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SEMI
ANNUAL ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIR
The Los Alamos Arts Council has presented arts
and crafts fairs in Los Alamos since 1967. The
tradition continues every year with our Spring
Fair, held outdoors the first Saturday in May on
the lawn of historic Fuller Lodge, and our
Holiday Fair, held indoors the Saturday before
Thanksgiving at the Los Alamos Middle School.
Each fair features over 100 New Mexican artists
whose work is juried for quality and sales
potential. The people of Los Alamos have come to
know and love the fairs, which are festive
events held at well-established venues and
traditional times of year (just before Mother's
Day and Thanksgiving)
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LOS ALAMOS
KITE FESTIVAL
The Los Alamos Arts Council presents the annual
Los Alamos Kite Festival the third weekend in
May at the Spirio Soccer Fields in White Rock.
The festival has grown over the years and now
includes several prefestival kite-building
workshops for kids at local schools and
culminates in a three-day-long, activity-packed,
festival weekend.
The kite-festival weekend kicks off Friday night
with the start of Gordon's Summer Concert Series
and a night kite-flight demonstration. The main
festival is held the Saturday and Sunday
afternoons and includes music, food,
kite-building workshops, and lots of kite
flying. Kite enthusiasts from all over the
southwest fly their large, intricately shaped
kites and hand-made flying works of art,
demonstrate stunt-kite flying, and grace the
fields with incredibly colorful banners.
Free kite-building workshops for kids are held
on Saturday and Sunday afternoon where children
build and decorate simple kites with assistance
from volunteers. Kids use both their craft and
artistic skills to put literally hundreds of
these kites up in the sky. For the six-and-under
crowd, prebuilt kites are available for
decorating. A kite hospital is staffed with kite
medics to mend the inevitable broken and injured
kites using sticks, duct tape, and ingenuity.
For those who do not wish to build their own, a
kite vendor is at the festival with a selection
of ready-to-fly kites to purchase.
Everyone young at heart is invited. Bring a
kite, build a kite, fly a kite, or just take in
the artful scene.
May 16, 17, 18
Friday night 6p.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday 11a.m. to 5 p.m.
Free kite building workshops for kids 12 p.m.-2
p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Free kite building workshops for kids 12 p.m.- 2
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MISSOULA
CHILDREN'S THEATRE
For more than 25 years, the Los Alamos Arts
Council has underwritten a visit by Missoula
Children’s Theatre (MCT) for a full week of
auditions, workshops, rehearsals, and a public
performance by local children, ages 6–18. The
theater group comes to town with the set,
lights, costumes, props and make-up—everything
it takes to put on a play. The team holds open
auditions and casts 50–60 local students, who
rehearse throughout the week and present a
public performance on Saturday. All MCT shows
are original adaptations of classic children’s
stories and fairytales, twists on the classic
stories that you know and love. Participants
learn creativity, social skills, goal
achievement, communication skills, and
self-esteem when participating in this unique,
educational project. MCT’s mission is the
development of life skills in children through
the performing arts. MCT is the nation’s largest
touring children’s theatre and has toured
extensively for more than 30 years from Montana
to Japan, visiting more than 100 communities
each year with 35 teams of actor-directors.
The team holds an open audition beginning at
9:30 am on Monday, July 21, 2008 at Smith
Auditorium and casts 50-60 local students to
perform in the production. The show is rehearsed
throughout the week and results in a public
performance on Saturday, July 26 at 7:00 pm. All MCT shows are original adaptations of classic
children's stories and fairy tales . . . a twist
on the classic stories that you know and love.
This year the production is Robin Hood.
Auditions for this week long opportunity for
children from Grade one through twelve are free.
There is a $20 fee for each child selected for
the week long residency. This year’s play will
be Robin Hood. See you there! Please pass on the
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SCARECROW
CONTEST
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2005 Scarecrow Contest Pictures
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Los Aamos Arts Council brings a bit of
frightful autumn fun to downtown Los Alamos
every year by sponsoring the annual Scarecrow
Contest. Since 2001, scarecrows made by local
businesses, clubs, organizations, schools,
families, and individuals have graced the
streetlights along Central Avenue during the
week before Halloween. The registration fee is
$10, and we award prizes to the scarecrows for
their creativity and seasonal spirit. Join in
the spirit of Halloween by downloading the
Scarecrow
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PUMPKIN GLOW
The lawn of Fuller Lodge is filled with the
eerie, flickering glow of hundreds of carved
pumpkins lit for the annual Los Alamos Pumpkin
Glow. In past years, well over 1,000 people have
gazed in wide wonder at glowing visions of scary
creatures, funny faces, cute animals, and fancy
flowers. We encourage people of all ages and
artistic talent to participate. Everyone can
carve a pumpkin!
The annual Pumpkin Glow is generally held the
Saturday before Halloween in conjunction with
other Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet events. This
year, however, the Pumpkin Glow will be held
Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. We will celebrate a
“Halloweekend” as Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet
will be held Oct. 31. Pumpkin artists drop off
their jack-o-lanterns in the afternoon and
return after dark to view the hundreds of
glowing gourds. Participants can pick up their
pumpkins after the event (or choose from the
unclaimed works of art).
The annual Pumpkin Glow is generally held the
Saturday before Halloween in conjunction with
other Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet events. This
year, however, the Pumpkin Glow will be held
Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. We will celebrate a
“Halloweekend” as Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet
will be held Oct. 31.
To make the most of your pumpkin carving
experience, consider hosting your own carving
party. A wide rage of carving patterns are
available on the Internet and in home magazines
for anyone interested in carving something more
than standard triangle-nosed, gap-tooth jack. We
suggest investing a couple of dollars in a
simple pumpkin carving kit available at most
grocery stores and discount retailers. The thin,
child-safe pumpkin saws included in most kits
make carving much easier. See our
pumpkin
carving and preserving tips provided in the
sidebar. |
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WINTERFEST:
FULLER LODGE OPEN HOUSE
The doors of Fuller Lodge are thrown open on the
first Saturday in December to ring in the
holidays. Carolers, cookies, and the community
Christmas tree fill the Lodge with the joy of
the season. The open house, a collaboration
between the Los Alamos Arts Council and other
community organizations, features children’s
programs, local authors, refreshments, and music.
The Fuller Lodge Open House is a part of the
Winterfest downtown celebration, which takes
place the first weekend in December, and is
capped off by the Light Parade and tree-lighting
at Ashley Pond. Join in the flurry of fun. |
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BROWN BAG
PERFORMANCES
Always free, always
entertaining, always a lunch-time staple in Los
Alamos: the Brown Bag Performance series has
been accompanying local music lovers on their
midday breaks since 1973 and has no plans to
slow down. Fuller Lodge provides the intimate
setting for these free noontime performances
featuring eclectic entertainment and education.
Local, regional, and national artists present a
wide range of programs from Beethoven to ballet,
opera to jazz, chamber music to bagpipes, and
more. In keeping with the Los Alamos Arts
Council’s desire to be the local “arts connection,”
Brown Bag Performances connect performers to the
community.
March 5
John Hargreaves,French Horn
Louise Mendius, soprano
Dale Talbott, piano
A fabulous program of music and voice
April 2
Pianist Peter Pesic
May 7
Pianist Juanita Madland |
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SENIOR
RECITALS
The Los Alamos Arts Council provides a venue at
historic Fuller Lodge for graduating high school
seniors to perform their musical and vocal
recitals. In addition, we provide limited help
with publicity, programs, and receptions. Please
contact us in advance to select a date for your
senior recital. |
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FULLER LODGE
PERFORMANCE SERIES
Dancing! Singing! Acrobats! Several times a
year, the Los Alamos Arts Council presents
performances by major talents from across the
country and throughout the world in our premier
performance series.
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