Entertainment

Guitarist Diego Figueiredo Plays Ashley Pond Tonight

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Russ Gordon, ‘Diego (Figueiredo) will possibly be the greatest guitarist to play Los Alamos.’ Courtesy photo

SUMMER CONCERT News:

Brazilian music, classical and jazz maestro, Diego Figueiredo will play a FREE concert at the Ashley Pond Pavillion in Los Alamos at 7 p.m. today.

The concert is this week’s production of the Los Alamos County Summer Concert Series (www.gordonssummerconcerts.com.) Diego will possibly be the greatest guitarist to play Los Alamos. Check him out on Youtube or his website www.diegofigueiredo. Read More

Santa Fe Opera’s Roméo et Juliette Hits Right Notes

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Ailyn Pérez (Juliette) and Stephen Costello (Roméo) in ‘Roméo et Juliette’ (c) Ken Howard for Santa Fe Opera, 2016
 
Susan Vishmid (dancer), Tim Mix (Capulet), and Beth Miller (dancer) in ‘Roméo et Juliette) (c) Ken Howard for Santa Fe Opera, 2016
 

By ROGER SNODGRASS
And CARL NEWTON
Los Alamos Daily Post

What is not to like about the Santa Fe Opera’s first production of French composer Charles Gounod’s 150-year-old opera, Roméo et Juliette?

Opening night on Saturday introduced a work of passionately clashing circles of romantic love and social hatred, ecstasy and oppression, sunrise Read More

Guitar Concert Feaures Los Alamos Native July 26

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Classical guitarist Mohit Dubey. Courtesy photo

LIBRARY News:

The sounds of classical guitar will waft through Mesa Public Library at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 26, as Los Alamos native Mohit Dubey presents a live concert in the Upstairs Rotunda and Art Gallery.

Dubey is a young classical guitarist and physicist-in-the-making. A student of Roberto Capocchi at New Mexico School for the Arts and Stephen Aron at Oberlin Conservatory, Mohit has played concerts across the world – from Santa Fe to Italy to Jordan. As the son of Indian and German scientists, Mohit is excited about using music as a means Read More

Los Alamos ScienceFest HUGE Success!

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LACDC News:
 
Los Alamos MainStreet would like to shout out a big THANK YOU for the wonderful support that the community, volunteers, partners and sponsors offered throughout ScienceFest. It takes a village to make ScienceFest a success!
 
Currently, staff is collecting data on attendance numbers from programming and percentage of sales increase from last year at this time. We will share that data as well as photos shortly.
 
Save the date for next year: July 13-16, 2017. ScienceFest will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Ranch School!
 
Again, thank
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Tuesdays At The Pond Features Los Alamos Light Opera Tonight

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LACD News:

This week Tuesdays at the Pond features Los Alamos Light Opera. Join us for a night of Broadway favorites, including some wonderful children performances from Annie and The Sound of Music. Other Broadway numbers include songs from Brigadoon, A Man of No Importance, South Pacific, Pippin, Pete’s Dragon, Les Miserables, The Fantasticks, The Music Man, Carousel, and Oklahoma. Sit back and enjoy some Broadway in Los Alamos!

The concert is tonight, Tuesday, July 19 and begins at 7:00 p.m. at Ashley Pond. Bring a blanket and a picnic dinner and enjoy the Los Alamos Read More

Bradbury Science Museum Association Shares De-Coding And DNA Fun At ScienceFest 2016

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The Bradbury Science Museum Association (BSMA) engages visitors of all ages at its first public activity during Los Alamos ScienceFest Saturday at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by KayLInda Crawford/ladailypost.com

It’s a busy day at the BSMA ScienceFest booth as Los Alamos High School student volunteers, from left, Jenny Wang, Maia Menefee, Serena Birenbaum, Prestley Gao and Tom Maggiore demonstrate the Enigma machine coding system used by the Germans in WWII. In addition to learning about deciphering codes, participants also had a chance to separate out wheat germ DNA – another Read More

Local Dancers Prepare For Performances In China

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Two local dancers, Claire DeCroix and Louisa Belian, are attending a five-week ballet intensive program at Long Beach Ballet in Long Beach, Calif. The program consists of three weeks in Long Beach, followed by two weeks of dancing in several locations in China. The dancers are in their third week and have been working hard to learn all the dances for the trip to China. Courtesy photo Read More

More Scenes From ScienceFest 2016

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Leia Roach strolls along the pond Saturday during ScienceFest 2016 in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Briefing a young scientist. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Some 10,000 people turned out for Saturday’s ScienceFest in Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

COMMUNITY News:

Los Alamos ScienceFest packed a day full of interactive activities, tours and exhibits Saturday that engaged some 10,000 people of all ages in science.

Festival producer Los Alamos MainStreet partneed with community businesses and organizations to present Read More