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Hidden Chicano Cinema At NHCC May 7

Courtesy/NHCC
 
NHCC News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― The National Hispanic Cultural Center presents an afternoon talk, screenings, and book signing with author and UNM professor A. Gabriel Meléndez on “Hidden Chicano Cinema: Film Dramas in the Borderlands.” Occurring 2-4 p.m., Saturday, May 7, the event is free and in the Well Fargo Theater of the NHCC’s Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts.
The talk and the underlying book, Hidden Chicano Film: Film Dramas in the Borderlands, examine how New Mexico, situated within the
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Student Musicale At Crossroads Church Sunday

MUSIC News:

Enjoy a free recital of Los Alamos students at 2 p.m., Sunday at Crossroads Church. The performers range in age from six through 16 and will be performing works from the Baroque, Classic, Romantic, and Modern musical eras.

The Sunday Musicales are regular presentations by the Los Alamos Music Teachers Association (LAMTA), presented in fall and spring terms for the public’s enjoyment and as performance opportunities for students dedicated to private study and advancement on their instrument. The concert is presented without intermission, and will last one hour. A reception follows Read More

LANL Post Doc Ari Le Wins Concerto Competition

Violist Ari Le, a LANL post-doctoral student and winner of the SFCO Concerto Competition. Courtesy photo
 
MUSIC News:

Ari Le, a post-doctoral student from MIT with a four-year appointment at Los Alamos National Laboratory, is the winner of the Santa Fe Community Orchestra’s Concerto Competition.

Le will solo with that group, performing the “Lachrymae for Viola and Strings” by Britten at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 17 at the St. Francis Auditorium in the New Mexico Museum of Art. The concert also feature’s Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No. 5” and the world premiere of “Benthic Metropolis” Read More

Geoffrion Parker’s ‘Red Tulip’ Juried Into WFWS Exhibit

‘Red Tulip’ by Kathi Geoffrion Parker. Courtesy photo
 

Art News:

Los Alamos Artist Kathi Geoffrion Parker, a signature member of the New Mexico Watercolor Society, has been juried into the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies (WFWS) 41st annual exhibit at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, in Arvada, Colo. (a suburb northwest of Denver). 

Geoffrion Parker’s painting, entitled “Red Tulip,” was one of 134 selected from among more than 1,065 entries from 12 watercolor societies by nationally known juror Sterling Edwards. The exhibit, which Read More

Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘Hello, My Name is Doris’

By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos

“Hello, My Name is Doris” is the first film in many years to star Sally Field in a leading role.

Her talent, flexibility and grace are the things that make this movie work. Doris Miller may not, however, be a character you can completely get behind. Sure she’s a shy, mousy, invisible accounting clerk, but she is also socially inept.

The movie opens with Doris’ mother’s funeral. Her brother Todd (Stephen Root) and sister-in-law Cynthia emerge at the wake to suggest to Doris that she get some help. It seems mother was a bit of a hoarder and Doris needs to clean out the house Read More

Registration Opens For White Rock Artist Market

Shoppers peruse last year’s Artist Market at the White Rock Visitor Center. Courtesy photo

 

ART News:

In June, the White Rock Artist Market will begin its 4th consecutive year as a monthly outdoor artist market. Local artists and artisans from Los Alamos, White Rock and the surrounding Northern New Mexico area are invited to participate. 

The market is open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. the first Saturday of each month, June through September

Participants will experience high levels of visitors traveling on the mandatory Bandelier National Monument Shuttle that picks up and drops off Read More

DIGEST THIS! Opening At Fuller Lodge Art Center

‘Yummy Chocolate Cheesecake’ by Cathy Bennett offers a 21st century version of the cake made famous by Edith Warner at her Otowi Bridge tearoom and it’s been said that when Warner was asked by Manhattan Project scientists for her recipe, she told them it was a secret…. Courtesy/FLAC

FLAC News:

DIGEST THIS! opens 5-7 p.m. Friday, April 22 at Fuller Lodge Art Center. Inspired by all things edible, the show is a tasty mix of 3D, mixed media, traditional oils, textiles and ceramics. Anyone who hungers for eclectic art should be well satisfied.

Culinary-related creations Read More

LALT Releases 2016-17 Season Line-up

Courtesy/LALT

LALT News:

The Los Alamos Little Theatre has announced its 2016-17 line-up. LALT’s 2015-16 season concludes with Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling. The play, directed by Laurie Tomlinson, runs May 6-21. Set in a hair salon in Louisiana, the story revolves around the emotions, eccentricities and problems of six women who either come to get their hair done, catch up on gossip or dispense shampoo and advice.

LALT 2016-17 Season Line-up:

September

  • Not Quite Right by Elaine Jarvik and Robert Benjamin

Directed by Dennis Powell
Not Quite Right, an upbeat and humorous family Read More

Letter To The Editor: ‘Arts In Public Places’ For New Roundabout

GEORGE R. JENNINGS JR.
Los Alamos

First, dear County Councilors, thank you for standing your ground on the new roundabout at Central and Trinity. It showed loyalty to our commuters. It was the right and thoughtful thing to do.

Second, this is about a plea – a recommendation – for utilizing the space in the center of the new roundabout.

The question to be asked is, What do we want people to know about Los Alamos as they enter (or leave) the town?

The recommendation is this: We want them to know that this town was central to building the weapon that ended WWII and put up the nuclear umbrella, which has preserved Read More

Art In Progress!

The installation process is underway for the ‘Solar Tree’ sculpture in the west plaza of the Los Alamos County Municipal Building at 1000 Central Ave. Photo by Rick Reiss Read More

Del Norte Credit Union Announces Exhibition Of Ramona Sakiestewa Prints

The Tangram Butterfly Series Ramona Sakiestewa is based in the merger of two cultures: Native American and Chinese. Courtesy/DNCU

DNCU News:

SANTA FE—Del Norte Credit Union (DNCU), northern New Mexico’s hometown financial cooperative, ihas announced an exhibition of prints by artist Ramona Sakiestewa.

The exhibition, which includes lithographs from Sakiestewa’s Tangram Butterfly and Original Super Heroes series, will be on display at DNCU’s Cordova Branch, 403 West Cordova Road in Santa Fe, through June 2016.

“We are honored to host the work of esteemed Native American artist Ramona

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Classical Music World: Experience Artist Speaking With Audience About His Music April 17

Manasse/Nakamatsu Duo perform 4 p.m., April 17 at Smith Auditorium. Courtesy photo

 

By ANN MCLAUGHLIN, Artistic Director
Los Alamos Concert Association

One big change in the world of classical music performance these days is the number of artists who speak directly to the audience about the music they are about to play. Audiences love this. They enjoy having a sense of the artists as people. Even a few very brief comments from the stage can convey a feel for the performer’s personality which, in turn, can enrich the audience’s experience of the performance.

Back in the “old days”, artists Read More

LALT Reveals Cast For ‘Steel Magnolias’

LALT News:

Director Laurie Tomlinson and producer Gretchen Amstutz have announced the cast for the Los Alamos Little Theater’s May production of Steel Magnolias.

The six women cast are Dianne Wilburn, Holly Robinson, Carolyn Conner, Jacinta Lestone, Trisha Werner and Andi Bishofberger.

The play will have six evening performances —  May 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, and 21 — and two matinees —  May 8 and 15. Read More

USPS Previews 5th Stamp Celebrating National Park Service’s Centennial: Carlsbad Caverns National Park

USPS stamp of Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Photo by Richard McGuire

USPS News:

  • Stamp Highlights New Mexico’s Carlsbad Caverns National Park

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A dramatic photograph of the interior of Carlsbad Caverns was previewed today as the fifth of 16 Forever Stamp images to be revealed over a three-week period to celebrate the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary.

The stamp image is a photograph by Richard McGuire of the interior of the caverns. High ancient sea ledges, deep rocky canyons, flowering cacti and desert wildlife are all treasures above and below the Chihuahuan Desert Read More

Let The Fun Begin With Party To Go!

Party To Go! is a local family business including, from top left, Kelani, VaLynn, Clayton, Melia, Leiana and Russell Purvis. Courtesy photo

 

Staff Report

Party To Go! is a family business that brings the entertainment to parties and events throughout Los Alamos and White Rock.

The Purvis Family of White Rock started the business in 2007.

Games and activities are part of the fun that Party To Go! provides to people of all ages at get togethers including family and school reunions, office parties, outdoor events and fundraisers.

The company offers a popular bubble/foam pit, bounce house, Read More

Singer-Songwriter Max Gomez Performs In Los Alamos

Singer-songwriter Max Gomez. Photo by Paul Moore
 

By Bonnie J. Gordon
Los Alamos Daily Post

 
Taos Singer-songwriter Max Gomez will play two shows at the Posse Lodge in Los Alamos this month. An artist in the tradition of Jackson Browne and Kris Kristofferson, Gomez has a sweet smoky vocal style and his heart-felt lyrics have brought him acclaim around the country as well as here in the Land of Enchantment.
 
Gomez is at home in Taos these days, working on his second album. The first “Rule the World” on the New West record label has gotten quote a bit of notice.

“I have a home studio where Read More

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