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African Prince Performs In Los Alamos At ScienceFest

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His Royal Highness Prince Jongisilo Pokwana ka Menziwa

COMMUNITY News:

Los Alamos will receive a visit from royalty July 13-18 – an African Prince along with traditional South African performers coming to the town to share an energetic dance performance with live music July 15 and 18 at ScienceFest.

His Royal Highness Prince Jongisilo Pokwana ka Menziwa and his performing group, Izingane Zoma, were invited to perform July 10-12 at the International Folk Art Festival in Santa Fe.

This is not the Prince’s first visit. This time last year, he was traveling with another South African performance Read More

Review: Rigoletto Avenged … Golden Age Opera Delivers The Goods

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Quinn Kelsey (Rigoletto) and Georgia Jarman (Gilda) in ‘Rigoletto’. Photo (c) Ken Howard/Santa Fe Opera 2015

Bruce Sledge (Duke of Mantua) and chorus in ‘Rigoletto.’ Photo (c) Ken Howard/Santa Fe Opera, 2015

 

By ROGER SNODGRASS With CARL NEWTON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Giuseppe Verdi’s tragic masterpiece Rigoletto provided a decisive boost to the struggling composer’s already promising career in 1851, and opened a new era for nineteenth century opera after its introduction at La Fenice near the Venice Rialto. Saturday’s performance at the Santa Fe Opera Read More

Kiwanis 4th Of July Event Deemed Booming Success

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Kiwanians prepare the evening’s fireworks display at Saturday’s annual eztravaganza at Overlook Park. Photo by Don Casperson
 
A beautiful display of lights and color at Saturday’s 4th of July Kiwanis Fireworks. Photo by Don Casperson
 
 
By CHARMIAN SCHALLER
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos

When the last shell had burst in the sky above Overlook Park on the Fourth of July, and all the equipment had been put away, Pat Soran, chairman of the Kiwanis Fireworks Committee, went home happy.

“I thought it was a great show,” he said. “I was really pleased. We had only seven Read More

A Delightful ‘Daughter of the Regiment’ Bodes Well For Opera Season

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Santa Fe tailgaters take a stroll after dining in the parking lot Friday evening at the opera. Photo by Roger Snodgrass/ladailypost.com
 
BY ROGER SNODGRASS WITH CARL NEWTON
LOS ALAMOS DAILY POST

In the midst of a creative frenzy and heady renown after moving from Italy to Paris in 1838, Gaetano Donizetti modestly wrote to a friend, “I have written, orchestrated and delivered a little opera for the Opéra-Comique that will be given in a month or 40 days.”

The “little opera,” The Daughter of the Regiment, quickly became, and remains to this day, one of his most successful works. A reinvigorated Read More

Annual Lavender In Valley Festival July 11-12

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A visitor to Purple Adobe Lavender Farm takes a close look in the fields. Courtesy photo

ABIQUIU News:

Purple Adobe Lavender Farm and other participating businesses invite the public to join them at the Annual Lavender in the Valley Festival, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 11-12. The Farm is between mile markers 210 and 211 on Hwy. 84 in Abiquiu.

It’s an invitation to spend a magical summer day, in a magical spot nestled in the beautiful Chama River Valley, celebrating the abundance and glory of lavender and community.

“Last year’s festival was such a success due in part to the large amount of help and guidance Read More

Laser Light Shows Coming To Nature Center

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‘Laser Beatles’ is one of 12 laser light shows offered at the Nature Center. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

PEEC will host 12 laser light shows in its new planetarium during July.

Thursday, July 9 through Wednesday, July 15, there will be at least two laser light shows daily. Experience a feast for the senses in these dazzling and captivating laser light programs. Classic music fans will see how laser light transforms favorite bands, with separate shows dedicated to the music of the Beatles, Led Zeppelin,  U2, Pink Floyd: “Dark Side of the Moon” and Pink Floyd: “The Best of Echoes.”

Family friendly Read More

Los Alamos ScienceFest 2015 Centers Events Around Manhattan Project Theme July 15-19

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Courtesy photo

 

SCIENCEFEST News:

Visitors will have a chance to unlock the mysteries behind the former secret city of Los Alamos July 15-19 during the eighth annual Los Alamos ScienceFest.

Los Alamos ScienceFest, the town’s signature annual event, is themed “the Secret City Unlocked” in recognition of the recent designation of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park and popularity of the WGN hit TV series “Manhattan.”

Most events during ScienceFest will be centered around the town’s once enigmatic history of the Manhattan Project and includes five days of family friendly Read More

Plans In Final Stages For July 4th Extravaganza

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About 15 people worked for three and a half hours June 27, ‘squibbing’ hundreds of shells for the Kiwanis Fourth of July Fireworks. Squibbing involves the insertion of electronic fuses into shells. Kiwanis jokingly calls this ‘a sewing circle with explosives’. From left, Charmian Schaller, Ann Hayes, Roger Stutz, Dennis Gill, John Arrowsmith and seated on the ground in front, Rick Reiss and OpalLee Gill. Photo by Sharon Stover

 

By CHARMIAN SCHALLER
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos

It takes a lot of work to get ready for the Kiwanis Fourth of July festivities in Overlook Read More

Brainpower & Brownbags 2015 Lunch Lectures

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Lee Marvin, James Coburn, Katy Jurado and Sam Peckinpah laugh it up at the 1981 Santa Fe Film Festival. Photo by Mario Villafuerte. Palace of the Governors photo archives, Santa Fe New Mexican Collection, HP.2014.14.355
 
 
 
NMHM News:
 
SANTA FE — From the making of a classic Western flick to stories of remarkable women, Harvey Houses, and Southwestern cuisine, the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library’s Brainpower & Brownbags Lunch Lectures offer a wealth of learning.
 
Organized by Librarian Tomas Jaehn, the monthly lectures are free and open to the
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