Celtic Christmas Showdown Tour Takes Off!
Los Alamos residents from left, Tessa Dowell, Jonathan Dowell and Wende Songe during a sound check Thursday in Tulsa, Okla., began their two-week concert tour called “Celtic Christmas Showdown” at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. The tour wraps up with a concert at 7 p.m., Dec. 15 at Crossroads Bible Church in Los Alamos and a final concert in Santa Fe Dec. 16. Photo by Mike Lippiatt Read More
Topper Band to Perform at Disneyland
Los Alamos High School Marching Band. Courtesy/LAHS
By Maire O’Neill
The Los Alamos High School Topper Band has been selected to perform at Disneyland in a coveted spot in the “Mainstreet USA” parade on Sunday, April 7, 2013, Director of Bands Zane Meek said.
Bands are selected by audition to perform in the parade. Additionally, the band will be working with Disney musicians and clinicians in a “Soundtrack Session” where they will learn what it is to record a music track for a movie scene.
“What a great honor it is to be chosen for this event,” Meek Read More
The Coffee House Embraces Artistic Trend
COFFEE HOUSE News:
The Coffee House in Los Alamos is joining a national trend by inviting local artists to showcase and sell their work at the restaurant in Mari-Mac Shopping Center.
“We are delighted to have local work at the Coffee House,” owner Brian Booth said. “We have had a potter and a photographer here already and have a jewelry and a knitter this week.”
Jeweler Patty Kokesh and knitter Maire O’Neill will be at the Coffee House from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8. Kokesh began working with leather craft at the age of 10 and expanded into other creative Read More
Holiday Open House at Fuller Lodge Art Center Saturday
FLAC News:
The community is invited to the Fuller Lodge Art Center Affordable Arts 2012 Holiday Open House this weekend.
We will be serving hot cider and cookies all day.
If you love to bake, consider dropping off some of your home made cookies at the Art Center this week, so we can share them with the shoppers on Saturday!
‘Tis the season to go shopping! At many stores you can expect to see the same kinds of things year after year, increasing the challenge of finding the perfect gift. Things are different
LAHS Students Tapped for All State Concert Ensembles
LAHS Marching Band. Courtesy/LAHS
By Maire O’Neill
Seventeen Los Alamos High School band students have been selected for participation or as alternates for the 2013 All State Concert Ensembles.
Some 1,000 entrants from around the state competed to perform at the all-state clinic and conference in Albuquerque Jan. 9-12, 2013.
‘A Separation’ Screens Thursday at Mesa Library
“A Separation.” Courtesy/IMDb
Review by Kelly Dolejsi
The Iranian film “A Separation” (2011) is one of the best films I’ve seen in awhile. It purports to be about putting a child through divorce, and the difficulties of caring for a parent with Alzheimer’s disease. I suppose it is. But it begins and ends in an Iranian court house, and for me the focus really became how people tell their sides, and the fact that there is no truth, or at least no single truth.
Simin (Leila Hatami) and Nader (Payman Maadi) certainly have what in America we call “irreconcilable differences.” Viewers Read More
Community Winds Holiday Prism Concert Sheds Light on Local Talent
Courtesy/LACW
By Bonnie J. Gordon
The Los Alamos Community Winds started a new holiday tradition last year with the Community Holiday Prism Concert.
This year, the second annual Holiday Prism Concert will take place directly after the Holiday Lights Parade at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec 8 at the Crossroads Bible Church. The concert is free, but donations will be accepted.
The Winds have invited a number of local musicians to perform with them at this concert.
“This concert is a celebration of the variety of performers in White Rock and Los Alamos,” Winds Musical Director Ted Vives said. “The idea is that Read More
Dec. 5 Brown Bag Performance: Pianist Frances Meier
Frances Meier. Courtesy photo
LAAC News:
Her compositions have been performed by the Los Alamos Choral Society, the Black Mesa Brass Quintet and the Los Alamos High School choir, as well as other performing ensembles. Hansel & Gretel Set For Next Weekend
Hansel (Cody Maggiore), Gretel (Sally Grindstaff) and the Witch (Christin Severini) perform in Dance Arts Los Alamos Winterfest Weekend. Photo by Paulo T. Photography
By Lynn Finnegan
When Dance Arts Los Alamos Ballet Director and former American Ballet Theatre dancer Christin Severini was a young child, she would spend many hours choreographing and performing elaborate shows for her parents, with the reluctant participation of her younger brothers.
The rest is, as they say, history. The storybook ballet, “Hansel & Gretel”, performing Winterfest Weekend at Duane Read More
‘Star Vigilante’ Books Signed Saturday
Science-fiction author T. Jackson King signed his books Saturday at Smith’s Food and Drug Center, 31 Sherwood Blvd., in White Rock.
The Los Alamos author introduced his new novel “Star Vigilante,” a science fiction action-adventure that features an interstellar vigilante hired to save a human colony world from an alien strip mining operation.
King, who goes by the name Tom, also signed copies of his other sci-fi and fantasy novels at Saturday’s event. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon Read More
King’s Book Signing Today at Smith’s
Author T. Jackson King
Staff Report
Los Alamos author T. Jackson King has a new novel out with the recent publication of “Star Vigilante,” hard science fiction action-adventure that features an interstellar vigilante hired to save a human colony world from an alien strip mining operation.
King will autograph his novel from 1-5 p.m. today, Saturday Dec. 1 at Smith’s Food and Drug Center, 31 Sherwood Blvd., in White Rock.
King, who goes by the name Tom, said he also will have his other sci-fi and fantasy novels available for sale and personalized autographing this afternoon.
King, 64, a former Read More
UNM-LA Hosts Native American Heritage Day
Eagle Dance and Buffalo Dance were performed at Native American Heritage Day Thursday, Nov. 29 on the UNM-Los Alamos campus. The college hosted the festive event. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon
A young dancer shows off his colorful clothes lined with feathers. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon Read More
Shoplifting Drama Unfolds in Downtown Los Alamos
Melissa Carpenter of Los Alamos is in jail charged with fourth degree felony shoplifting. Courtesy/LAPD
Staff Report
Police arrested Melissa Carpenter of Los Alamos Wednesday afternoon and charged her with shoplifting $250-$2,500 worth of merchandise, which is a fourth degree felony.
Carpenter, 36, was captured with the help of Deborah Stone-Richard, a native of Virginia, who is on an extended visit to Los Alamos.
Stone-Richard was volunteering Wednesday at Fuller Lodge Art Center, 2132 Central Ave., when she heard a crash of sales items on the floor.
She saw that a woman, who turned Read More
Udall: $275,000 in NEA Grants for NM Arts
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall has announced that New Mexico will receive $275,000 in matching grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA.)‘Paradocs’ Plays Coffee House Cafe Friday
COFFEE HOUSE News:
The jazz trio “Paradocs” will be playing at the Coffee House Cafe, 723 Central Ave., across from Smith’s 6-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30.
The Paradocs Trio of piano, guitar and saxophone performs acoustic jazz standards and classic tunes.
The Coffee House Cafe, 505-662-CAFE offers a dinner menu of American, Italian and New Mexican selections. Read More
Clark & Kendall’s Weekend Preview: Nov. 29
This week’s preview sponsored by www.fyila.com
Kiwanis Breakfast with Santa – 7-11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 at Betty Ehart Senior Center. Free breakfast and photos with Santa. Request a donation of non-perishable food or a monetary donation to help with the Kiwanis annual Foster Children Christmas Party. LA Cares will distribute the food donations.
Christmas Arts & Crafts Fair 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 at Knights of Columbus on DP Road. Arts, crafts, breakfast and lunch available for purchase.
Meet Me at Mesa – Making the Arts Accessible to People with Dementia. 9:30 to 11 a.m. Read More
LAHS Trumpeter Finalist in Carnegie Hall Program
Aaron Bao. Courtesy photo
LAHS News:
Los Alamos High School trumpeter Aaron Bao has been accepted as a finalist in the honors band for the 2013 American High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall in New York next summer.
Last June, he was selected as a member of the National Association of Music Education National Honor Ensemble and performed at the Kennedy Center.
A senior, Bao has played trumpet since fifth grade. He successfully auditioned for all-state and Southwest Honor Band in 10th and 11th grade.
Other accomplishments include playing with the Los Alamos Community Winds since Read More
New World Cuisine: The Histories of Chocolate, Mate y Más
Photo: La Chocolatera (Chocolate Storage Jar) by Camilla Trujillo and René Zamora
MIFA News:
The Histories of Chocolate, Mate y Más opens Dec. 9 and runs through Jan. 4, 2014 in the Hispanic Heritage Wing at the Museum of International Folk Art.
This exhibition will tell the tale of the earliest cultural mestizaje (mixing) to take place in the Americas through food. The exhibition will highlight foods that originated in the New World and foods that were brought over from Europe via Spain and Asia via the Spanish Manila Galleons.
Several special sections in the exhibition highlight specific food Read More
Everything Christmas Sale Dec. 5
UNITED CHURCH News:
An Everything Christmas Sale is set for 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5.
The WCSS of the United Church is sponsoring the holiday event in Graves Hall on Rose Street.
Items available for purchase include:
- Christmas lights;
- Christmas trees;
- Decorations;
- Wreaths;
- Cookie Cutters; and
- Ornaments;
- Trash to Treasures gently used items donated specifically for holiday giving; and
- Bake Sale full of yummy Christmas goodies.
Christkindlmarket at Winterfest Dec. 8
DWM News:
Denver Wealth Management is hosting a Christkindlmarket in conjunction with Winterfest in the parking lot at Central Avenue and 15th Street.
The Christkindlmarket will run 5-9 p.m. Saturday Dec. 8 with vendors from all over Northern New Mexico showcasing a wide array of products available for purchase..
There will be several different styles of artists and jewelers, jams and jellies, craft foods, wood and metal works, clothing and accessories, arts and crafts and German style food and drink.
Everyone is welcome to come enjoy a brisk evening of festive atmosphere. There will be door Read More
