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Today's News

  • ‘Renaissance to Goya’ opens this week

     

    “Renaissance to Goya: Prints and Drawings from Spain” opens Saturday at the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art.  

    It was long assumed that, uniquely among their contemporaries in other countries, Spanish artists did not draw and produced little in printmaking. That misconception has been shattered by Mark McDonald, Curator at the British Museum, who has trawled the depths of that institution’s great reserves of graphic art.

    In 132 drawings and prints, many of which have never been on display before, visitors are offered an opportunity to gain insight into four centuries of Spain’s visual culture and history. Among the artists included are Velazquez, Murillo, Zurbáran, Ribera and above all Goya whose full range is represented in 26 works. 

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  • SFCM presents interactive train exhibit

     

    For the past three holiday seasons, The Santa Fe Children’s Museum has offered a Train Weekend which included an interactive electric train layout that let the children operate, touch and play with the trains, often for the first time in their lives.  

    The Train Weekend was such a big success the museum has extended the exhibit for an entire week this year. From Dec. 28 to Jan 5 children can try their hand at being an engineer by operating the antique O Gauge model train set and make their own scenery as well.  

    The Interactive Train Exhibit will be open from noon to 5 p.m. and is included with admission.
    To date the Children’s Museum has sponsored three events at the museum and two events in Albuquerque in support of the Rail Runner and National Train Day. 

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  • Staff looks to assist low-income homeowners

    Los Alamos County staff is currently developing a rehab program that could assist low-income homeowners to modernize systems, replace windows, lower energy costs, modify for handicapped needs and provide emergency repairs. 

    Council has approved funding for such a program in the last two budgets, which is currently at $400,000. Staff is preparing a Request for Qualifications to identify potential private partners for the program, which is due to go out in the first quarter of 2014.

    The program is likely to involve multiple entities, due to its complexity. It will require taking applications, underwriting and loan approval, construction, quality control and oversight of compliance components. 

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  • Beloved Broadway musical hits the stage in Santa Fe

     

    It  wouldn’t be Christmas in Santa Fe without a full-blown, toe tapping, Broadway Musical Show. Musical Theater Works presents “Annie,” based on the comic strip by Harold Gray, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charmin and book by Thomas Meehan, “Annie” tells the story of a little orphan who ends up in the lap of luxury with Depression-era billionaire Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks. 

    Unlike the other children at the orphanage, spunky Annie believes her parents are still alive and will one day return to claim her. When Warbucks offers to adopt her, she asks the most powerful man in America to help her find her real mom and dad. Warbucks’ whopping reward for Annie’s parents attracts the attention of con artists Rooster, Lily and the wicked Mrs. Hannigan — who hatch a plot to kidnap Annie and take the $50,000 rewards. But don’t fret — this classic family musical has a happy ending for Annie, Daddy Warbucks and the whole gang!

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  • Raw: Florida Water Tower Demolished
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  • National Weather Service issues special advisory

     

    ... A BRIEF BOUT OF WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

    A STORM SYSTEM WILL SLIDE INTO NEW MEXICO TONIGHT INCREASING THE CHANCES FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP FROM WEST TO EAST... CHANGING RAIN OVER TO SNOW... OR TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW. PRECIPITATION WILL FAVOR AREAS FROM THE SANDIA... MANZANO... AND NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS WESTWARD TO THE ARIZONA BORDER.

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  • Today in History for December 12th
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  • Schamber, county settle for $600,000

    Former Los Alamos police officer Brian Schamber and Los Alamos County have settled for $600,000 in an agreement that was released Wednesday afternoon.

    “It’s a very appropriate way to resolve the claim,” Schamber’s attorney John Day said. “Brian can start a new life. There are a lot of extremely smart people in Los Alamos and there are people in the county and police department that made stupid decisions in this case.”

    Day said Schamber will resign his post at LAPD. And Day said that Schamber and his family will move away from Los Alamos to an undisclosed location and begin his new career outside of law enforcement.

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  • Be There 12-12-13

     

    Today

    Poetry gatherings. 6:30 p.m. at the Southwest Room at the Mesa Public Library. 

     

    The Los Alamos Writers Group meets on the second Thursday during November and December from 7-8:30 p.m. at Morning Glory Bakery, 1377 Diamond Drive, across from the high school. Visitors are welcome to attend.

    Friday

    “Into the Mind” movie premiere. 6 p.m. at Duane Smith Auditorium.  

    Saturday

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  • Auditions for LA Little Theater

    Los Alamos Little Theatre will have auditions for Diane Samuels’ drama, “Kindertransport” 3 p.m. Dec. 15 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 17 at the Performing Arts Center, 1670 Nectar St.
    Callbacks by invitation will be Dec. 19.
    The cast consists of five women and one man.
    Auditions will be cold readings from the script, and those auditioning should demonstrate some comfort speaking in the dialects of the characters.
    Copies of the script are available at the information desk at the Mesa Public Library.
    “Kindertransport” tells the story of one of the thousands of German Jewish children sent to England before the outbreak of World War II.
    Rehearsals begin in mid-January and run for three weeks in March.
    Questions can be addressed to the director at rev.jcullinan@gmail.com. 

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