Chamisa Elementary Student Emma Raven Wins Youth Art Month Flag Contest
The fifth and sixth graders at Chamisa Elementary participated in the Youth Art Month Flag Contest in December. Three of the posters were sent to the New Mexico Art Education Association and the Council for Art Education.
“The decision to choose only three was difficult as many of these students did an awesome job with their posters,” Chamisa Art Teacher Renee Mitsunaga said. “As we celebrate the work of Emma Raven, sixth grader at Chamisa, we want to also recognize all of the students. Read More
February Events At New Mexico History Museum
‘Swerving’ Performance 12:45 p.m. Wednesday Jan. 27
Daily Postcard: Morning Clouds Over St. Peter’s Dome
Daily Postcard: Morning sky features clouds floating over St. Peter’s Dome Wednesday seen from Monte Rey Drive South in White Rock. Photo by Robert Reedy
Artists Of Figurative Painting Expressing Content And Addressing Contemporary Issues
Letter To The Editor: Music Teachers Give Thanks
Daily Postcard: Sunrise Over Sangre De Cristo Mountains
Daily Postcard: Wednesday sunrise over the Sangre De Cristo Mountains. Photo by Donna Reil
Read MoreLACS And LASO Present Brahms Concert Jan. 23
When the Los Alamos Choral Society and the Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra present Johannes Brahms’ Requiem on Saturday, their performance will be the culmination of hundreds of hours of practice.
Approximately 45 singers and 43 orchestra members will be part of the performance. Those singing have been learningthe 95-page work since early September, practicing together for two hours every Tuesday night. In the two weeks before the concert, they participated in several two-hour rehearsals with the orchestra, which had been practicing the complex music since Read More
Daily Postcard: Winter Hike On Red Dot Trail
Medieval To Metal: Art & Evolution Of Guitar Feb. 5
Daily Postcard: Sunrise From Ski Hill Area
Sunrise taken from Pajarito Ski Hill area. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Watoto Children’s Choir Performs At Crossroads Bible Church 6:30 p.m. Thursday
Courtesy image
COMMUNITY News:
The Watoto Children’s Choir traveling from Africa is thrilled to present a brand new choir production entitled “Oh What Love” at 6:30 p.m., Thursday at Crossroads Bible Church, 97 East Road in Los Alamos.
The group’s tour began in Norway in September of 2015 and traveled around Scandinavia for three months, before arriving in Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 6, where they began a four month tour visiting several states throughout the West Costal region of the U.S.
Through this dynamic worship experience, the members of the Watoto Children’s Choir, who were once orphans, Read More
African Wildlife Presentation At Nature Center: Expedition To Masai Mara
Wildebeests at sunset on the plains of the Masai Mara in Kenya. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Learn more about African birds and large mammals at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19 in the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium, the Walkers and Coopers will share their photographs and stories from their trip to the Masai Mara in Kenya.
During their 10-day stay at two upscale tent camps, they encountered and photographed more than a hundred species of birds and 25 species of large mammals. They witnessed several river-crossing events and learned more about the plains ecosystem and the culture of the native Masai Read More
Daily Postcard: Leftover Autumn Leaves
Leftover autumn leaves soak up melting snow near 15th Street and Central Avenue. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Youth Mobilizers Screens ‘Race To Nowhere’ For Teens
LATC News:
Youth Mobilizers from the Los Alamos Teen Center (LATC), which is run by the Y and funded through Los Alamos County, are slated to show the documentary film “Race to Nowhere” to their fellow teens at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 and 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26 at the teen center, 20th Street and Central Avenue.
“Youth Mobilizers are young people who choose issues that affect their schools or communities and do the necessary research to present to school boards, town councils, and other government entities, with a view to solving problems,” Coordinator Maire O’Neill said.
“Race to Nowhere” Read More
Daily Postcard: Winter On Ashley Pond
A couple dances on the ice and snow late this afternoon around Ashley Pond in Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
LALT’s ‘Once A Ponzi Time’ Strikes Gold
Los Alamos Little Theatre opened “Once A Ponzi Time,” Friday to loud foot-stomping laughter from the audience. My family sometimes describes me as “sense of humor deprived” and I was laughing out loud for most of the play.
This is only the second production of “Once A Ponzi Time” and Read More
Chanticleer Performs In Los Alamos Jan. 24
Chanticleer in performance at the Abbaye aue Dames Saintes. Courtesy/Festival of Saintes
LACA News:
Chanticleer, “the reigning gods of the men’s chorus world” (Washington Post), will perform in Los Alamos at 4 p.m., Jan. 24 in the Duane Smith Auditorium.
Presented by the Los Alamos Concert Association as part of its 70th Anniversary celebration, the Grammy-winning ensemble is touring with a program spanning five centuries of vocal music called “Over the Moon”.
Founded in 1978 and named for the “clear-singing rooster” in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Chanticleer is admired world-wide Read More