15th Annual Los Alamos Kite Festival Begins Friday
Clark & Kendall’s – Weekend Preview – May 16, 2012
The Los Alamos Daily Post's events calendar webcast, "Clark & Kendall's Weekend Preview." Carol A. Clark and Greg Kendall co-host this weekly program, which previews each upcoming weekend's events scheduled for Los Alamos, White Rock and beyond.
To compile the list of events, the Los Alamos Daily Post checks the event calendars found in the right hand sidebar and we sample the posters on the front window at Aspen Copies. We cover events that are of interest to the general public.
Things that didn't make the webcast: (Let us know if we missed something!): Read More
Los Alamos Choral Society Performs Songs of Love and Romance at 3 p.m. Sunday
The Los Alamos Choral Society presents their spring concert, entitled “Love In Bloom,” at 3 p.m., this Sunday at the United Church of Los Alamos.
There will be a second performance at Cochiti Lake on Memorial Day.
They will perform, “How to Talk to Turtles, (a love song),” by Mary Badarak, LACS’s director. It opens with the lines:
Turtles truly love to talk
In voices low
Dance Arts Los Alamos to Feature Graduating Seniors
DANCE ARTS LOS ALAMOS News:
Erin Burr (Odile) and Megan Kelley (Odette) in DALA’s production of Swan Lake. Photo and design by Paulo T. Photography.
Dance Arts Los Alamos is celebrating 20 years of bringing professional dance training and high quality performances to the community.
This weekend, three distinct programs will highlight the accomplishments of dancers ages 3 through adult as well as the talent and diversity of the DALA faculty.
Intermediate and advanced level ballet students will present an abridged version of Swan Lake at 7 p.m., May 18 and 19. All performances will take Read More
Summer in Taos is Chamber Music Heaven
Art Center gets ‘Naked’ in New Show
“Tomorrow’s Excuse” by Los Alamos Artist Amy Bjarke
By Kirsten Laskey
There is not just one way to interpret a theme. Finding an interpretation, in fact, can be an art form.
The Fuller Lodge Art Center has challenged artists with a real hefty theme to illustrate. Eighty artists responded to the challenge and their work will be unveiled to the public starting at 5 p.m. Friday at the Art Center.
The Art Center’s newest show, “Naked,” reveals numerous ways artists envision this theme.
Some saw “naked” as being the human figure. For instance, Irene Berenstein photographed herself Read More
Local Teens Heading to World Championships
Los Alamos teens Natalie Smith and Maria Jones are traveling to Wexford, Ireland to compete in the CRN World Open Championships June 2-3. The girls are students at the Belisama Irish Dance, founded in 2006 in Santa Fe and Los Alamos. Smith won the Regional Championships in the under-19 category this spring, and Jones was the 2010 North American Champion in the under-14 category. Both are Craobh Grad dancers, the highest level of dance in the CRN organization. The girls will compete in one soft-shoe and two hardshoe dances, and will also join Santa Fe dancers Shannon and Caitlyn Kossmann and instructor Read More
Fuller Lodge Art Center Hosting ‘Naked’ Reception
“Eve, God’s Creation” done in conte crayon by Ron Barsano from Arroyo Hondo. Courtesy/Fuller Lodge Art Center
WHITE ROCK’S ART & ARTISANS MARKET: Call for Exhibitors
The Los Alamos Creative District is now accepting applications for exhibitors/vendors from throughout the area to display and sell their work at the White Rock Art and Artisans Market.
The market will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., each Sunday from June 10 until Oct. 21 and is free to the public.
The location will be an outdoor space at the Hive at 134 N.M. 4 in White Rock where about 40 tents and tables can be accommodated.
The Hive is close by the parking and shuttle stop for the Bandelier National Monument shuttle, which begins in June. All visitors going to Bandelier will be required to use this shuttle. Read More
Fuller Lodge Starting Friday: Hidden Cultures Unmasked – A Global Photographic Journey with Hal Davis
An opening reception at Fuller Lodge Art Center from 5-7 p.m., Friday May 18, in the side Portal Gallery will present 22 photographs from around the globe taken by local photographer Hal Davis. The exhibit, Hidden Cultures Unmasked – A Global Photographic Journey with Hal Davis, reflects his interest in photographing foreign cultures that are in transition from traditional ways to modernity. The show runs through June 23. Photo by Hal Davis
Photo by Hal Davis
Photo by Hal Davis
Photo by Hal Davis
2012 Los Alamos County Summer Concert Series Kicks Off Friday at Overlook Park
The 2012 Los Alamos County Summer Concert Series begins at 7 p.m, Friday May 18 at Overlook Park in White Rock.
Sponsorships are still needed. Checks can be sent to Gordons’ Concerts at 109 Central Park Square, Los Alamos, NM 87544.
All shows start at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
Summer Concert Schedule:
- May 18 Overlook Park: Tiho Dimitrov Band Rock – DK & The Affordables Roots Rock the Los Alamos Kite Fest, see www.losalamosartscouncil.org/kite-festival
- May 25 Ashley Pond: The Red Elvises LA’s favorite band! Russian rokenroll KRSN AM1490 Night
- June 1 Venue TBA: Laurie Lewis Fabulous
Aimée Ringle’s Bowl of Stones Tour
Aimée Ringle is performing at 7 p.m., Saturday May 12 at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church in Kelly Hall.
Tickets are $10 at the door.
Aimée grew up in Los Alamos and graduated from Los Alamos High School.
She is a singer/songwriter, doing a tour to promote her first album. Read More
Clark & Kendall’s – Weekend Preview – May 10, 2012
The Los Alamos Daily Post's events calendar webcast, "Clark & Kendall's Weekend Preview." Carol A. Clark and Greg Kendall co-host this weekly program, which previews each upcoming weekend's events scheduled for Los Alamos, White Rock and beyond.
Today's Weekend Preview runs about 23 minutes.
To compile the list of events, the Los Alamos Daily Post checks the event calendars found in the right hand sidebar and we sample the posters on the front window at Aspen Copies. We cover events that are of interest to the general public.
This program is sponsored Read More
Scenes From Cinco de Mayo Concert
Possible Quorum – Art in Public Places Board Field Trip
ART IN PUBLIC PLACES BOARD News
A possible quorum of Art in Public Places Board Members will be visiting art galleries on Canyon Road in Santa Fe on Saturday, May 12th. This trip is open to the public. Anyone wishing to go should meet in the Mesa Public Library parking lot at 9 a.m.
Read MoreFrom Nazi Germany to the Manhattan Project: A Love Story
In a chilling story of her parents’ escape from Hitler’s reign of terror, Bettina Hoerlin reveals the depth and breadth of Nazism in pre-war Germany at a reading and signing at Otowi Station Bookstore on Saturday, May 12, at 3 p.m.
Hoerlin’s book, Steps of Courage, is a unique blend of historical and personal facts that documents how her parents overcome obstacles to their romance, one between an Aryan and Jew, and fight the nazification of culture, science and mountaineering. Spurred by a treasure trove of 500 love letters and untapped German archives, Hoerlin weaves together a tale playing Read More
Co-op Rocks!
LOS ALAMOS COOPERATIVE MARKET News
Co-opRocks! is brought to you by the Los Alamos Co-op as part of their outreach program to young adults (high school and college age). The program is intended to provide young adults a venue to express their interests (music, art, theater, etc.) in a fun and safe atmosphere. General Manager, Steve Watts said, “We strive to share our cooperative values through this venue by sourcing local talent and encouraging young adults and the community to come support each other at Co-opRocks!”
The 5 hours will be filled with a variety of activities, which Read More
Choral Society Spring Concert
CHORAL SOCIETY News
Courtesy Photo
The Los Alamos Choral Society will perform their Spring Concert on May 20th at 3:00 at the United Church in Los Alamos. Our Spring concerts are light and fun. Here is an example of the songs being sung: Everythig’s Coming Up Roses, Almost like Being in Love, Amor de me Alma Liebeslieder Walzer,The Nightingale by Tchaikovsky, Life’s Joy by Franz Schubert, Fruhlingsahnung, Op 48 No 1 by Felix Mendelssohn, How to talk to Turtles (A Love Song) by Mary Badarak (our director), Dirait-on by Morten Lauridssen. Read More
Arts in Public Places Board Agenda for May 9th
ARTS IN PUBLIC PLACES BOARD News
Agenda for Wednesday, May 9, 2012 from 4:30 to 6:00 at Mesa Public Library.
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. PUBLIC COMMENT (This section on the agenda is reserved for questions and comments from the public on items that are not otherwise included in this agenda. Speakers will be limited to 4 minutes each.)
III. APP BOARD BUSINESS
A. Approval of Minutes from April 11, 2012
IV. CURRENT PROJECTS
A. Discuss Evaluation and Ranking for Animal Shelter Proposals
B. Updates from APPB members regarding the WR Visitor’s Center Interior (Nebel); Exterior (Cordova) and the re-location Read More