A group of recently graduated Los Alamos High School students will play in their band ‘KTDM’ 5:30 p.m. July 26 for the Tuesdays at the Pond Summer Performance series. From left, Isa Manzanares, Kate Whitley, Addy Witt, Aria Warner and Alma Phillips. KTDM has been playing together since the summer before their senior year of 2021. They are opening for DK and the Affordables. KTDM plays all genres of rock music. Courtesy photo Read More
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Los Blue Ventures Draw Record Number Of Couples To Dance During Summer Concert Friday Night At Ashley Pond
Los Blue Ventures de Louis Sanchez, an Española group that breaks record crowds wherever they perform, headlined Friday’s summer concert at Ashley Pond Park. This group is the literal definition of ‘familia’. Founder and trumpeter Louis Sanchez, center, is the father of eight children, all of whom play or have played with the group the last 10 years. The group consists of Louise (keyboard), Harold (bass), Marie (drums), Derrick Aragon (guitar), Lawrence (accordion) and also a four piece brass (Robert, Joseph, David and Frank). All are siblings except Aragon and Frank Martinez. Photo by Bonnie Read More
Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival Sept. 15-Oct. 6
LENSIC News:
SANTA FE ― Lensic Performing Arts Center will feature some of the world’s most accomplished jazz musicians this fall in four can’t-miss New Mexico Jazz Festival concerts.
The 16th annual New Mexico Jazz Festival—a collaborative project of Lensic Performing Arts Center and Outpost Performance Space—runs Sept. 15-Oct. 7, with concerts at venues in Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
For a complete schedule of events, visit this link.
The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra:
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15 / $49–$75
- The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra has won 18 Grammy awards, performed for royalty,
Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial Hosts 100th Anniversary Cultural Event & Celebration Aug. 4-14
Cellicion Zuni Dancers. Courtesy/NMTD
Navajo Song & Dance. Courtesy/NMTD
NMTD News:
GALLUP — The Intertribal Ceremonial Office (ICO), Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Association, Inc. (GITICA), and the City of Gallup announce the 100th anniversary Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial event between Aug. 4 and Aug. 14 in Gallup.
One of New Mexico’s longest running historic events, this year will offer a mixture of in-person and virtual events including Native American and Indigenous tribal processions and performance showcases, rodeo events, ceremonial queen and princess pageants, Read More
Youth Hoop Dance Competition At Museum Of Indian Arts & Culture To Honor Life Of Hoop Dancer Nakotah LaRance
The Lightning Boy Foundation will hold the Nakotah LaRance Memorial Youth Hoop Dance Competition 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Aug. 6-7 at Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Santa Fe. Courtesy/NMDCA
NMDCA News:
SANTA FE —The Lightning Boy Foundation, a non-profit organization founded to honor the life of Valentino “Tzigiwhaeno” Rivera and the legacy of his mentor Nakotah LaRance, will hold the Nakotah LaRance Memorial Youth Hoop Dance Competition 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Aug. 6-7 at Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Santa Fe.
“We gather for this event to celebrate the life and legacy of Nakotah LaRance Read More
Pianist Robert McDonald Performs In Taos 4 PM Today
Courtesy/TSM
TSM News:
Pianist Robert McDonald – faculty member at Juilliard and the Curtis Institute – will share his artistry at 4 p.m. today (July 20) at the Taos Center for the Arts.
The program includes Beethoven’s final piano sonata (Op. 111) and beautiful works by Faure, Debussy, Nielsen and Bach.
Sponsored by Mary & Jim Burns with Bette & Richard Pesikoff
Los Blue Ventures Perform At Los Alamos Summer Concert Friday Night At Ashley Pond Park
Los Blue Ventures will have a debut performance Friday at The Los Alamos Summer Concert Series at Ashley Pond Park. Courtesy/Sancre Productions
Los Alamos Summer Concert News:
This Friday, July 22, N3B sponsors the Los Alamos debut performance of Northern New Mexico’s most beloved Hispano family band, Los Blue Ventures.
Consisting of multiple generations of the Sanchez family, Los Blue Ventures bring Hispano Dance Hall music to Los Alamos for the first time ever. Known as “Los Meros Meros” or, The Real Deal – they’re bringing the soul of the Southwest to Ashley Pond Park with distinctly Northern Read More
Tuesdays At The Pond: Professor Penguin 5:30 PM Today!
Los Alamos Creative District News:
The community is invited to join the Los Alamos Creative District 5:30-8 p.m. today, July 19, at the Ashley Pond Park Stage for music and dancing!
“Tuesdays at the Pond” summer entertainment series presents local band, Professor Penguin and an intro lesson to swing dancing for beginners at 5:30 p.m. by Atomic City Swing.
Professor Penguin started in a Los Alamos garage, a group of friends playing grooves and funky jazz to help each other make it through the lonely days of the pandemic. The quartet blends improvisation with influences from Medeski Martin & Read More
Lemon Bucket Orkestra Performs In Albuquerque Aug. 3
MUSIC News
Work has been underway since Lemon Bucket Orkestra’s festival performance at ¡Globalquerque! 2018 to bring them them back to New Mexico.
¡Globalquerque! and the City of Albuquerque present Lemon Bucket Orkestra in concert Wednesday, Aug. 3.
The Guardian said Lemon Bucket Orkestra performances are “gorgeously sung and passionately played” and The New York Times called them “charismatic…handsome and ambitious”.
Lemon Bucket Orkestra’s (LBO) repertoire and inspiration comes from a myriad of folk traditions across Eastern Europe, including, notably, Ukraine. Their Read More
Red Elvises & DK And The Affordables Rock Massive Crowd At Summer Concert Series Friday Night At Ashley Pond
Massive crowd gathers the Red Elvises and opening act DK and the Affordables Friday evening at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Igor Yuzov, heart and soul of the Red Elvises for more than 20 years rocks the Ashley Pond stage Friday night headlining the Los Alamos Summer Concert Series. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
DK Warner rocks it big time. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
The Red Elvises singer and drummer Tatá Batera is having a ball Friday night at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Kids swarm staffers handing Read More