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Daily Postcard: Hazy Sunrise

Daily Postcard: The silhouette of leaves Tuesday morning as the sun rises over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and smoke lingers in the air, coloring the hazy sky from White Rock. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More

Petree Garden Center & Florist Is Expanding!

To fill the void, Petree Garden Center & Florist is beginning to carry many of the same gift lines previously found at CB Fox and adding lots of new handmade items purchased directly from the makers. Courtesy/Petree

Petree Garden Center & Florist is adding a full offering of quality teas, mugs, greeting cards and chocolates, all made by US artisans. Courtesy/Petree 

By LAUREL HARDIN
General Manager
Petree Garden Center & Florist

There is no doubt that 2020 has been challenging in ways we never could have prepared for. And for me one of the most important lessons learned this year has Read More

On The Job In Los Alamos: At White Rock Toys & Gaming

On the job Friday are owners James and Beverly Nelson at the White Rock Toys & Gaming offering everything from vintage Barbies to Warhammer. Nestled between BeeHive Homes and High Mesa Dental Arts behind Smith’s is the community gathering place for games and homemade fudge and other snacks. There are a number of rooms in the business specifically set up for playing games. Some of the weekly events include: Commander League – Magic Gathering, Board Game Night, Magic The Gathering Draft, Modern: Magic Gathering, Warhammer Paint & Play, starting  Oct. 1: Drop-in D&D, starting Read More

Great Horned Owl Spotted In Ponderosa Estates

A Great Horned Owl is spotted recently in Ponderosa Estates. With its long, earlike tufts, intimidating yellow-eyed stare, and deep hooting voice, the Great Horned Owl is the quintessential owl of storybooks. This powerful predator can take down birds and mammals even larger than itself, but also dines on daintier fare such as tiny scorpions, mice and frogs. It’s one of the most common owls in North America, equally at home in deserts, wetlands, forests, grasslands, backyards, cities and almost any other semi-open habitat between the Arctic and the tropics. Source: allaboutbirds.org. Photo
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On The Job In Los Alamos: Artist Shari Mills In White Rock

On the job Wednesday in her White Rock studio is artist Shari Mills painting mandala patterns on a variety of objects. While camping in 2019, Mills observed the camp host painting with drill bits as brushes and said she fell in love with the idea as a way to express her creativity. Mills has been painting for more than 20 years. Her artwork is available for purchase at ShariDotter on Etsy. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com

Artist Shari Mills at work Wednesday in her White Rock studio. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com Read More

Teatro Paraguas Presents Poet Karen Petersen On Zoom

Karen Petersen

TEATRO PARAGUAS News:

Teatro Paraguas presents Karen Petersen in a live Zoom poetry reading at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11.

In addition to receiving a PEN American Writer’s Grant, in 2019 Petersen was the first person in the history of the Pushcart Prize to receive five nominations in all three categories of poetry, short story and flash.

She also was nominated that year by Amos Greig, the editor of the Northern Ireland publication A New Ulster, for the UK Forward Prize and the Saboteur Prize. Hear her read from her various collections. There will be an opportunity for questions. Read More

Live Performance Of Hunker Down On Zoom Sept. 25

Teatro Paraguas News:

At 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, Teatro Paraguas in Santa Fe presents the World Premiere of the expanded, two-scene version of Hunker Down by Los Alamos playwright, Robert F. Benjamin

Hunker Down  is a romantic comedy about single older adults coping to “shelter-in-place” during the COVID Crisis. 

Bari’s cabin fever impels her to seek in-person social connection. As a long-time recluse, Kevin seems to be happily weathering the storm. Although these neighbors dislike each other, Bari launches a battle of wits to struggle for social connection. Will Kevin see the light?

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Red-Breasted Nuthatches Lifting Spirits Around Los Alamos

A Red-breasted nuthatch relaxes Wednesday next to a pond at a residence on Barranca Mesa and lifting spirits all over Los Alamos. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan

The Red-breasted nuthatch preens its feathers after taking a refreshing bath in a pond on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan

A Red-breasted Nuthatch finds a seed on the trunk of a pinion tree. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan

A Red-breasted nuthatch relaxing next to a pond at a residence on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan

A Red-breasted Nuthatch digging in crevices in a rock on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan Read More

Daily Postcard: Buck Dines And Rests In Local Yard

Daily Postcard: A buck eats birdseed from a feeder Friday in the backyard of a local residence. Deer have visited this yard all summer, eating apples, birdseed and anything green, or just resting for hours. They either jump over the gate (only access) or walk in behind you. Photo by Donald Taylor Read More

PEEC: Registration Opens For Kids Outdoor Clubs

PEEC is offering two small-group clubs Forest Explorers and Art in Nature Club for kids in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades. Sign up for today at peecnature.org/events. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

Get your kids outside this October with the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC).

Space is available in both of PEEC’s outdoor clubs, Forest Explorers and Art in Nature Club. Both programs are for students in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades and will meet once a week. 

Forest Explorers will meet 1-4 p.m. Wednesdays, starting Oct. 7 and ending Oct. 28. This 3-hour drop-off program provides the opportunity for Read More

Daily Postcard: Red-breasted Nuthatch With Seed

Daily Postcard: This Red-breasted Nuthatch is spotted with a seed in its beak Wednesday at a residence on Barranca Mesa. Red-breasted Nuthatches move quickly over trunks and branches probing for food in crevices and under flakes of bark. They creep up, down and sideways without regard for which way is up, and they don’t lean against their tail the way woodpeckers do. Source: www.allaboutbirds.org. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan 
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Boese Brothers Kicks Off Oktoberfest Festivities Friday

Boese Brothers kicks off its Oktoberfest festivities Friday. Courtesy/Boese Brothers

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

The big Oktoberfest celebration in Munich, Germany is canceled this year but luckily, plans for the event in Los Alamos are still going strong.

Boese Brother Brewery, 145 Central Park Square, will kick off its Oktoberfest celebrations Friday.

The festivities are noon to 10 p.m. three weekends in a row on Fridays and Saturdays, Sept. 18-19, Sept. 25-26 and Oct. 2-3.

Patrons can enjoy popular German foods such as beer brats, sauerkraut, pretzels Read More

Inaugural Virtual Indian Market Drives Sales, Membership

Southwestern Association for Indian Arts new Executive Director Kim Peone. Courtesy/SWAIA

SWAIA News:

SANTA FE — The Southwestern Association for Indian Arts announces a successful conclusion and excellent sales results from the organization’s first-ever Virtual Indian Market.

The virtual market drove sales for SWAIA’s 450 participating artists and increased membership by 144 percent.

Under the leadership of SWAIA’s new Executive Director Kim Peone (Colville Confederated Tribes / Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) and SWAIA’s board of directors, the organization pivoted to launch Read More

Fuller Lodge Art Center: 2020 Los Alamos Paint Out & Show

2018 Los Alamos Paint Out: First Place Winner ‘Morning Light’ by Pat Leister. Courtesy/LAAC

2018 Los Alamos Paint Out: Second Place Winner ‘Overlook’ by Peter Grab. Courtesy/LAAC

LAAC News:

  • Social Distancing at its Most Creative!

Plein Air Painters of New Mexico (PAPNM) and Los Alamos Arts Council (LAAC) are pleased to announce their 2nd joint plein air painting contest and exhibit, 2020 Los Alamos Paint Out and Show.

Friday, Sept. 18 through Sunday morning, Sept. 20, members of PAPNM will be in the Los Alamos area with their easels, paints, hats and masks, painting their interpretation of Read More

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