Los Alamos Big Band To Host Spring Dance March 16
Celebrate New Beginnings At New Mexico History Museum’s History Homecoming Free Community Day
Brown burro walks in the snow in front of the Palace of the Governors carrying wood on his back. Courtesy/Tira Howard Photography
NMDCA News:
SANTA FE — After five years of rehabilitation work at the New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) Palace of the Governors, the Museum presents “History Homecoming: Past, Present, Palace” 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Sunday, April 21, 2024. This free community event celebrates the hard work in making this beloved landmark brighter than ever, and will included interactive experiences, cultural art performances, demonstrations and new exhibits inside the Palace.
The celebration Read More
Abiquiu Inn Presents Colcha Of New Mexico: The Legacy Of Beatrice Maestas Sandoval Exhibit Through April
Courtesy/Analinda Dunning
Abiquiu Inn News:
The Abiquiu Inn has launched a new exhibit in the Upstairs Gallery in honor of Women’s History Month. Colcha of New Mexico: The Legacy of Beatrice Maestas Sandoval is now open and will be on display until April 30, 2024. Included in the exhibit are her Colcha works, rugs and tinwork. March is designated Women’s History Month and honors the contributions by women to American history.
Colchera Beatrice Maestas Sandoval was born in 1947 in Las Vegas, N.M. She was raised alongside her six siblings in the adobe home her father built. As a child, Beatrice heard Read More
Daily Postcard: Morning Sunshine Over Los Alamos
Daily Postcard: Early morning sunshine over Los Alamos. Photo by Kathy Willcutt Read More
Life After 50: Life Is Good, Really Good!
Sunday marked the first formal Adopt-A-Road Clean up. Pictured is: Board Member Deb Snow, Sci Guy Chad Lauritzen, Board Member Gabriel Vigil, friends Jeremy Herrera and his mom Della Herrera (not pictured Board Member Karen Greenfield). Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
Champions of Youth Ambitions
We planned to kick off some new things as we get close to 10 weeks until Champions of Youth Ambitions turns 10. I got a little too excited to wait.
We recently celebrated the Community Asset Awards, wrapped up our collections for veteran and pet shelters delivering Read More
MIAC: Native Narratives Speaker Series Continues March 16
Julie O’ Keefe (Osage)
MIAC News:
The community is invited to join Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC), 1-3 p.m. Saturday, March 16 for another event in the Native Narratives Speaker Series featuring Julie O’ Keefe (Osage).
O’ Keefe will offer insight into Osage culture and history, especially regarding clothing. O’ Keefe was the lead Osage clothing consultant for the Oscar-nominated film “Killers of the Flower Moon”.
This is a great opportunity to learn from someone deeply involved in preserving and sharing Indigenous narratives.
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture is a museum Read More
JROMC: Free Eclipse Glasses And Talk Tonight At SALA!
LANL Fellow and astronomer Steve Becker has witnessed 13 solar eclipses across the globe. He will share information, including why they occur and how people have reacted to them; photographs and a travelogue on eclipses he has seen; and viewing tips for how to safely observe these rare and fascinating events. Courtesy/JROMC Read More
Daily Postcard: Snow Falls This Morning On Pajarito
Daily Postcard: Snow falling this morning on Pajarito Mountain Ski Area. Courtesy/webcam
View of snow falling this morning on Pajarito Mountain Ski Area. Courtesy/webcam
View this morning on Pajarito Mountain Ski Area. Courtesy/webcam Read More
PAC 8 Community Media Center: March 15-21, 2024
PAC 8 News:
PAC 8 Community Media Center is available for recording events, transferring of old media, shooting and editing, live streaming and drone photography and videography.
For information, email pac8@losalamos.com, call 505.662.7228 or visit pac8cmc.com.
PAC 8 Television schedule for March 15-21, 2024:
Friday, March 15, 2024
- 6 a.m. Democracy Now! – Live
- 10 a.m. The Thom Hartmann Program
- 11 a.m. County Council Meeting Replay 3-05–24
- 3 p.m. Democracy Now!
- 5 p.m. PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
- 6 p.m. Neurodiversity in Literature
- 7 p.m. Healthy Longevity
- 8 p.m. PAC
Inverse Photo Of Pajarito Mountain
An inverse photo of Pajarito Mountain shows the patterns left by ski tracks going down the slopes on fresh snow from last weekend’s small snowstorm. Photo by Marc Bailey Read More
LAHS Students To Present ‘The Engine Inside’ March 15
LAHS News:
The Los Alamos High School (LAHS) Mountain Bike Club and LAHS EcoClub are working together to sponsor a movie event this Friday at SALA. A new film, The Engine Inside, will be showing at 5 p.m., Friday, March 15 at SALA Los Alamos Event Center. Tickets available on the SALA website and in person.
For the past century, society has grappled with the unintended consequences of a car-centric culture. Follow the lives of six individuals from diverse backgrounds who have devoted themselves to a simple, age-old machine – the bicycle. Through their struggles and challenges, witness how bicycles Read More
Daily Postcard: Up Close View Of Oppenheimer Statue
Daily Postcard: A recent up close view of the Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer statue on the lawn at Fuller Lodge in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Johnnie Martinez Read More
Enterprise Bank Donates $15K To New Mexico Consortium For ‘Cosmic Frontiers: Stephen Hawking & The Universe’
Enterprise Bank & Trust Los Alamos Region President Liddie Martinez presents a $15,000 sponsorship at the bank Thursday to CEO Dr. John Engen of the New Mexico Consortium for the April 27-28 event, ‘Cosmic Frontiers: Stephen Hawking & The Universe’. Learn more about the event at www.cosmicfrontiers.org. Courtesy/Enterprise
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com
Enterprise Bank & Trust Los Alamos Region President Liddie Martinez on Thursday presented a $15,000 sponsorship to CEO Dr. John Engen of the New Mexico Consortium for its upcoming event, Read More
Los Alamos Author Wins National Western Book Award
Death In The Tallgrass, A Young Man’s Journey Through The Western Frontier by Donald Willerton wins National Western Book Award. Courtesy/Donald Willerton
COMMUNITY News:
It was announced Saturday, March 9, 2024, that the Western Writers of America, the most prestigious national association dedicated to the recognition and advancement of Western Literature, has chosen Death In The Tallgrass, A Young Man’s Journey Through The Western Frontier as the 2024 Winner of the SPUR Award for Western Historical Fiction Novel. https://westernwriters.org/
Daily Postcard: View Friday Night From Quemazon
Daily Postcard: View Friday night from Quemazon. Photo by Connor Hoch Read More
LALT’s ‘Twice Upon A Time’ … My Story, My Rules!
Scene from ‘Twice Upon A Time’. Photo by Thomas Graves
Scene from ‘Twice Upon A Time’. Photo by Thomas Graves
Review by KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
Did you know that fairy tales originated as oral stories? This is how these stories were preserved; they were passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation.
Of course, with anything that is heard and then repeated to someone else, stories get changed around, re-interpretated and reformed to suit both the audience and the storyteller.
Los Alamos Little Theater keeps the tradition of collecting stories Read More
2024 Los Alamos Summer Concert Series: First 3 Artists!
The 2024 Los Alamos Summer Concert Series kicks off May 24 with the Powell Brothers. Courtesy/Sancre Productions
Sancre Productions News:
Sancre Productions and Los Alamos Community Services Department want to give Los Alamos plenty of notice about this summer’s performing artists so they can plan their summers accordingly. The full Lineup will be released April 15 but it will be unveiled several concerts at a time over the next month on social media and through press releases.
The 2024 Los Alamos Summer Concert Series includes some familiar, local faces, nationally touring groups from Read More
Posts From The Road: San Diego
San Diego: A portion of the San Diego downtown skyline and San Diego Bay is seen from a shoreline walkway at Coronado. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Star of India: The Star of India sailing ship was built in 1863 and is the world’s oldest sailing ship. The ship was launched five days before Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address! The ship made 21 trips around the world with no auxiliary power. It is now a part of the Maritime Museum in San Diego and docked next to the shoreline walkway so that all can see and enjoy the beautiful ship. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer Read More
Museum Of International Folk Art: Folklorist Henry Glassie
MOIFA News:
The community is invited to join Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) for a screening of “Henry Glassie: Field Work”.
The screening is 2:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 16 followed by a Q & A with Glassie, moderated by Carrie Hertz, Curator of Dress and Textiles.
Dr. Glassie shares a long history with the Museum of International Folk Art and has worked on multiple projects over the years, including authoring “The Spirit of Folk Art” and curating a major exhibition of Turkish Folk Art in 1991.
This is a unique opportunity to engage with renowned folklorist Glassie and gain insight Read More
New Mexico Arts Hosts Instagram Live Artist Talk With Marcus Xavier Chormicle
NMDCA News:
New Mexico Arts will be hosting an Instagram Live artist talk with NMA 2024 Artist-in-Residence Marcus Xavier Chormicle (Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians/Chicano), a Las Cruces-based multidisciplinary photographer who has been in residence at Lincoln Historic Site in Lincoln, N.M. since late February.
The talk is on Instagram at 6 p.m. Monday, March 18 @newmexicoarts.
The mission of the NMA Artist-in-Residence Program, in partnership with New Mexico Historic Sites, is to increase awareness of significant state cultural sites through the lens of contemporary creatives. Read More
