Daily Postcard: Bluebird Perches In Birch Tree
Daily Postcard: A bluebird perches on the branch of a birch tree Monday in Quemazon. Photo by Trisha Ancell Read More
LACA Concert An Experience To Remember
István Várdai. Courtesy photoBringing back István Várdai for the Jan. 21 Los Alamos Concert Association’s cello concert with pianist Shai Wosner provided the audience with a thrilling afternoon. Their choice of works gave us the opportunity to hear wonderful compostitions that are rarely heard. Works by Eastern European composers, Kodály’s Sonatina and Janácek’s Pohadka, are pieces that we have probably not heard before.
My earliest memory of an outstanding cellist in performance is Antonio Janigro with the band that he created in Zagreb, Read More
This Week At Pajarito Mountain
PAJARITO MOUNTAIN News:Pajarito Players: Staged Reading Of Still In The Game
A Pajarito Players rehearsal, from left, Dianna Duerre, Trish Ebbert, Thomas Farish and Pat Beck. Courtesy photo
Members of the Pajarito Players troupe watching the rehearsal, from left, playwright Robert Benjamin, understudy Tami Martinson and Director John Gustafson. Courtesy photo
The Pajarito Players present free staged readings of the play STILL IN THE GAME by local playwright Robert F. Benjamin, an upbeat family drama about aging with grace, courage and humor.
The readings are 1:30 p.m., Feb. 3 and Feb. 11 at the Los Alamos County Libraries. Following Read More
NMSA Hosts New Media Festival Feb. 10
New Mexico School for the Arts Visual Arts Department hosts New Media Festival Feb. 10. Courtesy/NMSA LALT Auditions For ‘The Dining Room’ Feb. 4-5
LALT News:Daily Postcard: Buck Caught Grazing In Quemazon
Daily Postcard: Hey mom, he’s eating your grass again. Photo by Trisha AncellBill To Support Booming NM Film Industry Advances
Rep. Antonio MaestasDa Vinci—The Genius Exhibition Opens In Two Weeks At New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Da Vinci—The Genius exhibition. Courtesy/Grande Exhibitions
NMMNHS News:
ALBUQUERQUE — Da Vinci – The Genius opens at 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 10 at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) in Albuquerque.
This world class exhibition from Grande Exhibitions remains on display at the Museum 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through July 29.
Da Vinci – The Genius demonstrates the full scope of Leonardo da Vinci’s remarkable genius as an inventor, artist, anatomist, sculptor, engineer, musician and architect. Guests will enjoy many unique pieces including life-size Read More
Daily Postcard: Buck Spotted On Conoco Hill
Daily Postcard: Buck spotted Saturday morning on Conoco Hill near Arkansas Street. Photo by Aria Jones Read More
PEEC And LAM Organize Moonlit Hiking Outing Jan. 30
Hike under the light of the full moon Jan. 30 with adventurer Jean Dewart. Courtesy/PEECLAPS Foundation Sends LAMS Band Director Ryan Finn To World’s Largest Music Conference
LAMS Band Director Ryan Finn with his students. Courtesy/LAPS Foundation
LAPS FOUNDATION News:
Last fall, the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation awarded nearly $11,000 for LAPS educators to pursue professional development opportunities in their fields. One of the recipients, Los Alamos Middle School Band Director Ryan Finn, recently attended the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, which is the largest of its kind in the world.
The renowned conference hosts thousands of music educators from around the country who work together attending workshops, clinics, and other professional Read More
Cooperation Provides Venue For ‘Carmina Burana’
Notice to Los Alamos Choral Society (LACS) supporters:
“Carmina Burana” is moving to a new location. It will not be performed at the Duane Smith Auditorium on Feb. 10, but it will be presented on that same day, at 7 p.m., at the Los Alamos Middle School Gymnasium.
The local production of Carl Orff’s massive choral and orchestral interpretation of a collection of medieval songs was scheduled to be the first production in the newly renovated Smith Auditorium. However, it became apparent early in January that the reconstruction of the auditorium Read More
Special Blue Supermoon Lunar Eclipse Show Sunday
Lunar eclipse. Photo by Rick WallaceBrown Bag Performance: Juanita Madland Feb. 7
Pianist Juanita Madland will host the upcoming Brown Bag show at noon Feb. 7 in Fuller Lodge. Courtesy photo
LAAC News:
The February Brown Bag Performance will feature Juanita Madland, performing classical piano compositions at noon Feb. 7 in Fuller Lodge.
She will present a program of music by composers Chopin, Granados, Brahms, Schumann, and Schubert. The program will conclude with a special rendition of a composition by Juanita and David Madland. Mary Helen Klare, violinist and educator, will join Madlandin in a reading of her poem about Glenn Gould.
Los Alamos Arts Council has presented
Flamenco: From Spain To New Mexico Travels State
Program for Carmen Amaya performance, ca. 1950s. Courtesy of Vivian Alarid Cuadra and Pedro Cuadra. Photo by Blair Clark., ca. 1950s. Courtesy of Vivian Alarid Cuadra and Pedro Cuadra. Photo by Blair ClarkDaily Postcard: Not Owl But Red Tail Hawk Spotted On North Mesa
Daily Postcard: First thought to be an owl … this red tail hawk is spotted perched high in a tree Tuesday on North Mesa. Photo by PT Cunningham Read More
Jocelyn Warner Clocks On Display In Portal Gallery
Los Alamos artist Jocelyn Warner will have her clocks on display through March 17 in the Portal Gallery at the Fuller Lodge Art Center. Courtesy photo
Clocks created by local artist Jocelyn Warner will be on display through March 17 in the Portal Gallery at the Fuller Lodge Art Center. Courtesy photo
ART News:
Need more Time? Los Alamos artist Jocelyn Warner will have her clocks on display through March 17 in the Portal Gallery at the Fuller Lodge Art Center.
The Portal show is part of the Inner Workings exhibit, and consists of 40 clocks and more than a dozen sculptural pieces. Read More
PEEC: See Fractals And Sea Monsters Jan. 26-27
PEEC’s updated fractal show is 7 p.m. Friday at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy/PEEC Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s updated fractal show is back for one evening: at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26. This show incorporates math, science, art and nature in a full-dome planetarium show featuring original music.
