Benefit Concert for Wounded Soldier Features Mama’s Black Sheep
Mama’s Black Sheep. Courtesy photo
LEGION News:
American Legion Post 90 in Los Alamos will host a Halloween Party and Benefit Concert featuring nationally touring duo Mama’s Black Sheep from Baltimore, Md. The party and concert is 7-10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31 at the American Legion Post 90, 1325 Trinity Dr. in Los Alamos.
In addition to live music, there will be a Halloween Costume Contest and other festive activities, all to raise funds to help First Lt. Micah Jay Andersen who was seriously injured in Afghanistan June 1. The American Legion is a private club. To attend, you Read More
‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ Nostalgic Romp Will Win Your Heart
The Man in the Chair (Henry Knutsen), center, lives his dream. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Robert Martin ((Patrick MacDonald), Janet Van De Graff (Rose Corrigan) and The Man in the Chair (Henry Knutsen) in ‘An Accident Waiting to Happen.’ Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
There’s nothing like a show where the cast seems to be having as much fun as the audience. Everyone had a rollicking good time at the opening of “The Drowsy Chaperone” Friday night when the Dixon Community Players opened at The Toolshed Read More
Apollo’s Fire Performs Brandenburg Concertos
Apollo’s Fire, the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, brings The Brandenburg Concertos to Los Alamos Oct. 27. Courtesy photo
LACA News:
The Brandenburg Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach have proven their extraordinary power to move, delight and captivate audiences for 250 years. Apollo’s Fire, the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, will bring these iconic works to Los Alamos at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27 at the Smith Auditorium. This performance is the second event in the Los Alamos Concert Association’s 2013-14 Season.
Award-winning harpsichordist and conductor Jeannette Sorrell Read More
Moon Over White Rock
A large October moon shines brightly early Friday evening looking east from Grand Canyon Drive in White Rock. Photo by Katy Korkos Read More
Fun Packed HalloWeekend Planned
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MAINSTREET News:
Los Alamos MainStreet hosts Trick or Treat on MainStreet 4-6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25 in downtown Los Alamos.
Last year more than 3,000 people attended the event. Local businesses and organizations will open their doors and set up tables along Central Avenue to hand out treats to the costumed trick-or-treaters.
A performance by High Flyers Gymnastics will start at 5 p.m., followed by The Hallo-wiener Parade at 5:30 p.m. and a dance performance by New Mexico Dance Theater at 6 p.m. Find a complete event list on lamainstreet.com.
Festivities will continue Saturday, Read More
UNM-LA to Show Gandhi in Composition Cinema Lecture Series Oct. 24
UNM-LA News:
The University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) will feature Gandhi, Oct. 24, as the fourth installment in the Composition Cinema I: A Film and Lecture Series, which will run through Nov. 14.
The host for Gandhi will be UNM-LA Adjunct Faculty member, Dora Akleksandrova, and the discussion will center around her course theme “free will.”
Gandhi is a biography about Mohandas Gandhi, the spiritual and political leader of the non-violent resistance movement (Satyagraha) in India against the United Kingdom’s rule during the 20th century.
The film is free and open to the public and Read More
Rumba Class Benefits High School Dance Club
BESC News:
Natalia Barkhudarova will be teaching a Rumba Dance Class 7:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center.
Barkhudarova will teach a dance sequence in Rumba, plus focus on some of the fine points of arm styling.
A donation of $10 per dancer is suggested. The money will be given to the Los Alamos High School Dance Club for transportation expenses.
The Dance Club is planning trips to New Mexico State University High School Dance Day in February and to the Capital City High School Dance Festival in March. Read More
White Rock Father and Daughter Compete For Humor Prize
Staff Report
Longtime White Rock resident Lowell Christensen is the author of three stocking stuffer books: Coping With Texas and Other Staggering Feets; Beginning Farming and What Makes a Sheep Tick; and The One-Minute Zillionaire–Achieve Wealth, Fame, and Success in an Instant, Give or Take a Hundred Years. Now he’s hoping to win a prestigious award.
The Robert Benchley Society presents an annual award for humor. The contest is judged by a nationally recognized humorist, and the winner is flown to Boston for a black-tie awards banquet at the Harvard Club. Christensen decided to enter the Read More
Enjoy Dinner and Entertainment at Saturday’s American Legion Fundraiser
AMERICAN LEGION News:
On Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013 American Legion Post 90, Auxiliary Unit 90 will be hosting a fundraiser in support of Auxiliary Charities. Dinner will be served by the Ladies Auxiliary starting at 5:30 p.m. for $6 a plate consisting of New Mexican Fare.
Live entertainment at 7 p.m. will be provided by BAT, a musician and interactive entertainer. BAT honors and entertains Veterans throughout the country. If you have never seen BAT, this may be your only chance this year due to his busy touring schedule.
The American Legion is a national organization created to honor and serve ALL Read More
Prizewinning Student Film Shows Sunday
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Staff Report
Samantha Filer, a 17-year-old homeschooled student from Jemez Springs, received the Best of Festival Award in the statewide Desert Light Film Festival. Filer produced, edited and directed “The Sword of Arundel,” a 56-minute drama with a Lord of the Rings feel.
The film will be shown at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20 at the Reel Deal Theater at 2551 Central Ave. in Los Alamos.
Filer composed the original piano, Irish whistle, violin score, which took first place in the NM MTNA state composition competition in 2011, and which her younger brother, Nathan, 14, orchestrated into Read More
Hannemann’s Music Corner: Ready to Play?
Hannemann’s Music CornerFolks, in the past couple of months I have seen three clarinets, at least one flute, and a trumpet purchased on EBay and/or Craig’s List advertised as “ready to play.” I’ve seen these instruments because they were not, in fact, ready to play and they were brought to me to make them playable. I just had another come in this week.
The clarinets, late 60s early 70s, came with no bottom tenon cork to attach the bell (because it can be played without a bell), badly done Read More
Renegade Mountain Band Helps YMCA
YMCA News:
Half of the proceeds from the sale of the up and coming Renegade Mountain Band’s first album, Around the Middle, will be donated to The Family YMCA’s annual campaign through the month of November.
The Renegade Mountain Band, known at RMB, is also preforming from 8-10 p.m. Oct. 26 at a Boots, Band and BBQ benefit for the Y’s Española Teen Center at the Abiquiu Rural Events Center. Advanced ticket purchases by Oct. 18 are required.
The Y is selling table sponsorships at a $1,000 Rancher’s level and a $500 Posse level. Individuals who want to attend can purchase individual Lone Ranger seats Read More
‘Faces of Lannan’ Coming to Library
MPL News:
Mesa Public Library Art Gallery presents seventy remarkable photographic portraits by Don Usner of participants in the Lannan Foundation’s Readings and Conversations literary series of the last 15 years. All the portraits are black and white and eloquently reveal the personality of each author.
The Library is honored to present this exhibition along with a selection of books by each author and digital access in the gallery to podcasts and video casts of the events on the Lannan Foundation website, www.lannan.org.
The exhibition is made possible with support from the Lannan Foundation Read More
Dances of India Presents ‘Aladdin’
Kavita Nandakishore and Alina Deshpande perform Indian Classical Dance. Courtesy photo
Staff Report
Dances of India will present an Indian adaptation of “Aladdin” in a benefit performance for “Santhitheeram,” a charitable trust for hospice care for the elderly in Kerala, India.
The show is 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20 at Duane Smith Auditorium on the Los Alamos High School Campus. Everyone is cordially invited. Admission is free, but donations are requested as all proceeds benefit the charity.
The production is written and directed by Alina Deshpande and is choreographed by Kavita Nandakishore Read More
Katrina Lum Turns Clay into Silver
Golden Dragon Necklace by Katrina Lum. Courtesy photo
Mother Earth Gradient Necklace by Katrina Lum. Courtesy photo
By NANCY COOMBS
You would never know that the exquisitely crafted jewelry by Katrina Lum is something she undertook for the first time only a few years ago.
“My designs are a true expression of who I am,” Lum said. “If someone wants to get to know me, they need not look further than my jewelry.”
Lum makes pieces using wirework techniques, chainmaille, Viking knit and metalsmithing, striving to make quality jewelry that is unique in design. Lum started making jewelry as a hobby Read More
LALT’s 8×10 Production: Eight 10-minute Plays In One Show
LALT News:
Come see the 8×10 Production at the Los Alamos Little Theatre. This increasingly popular format offers eight different 10-minute plays all in one show.
It provides an opportunity for local aspiring and established playwrights to share their creative efforts, a chance for new directors to get their feet wet, and the breakthrough moment for a new actor to get a moment in the spotlight.
Seven of the plays are locally written, six represent directorial debuts, and a number of actors new to the LALT stage will perform. This show represents community theatre at its finest:
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MRM Acquires Major Work of Folk Art
A three dimensional painted carving of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe recently acquired by the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos. Courtesy photoMRM News:
The Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos has acquired a major bulto, a three dimensional painted carving, of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe (Our Lady of Guadalupe) by the New Mexico master santero Antonio Molleno who worked in Northern New Mexico from 1815 to 1845.
The bulto was acquired from an antiques dealer who was a part of the invitational Fall for Antiques Show and Sale held at the Millicent Rogers Museum Oct. 11-13.
Molleno worked in Northern Read More
Expansive View From the Hill
Looking east from Anderson Overlook on the Main Hill Road Friday. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com Read More
Special Shape Balloon Glow Friday Night
The special shape balloon glow Friday night in Albuquerque. Photo by Glen Wurden Read More
