Mountain Elementary Hosts Halloween Carnival Saturday!
By LISSIE HAM
Mountain PTA President
Are you ready for a Halloween Carnival? Join us 3-6 p.m. Oct. 22 at Mountain Elementary School, 2280 North Road. Bring your family for unlimited games, visits to the Haunted House, and jumps in the bounce house for only $15 per child 2 and up. You may purchase your ticket at the door. We accept cash, check, PayPal and credit card.
While the children play, join us at our silent auction, which helps fund field trips, staff grants, extra classroom supplies, and lots more.
Fun gifts and certificates have been provided by:
Ace Autobody, Aspen Copies, Auto Doc, Bathtub Read More
Library: Four Shillings Short Samhain Concert Nov. 3
Photo by Dominic Maino
FOURSHILLINGSSHORT News:
The Los Alamos Public Library presents A Samhain/Halloween Concert – music, stories & folklore to celebrate the Celtic Bonfire Festival of Samhain with Four Shillings Short 6:30-8:30 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.), Thursday Nov. 3 at Fuller Lodge Art Center, 2132 Central Ave.
This free family concert is sponsored by Los Alamos Public Library. For more information call 505.662.1635 or 505.662.8250 or visit https://www.losalamosartscouncil.org/
ABOUT FOUR SHILLINGS SHORT: https://www.4shillingsshort.com
Four Shillings Short, the Read More
Organist Damin Spritzer Performs At MOA Oct. 21
NMDCA News:
Organist Damin Spritzer performs 5:30 p.m. Oct. 21 at the New Mexico Museum of Art (MOA), on the Frederick R. Haas Pipe Organ in the St. Francis Auditorium.
Tickets for the concert are $15 for general admission and $10 for members of the New Mexico Museum Foundation. Visitors may purchase tickets here: https://my.nmculture.org/14713/14715.
Sprizter has performed at historic churches and instruments in Iceland, Germany, France, Brazil, Italy, Israel, England, and Norway, and has been honored to contribute to regional and national convention performances and lectures for Read More
Daily Postcard: Fog Permeates View From Overlook
Daily Postcard: Fog permeates the view from Overlook Tuesday morning in White Rock. Photo by Russell Purvis Read More
Mad-Scientist Mayhem Returns With High Tech Halloween At Bradbury Science Museum Oct. 28
Scene from a previous High Tech Halloween at the Bradbury Science Museum. Courtesy/LANL
Scene from a previous High Tech Halloween outside the Bradbury Science Museum. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Mad-Scientist Mayhem returns with in-person High Tech Halloween at the Bradbury Science Museum.
Volunteers from Los Alamos National Laboratory unveil their high-tech high-jinks at the first in-person High Tech Halloween in two years, 4-6 p.m., Friday, Oct. 28, when the Lab’s Bradbury Science Museum joins forces with Los Alamos Mainstreet for hands-on science demonstrations and Trick-or-Treat Read More
Scenes From Los Alamos Co-op Market Harvest Festival
Los Alamos Master Gardeners Ame Mashburn, left, and Vicki Richetts participate Saturday afternoon in the Los Alamos Cooperative Market Harvest Festival. The event featured children’s activities and vendors. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Santa Fe Artist Melda Klinger shows off one of her paintings Saturday during the Los Alamos Co-op Market Harvest Fest. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Mike Quintana of Quintana Farms holds up one of his ristras Saturday during the harvest festival. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Gillian Sutton of Gillian’s Flowers Read More
New Mexico Museum Of Natural History & Science Announces Science-Fiction Movie Series Starting Oct. 19
NMMNHS News:
Join the DCA at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) as they separate science from fiction with Science Fiction or Fact?
A new sci-fi film series beginning 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19.
Science Fiction or Fact? is a family-friendly film series focused on science-fiction blockbusters, familiar classics, and everything in between. If you’ve ever watched a sci-fi movie and wondered if it was based on real science, then Science Fiction or Fact? is for you!
Experience your favorite movies like never before as NMMMNHS projects them from the massive domed
Olions Present A Midsummer Night’s Dream Oct. 28-Nov. 6
LAHS News:
The Los Alamos High School Olions are presenting A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Duane Smith Auditorium.
Performances are 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28; 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29; 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4 and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6.
Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults at LAHSOlions.org.
An electric adaption of the original play by William Shakespeare about four Athenian lovers, a band of Actors, and their interactions with the fairy folk of the forest, this is a show that combines elements of comedy and romance; tragedy and the utmost hilarity.
The show runs for 2 hours and 45 minutes Read More
Flooded Pecan Orchard & Dried Out Rio Grande River Bed
During a Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) geology tour of Southern New Mexico Oct. 3, the group visited this large pecan orchard as it was being watered in Doña Ana near Las Cruces. Photo by Laurie Waters
Near the lush pecan orchard is a completely dry section of the Rio Grande riverbed visited during a PEEC geology tour Oct. 3 in Doña Ana near Las Cruces. Photo by Laurie Waters Read More
PAC 8 Community Media Center: Oct. 21-27, 2022
PAC 8 News:
PAC 8 Community Media Center is available for recording events, transferring of old media, shooting and editing, live streaming and drone photography and videography.
For information, email pac8@losalamos.com, call 505.662.7228 or visit pac8cmc.com.
PAC 8 Television schedule for Oct. 21-27, 2022:
Friday, Oct. 21, 2022:
- 6 a.m. Democracy Now! – Live;
- 10 a.m. The Thom Hartmann Program;
- 11 a.m. County Council Replay 10-18-22;
- 3 p.m. Democracy Now!;
- 5 p.m. PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates;
- 6 p.m. PAC 8 Summer Media Classes;
- 7 p.m. The Whitehouse Chronicles;
- 7:30
Daily Postcard: Autumn Colors Maple Trees On Circle Drive
Daily Postcard: Autumn colors maple trees in the Circle Drive neighborhood Monday in Los Alamos. Photo by Ruth Lier Read More
Topper Band Wins At Zia, Performs For Community Oct. 19
LAHS Topper Band poses after their first performance at the Zia Marching Band Fiesta. Courtesy/LANL
Color guard section leaders and drum majors pose with the trophies awarded at the Zia Marching Band Fiesta. From left, Lena Romero, Erin Gattis, Remy Patterson, Luke Favorite and Kaitlyn Kuropatwinski. Courtesy/LANL
LAHS News:
The Los Alamos High School Topper Marching Band performed in the “preliminary” competition at the Zia Marching Band Fiesta at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at UNM Stadium in Albuquerque.
The Topper Band was one of five schools in class 2A.
When awards were announced at 5 p.m., Read More
Los Alamos COVID Impact: For Week Ending Oct. 17, 2022
Los Alamos COVID-19 Impact:COVID-19 statistics for the week ending Oct. 17, 2022 impacting Los Alamos County:
- 128 tests
- 18 diagnoses (15 in Los Alamos, 3 in White Rock)
- 0 deaths
Source: New Mexico Department of Health. By Eli Ben-Naim.
Topper Marching Band Knocks It Out Of The Park!
The Los Alamos High School Topper Band poses after their first performance at the Zia Marching Band Fiesta Saturday at UNM Stadium in Albuquerque. Courtesy/Ryan Finn
LAHS Marching Band awards from the the ‘Preliminary’ competition. Courtesy/Ryan Finn
By RYAN FINN & the Topper Marching Band Staff
LAHS Marching Band
What an amazing (and very long) day Saturday!
The Topper Marching Band performed in the “Preliminary” competition at 9 a.m. Saturday, as one of five 2A schools, at the Zia Marching Band Fiesta at UNM Stadium in Albuquerque.
We then listened and watched a lot of other awesome bands Read More
Scenes From Dia Da Los Muertos Series Exhibit At FLAC
Scene from the Dia Da Los Muertos Series exhibit opening reception held Saturday evening at Fuller Lodge Art Center. The exhibit runs through Nov. 12. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Dia Da Los Muertos Series artist Sandi J. Ludescher stands in front of her painting titled ‘Todos Somos Unos’ (We Are All One), which measures 66”x 128”. Ludescher is a contemporary New Mexican regionalist figurative painter. Her series highlights real people behind makeup and costuming who express what the holiday means to them; about the life they breathe into it, remembrance of their dead and how they Read More
Daily Postcard: Fresh Snowfall On Chicoma Mountain
Daily Postcard: Late Sunday afternoon, the overcast parted just long enough to see fresh snowfall near the peak of Chicoma Mountain from Barranca Mesa. Photo by Cornell Wright Read More
‘IAIA Making History Symposium’ Monday Oct. 17
‘IAIA Making History Symposium’ Oct. 17 in person and online. Courtesy/IAIA
IAIA News:
The Institute Of American Indian Arts (IAIA) has been preparing for this event for the past 60 years. From 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (MDT) Monday, Oct. 17, the IAIA will present the IAIA Making History Symposium.
Whether you join us in the Center for Lifelong Education (CLE) on campus, participate in panels and Q&A sessions via Zoom, or watch the day’s events online, you will enjoy the engaging conversations and presentations given by historians, celebrated alums, current and former IAIA team members, staff Read More
Acclaimed Documentary Filmmaker Hector Galán Speaks At National Hispanic Cultural Center Oct. 27
Hector Galán
NHCC News:
¡Celebrando! Join the DCA at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27 as they cap off their Hispanic Heritage Month festivities with a free film screening and special director’s talk from celebrated and prolific documentary filmmaker Hector Galán.
Galán is one of the most prolific and impassioned independent filmmakers. A Tejano from San Angelo, Galán has cast his lens on the Latino experience in the Southwest and New Mexico, bringing the culture and history of the U.S. Latino experience to the screen.
He has contributed more than forty Read More
Santa Fe Community College Hosts Reception To Highlight ‘So Proudly She Served Portrait Series’ Nov. 10
‘So Proudly She Served Portrait Series’ reception Nov. 10 at Santa Fe Community College. Courtesy/SFCC
SFCC News:
SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) will host a reception 4:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10 to highlight the national “So Proudly She Served Portrait Series” in the Main Entrance at the college, 6401 Richards Ave.
In conjunction with the national exhibition, SFCC Veterans Legacy Grant Program (VLGP) also will feature information about eight New Mexico women interred at Santa Fe Veterans National Cemetery. The exhibition will run through Nov. 22.
“SFCC is honored to feature Read More
Buck Spotted Saturday Sauntering Around Ridgeway
A buck is spotted Saturday sauntering around Ridgeway. Photo by Teresa Resende Read More