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Scenes From Final Summer Concert Of 2015

Los Alamos County Summer Concert Series promoter Russ Gordon huddles under a large green unbrella with local dancer Annie Bard waiting for Friday’s final concert of the season to begin at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Concert goers begin to gather for Friday’s final concert of the season at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Howard the Chinese Shar Pei attends Friday’s final concert of the 2015 season, which was sponsored by the Los Alamos Daily Post. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Eddy Partridge of the Nomads.
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Piano Virtuoso Sean Chen Opens LACA Season

Sean Chen at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Courtesy photo
 
LACA News:

The first American to medal in the prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano Competition since 1997 will kick off the Los Alamos Concert Association’s 70th Anniversary season at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25 in the Duane Smith Auditorium.

Rising young pianist Sean Chen has been praised by the Huffington Post for his “exceptional ability to connect with an audience.” His busy concert schedule has earned him rave reviews throughout the US and a recent European tour included a performance in Amsterdam’s Read More

Bathroom Excitement Sparks Mock Ceremony

Concert promoter Russ Gordon, local dancer Annie Bard and Nomads’ tenor sax player Matt Gibbs are so happy with the new restroom facilities at Ashley Pond Park that they held an impromptu dedication ceremony Friday evening before the final summer concert of the season. They utilized toilet paper for the traditional ribbon cutting segment of the ceremony. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Eddy Partridge of Eddy and the Nomads breaks into song as he exits the boys room at Ashley Pond Park Friday saying ‘the new restrooms rock’. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

2015 Summer Concert Series Wraps Up With Nomads And DK & The Affordables At Ashley Pond Tonight

Eddy Partridge of the Nomads, left and DK Warner of DK & the Affordables on stage with Russ Gordon, center. Courtesy photo
 
By RUSS GORDON, Promoter
Summer Concert Series

Eddy Partridge & the Nomads play at 7 p.m. today at Ashley Pond Park. DK & the Affordables follow around 8:45 p.m. This concert is the last show of the 2015 Summer Concert Series.

The Nomads from Los Alamos are one of the community’s all-time favorite bands. They play popular music from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Songs like Richie Valens’ “La Read More

America’s Cowboy Balladeer Performs At NMHM Oct. 18

Don Edwards

NMHM News:

SANTA FE — Don Edwards, a premier performer of old-time ballads and cowboy songs, returns to the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, performing The Legend of Jack Thorp.

Tickets for Edwards’ performance are $25 at the History Museum Shop; call 505.982-9543 or visit www.newmexicocreates.org.

In this musical adventure, Edwards tells the story of Jack Thorp, born Nathan Howard Thorp in New York City in 1867. While still in his teens he came to New Mexico and became a working cowboy. One night in 1889 while hunting stray horses, he rode into a camp of Read More

Classical Music World: Sight Vs. Sound

By ANN MCLAUGHLIN, Artistic Director
Los Alamos Concert Association

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences isn’t an obvious place to find interesting articles about music. But a recent article written by psychologist and Juilliard-trained pianist Chia-Jung Tsay, caught my attention. 

In a series of experiments, Tsay showed 185 non-musicians video clips of competitors as they performed in 10 international music competitions. One group both viewed and heard the competitors.  A second group heard the audio, but didn’t see the performers and the third group watched Read More

Creativity On Display At Boomerang On Central Avenue

Boomerang Consignment and Resale owner Anna Dillane, her dog Buddha and Details owner Clint Chevalier in front of their latest creative endeavor at Boomerang, 1247 Central Ave., Suite A in downtown Los Alamos. Boomerang carries gently used clothing, accessories, furniture, books, household items and antiques. Dillane is now accepting fall consignment items and can be reached at 505.662.1479. Chevalier provides free estimates for vehicle detailing and office, home and window cleaning. Call Deails at 505.662.9136. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

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This Week At The Reel Deal

By JIM O’DONNELL
Reel Deal Theater

This Friday we are opening Straight Outta Compton and Mistress America. The Gift, and Love and Mercy will end Thursday. Shaun the Sheep and No Escape will hold for another week.

Movie poster for ‘Mistress America.’ Courtesy Reel Deal Theater.

Mistress America: Tracy (Lola Kirke) is a lonely college freshman in New York, having neither the exciting university experience nor the glamorous metropolitan lifestyle she envisioned. But when she is taken in by her soon-to-be stepsister, Brooke (Greta Gerwig) – a resident of Times Square Read More

Poet Laureate Joan Logghe Returns To Teach Creative Writing At UNM-LA

Author, Poet Laureate, Joan Logghe

UNM-LA News:

Joan Logghe, Santa Fe’s Poet Laureate 2010-2012, will be returning to teach a Creative Writing class at UNM-LA. The class will meet 9-11:45 a.m., Fridays from Sept. 11–Dec. 4.

Logghe encourages writers of all levels to take her class. “There will be a healthy and fun mix of poetry, memoir, creative non-fiction, and sudden fiction. This class is an introduction to creative writing and will be great and gentle for beginners; published writers may also refresh their writing style. You may be making a writer’s timeline of your life for a memoir, Read More

Los Alamos Choral Society Holds Brahms Requiem Rehearsals Sept. 8

LACS News:
 
The Los Alamos Choral Society (LACS) is beginning preparations for its winter concert, which will be presented in collaboration with the Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra.
 
Directed by Mary Badarak, LACS will be presenting Robert Shaw’s English translation of Brahms Requiem at 4 p.m., Jan. 23, 2016 at Crossroads Bible Church.
 
2015 is a significant year for the Brahms German Requiem, as it is the 150th anniversary of its composition; 2016 is also the centennial year of the noted conductor Robert Shaw who, in 1997, prepared
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Spectacular Sunrise Spotted From Quemazon

A spectacular sunrise spotted this morning from Quemazon. Photo by Trisha Ancell
 
A colorful way to start the day this morning in Quemazon. Photo by Trisha Ancell
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‘To Catch A Thief’ Opens Library Film Series Thursday

Movie poster for ‘To Catch a Thief.’ Courtesy photo

Review By KELLY DOLEJSI

It begins! The 2015-2016 season of Mesa Public Library’s Free Film Series charges out of the pen this week with Alfred Hitchcock’s classic “To Catch a Thief” (1955, rated PG).

The movie screens at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the upstairs meeting room theater. In this jewel of a movie, Cary Grant plays John Robie, aka “the Cat,” a retired burglar renowned for his silence on rooftops and his fine choice in purloined gems. After serving six years in World War II, his by DNSUnlocker”debt to society now repaid, Robie Read More

Little Forest Playschool Fall Fiesta Sept. 12

 
LITTLE FOREST News:
 
Little Forest Playschool is holding its annual Fall Fiesta 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12. 
 
Everyone in the community is invited to join in on the family fun. There will be a dunk tank, bubble pit, bounce houses, alpine slide, goats and ponies, face painting, food, games and prizes.
 
Food will include hamburgers, hot dogs, kettle corn, cotton candy and a bake sale and cake walk. As part of the fundraising effort, there will also be a silent auction with items such as gift certificates from your favorite local stores and restaurants and unique
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History Of Acequias And Future Of Taos Sept. 12

Courtesy image

TCHS News:

Acequias are hand dug, gravity-fed irrigation canals that divert stream water to sustain the agro-pastoral economy Spanish colonial settlers established in the upper Rio Grande valley in the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries.

Acequia agriculture extended riparian habitats, transformed regional ecology, and created the cultivated New Mexican landscape we see today. Ditches divert, divide, and deliver water to crops and livestock. They form borders and pathways. They connect and define communities of irrigators who manage water as a commons.

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The Iguanas Mixed Up Quite A Gumbo Friday

The Iguanas on stage for Friday’s Summer Concert at Rover Park in White Rock. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Music, dancing, laughter. The Iguanas on stage Friday night at Rover Park. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Saxiphonist Joe Cabral blows his horn. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 

MUSIC News:

The Iguanas slithered into Rover Park Friday night to perform for the summer concert.

Their mix of Conjunto, R&B, blues, Chicano rock, Country and every kind of rock ‘n roll, could come only from New Orleans. They even brought a warm Read More

Mammatus Clouds Hover Over Los Alamos At Sunset

Mammatus clouds are spotted hovering over Los Alamos Friday from Pueblo School looking northeast. Mammatus typically develop on the underside of a thunderstorm’s anvil and can be a remarkable sight, especially when sunlight is reflected off of them. Photo by Marc Bailey Read More

New Griffith Gym Mural Unveiled Sept. 1

New ‘Hilltopper’ mural in Griffith Gymnasium at Los Alamos High School. Courtesy photo

LAPSF News:

The Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation announces the completion of a new mural in Griffith Gymnasium at Los Alamos High School. 

The public is invited to attend a ribbon cutting ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, in the gym. 

Many student artists answered the call for original art work to adorn the east wall of Griffith Gym. The mural honors the creativity and memory of Isaac Hayden, and was collaboratively paid for by his family, friends, the LAHS class of 1994 and Read More

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