By ZENA THOMAS
Community Winds rocked this evening’s Tuesdays at the Pond. As a special treat, local resident John Courtright brought a massive trailer full of books to the event and gave them away to the crowd. He will be back to do the same at the Summer Concert Friday night at the pond. Photo by Ryn Herrmann Read More
CREATIVE DISTRICT News:
The Tuesdays at the Pond Entertainment Series continues Tuesday, July 25 with our own Los Alamos Community Winds. Brought to you by the Los Alamos Creative District, the concert begins at 7 p.m. at the Ashley Pond Park stage.
The Los Alamos Community Winds is a wind ensemble made up of members of the Los Alamos, NM community. It is comprised of both amateur and professional musicians of all ages and backgrounds from middle and high school students to retirees in the area. Check them out at: https:////bit.ly/2tmZ7oT. Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy Read More
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OPERA News:
Live long and prosper! For the 6th year, The Los Alamos Opera Guild of The Guilds of The Santa Fe Opera, Inc. is presenting Opera on the Rocks Saturday, Sept. 30, at Bandelier National Monument, National Public Lands Day.
This year features scenes from Mozart’s comic opera The Abduction from the Seraglio with a new adaptation that moves it into the future to a universe that looks a lot like Star Trek. Proving that Mozart’s genius is truly timeless, this space opera spoof tells the story of two starship crew women who are Read More
Members of the Albuquerque & Four Corners Pipes and Drums at Fuller Lodge. Photo by James E. Rickman
MUSIC News:
The Albuquerque & Four Corners Pipes and Drums will present an informal, outdoor “practice” starting at 6 p.m. Wednesday on the western grass at Ashley Pond Park in Los Alamos.
The band will play both traditional and contemporary music of the Highland bagpipe with drum ensemble. The group first played in 1984 with pipers and drummers from two area bands; today band members are all from Los Alamos.
The band is led by Pipe Major Anthony Puckett of Los Alamos; pipers are Ethan Aulwes, Read More
Los Alamos High School students attend the preview performance Thurday of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs at the Santa Fe Opera. Courtesy photo
LAHS students listen to a discussion by librettist Mark Campbell. Courtesy photo
LAHS / SFO News:
Catherine Puranananda’s AP Literature and Composition classes at Los Alamos High School had the privilege Thursday evening of attending a preview performance of Santa Fe Opera’s world premier of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs.
Puranananda’s classes worked with Santa Fe Opera over the course of the school year. During classroom visits from their education Read More
Scene from Friday’s Summer Concert at Ashley Pond Park featuring Taos/Austin singer/songwriter Mike Hearne, his Texas buddy singer/songwriter Shake Russell, and theirs, mine and Los Alamos’ good time buddy Taos singer/songwriter Jimmy Stadler. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Dancers and spectators take in the music. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Happy dancers. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Little boy shows off his fancy dance moves. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Little girl dances with daddy. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Taking Read More
A pre-opera shower and rainbow show delighted patrons Friday evening before the performance of Lucia de Lammermoor. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
Tonight’s Summer Concert Series features singers/songwriters Mike Hearne, pictured, Shake Russell and Jimmy Stadler at 7 p.m. at Ashley Pond Park. Courtesy photoTonight’s Los Alamos County Summer Concert Series features Taos/Austin singer/songwriter Mike Hearne, his Texas buddy singer/songwriter Shake Russell, and theirs, mine and Los Alamos’ good time buddy Taos singer/songwriter Jimmy Stadler. The show starts at 7 p.m. at Ashley Pond Park.
Hearne lives both in Texas and Taos. He’s been playing solo, with Shake and with Jimmy and/or Read More
Kevin Burdette (General Polkan), Tim Mix (King Dodon) and the Santa Fe Opera Chorus. Photo by Paul Horpedahl/Santa Fe Opera 2017
Kevin Burdette (General Polkan), Tim Mix (King Dodon), and the Santa Fe Opera Chorus. Photo by Paul Horpedahl/Santa Fe Opera 2017
By CARL NEWTON
Los Alamos
Maestro Emmanuel Villaume, the Music Director of the Dallas Opera, co-producer of The Golden Cockerel, was in command of some of the most opulent sounds ever heard in the Crosby Theatre. Rimsky-Korsakov, best known for his orchestral works like Scheherazade and the Russian Easter Overture, devoted most Read More