The Trail Running Film Festival is coming to Los Alamos May 2 for the first time ever thanks to sponsorship by Physical Therapy Plus. The film festival will be shown at SALA Los Alamos (formerly Reel Deal Theater). Bathtub Row Brewing will be there serving up adult beverages. Soda, popcorn and pizza will also be available to help fuel attendees for 90 minutes of trail running short films. Get tickets now online. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the films kickoff at 7 p.m. Courtesy/Jemez Mountain Trail Run Race Committee Read More
Fun Outings
Cinco de Mayo Tournament At Los Alamos Golf Course
SFCC Hosts Roadrunner Car Club Porsche Owners For Tech Session Open To The Public May 6
SFCC News:
Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) will host a tech session at the Automotive Technology Center for the Roadrunner Region Porsche Club of America at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 6 on SFCC campus, 6401 Richards Avenue.
Members will drive Porsches to rally at the center. The club and college welcome the public to attend the tour and see the Porsches.
Attendance is free, but attendees are encouraged to email Rob Ryan at robreagan2@gmail.com for planning purposes.
For more information about the SFCC Automotive Technology Center and SFCC’s Automotive Technologies Program contact Director Read More
Scene From Earth Day 2023 With The Hill Stompers April 22
Scene from Earth Day 2023 with the Hill Stompers Saturday in Los Alamos. Photo by Bruce Calkins Read More
Posts From The Road: Hill Country Bluebonnets
Bulls and Bluebonnets: In many areas around the hill country west of Austin and San Antonio, Texas various animals graze among the bluebonnets and other wildflowers in the fields. Seen are two bulls standing in a field of bluebonnets staring at the photographer trying to figure out what the guy is up to! Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Boat In the Bonnets: A small boat rests on the shore of a pond near Kingsland, Texas among a blanket of bluebonnets. The granite rocks surrounding the pond add another level of interest to the scene. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
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Simpatico Opens May 3 At New Mexico Actors Lab
ART News:
SANTA FE — New Mexico Actors Lab will open its 2023 season Wednesday, May 3 with Simpatico, one of the hidden gems of Sam Shepard’s portfolio of quirky dramas.
The play is an homage to his love of horses, the dark underbelly of racing, and the low-life losers who inhabit it. The production will run through Sunday, May 21.
As with many of Shepard’s works, the plot hinges on the shift of power between two close friends whose shady pasts haunt their lives. Lab veteran actors Geoffrey Pomeroy and Hania Stocker face off under the direction of NMAL Artistic Director, Nicholas Ballas, who had the Read More
National Hispanic Cultural Center Film Symposium Shines Spotlight On Powerhouse Latina Filmmakers
NHCC News:
ALBUQUERQUE — Head to the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) from April 13 through April 15 for the 1st Annual NHCC Film Symposium, featuring films from a trio of acclaimed Latina directors.
“With three theatres on campus and program directors with experience in the film industry, cinema has always been a crucial part of our work at the National Hispanic Cultural Center,” said NHCC Interim Executive Director Zack Quintero, The Power of Our Stories, begins Thursday, April 13 in the Albuquerque Journal Theatre with a screening of the documentary Backstreet to the American Read More
Scenic America Launches Website, Visual Brand Identity
Scenic America News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Scenic America, the only national nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and protecting America’s scenic beauty, is proud to announce the launch of its new website, scenic.org.
Visitors will also notice a revamped logo, as part of a larger effort to redesign the organization’s visual brand identity.
The new website focuses on the main principles of the organization’s mission and objectives, features large and attractive visuals of America’s most scenic views, and assists users in locating, learning about, and accessing America’s scenic Read More
2023 Spring IAIA Graduating Senior Exhibition Memoria: Art As Record Open Through May 13
Spring 2023 graduating BFA in Studio Arts and BFA in Museum Studies students. Courtesy photo
IAIA News:
The 2023 Spring IAIA Graduating Senior Exhibition, Memoria: Art as Record, representing the culminating achievements of the 2023 Spring graduating BFA in Studio Arts and BFA in Museum Studies students is open through May 13 at the Balzer Contemporary Edge Gallery on the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) campus (link).
Participating Artists:
- Jennifer Benally (Oneida Nation and Diné);
- Paige Busick (Chickasaw);
- Monique Holiday (Diné);
- Shannon Christy Hooper (Fallon Paiute Shoshone);
Los Alamos Kite Festival Returns May 19-21, 2023
Courtesy/LAAC
LAAC News:
The Los Alamos Arts Council (LAAC) is hard at work planning for its annual Kite Festival in 2023.
After a multi-year hiatus due to pandemic restrictions and last year’s fire emergencies, LAAC is bringing this multi-day event back to Los Alamos County at Overlook Park in White Rock.
Several community organizations will be hosting kite decorating and building workshops with children in the community and April 19, LAAC will host the Paseo Project, from Taos, as they introduce their artist in residence, Jemila McEwan to the after-school programs at Fuller Lodge Art Center. Read More