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Today's Features

  • Learn about art in the Rio Grande Valley

    Like any art found throughout the world, Pueblo art covers a huge spectrum of forms. It is found in Kachina dolls, rock art, murals on kiva walls and pottery. And similar to New York City or Florence, Italy, a meca for Pueblo art is found right here in the Rio Grande Valley.

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  • Get ready to tee off

    Los Alamos will be opening a new golf course in 2009, but only for a day. The 19th Hole, an indoor, miniature golf fundraiser will be held from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Feb. 28  at various local businesses.

    “I’ve wanted to do this event for a number of years,” said Bernadette Lauritzen, Assets In Action coordinator and golf course superintendent for the event. “The event will allow local businesses to showcase their venues while raising funds for a wonderful program.”

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  • Revisiting Bandelier

    For almost a century, Bandelier National Monument has been a place of natural and man-made wonders, where visitors walk narrow trails through deep canyons and traverse mesas to marvel at vistas of the Pajarito Plateau or the ruins of abandoned pueblos. For more than 30 years, such experiences have been enhanced by a guidebook written by veteran hiker and historian Dorothy Hoard.

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  • Experiencing some transitions

    Michael Chapdelaine underwent  some major transformations since he first started performing in Los Alamos.

    “I’ve been making some serious transitions in my personal life and they’ve brought out some sorrow, anger, relief and bliss … it’s pretty heavy stuff,” he said.

    These changes have given a whole new meaning to his music. Now, Chapdelaine said, when he writes a song about leaving, it really means something; and now songs about emancipation and optimism really mean something.

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  • Putting Assets into Action: Positive communication

    This week we look at Asset #2, Positive Family Communication. According to the Search Institute, “Youth are more likely to grow up healthy when they and their parents communicate positively and they are willing to seek parent’s advice and counsel.”

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  • Digging into the past to find family roots

    John and Jean Lyman recently returned from a trip with more than just fond memories of sight-seeing and recreating, they have a clearer understanding of their identity.

    During a three-month trip to Great Britain, the Lymans participated in Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints church services in the London temple and researched their family history throughout England.

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  • Baha'is to host prayer gathering Saturday

    Baha'is of Los Alamos will hold a prayer gathering at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Unitarian Church, to express concern and support for the seven Baha’i members who have been in prison in Iran for nearly a year and who are now to stand trial on charges of spying for Israel and insulting Islam. The public is invited to attend.

    The Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) announced on Feb. 11 that charges had been brought against the seven imprisoned members of the national-level committee that coordinates the activities for the Iranian Baha’i community.

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  • Have a blini for breakfast

    Saint Dimitri Orthodox Church will host its 11th Annual Blini Breakfast from noon-2:30 p.m. March 1. Russian blini, a type of thin pancake, will be served in the traditional style with smoked salmon, herring, butter and sour cream.  Vegetable caviar, eggs and a variety of berry preserves will be available as well.  

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  • ’Topper to play with New Mexico Symphony Orchestra

    Seeing Kathy Lin, a Los Alamos High School junior, by a piano is not an uncommon sight in Los Alamos. Residents have frequently been able to enjoy her performances, whether that performance was a student recital, a Brown Bag show or a Professional Music Teachers New Mexico Honors competition. Lin’s skill as a pianist is one of many musical gifts presented to the community.

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  • LACW to take listeners to Scotland

    The Los Alamos Community Winds will offer its audience something different at its upcoming concert, and it will not present this unique music alone.

    The Albuquerque and Four Corners Pipes and Drums will also make an appearance during the LACW’s “Music of Scotland” concert, which will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday at the White Rock Baptist Church.

     The decision to present Scottish music was a personal one, Ted Vives, musical director of the winds, said.

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