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Bandelier National Monument Announces Photo/Artwork Contest For 2017 Annual Pass

Bandelier is inviting artists and photographers to enter images for use on the 2017 Bandelier Annual Pass. Courtesy/NPS

Annual Passes from various parks. Courtesy/NPS

BANDELIER News:

Bandelier National Monument has announced this year’s contest for photographers and artists to submit images to be used on the park’s Annual Pass.  

According to Superintendent Jason Lott, “Different photographers and artists see Bandelier in many different ways, and we look forward to seeing all of them. The image we choose will appear on hundreds of passes purchased by visitors Read More

Planetarium Feature Film Premiere: Mysteries Of The Unseen World March 12, 13, 26, & 27

Courtesy/PEEC
 
PEEC News:
 
There is still time to see the latest nature center full-dome planetarium film, Mysteries of the Unseen World. Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is showing this fascinating film in the planetarium at 2 p.m., March 12, 13, 26, and 27.
 
This planetarium film lets us embark on an adventure to discover unseen worlds and hidden dimensions beyond our view. With the help of technology, we can unravel the mysteries of things too fast, too slow, too small or simply invisible.
 
Mysteries
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Free Movie Showing At LAMS March 18

 
LAMS News:
 
The Los Alamos Middle School WEB Crew will host a free movie for LAMS 7th graders 6-8 p.m., Friday, March 18, in the cafeteria.
 
Free popcorn and lemonade will be served and students are welcome to bring pillow, blankets and additional snacks.
 
Information about the movie is available by calling 505.663.3252.
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SFCC Students And Faculty Receive New Mexico Film Office Give Back Funds

Recipients of the New Mexico Film Office Give Back Funds: SFCC students, from left, Adriel Takashi Soloway and Regina Nein and SFCC faculty members Jonathan Mugford and Diana de Aguinaga Pettersson. Courtesy photo
 
SFCC News:
 
SANTA FE – Santa Fe Community College’s Film Program announces that two students and two faculty members are recipients of funds from New Mexico Film Office’s Give Back Fund.
 
In partnership with New Mexico Film Resource and the Santa Fe Community College Foundation, cash awards are given to students for exceptional
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Bechtel Spotlighted In New Book

Sally Denton, author of The Profiteers: Bechtel and the Men Who Built the World, signs copies of her book Tuesday at Collected Works in Santa Fe. Photo by Roger Snodgrass/ladailypost.com

 

By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post
  • The Profiteers – Bechtel and the Men Who Built the World.

Veteran investigative reporter Sally Denton was drawn to write a book about Bechtel Corporation in part because she grew up in Boulder City, a town built by Bechtel for a colossal project in Nevada during the Great Depression. Denton was raised in a house overlooking a majestic view that included Lake Mead Read More

Art In Public Places And Los Alamos County Golf Course Working Together

Nexus in its current location at Central and Trinity. Courtesy photo
 
By SUSIE SCHILLACI, Chair
Art in Public Places Board

The Art in Public Places Board has been working closely with the Los Alamos County Golf Course on a few projects.

Currently, the Art Board is working with Albuquerque artist Doug Czor, on final details of the design for a glass sculpture to be installed at the Golf Course Community Building. This piece will span the hallway ceiling space from the entrance through the restaurant to the exit.

The sculpture will be assembled by clustering groups of dichroic glass panels. Read More

‘Spectrum’ Show Celebrates Link Between Art And Science

Grasping Synapses by Todd Siler. Courtesy/CU Art Museum, University of Colorado
 
UNM News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE — DaVinci knew it. Michaelangelo knew it. And the artists and scientists featured in the annual Art of Systems Biology and Nanoscience show know it, too: art and science are closely related.
 
This year’s show, ‘Spectrum,’ will feature stunning artwork by artists inspired by nature and dazzling images by scientists studying nature at the smallest scales. “All the pieces are really quite beautiful,” says Bridget Wilson, PhD,
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Assumed Identities: Photographs By Anne Noggle

‘The image I seek is of youth betrayed by age, of spirit so strong but fragile with time.’ -Anne Noggle. Photo by Blair Clark
 
NMMA News:
 
SANTA FE — Pilot, photographer, professor, and poet, Anne Noggle (1922-2005) began her groundbreaking career as a photographer late in life but quickly gained recognition for her witty and honest work.
 
Assumed Identities: Photographs by Anne Noggle opens at the New Mexico Museum of Art Saturday, April 2, 2016 and runs through Sept. 11, 2016. A free to the public opening is from 5:30
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Comedy Show Benefits LAHS Band

Courtesy image

 

BAND BOOSTER News:

 

A unique entertainment experience is coming to Duane Smith Auditorium in Los Alamos at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 12, a live stand-up comedy and music! In it’s second year, “LOL! Los Alamos” will feature four New Mexico comics in a family friendly show with special musical guest, The Pleasure Pilots.

 

Tickets will be sold at the door for $15 or $10 for students and seniors. All proceeds will benefit the Los Alamos High School Band program and their upcoming trip to Washington, D.C. for the National Independence Day Parade.

 

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Santa Fe Pro Musica Presents ‘Baroque Holy Week’

Kathryn Mueller

SFPM News:

Santa Fe Pro Musica’s beloved Baroque Holy Week concerts return to the Loretto Chapel, featuring the Santa Fe Pro Musica Baroque Ensemble performing works inspired by the secular and the divine.

Vocalists Kathryn Mueller and Deborah Domanski will join the Ensemble in music by the great baroque composers Bach and Handel.

Concerts are 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 24; 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 25 and 6 p.m. Saturday, March 26 at Loretto Chapel, 207 Old Santa Fe Trail in Santa Fe.

Deborah Domanski

Tickets are $20, $35, $48, $69 at the Santa Fe Pro Musica Box Office 505.988-4640, Read More

Los Alamos Piano Students Win Top Competition Prizes

First Prize Winners Sruthi Garimella, left, Yunseo Kim, and Julia Chen. Not​ pictured, Maggie Mu. Courtesy photo
 
MUSIC News:
 
Thirteen outstanding young pianists in Los Alamos came away with top prizes in the Keith Snell Sonata Contest held annually in Santa Fe.
 
A total of 38 students were entered in the day-long competition, with Los Alamos pianists garnering more than half of the prizes in seven different levels of competition. Each level—Two through Eight—had one required Sonata or Sonatina movement from the Classical Era of music.
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Luján Announces Congressional Art Competition For High School Students

U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján
 
STATE News:
 
SANTA FE  U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District has announced details for this year’s Congressional Art Competition. 
 
This annual competition allows members of Congress to display the talent and creativity of their high school constituents. The winning entry from each Congressional district will be displayed as part of an exhibit in the United States Capitol for one year. The winner will travel to Washington, D.C. for a reception honoring the national winners.
 
“I am pleased to announce
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