Today's Features

With a little help from a group of patrons in Los Alamos, an internationally known Korean artist was able to make an encore recently in northern New Mexico.

Soun Hong, the Korean painter whose installation drew praise at the recent Site Santa Fe’s Biennial, “Lucky Number 7,” came back to participate in a unique educational outreach program in the Santa Fe schools.

Phil Hertzman, a physician who practices in Los Alamos and Santa Fe, said he was very glad to be involved in a group effort to enable Hong’s return from Korea earlier this month.

The new exhibit at the Los Alamos Historical Museum focuses on a subject that affected the entire nation, but for the local community, it especially hit close to home.

In fact, not only does the exhibit feature displays from the Rogers Historical Museum in Rogers, Ark., but the local museum was able to incorporate a few materials from its own collection.

The exhibit, “The Life Atomic: Growing Up in the Shadow of the A-Bomb,” addresses the height of the Cold War.

When fires ravaged through southern California last year, many members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Los Alamos understood the fire victims’ situation because they had experienced a similar situation themselves.

Sherry Hardage of the Unitarian Church explained about seven people in the congregation had lost their homes during the Cerro Grande Fire so they felt compelled to extend help to California.

A lot can happen in just a few minutes. Laughter, tears and drama can be produced in just a short amount of time.

This will be particularly true in the Santa Fe Playhouse’s Bench Warmers Short Play Festival. Eight 10-minute plays will capture life’s spontaneity. The festival begins today and runs through Feb. 15. Among the plays that will be featured during this time will be “Stuck,” which was written by local playwrights Robert Benjamin and Elaine Jarvik.