Arts

UNM-LA Hosts LAMTA Piano Recital Sunday Feb. 24

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Los Alamos Music Teachers Association pianists will perform at the LAMTA Sunday Musicale at 2 p.m., Feb. 23 at UNM-LA. Courtesy photo
 
UNM-LA News:
 
In keeping with their ongoing mission of Community Outreach and Service, the UNM-LA Campus will host the first of two Spring Piano Recitals at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24.
 
The recital is FREE and open to the public, sponsored by the Los Alamos Music Teachers Association (LAMTA). LAMTA’s Sunday Musicales are regular public presentations for the public’s enjoyment and appreciation of the city’s musically talented youth. Nineteen
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New Mexico School For The Arts Exhibition March 1-29

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HSFF News:
 
Historic Santa Fe Foundation (HSFF) will host the exhibition Decomposition with works by 14 New Mexico School for the Arts students 5-7 p.m., March 1-29, with the opening Friday, March 1 at HSFF’s El Zaguán, 545 Canyon Road in Santa Fe.
 
NMSA’s Junior Visual Artists are organizing their first ever thematic exhibition in this lovely historical building, the James A. Johnson House, also known as HSFF’s El Zaguán on Canyon Road.
 
Students will be creating fresh new works inspired by the title and theme of decomposition. As part of their training
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Los Alamos Under A Snow Day … Hip Hip Hooray!

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Los Alamos woke up to a thick blanket of snow this morning and residents are making the most of it! Here the Jafarov family is clearly having a ton of fun sledding today at Urban Park. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Members of the Jafarov family demonstrate the ‘agony and the ecstasy’ of sledding this morning at Urban Park. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com   ‘’  

A man armed with a snow blower clears sidewalks late this morning on Central Avenue. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

A row of cars covered with snow this morning on Trinity Drive.  Photo by Read More

Teatro Paraguas Presents El Coqui Espectacular And The Bottle Of Doom April 11-28

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El Coquí cast. Courtesy photo
 
TEATRO PARAGUAS News:
 
A Nuyorican comic book artist down on his luck becomes the city’s newest superhero in El Coquí Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom, written by Matt Barbot and directed by Roxanne Tapia.
 
Alex Nuñez (Miles Blitch) searches to discover his Boricua identity and prove to himself that he is not just “Sorta Rican” – the stereotype assigned to him by his erstwhile high school bully Junior/current nemesis El Chupacabra (Ricky Mars). So he becomes El Coquí, a superhero named for the iconic Puerto Rican tree frog, who
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Daily Postcard: Snow Moon Over White Rock

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The Snow Moon with clouds beginning to cover it Monday evening over White Rock. The full moon this morning, Feb. 19, will be the brightest and largest supermoon in 2019, appearing about 10 percent larger than normal, according to space.com. February’s full moon, nicknamed ‘Snow Moon’, appears larger than normal because it will be closer in its orbit to the Earth than at any other point in 2019. The name Snow Moon comes from the typically heavy snowfall across parts of the U.S. in February. Different Native American tribes had other names for February’s moon. The Cherokee referred to it as the ‘Bone Read More

New Mexico, Contemporary Music & Doomsday Clock

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CRAS Ensemble. Courtesy photo

MUSIC News: 

 
CRAS Ensemble, a Danish contemporary music group has just launched a Doomsday Clock-inspired project with several connections to New Mexico.
 
The initiation of IN OUR TIME marks the beginning of a potentially endless artistic project in which global events, including international security and existential threats such as nuclear weapons and climate change, will be turned into a huge, constantly evolving piece of music.
 
IN OUR TIME will consist of an unknown number of movements, called “chapters”, each lasting about
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