms in March. The red blooms covered much of the front yard and continued down the side yard, which created a stunning corner view. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Close Up: A close up view of the red poppy bloom reveals the beauty and detail of the fragile flower. The red poppy has become a symbol remembrance of fallen soldiers in times of war and hope and peace for the future. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos

Georgetown, Texas, Read More

New Mexico Actors Lab: ‘Morning Sun’ Opens June 7

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NMAL News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico Actors Lab (NMAL) will open the second production of its 2023 season on June 7 with prolific English playwright Simon Stephens’ 2021 play, Morning Sun.  

The production will run through Sunday, June 25.

In Greenwich Village, the city is alive. Joni Mitchell sings, friends and lovers come and go, and the regulars change at the White Horse Tavern.  As fifty years pass, one woman’s life is revealed in all its complexity, mystery, and possibility.

With a script that New York Magazine calls “a showcase for bravura performances”, the play offers beloved Santa Fe actors Read More

Paul Geimer Is Top Predictor In Weekly Pace Race

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Runners line up at Tuesday’s pace race held on Barranca Mesa using the Deer Trap Mesa Trail. Courtesy/ACRR

Runners take off at Tuesday’s pace race held on Barranca Mesa using the Deer Trap Mesa Trail. Courtesy/ACRR

 

ACRR News:

Paul Geimer was 5 seconds off his predicted time for top predictor in the weekly pace held out on Barranca Mesa using the Deer Trap Mesa Trail. Geimer was also the best finisher in the 3.6-mile trail distance with a time of 24:05. Other accurate predictors were: Aurea Rojas with a 13 second differential; Edith Acosta at 36 seconds off; Ryan Smeltzer recording a 37 second Read More

Summer Library Kick-Off Featuring Clan Tynker

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Clan Tynker will have their first performance since June 2019, June 5 at Ashley Pond Park. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

Library Youth Services welcomes Rebekah, Santiago, Serendipity, Sam and Elijah of Clan Tynker for their first Los Alamos performance since June 2019!

Celebrate summer 4-7:30 p.m. June 5(Clan Tynker performance at 6 p.m.) at Ashley Pond Park and pavilion with library staff and friends.

Come to the park early with family and friends, bring a picnic dinner, and browse the information and activity tables from the Community Educators Network including the public library, Los Read More

Los Alamos Chamber News: May 18, 2023

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CHAMBER News:

Upcoming Chamber Events:

ChamberFest Registration OPEN!
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 3, downtown on Central Avenue

ChamberFest is the annual street fair where Chamber members are invited to set up booths and showcase their business! This event is a great way to tell the community about your business. Register here.

2023 Los Alamos Chamber Business Awards Announcement
Award winners will be announced through local media Thursday, June 1 and the awards will be presented on stage Friday, June 2 at the Friday Night Concert on stage at Ashley Pond! Thank you to Los Alamos National Laboratory Read More

Los Alamos Co-op Hosts Summer Kick-Off BBQ May 25

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Courtesy/Co-op

Co-Op News:

Celebrate summer at the Co-op!

Join the Los Alamos Co-op Market for good food, music, games and raffle prizes at their Summer Kick-Off BBQ 3-7 p.m. Thursday, May 25.

Enjoy a Sweetgrass grass-fed burger, brat or veggie burger with your choice of a side salad for $10.

Bathtub Row Brewing Company will have beer and wine for purchase.

Enter their raffle to win a Rancher’s Select Box from Sweetgrass Cooperative filled with 25 pounds of grassfed beef cuts (steaks, roasts and ground beef). Read More

Mountain Club Prepares Swimmers For 2023 NM Game

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By ANNA ZHANG
Swimming Coach
Mountain Club

As a coach, I would like to open this opportunity to our Los Alamos community this year if possible, not just Mountain Club.

The 2023 NM Game will be held Sunday June 18, in Albuquerque for all ages swimmers: 

www.newmexicogames.org/_files/ugd/c25f8e_a61b3c7e9a55443791795b75a1da3196.pdf

All swimmers (including our masters) are welcome to participate in this game.

The focus of this game is to do our best and have fun:

  • Cost for the game: $15 per swimmer (and $15 per relay if possible)
  • Events: 3 events maximum per swimmer

The master (adult) swimmers Read More

Upstart Crows Of Santa Fe Presents King Lear In Tribute To Itai Rosen Beginning June 8

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Upstart Crows of Santa Fe News:

Upstart Crows of Santa Fe presents King Lear in tribute to Itai Rosen at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays – Sundays, June 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18 at The Garden Stage at La Tienda (7 Caliente Road, Eldorado, Santa Fe.

Tickets $20 for adults, $10 for students, at the door or online.

Upstart Crows of Santa Fe present Shakespeare’s King Lear, a tragic tale of family and kingdom destroyed through dishonesty, greed and wisdom found too late.

This production is a tribute to Itai Rosen whose sudden passing in 2022 came just as he was beginning his own production of the play. Lear was Read More

Purgatory Ski Resort Bids Farewell To Winter 2022-2023

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The official end of ski season is Sunday, May 14 at Purgatory Ski Resort in Durango. Courtesy/Purgatory

PURGATORY News:

Purgatory Ski Resort has announced the official end of ski season is Sunday, May 14.

This season, Purgatory received more than 31 feet of snow, an amount only recorded three times since the Durango-area ski resort opened in 1965. As a result, Purgatory extended the ski season by three weeks, from April 23 to May 14, allowing for May skiing and riding for the second time in resort history.

Modified operations this weekend include rentals, retail and lifts 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Bear Read More

Tuesdays At The Square Kicks Off June 13

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This year the concert series is 6-8 p.m. every Tuesday June 13-27 and July 11-25 on the lawn in Central Park Square. Courtesy/MainStreet and Creative District

MAINSTREET News:

Presented by Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District, Tuesdays at the Square (formerly at Ashley Pond) is gearing up for a rocking summer.

This year, Tuesdays will be activating the lawn next to Boese Bros with six Tuesday evenings of live music, spanning rock, jazz, blues and more. The Atomic Follies will kick of our season with their all-ages cabaret show during Pride Week.

Then the series will continue with The Los Read More