Visit ‘Home Country’ with Writer Slim Randles
Western writer Slim Randles will be in town Feb. 28 for ‘Authors’ Speak’ at Mesa Public Library. Courtesy photoBy KIRSTEN LASKEY
You never know where a career path will take you. Sometimes a career will move you upward, other times it brings you to a dead end.
For Slim Randles, following a career in journalism and writing has allowed him to zigzag all over the place. It’s been a topsy-turvy path to be sure, but one loaded with adventure, humor and a wealth of great stories.
Randles will share his adventures in writing during the next talk in the Authors Speak Series at 7 p.m., Read More
Than Povi Fine Art Gallery Opens for Business
Elmer and Deborah Torres cut the ribbon on their new gallery and gift shop Saturday morning. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Elmer Torres assists customers visiting the Than Povi Fine Art Gallery and Gift Shop Saturday. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Elmer and Deborah Torres of Pueblo de San Ildefonso cut the ribbon on their Than Povi Fine Art Gallery and Gift Shop Saturday morning .
The Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce hosted the grand opening event at the new gallery at 6 Banana Lane off U.S. 84/285 at Exit 176 next to Gabriel’s Restaurant. Read More
AAUW Screens Film on Rape in the Military
AAUW News:
See “The Invisible War,” a groundbreaking investigation into what Newsweek has called “the most underreported crime in America”: the epidemic of rape in the U.S. military at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21.
The film will be shown in the Jeannette Wallace Hall (Bldg. 5) at UNM-LA by the Los Alamos branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW.)
The screening is a fundraiser for AAUW’s Legal Advocacy Fund (LAF.) Admission is $10 adults and $5 students. All proceeds will be donated to LAF.
AAUW is committed to improving the way the military deals with Read More
Thoughts From the Big Chair: Comments on Television and Associated Media From a Lifelong Addict
Thoughts From the Big ChairComments on Television and Associated Media From a Lifelong Addict
Welcome to the first of an anticipated series of weekly columns about television and associated media.
The title is taken from one of the iconic music albums from the 1980’s, “Songs from the Big Chair” by Tears for Fears (1985) and it, of course, refers directly to my lounge chair in our (that’s Linda, my lovely bride, and me) living room here in White Rock (N.M.)
I am a lifelong lover of television, starting in the late 1950’s, and my love for television has run unabated since Read More
Cure Cabin Fever at Jemez Springs Fire & Ice Festival
Festival-goers sample the wares at the 2012 Jemez Springs Fire & Ice Festival. Courtesy/JSFIF
Staff Report
Enjoy old fashioned, rip roaring, winter-time fun for the whole family Saturday, Feb. 23 at the annual Fire & Ice Festival at the Jemez Springs Civic Park in Jemez Springs.
Festivities begin at 11 a.m.
Enjoy watching a professional Chain Saw Carving contest and exhibition with amazing hand-carved sculptures that’ll be auctioned off 3:15 p.m. during the festivities.
The theme of the carvings will be “Otherworldly Beings,” which gives the carvers the opportunity to choose Read More
Hannemann’s Music Corner: Working Without a Net
Hannemann’s Music Corner DK and the Affordables Rock Ski Hill Saturday
DK and the Affordables. Courtesy/DKA
SKI HILL News:
The next Pajarito Mountain Beer and Band event will noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb 16 at the Pajarito Mountain Ski Area.
The beer will be from Marble Brewery and the band will be DK and the Affordables from Jemez Springs.
The Affordables jumping, jiving roots music is sure to get you moving.
Atomic City Transit is providing a new bus service to Pajarito Mountain with the last bus going down Saturday at 5:20 p.m. so people can enjoy the show and get a ride home. Read More
Los Alamos Students Perform at Roundhouse
Three sisters who attend Los Alamos Public Schools performed Feb. 12 during Hispanic Cultural Day at a Joint Session on the House floor at the Roundhouse. Pictured here with State Auditor Hector Balderas are from left, Alexandria “Lexie”Quintana (LAHS), Anjelika “Jeli” Garcia (LAMS) and Anika Garcia (Aspen Elementary.) The girls dance with Baile Ilusion Folklorico of Pojoaque. They are the daughters of Aspen PE coach Adam Garcia and his wife Marcy. Read More
NMDT-PC Presents ‘Dancers in Concert’ this Weekend
NMDT-PC dancers. Photo by Holger Waschinski
NMDT News:
New Mexico Dance Theater Performance Company (NMDT-PC), directed by Susan Baker-Dillingham, presents its February production, “Dancers in Concert,” this weekend at the Duane W. Smith Auditorium.
The NMDT-PC production of “Dancers in Concert” features three original ballets choreographed by Baker-Dillingham: “Hear, Speak, See,” “Pandora’s Box,” and “Cakewalk.”
Dancer Emily Brown. Photo by Holger Waschinski
“I choreographed ‘Hear, Speak, See’ several years ago and wanted to rework it,” Baker-Dillingham said. “The dance is Read More
More Than 30 Musicians Perform at UNM-LA Music Marathon
Gala Nelson, a student of Janna Warren, demonstrated her talent at the UNM-LA Music Marathon, even if she couldn’t reach the pedals. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.comStaff Report:
The The Third Annual UNM-LA Music Marathon provided a full six hours of musical entertainment on Sunday, Feb. 10. The event raised more than $700 for UNM-LA scholarships and attracted approximately 200 music-lovers to the campus.
Ranging in age from tiny tots to senior citizens, performers presented a wide range of music at the Marathon. Contemporary jazz, Renaissance viol, Read More
Ali MacGraw Moderates Discussion on Women’s Empowerment
Staff Report
New Mexico PBS (Ch. 5.1), International Folk Art Market – Santa Fe, and The Lensic Performing Arts Center will host a special free screening of a 40-minute-segment of New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s documentary “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women,” focusing on women’s economic empowerment.
The screening will take place 7-9 p.m. Thursday, March 7 at the Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco Street in Santa Fe.
This segment features actress Olivia Wilde visiting Rebecca Lolosoli, Folk Art Market Read More
Two Works by Los Alamos Playwright Robert Benjamin
From left, Warren Wilgus (Miguel), Ruben Muller (Reynaldo) and Kristina Caffrey (Rachel) in East Mountain Centre for Theatre production of ‘Parted Waters.’ Courtesy/East Mountain Centre for Theatre By Bonnie J. Gordon
East Mountain Centre for Theatre is presenting Los Alamos playwright Robert Benjamin’s Parted Waters at Vista Grande Community Center (just east of Albuquerque) at 7 p.m. Feb 15, as a dinner theatre at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 16, and as a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. Feb. 17. Visit www.emct.org. for tickets and information.
Benjamin’s newest play, Salt and Pepper, Read More
Go ‘Behind the Scenes’ with Viennese Artist
Scoschi Friedel with her work at the opening reception for ‘Behind the Scenes’ at Fuller Lodge Art Center. Photo by Greg Kendal/ladailypost.comArtist Susanna “Scoschi” Friedel’s exhibit at Fuller Lodge Art Center’s Portal Gallery came about because of a happy accident.
Village Arts owner Ken Nebel noticed a number of very interesting works of art coming into the store for framing. They turned out to be the creations of a Viennese artist, the sister of local resident Reiner Friedel.
Paintings from ‘The Red Series.’ By Scoschi Friedel
Nebel Read More
Column: The Versatile Guitar
The Versatile GuitarAlbum Release Party for Rumelia at Pyramid Café
Rumelia band members from left, Nicolle Jensen, Sitara Schauer and Deborah Ungar. Photo by Jennifer EsperanzaStaff Report
Rumelia will celebrate the release of their debut album 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23 at the Pyramid Café in Los Aamos. There is a $10 cover. Children are free.
Rumelia is a band composed of three women who are putting a new spin on music from Eastern Europe, a region generally known as the Balkans.
The music is unique to the western ear in that it uses odd time signatures (think 7/8, 9/8 and 11/8 for starters), as well as eastern scales (maqam) and tonalities. Rumelia’s repertoire Read More
Juanita Madland Plays ‘Adagios Amor’ on Valentine’s Day
Pianist Juanita Madland/Courtesy PhotoStaff Report
The Betty Ehart Alamos Senior Center will host a free Valentine’s Day Piano Concert at noon Thursday, Feb. 14 with piano virtuoso Juanita Madland.
The public is invited to Adagios Amor, featuring luscious, mesmerizing pieces that have inspired lovers through the ages.
“The concert is an offering to Los Alamos,” Madland said.
Madland holds a Masters of Music from the University of New Mexico, where she studied with renowned pianist Evelyne Brancart. Her European venues include the Peter Paul Rubens Museum in Antwerp, the Salzburg Mozart Read More
Down Home Fun with Author Slim Randles Feb. 28
Author Slim Randles. Courtesy photoLIBRARY News:
Join longtime New Mexico resident Slim Randles at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28 at Mesa Public Library for an evening of wild, funny and homespun stories both from his work as a newspaperman and those from his days actually in the wild.
Randles will talk about his current syndicated column, which runs in more than 100 newspapers nationwide and his new book Home Country, a compilation of the best of his wit and wisdom from his column of the same title.
So just where is Home Country? It is here, in our hearts. It’s a warm summer evening, a place by the fire Read More
Karen Wray Fine Art Gallery & Studio Offers Valentine’s Day Gifts
KWFA News:
- Hummingbird and goldfinch paintings;
- A sumptuous floral still life by Sheridan Brown;
- Unbelievable charcoal, graphite and scratchboard artwork by Heather Ward;
- A beautiful photo by TK Thompson of flamenco dancers;
- Karen Wray’s original and reproductions of florals and landscapes;
- Kathleen Veenstra’s
Native American Art Gallery Opens Next to Gabriel’s Restaurant
New art gallery opens at Pueblo de San Ildefonso on the plaza across from the ‘big tree’ 10 miles north of Santa Fe. Courtesy photo
ART News:
The Than Povi Fine Art Gallery and Gift Shop, owned by Elmer and Deborah Torres of Pueblo de San Ildefonso has opened a new location, just 10 miles north of the Santa Fe city limits.
The gallery is at 6 Banana Lane off U.S. 84/285 at Exit 176, north of the Santa Fe Opera and next to Gabriel’s Restaurant.
Specializing in New Mexico Native American artists, the gallery boasts a large collection of the famous San Ildefonso Pueblo Black-on-Black Read More
