Fun Outings

LAHS Choirs & NJROTC Pumpkin Patch Is Open!

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The annual Pumpkin Patch is open through Oct. 31 at the Canyon Complex near the Central Avenue roundabout. The Pumpkin Patch is a joint fundraiser for the Los Alamos High School (LAHS) Choirs and NJROTC. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

With so many pumpkins to choose from, there is a perfect pumpkin for everyone at the LAHS Choirs & NJROTC Pumpkin Patch open through Oct. 31 at the Canyon Complex near the roundabout on Central. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Scene from the LAHS Choirs & NJROTC Pumpkin Patch open through Oct. 31 at the Canyon Complex near the roundabout on Central. Read More

Los Alamos County Community Services Invites Public To Rededication Of East Park & North Mesa Athletic Courts

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County Community Services invites the public to a rededication event celebrating the completion of the East Park and North Mesa Athletic Court Renovation Project. Community members are encouraged to attend and tour the newly improved facilities at both locations.

The rededication will take place at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 23, at the North Mesa Pickleball and Tennis Courts at 245 North Mesa Park Road. At 3 p.m., the event will move to the East Park Basketball Court at 300 East Road.

This Parks and Open Space Division project began earlier this year and included the full Read More

Scenes From UNM-LA October Business Scholar Luncheon Series … Next Event Dec. 10 At SALA Event Center

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From left, Small Business Development Center Director Janice Krish, Owner/Executive Coach & Consultant of Empowered Pathways Coaching Beverly Hughes, and UNM-LA Program Manager, Title V Grant Anne Jarrett. Courtesy/UNM-LA

UNM-LA Program Manager, Title V Grant Anne Jarrett, left, and UNM Foundation Director of Development Karen Williams. Courtesy/UNM-LA

UNM-LA News:

UNM-LA Title V PASE grant sponsors a Business Scholar Luncheon Series and the most recent was held Oct. 9 at SALA Event Center.

The Oct.9 series featured Beverly Hughes, a consultant and owner of Empowered Pathways. Read More

Oktoberfest Among The Aspens Oct. 18

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PAJARITO News:

Willkommen! Pajarito’s Oktoberfest starts at 12 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 18.

Picture this: golden aspen leaves shimmering in the breeze, crisp autumn air, the legendary Partizani Brass Band filling the afternoon with music, and cold brews from Bathtub Row in hand. Add authentic German food and lawn games under the changing trees, and you’ve got the perfect fall celebration.

Zum Wohl! Read More

Los Alamos Community Winds To Perform Antonin Dvořàk’s ‘Symphony No. 9’ At Crossroad Bible Church Oct. 18

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Los Alamos Community Winds at a previous rehearsal. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

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

Los Alamos Community Winds is preparing for its upcoming concert at 7 p.m. Oct. 18 at Crossroads Bible Church, and for Artistic Director Ted Vives, this time it’s personal.

The Community Winds will be performing Antonin Dvořàk’s “Symphony No. 9” (from the New World), which is a favorite of Vives.

“I just absolutely adore this symphony,” he said. “I think it is probably, in all the orchestral literature, my favorite … it is a very personal Read More

Posts From The Road: Mickey Mantle’s Boyhood Home Along Route 66 In Oklahoma

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Boyhood Home: The modest white wood-sided house at 319 S. Quincy Street in Commerce, Okla., is where Mickey Mantle spent his early years from age three until he signed a pro baseball contract after high school. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Mantle Homestead: The Mantle homestead included the house and a tin garage or barn on the side of the property. The open grassy lawn between the two structures is where Mickey Mantle spent every afternoon practicing his hitting skills. His father and grandfather served as his pitchers. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By GARY WARREN
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Friends Of New Mexico History Museum Presents First Wednesday Lecture ‘The Albuquerque Indian School: Two Sides Of A Coin’

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Graduate Juanita Papuyo (Isleta Pueblo) and immediate family, Albuquerque Indian School, 1937. Courtesy/Family photo – Ted Jojola

New Mexico History Museum News:

Coming in November, the Friends of History of the New Mexico History Museum presents its FIRST WEDNESDAY lecture, “The Albuquerque Indian School: Two Sides of a Coin”, Wednesday, Nov. 5.

Presented by Dr. Theodore S. Jojola (Isleta), founder and director of the Indigenous Design + Planning Institute at The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

This lecture is presented free on YouTube by Friends of History: https://tinyurl.com/t534ehdn Read More