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DALA Presents Nutcracker On The Hill Dec. 4-6

 
DALA News:
 
It has been reported that during the Trinity Test in July 1945, strains of the Nutcracker Suite mysteriously crackled through the radio.
 
Seventy years later, Tchaikovsky will, once again, meet the Manhattan Project in Dance Arts Los Alamos’ (DALA) world premiere of Nutcracker on “The Hill”. The audience will travel back to the era of the Manhattan Project as the show opens with a Christmas Party hosted by General Leslie Groves.
 
Set Designer Robi Mulford’s talent in re-creating the Fuller Lodge set will be immediately
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Local-Made, Hand-Crafted Gifts At The Los Alamos Nature Center

Holiday gifts at the Los Alamos Nature Center gift shop. Courtesy photo
 
PEEC News:
 
The new Los Alamos Nature Center has a great holiday gift shop, run by Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC).
 
It is the perfect place to find gifts for the people on your list who like science and nature.
 
PEEC has made a special effort to stock the Los Alamos Nature Center gift shop with quality, hand-crafted, NM-made, nature-themed gifts including wood boxes, hand-sewn ornaments, educational toys, tea towels, nature-themed art, stuffed
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Tree Lighting At Muni Bldg. 5 p.m. Saturday

Scene from last year’s tree lighting event in the lobby of the municipal building. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

COUNTY News:

Come in from the cold this Saturday and join the Los Alamos County Council in the annual countdown to “light up the tree” that will be decorated inside the municipal building!

Doors to the building open at 5 p.m. with the lighting at 5:30 p.m. in the main lobby. Free hot cocoa, cider and cookies will be served. Also, there will be a free photo booth for the public with snow scene props and backdrop available 5-6 p.m. so bring your smart phone or Read More

Shakespeare At Palace Of Governors Feb. 5-28

Courtesy/NMHM
 
NMHM News:
 
SANTA FE — Where would we be without the printing press? We certainly wouldn’t have Shakespeare, or the thousands of editions of his plays produced over the last four centuries.
 
Not a bad run for one of the most mysterious playwrights in history.
 
Feb. 5-28, the Palace Press at the New Mexico History Museum presents a special exhibition in collaboration with the New Mexico Museum of Art’s First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare.
 
In The Book’s the Thing: Shakespeare from Stage to Page, award-winning Palace
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Snow Scene In The Jemez

Snow builds up to about 1.5 inches wide on branches of brush growing Sunday near N.M. 4 on the way into the Jemez. Photo by Laurie Waters Read More

Check Out Annual Window Display At Village Arts

Check out this year’s holiday window display designed by Yours Truly Diana at Village Arts, 216 DP Road. Village Arts carries the area’s largest variety of art supplies and provides custom framing. Courtesy photo Read More

Fractured Faiths: An Original Exhibition

Shackles from the Inquisition prison in Mexico City, 17th century. Private collection. Photo by Jorge Pérez de Lara
 
NMHM News:
 
SANTA FE — In the 10th through 13th centuries, Spain flowered into a golden age, as Muslim, Jewish and Catholic peoples achieved new heights in science, philosophy and the arts. 
 
That triculturalism, though, endured repeated challenges, first by fundamentalist Islamic Almohads in the 12th century, then by Christian kingdoms in the late-14th century, when it finally deteriorated into dissent,
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Small Business Profile: Fuller Lodge Art Center Shows Off Local Treasures

Amy Bjarke, left, and Nancy Coombs welcome visitors to the Fuller Lodge Art Center. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

The Fuller Lodge Art Center has its earliest roots in the post-war years with the Los Alamos Arts and Crafts Association. This group got together to share their love of making art but also to bring “exhibits” of well known New Mexico artists to Los Alamos.

There are later ties to the Los Alamos Arts Council and Pajarito Art League. Then in 1977, the Art Center was formally established to enrich the quality of life in Los Alamos by nurturing Read More

Small Business Profile: Village Arts Supplies Artistic Expression

Owner Ken Nebel inside Village Arts 216 DP Road. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos may be widely known as a scientific town but it has a whole other side … an artistic side.

Whatever artistic medium residents use to express themselves, Village Arts has the supplies for the job. Owner Ken Nebel has operated the framing and art supply business for six years. He purchased the business from former resident Marilyn Warren. With new ownership came a new location. The business moved from Central Park Square to 216 DP Road.

“Village Arts has Read More

This Week At The Reel Deal

By JIM O’DONNELL
Reel Deal Theater

The Good Dinosaur opened Wednesday and Creed, Mockingjay, Part 2, The Night Before and Spectre will hold for another week.

I originally was not going to open Creed as I was thinking “what another Stallone boxing movie!” Then I looked a little deeper, read some reviews and watched some trailers. This film might just rival the original Rocky (well almost). The critics are going wild over it and it’s getting a 95 percent rating. Warner Bros. made us open it Wednesday and messed up our schedule so be sure and look to our website for the most updated version.

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LAPS Foundation Grant Sends LAMS Band Director To National Music Education Conference In Nashville

LAMS Band Director Ryan Finn conducting his students. Courtesy photo

LAPS FOUNDATION News:

Los Alamos Middle School Band Director and Music Teacher Ryan Finn was able to attend the National Music Education Conference in Nashville this year as part of a grant received by the Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation.

The conference, in October 2015, was a fantastic opportunity for Finn to spend time working with distinguished band directors and learn valuable new classroom techniques. 

The Band Directors’ Academy in particular was an inspiring and hugely beneficial program. There were Read More

New Sculpture Adorns Central Park Square

Central Park Square owner Philip Kunsberg, left, and Shidoni President/CEO Scott Hicks with the newly installed ‘Galapagos Tortoise’ sculpture, which replaces the Wally on the Bench sculpture near Unquarked the Wine Room. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
‘Galapagos Tortoise’ by artist William Allen. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
 
President/CEO Scott Hicks of Shidoni Foundry and Galleries in Tesuque has once again generously loaned a large sculpture to Central Park Square for the community to enjoy.
 
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Eco Conscious Creations Exhibited At 2015 Recycle Fashion Show

From left, 1st place winner in Child Category, Tortilla Chips by Mary Lou; 1st place winner in Youth/Teen Category, Queen of the Cards by Kalen Melton and 1st place winner in Adult Category Lace Up Green Chile Burlap Dress by Brenda Fleming and Modeled by Heidi Sheppard. Courtesy/LAC

Recycle Fashion Show Contestants. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

In Celebration of America Recycles Day, Los Alamos County Environmental Services Division staff hosted a Recycle Fashion Show Nov. 14 at Fuller Lodge.

The Recycle Fashion Show is an artistic expression of eco-conscious creations and is a fun event for Read More

‘A Celebration Of Women’ Performed Dec. 12-13

MUSIC News:

Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico’s ‘A Celebration Of Women’ – music written by women, for women’s voices concert will see the highly skilled 11 voice ensemble collaborate with Santa Fe based poet, Pulitzer Prize nominee, Valerie Martinez in two performances.

The first is 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 at the historic San Miguel Mission in Santa Fe (401 Old Santa Fe Trail) and 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13 in the glorious acoustical setting of the Cathedral of St. John in Albuquerque (318 Silver Ave. SW).

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Andrew J. Wong Of Los Alamos Wins Grand Prize In 2015 Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Photo Contest

Out of more than 1,700 entries from around the world, Andrew J. Wong of Los Alamos just won the Grand Prize in the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta photo contest. The annual fiesta is the world’s most photographed event. Wong’s winning photo is this striking silhouette of a crew and their hot air balloon. Wong works at Los Alamos National Laboratory and his wife Charissa Wong owns Photo Essence by Charissa, a local photography business. For his award winning photograph, Wong is receiving a Canon EOS 5D Mark III with EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM Lens. Photo by Andrew J. Wong Read More

Holiday Arts And Craft Fair At LAMS Today

LAAC News:

Los Alamos Arts Council’s annual Holiday Arts and Craft Fair runs to 3:30 p.m. today at Los Alamos Middle School, 1 Hawk Dr.

This is an opportunity to do holiday shopping plus benefit an organization that brings numerous events to the community throughout the year, such as Brown Bag Concerts, Kite Festival, Pumpkin Glow and Missoula Children’s Theatre.

Future Events:

  • Wednesday, Dec. 2, noon Brown Bag performance of Winternacht at Fuller Lodge; and
  • Saturday, Dec. 5, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fuller Lodge Open House at Fuller Lodge.
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Aspen Elementary School 1st and 2nd Graders Delight Audience In Thursday’s ‘Pete The Cat’ Musical

Aspen Elementary first and second grade students perform in Thursday’s ‘Pete The Cat’ Musical to the delight of staff, students and parents in the school gymnasium. Photo by Minesh Bacrania

Aspen Elementary School’s first and second graders, under the direction of music teacher Andrea Dowdy, perform Thursday in the musical ‘Pete The Cat’. Photo by Minesh Bacrania

ASPEN News:

Aspen Elementary School’s first and second graders, under the direction of music teacher Andrea Dowdy, presented a musical “Pete the Cat” Thursday for staff, students and parents in the school Read More

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