A&E

Robotics Night At Bradbury Science Museum Aug. 25

Students at a robotics event. Courtesy/BSM

BRADBURY SCIENCE MUSEUM News:

  • Stop by for fun with robotics teams of all kinds and their programmable friends

Regional school robotics teams, and others, will demonstrate their remote-manipulation abilities at a Robotics Night open to all at the Bradbury Science Museum. The event is 5-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25 and some of the teams will even provide an opportunity for visitors to manipulate the robots themselves.

Brought to you by the Bradbury Science Museum Association and generously supported by New Mexico Bank & Trust, visitors also will 

Read More

LALT: Open Reading Of ‘Rocky Horror Show’ Aug. 8

LALT News:

Join Los Alamos Little Theatre (LALT) 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8 to read or listen to the stage version of what became “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”. Light refreshments will be served.

Director Deborah Magid along with producers Jim Sicilian and Gracie Cainelli, Musical Director Gretchen Amstutz and Costumer Sarah Preteska will submit this musical for consideration for the 2018-2019 theater season at LALT.

“The Rocky Horror Show” was first presented on Broadway by Lou Adler in March 1975 at the Belasco Theatre in New York City. It quickly became a cult classic. Read More

Scenes From Friday’s Summer Concert

The Summer Concert moved to Fuller Lodge Friday to avoid a thunderstorm. The crowd listens as Jim Lauderdale performs. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Jim Lauderdale performs one of his songs. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Local bluegrass band Higher Ground traded sets with Jim Lauderdale Friday night at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
The gang from LANB hands out glowing armbands. LANB sponsored Friday’s Summer Concert. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Read More

Daily Postcard: Deer Visit Los Alamos Neighborhood

Daily Postcard: A deer grabs a bite to eat Friday afternoon from a tree near Sandia and 40th Street. Photo by Delbert Romero Jr.

Deer spotted Friday afternoon at the corner of Sandia and 40th Street. Photo by Delbert Romero Jr.

A deer gets ready to cross the road at the corner of Sandia and 40th Street. Photo by Delbert Romero Jr.  Read More

Reception For Watercolorist Allen Brown At Karen Wray Gallery Underway Until 7 p.m. Today!

Gallery owner Karen Wray with watercolorist Allen Brown. Brown is presenting his first solo art show with a reception at the Karen Wray Gallery 5-7 p.m. today at 1247 Central Ave., Suite D-2 in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Guests begin to gather at the reception for Alan Brown’s solo show today at the Karen Wray Gallery on Central Avenue. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Read More

Community Members Needed For LALT Work Party

LALT News:

Los Alamos Little Theatre invites all interested community members to attend a work party 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, as theatre members undertake projects to spruce up and maintain the building and grounds of the Performing Arts Center, 1670 Nectar St., where LALT productions are performed.

LALT manages the Performing Arts Center under a license agreement with Los Alamos County and is responsible for general maintenance of the facility.

In addition to general yard and building maintenance, a couple of the major undertakings for this work party are to winnow and organize the Read More

Jim Lauderdale Performs Summer Concert In Fuller Lodge

Jim Lauderdale performs tonight at the Summer Concert. Courtesy photo

 
UPDATE: Due to inclement weather, the concert will be held at 7 p.m. in Fuller Lodge. 

SUMMER CONCERT News:

The great singer-songwriter-performer Jim Lauderdale returns to Los Alamos for tonight’s Summer Concert at 7 p.m. sponsored by Los Alamos National Bank.

Lauderdale performs country, bluegrass, roots rock and R&B. He is the winner of the Americana Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award and host of the Music City Roots TV show.
  Read More

Enchanted Island Populated By Amazing Singers And Actors

Ensemble Cast. Photo by Ken Howard for Santa Fe Opera, 2017
 
Anna Christy (Morgana) and Alek Shrader (Oronte). Photo by Ken Howard for Santa Fe Opera, 2017
 

By CARL NEWTON
Los Alamos

Handel’s “’Alcina’ is one of his “magic” operas which is based on an ancient epic poem. Handel’s traditional operatic style is a mixture of recitatives and da capo areas (the opening A section is repeated after an intervening B section). The arias may express amorous intention, sorrow, pity, despair or determination. In the repeated A section, feelings are usually intensified.

What Read More

New Play By Robert Benjamin Opens Aug. 10

Paula, a young motorcyle cop (Alix Hudson), offers David, (Jim McGiffin) a rose. Photo by Cameron Gay
 
Sweethearts Ruby (Marguerite Scott) and David (Jim McGiffin) share a moment, while David’s daughter Dawn (Juliet Salazar) looks on in disapproval. Photo by Cameron Gay
 

By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

bjgordon@ladailypost.com

Los Alamos playwright Robert Benjamin’s latest full-length play, Still in the Game, opens Aug. 10 at Teatro Pajaguas in Santa Fe.

Benjamin is a late-blooming playwright. Following a distinguished career as a research physicist and science Read More

Scenes From Final Movie In The Park For 2017

Los Alamos Fire Chief Troy Hughes presents a prize to 3-year-old Hendricks Deschamp at Wednesday night’s final Movie in the Park of this season at Ashley Pond Park, which was sponsored by the Los Alamos Public Safety Association. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

Firefighter Kenny Anderson helps Rebecca Jiang operate a fire hose. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Police Department Dispatchers Seth Martinez and Andrea Garcia hand out free popcorn and other items at Wednesday’s Movie in the Park. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com Read More

Lensic: Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Aug. 26

Ricky Skaggs
 
LPAC News:
 
Bluegrass and country music legend Ricky Skaggs—winner of 14 Grammy awards and 8 Country Music Awards—performs with his band, Kentucky Thunder at 7:30 p.m.  Saturday, Aug. 26, at Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 West San Francisco St., Santa Fe, NM 87501.
 
TICKETS: $46-$75. Available at Lensic.org, TicketsSantaFe.org505.988.1234, and the Tickets Santa Fe Box Office at The Lensic. 
 
Ricky Skaggs—born in 1954 in the small town of Cordell, Kentucky—has been playing mandolin and performing since he was
Read More

Hillstrummers To Play Western Music Aug. 9

The BESC HILLSTRUMMERS Ukulele group will play your favorite Western Songs at 12 p.m. (high noon) Wednesday, Aug. 9 at Smith’s Marketplace (Produce Lobby). Come and sing-a-long. Get in the mood for the upcoming Los Alamos County Fair and Rodeo. Photo by Dan Gerth Read More

Evening Programs At Bandelier Aug. 3-20

Courtesy photo
 
BNM News:
 
In between thunderstorms, it’s great to be out under the stars on August evenings, and Bandelier will be offering many evening programs over the next two weeks. 
 
They’re presented at the amphitheater at Juniper Campground, weather permitting, and both campers and non-campers are welcome.  
 
Upcoming topics include: 
  • 8:30 p.m. Thursday, 8/3  Night Sky – talk and telescope viewing 
  • 8:30 p.m. Friday, 8/4  Leaping Lizards!  (reptiles)  
  • 8:30 p.m. Saturday, 8/5  Imagining
Read More

More Scenes From July 29 Summer Concert

DK & The Affordables performed during Los Alamos County Summer Concert held July 28 at Ashley Pond. In the middle, DK’s daughter, Ariel, joins her father on the stage. Courtesy photo by Eliott Schultz 

Wearing a sequined jacket, DK was dressed to the nines for the summer concert on July 28. Courtesy photo by Eliott Schultz 

DK and the Affordables performed July 28 at Ashley Pond. Courtesy photo by Eliott Schultz

Another scene from the July 28 concert. Courtesy photo by Eliott Schultz

Another scene from the July 28 concert. Courtesy photo by Eliott Schultz

Another Read More

Come See Las Vegas Artist Justin Favela Install His Piece In The Piñata Exhibit Aug. 14-20

NHCC News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE  Las Vegas artist Justin Favela will be installing his latest piñata piece in The Piñata Exhibit (Sure to be a Smash Hit!) at the National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum from Aug. 14-20.
 
Working in the media of painting, sculpture, performance, and, most importantly, piñatas, Favela draws from art history, popular culture, and his Guatemalan/Mexican heritage. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Studio Arts from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and has exhibited his work across the United States in notable
Read More
Search
LOS ALAMOS

ladailypost.com website support locally by OviNuppi Systems