Student Musicale at UNM-LA Sunday
LA Music Teacher News:
The public is invited to a Student Musicale at 2 p.m. Sunday at UNM-Los Alamos (Building 2). The Musicale will be followed at 3 p.m. by a Los Alamos Music Teachers Meeting.
Performers in the Musicale range in age from first grade through college-age. They include: violinist Jamie Philp accompanied by Susan Mendel; pianists Kathleen Brodnax, Zachary Griego-Dreicer, Karin Ebey, Sonja Ebey, Jennie Gao, Gala Nelson, Konstantin Nelson, Nikolai Nelson, Aidan Ortiz.
Their teachers are Patricia Broxton, Juanita Madland, Frances Naffziger, Janna Warren and student Read More
Full Moon Shines Over Canyon in White Rock
Full moon shines over the canyon earlier this month as seen from the yard of a home on Potrillo Drive in Pajarito Acres in White Rock. Photo by Jennifer Bartram Read More
Los Alamos Little Theatre Seeking Eight Couples Married 50 Years or More to Honor on Stage
Actors Bruce Lamartine and Jody Shepard reflecting on their love in ‘Shouldn’t I Be Less in Love with You.’ Courtesy/LALT
Actors Marilyn Johns and Ken Milder getting to know each other at a funeral in ‘I Can Live With That.’ Courtesy/LALTLALT News:
Los Alamos Little Theatre would like to honor eight couples who have been married for 50 years or longer during the May 2014 performances of “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” by Joe DePietro and Jimmy Roberts.
Each of the eight couples selected will be provided free admission for one Read More
Local Photographer’s Portraits Tell Personal Story
Photo portraits by Maria Thibodeau. By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
As winter turns officially to spring and summer is at hand, it is a wonderful time for photography. No one knows this better than local photographer, Maria Thibodeau. Thibodeau teaches English at Los Alamos High School in addition to her career as a photographer.
The daughter of a professional photographer, Thibodeau sat for many photos as a child.
“I can take posed studio-type portraits, but they aren’t my forte,” Thibodeau said. “I far prefer to shoot outside or in a natural setting, especially when photographing children Read More
There’s a Lot of Love in Tuna – Show Begins May 2
The entire cast of ‘Tuna Does Vegas.’ Back row from left, Richard Martin, Amber Feavearyear, Brandon Santos, Jeff Spicer and Yesca Sullivan. Midde row from left: Kay Johnson, Holly Haas, Kristen Woolf and Edna Martin. Front row from left. Al Graham, David Rigsby and Lynn E. Alden. Courtesy/Dixon PlayersDIXON PLAYERS News:
What does New Mexico and Tuna, Texas have in common? Texans! Lots of ’em. Only Texans want to get away and visit New Mexico, but you never hear of a New Mexican vacationing in Texas.
And nearly all the residents of Tuna want to get away to Las Vegas, Nev.–to Read More
Rotarian Brian Newnam Shares Classification Talk
Rotarian Brian Newnam presented a classification talk at the April 15 Rotary Club meeting at the Manhattan Project Bar & Grill. Newnam was a laser physicist with Los Alamos National Laboratory for 30 years. As a violinist and violist, he has performed with the Orchestra of Santa Fe, the San Juan Symphony in Durango, and several other orchestras in Northern New Mexico. Since 2005, he has been the editor of the Journal of the Violin Society of America and serves on the VSA Board of Directors. He is married to violinist Kay Newnam. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Guitar Class Makes Beautiful Music at UNM-LA
Students enrolled in one of the guitar classes at UNM-Los Alamos practice in unison Thursday evening in Building 2. UNM-LA is offering two classes this fall in Guitar 1 and Rock Music Appreciation. Registration for Summer and Fall classes are underway. Summer classes begin June 2 and Fall classes begin Aug. 18. Summer/Fall schedules are now in stands around Los Alamos and White Rock as well as on the UNM-LA campus. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Create Haiku in Brush Lettering Workshop
Haiku in sumi ink. courtesy/FLAC Write Your Heart Out
Join the “Haiku Brush Lettering Workshop” with Rod Torrez 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday at Fuller Lodge Art Center and compose your own haiku!
Students will create a finished work of art including a haiku poem just in time Read More
This Week at the Reel Deal
Column by JIM O’DONNELLThis week we are opening The Other Woman. We will hold Captain America, Transcendence and Rio 2. The Grand Budapest Hotel will end this Thursday so don’t miss it. It is quirky and funny.
‘The Other Woman’ movie poster. Courtesy/Reel Deal Theater
In The Other Woman, after discovering her boyfriend is married, a woman (Cameron Diaz) tries to get her ruined life back on track. But when she accidentally meets the wife he’s been cheating on (Leslie Mann), she realizes they have much in common, and her sworn enemy becomes her Read More
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Craig Martin Experience Packs Blue Window Bistro
The finger-snapping, toe-tapping jazz from The Craig Martin Experience brought dancers to their feet Saturday night at the Blue Window Bistro. The band entertained the sold-out crowd who dined on a special selection of entrees, desserts and beverages. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Craig Martin, center, and his band, The Craig Martin Experience performed to a sold-out crowd Saturday night at the Blue Window Bistro. Together since 2012, the band features a three-horn front line backed by a solid rhythm section. Martin plays tenor sax and is joined by alto sax player Quinn Marksteiner Read More
‘Our Favorite Quilts’ Displayed at Mesa Public Library Art Gallery Beginning May 2
The 2013 Donation Quilt, ‘The Heart of Enchantment,’ a purple and green bargello design. Courtesy/LAPQG
2013 Quilt Market at Crossroads Bible Church. Courtesy/LAPQG
LAPQG News:
Dozens of beautiful quilts will be on display in the Los Alamos Piecemakers Quilt Guild Show, “Our Favorite Quilts,” at the Mesa Public Library Art Gallery beginning with an opening reception 4-6 p.m. Friday, May 2.
Each year the Guild makes a donation quilt that is raffled off after the September Quilt Market at Crossroads Bible Church. Funds raised by the sale of Donation Quilt tickets each year support Read More
Los Alamos Artist Heather Ward Shares Techniques April 22 Through May 27
Los Alamos Artist Heather Ward. Courtesy photo
By NANCY COOMBS
Originally from Massachusetts, Heather Ward has lived in Los Alamos for more than 10 years. She strives to create highly realistic drawings of animals, both wild and domestic, and pushes her media to the limits to achieve the effects she wants. Preferring to work with dry media, her favorites are charcoal, graphite, pyrography and scratchboard.
Scratchboard is a subtractive medium, similar to carving, where material is removed to create the art. Abrasive tools are used to scratch away the ink on the surface to reveal a white clay Read More
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Family YMCA Presents ‘Got Dance’ Variety Showcase
YMCA News:
The Family YMCA is hosting a “Got Dance” Variety Showcase at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 25 at New Beginnings Fellowship Church, 112 East Road in Los Alamos.
The performance will feature classical ballet on point, Irish dance, contemporary dance, International Latin and American rhythm ballroom dance, modern belly dance, Indian folk dance, hip hop, Kathak, Bollywood and contemporary dance.
The showcase is a fundraiser for the Y’s annual campaign that provides more than 200 people each year with scholarships. Tickets are $10 per person at the door. Read More
Flamenco Class at White Rock Activity Center
Photo by Catalina Rio Fernandez
COMMUNITY News:
Warm up your spring and summer and learn Flamenco Dance in White Rock. Flamenco dance has become a popular dance form worldwide because of its powerful lines, intense percussive rhythms, and the beautiful traditional melodies that cannot help but inspire movement. It comes from southern Spain and ties together the cultures of Western Europe, Northern Africa and South Asia in its unique blend of gypsy and folk history.
This class is for men and women, ages 11 and up. Ellen Walton is teaching the class under the sponsorship of the Los Alamos Read More
This Week at the Reel Deal
Column By JIM O’DONNELLThis week we are opening Transcendence. We will hold Captain America, The Grand Budapest Hotel and Rio 2. Need for Speed will end this Thursday.
Movie Poster for ‘Transcendence.’ Courtesy/Reel Deal Theater
In Transcendence,Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp) is the foremost researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence, working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence Read More
Apple Blossoms Photographed in Pajarito Acres
Apple Blossoms at sunrise in the yard of a home on Potrillo Drive in Pajarito Acres. Photo by Jennifer Bartram Read More
