Piano Competition Winners Present Free Recital At Crossroads Bible Church 3 p.m. Saturday
Pianist Lenny Svyatsky, 10, of Los Alamos is the 2014 State of New Mexico Level 1 winner. Courtesy photo
MUSIC News:
The public is cordially invited to attend a free recital of outstanding young pianists who are the winners of the Professional Music Teachers of New Mexico (PMTNM) annual District Honors Competition.
The free recital is 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at Crossroads Bible Church on East Road. The day-long Piano Competition that proceeds the concert is Friday, Oct. 2 on the UNM-LA campus.
Two outstanding piano artists—Marylene Dosse of Albuquerque and Kim Bakkum of Taos—are the invited Read More
Concordia Santa Fe’s Wind Orchestra Presents ‘At The Museum’ Oct. 25
MUSIC News:Two Great Art Events Oct. 16-18: Part 5
Magician by Gordon McDonough. Courtesy photoOct. 16-18 is Art Weekend in Los Alamos! Both the 2015 Los Alamos Studio Tour and the Gateway to the Holidays Arts and Crafts Fair will take place that weekend. The Los Alamos Daily Post is featuring artists from both events leading up to the Tour and Fair.
The 2015 Studio Tour is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18. There will be an artists’ reception 5-6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16. Samples of all artists’ work will be on display throughout the weekend in the Pajarito Room at historic Fuller Lodge. Read More
Hill Stompers At Smith’s Marketplace Sunday
The Los Alamos Hill Stompers at the band’s 15th birthday party. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comMUSIC News:
The Los Alamos Hill Stompers will be performing on the patio at Smith’s Marketplace at 2 p.m. Sunday.
The community is invited to enjoy a sneak preview of the special show that the group will play at Honk Fest in Boston over Columbus Day weekend.
“Several members of the Seed & Feed Marching Abominable, our mother band in Atlanta, will join us in Boston,” band member Kandace Favorite said. “We have added some of their tunes to our repertoire. Read More
Director Pat MacDonald Is Creative Genius Behind ‘Young Frankenstein’
Patrick MacDonald roller skates blindfolded in ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com. THEATER News:
Thanks to the creative genius of Patrick MacDonald as director and choreographer, the local community will enjoy the musical comedy “Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein” over the next two weekends.
Gretchen Amstutz adds her talent and expertise as musical director.
McDonald has acted, sung, directed and choreographed in many productions since moving to Los Alamos more than 10 years ago. Many would recognize him in the myriad of roles he has portrayed,
Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘The Intern’
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB“The Intern” stars two of our better contemporary actors, Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway, as a retired businessman and the successful founder of an online start up.
The send up is that De Niro’s 70-year-old character, Ben Whittaker, needing something more to do with his life, applies and gets accepted for a “senior intern” program at (Hathaway’s much younger character) Jules Ostin’s company.
Movie poster for ‘The Intern.” Courtesy Reel Deal Theater
The tag line for the film, “Experience never gets old,” is descriptive of the plot. Ben Whittaker’s 40 years Read More
Laugh And Cry At ‘Nebraska’
Movie poster for ‘Nebraska.’ Courtesy photo
Review by KELLY DOLEJSI
Would you look at a senile, drunk, limping old man any differently if you found out he was a millionaire?
In “Nebraska” (2013, rated R), screening at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Mesa Public Library, Woody (Bruce Dern) believes he has won a million dollars. His wife Kate (June Squibb) and adult children know it’s a scam, but his son David (Will Forte) agrees to drive him some 850 miles to pick up the check.
The greatness of this film isn’t its plot, which is pretty straight-forward. I’m not spoiling Read More
Teatro Paraguas Presents ‘Yemaya’s Belly’
A scene from ‘Yemaya’s Belly,’ opening Oct. 8 at Teatro Paraguas. Courtesy photoTHEATER News:
Santa Fe’s Teatro Paraguas presents Yemaya’s Belly, a play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes, opening Oct. 8 for a three week run under the direction of Alix Hudson.
Yemaya’s Belly, by Quiara Alegría Hudes, is the story of a boy, Jesus, (played by Kana Gaines), and his relation to his family, manhood and the ocean. He is lured away from his mother (Roxanne Tapia), father, and his hometown of rural Magdalena, by the material promise found in a colonial Read More
More Blood Moon Photos From Los Alamos
The blood moon photographed at 8:48 p.m. Sunday at the end of DP Road. Photo by Joel Williams
The blood moon photographed Sunday near Trinity and Diamond Drive. Photo by Eric Fairfield Read More
Two Great Art Events Oct. 16-18: Part 4
‘Summer’ by Marcee Sarracino. Courtesy photoART News:
Oct. 16-18 is Art Weekend in Los Alamos! Both the 2015 Los Alamos Studio Tour and the Gateway to the Holidays Arts and Crafts Fair will take place that weekend. The Los Alamos Daily Post is featuring artists from both events leading up to the Tour and Fair.
The 2015 Studio Tour is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18. There will be an artists’ reception 5-6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16. Samples of all artists’ work will be on display throughout the weekend in the Pajarito Room at historic Read More
Heart Smart Poster Contest Winners Announced
Aspen and Jewel Jaramillo are among this year’s Heart Smart Poster Contest winners. Courtesy/YMCA
YMCA News:
- First Place – Zoe Bent
- Second Place – Jewel Jaramillo
- Third Place – Annie Xie
- Fourth Place – Allyson Harbert
Signs Of Fall Begin To Appear
A large tree on Grand Canyon in White Rock is among the first in the area to show fall colors. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Cutting firewood is one of the fall projects underway as September comes to a close on Wednesday. Photo by Jennifer Bartram
Pumpkins are a familiar sign of the fall season. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
‘Absinthe Minded’ And ‘Altered Perceptions’ Open At Fuller Lodge Art Center
‘Absinthe Minded’ opened Friday at Fuller Lodge Art Center. Banners created from photographs of a body painting workshop were one outstanding feature of the show. It continues through Nov. 14. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
‘Mama’s Worst Nightmare’ by Byron Martinez. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
The exhibit has a bohemian flavor. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
‘Good Ol’ Charlie Brown’ by Joe Sackett. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
‘TimeScenes From 2015 Los Alamos Quilt Show
The Los Alamos Quilt Show displayed spectacular fabric art Friday and Saturday at Crossroads Bible Church. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
COMMUNITY News:
The 2015 Los Alamos Quilt Show brought out a wealth of creative pieces to share with the community Friday and Saturday at the Crossroads Bible Church, 97 East Road.
Handmade quilts of all types including wall hangings, table runners, art quilts and bed quilts of all sizes and for all occaissions were on display. The “Smokey River Quilt”, was this year’s Donation Quilt. The quilt was pieced Read More
Two Great Art Events Oct. 16-18: Part 3
Pendant by jeweler Melody Sauceda, one of the artists taking part in the Gateway to the Holidays Arts and Crafts Fair. Courtesy photoART News:
Oct. 16-18 is Art Weekend in Los Alamos! Both the 2015 Los Alamos Studio Tour and the Gateway to the Holidays Arts and Crafts Fair will take place that weekend. The Los Alamos Daily Post is featuring artists from both events leading up to the Tour and Fair.
The 2015 Studio Tour is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18. There will be an artists’ reception 5-6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16. Samples of all artists’ work will
Bandelier Welcomes New Artist In Residence Carolyn Tourney Florek
Bandelier Artist-in-Resident Carolyn Tourney Florek. Courtesy/Carolyn Florek
BANDELIER News:
Carolyn Tourney Florek of Santa Fe, Bandelier National Monument’s current artist in residence, is a poet, publisher, garden designer, and visual artist .
She has degrees in geology and painting, and her poetry has been published in a number of anthologies. Her poem, “Over Flat Creek,” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Florek’s most recent publication, The Painted Door Opened, is a collaboration along with Carolyn Dahl of their poetry and art. Her work Read More
Two Great Art Events Oct. 16-18: Part 2
Artist Cindy Boe with her work. Courtesy photoART News:
Oct. 16-18 is Art Weekend in Los Alamos! Both the 2015 Los Alamos Studio Tour and the Gateway to the Holidays Arts and Crafts Fair will take place that weekend. The Los Alamos Daily Post is featuring artists from both events leading up to the Tour and Fair.
The 2015 Studio Tour is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18. There will be an artists’ reception 5-6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16. Samples of all artists’ work will be on display throughout the weekend in the Pajarito Room at historic Fuller Lodge.
NMSA Has New Home At Sanbusco Complex
New home of the New Mexico School for the Arts. Courtesy photoNMSA News:
SANTA FE – At a special gathering at the New Mexico School for the Arts (NMSA) Wednesday, NMSA-Art Institute Director Riis Gonzales and NMSA Head of School Cindy Montoya announced to faculty and staff that NMSA is one step closer to acquiring a permanent campus.
The NMSA-Art Institute (NMSA’s non-profit partner), through its subsidiary Sanbusco 2015, purchased the Sanbusco Market retail complex Sept. 22. The statewide, public, arts-focused high school has been searching for a permanent home since its inception Read More
Jimmy Stadler Band Plays Ullr Fest Oct. 3
Light Opera Presents ‘Young Frankenstein’
Cast of ‘Young Frankenstein.’ Photo by Larry Gibbons
Sets by Holly Haas under construction. Photo by Larry GibbonsLIGHT OPERA News:
The Los Alamos Light Opera presents “Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein”, a ‘monster’ of a show directed and choreographed by Patrick MacDonald and musically directed by Gretchen Amstutz.
Everything about the show is monstrous- the ambitious set, the cast of millions (50), and 100 costumes! The impressive set was designed and created by Holly Haas, set designer. Dave Olivas, master carpenter, built the set with the help of many dedicated volunteers. Read More
