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Newton: World Premiere Features Magic Touches

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 2, 2019
Jessica Jones (Lyra) and Bille Bruley (Benjamin). Photo by Ken Howard for The Santa Fe Opera, 2019
 
Bradley Garvin (Drokan) and David Leigh (King Hjarne). Photo by Ken Howard for The Santa Fe Opera, 2019

By CARL NEWTON
Los Alamos

The Thirteenth Child composed by Poul Ruders working with librettists Becky and David Starobin is a short two act opera. The trail of its creation is from Denmark to Tanglewood to Broadway to Santa Fe.

The best place to begin to reveal the essence of this opera is to read “The Twelve Brothers” fairy tale by the Grimms brothers. That is available in the program book.

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Taos Fall Arts Festival Two-Day Symposium Sept. 27

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 2, 2019
ART News:
 
TAOS ― Taos Fall Arts Festival “Art & Words: Critical Thinking and Writing About Art,” a two-day, multi-venue symposium set for Sept. 27- 28.
 
The program is a collaboration of Taos Fall Arts Festival, The Magazine, The Harwood Museum of Art and SOMOS.
 
The symposium begins at 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 27, with a keynote talk, “My Life in Art Criticism,” by Peter Plagens at Harwood Museum of Art.
 
Plagens is an American artist and art critic based in New York City. He is the former art critic for Newsweek and writes regularly for The Wall Street Journal. He’s
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FLAC Welcomes Artist Laura Salamy To 39th Annual Summer Arts & Crafts Fair Saturday Aug. 10

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 2, 2019
Courtesy/FLAC
 
Rug hooking artist Laura Salamy
 
ART News:
 
There is just eight days until the 39th annual Fuller Lodge Art Center Summer Arts & Crafts Fair and today’s featured artist is Laura Salamy, a local Rug Hooking artist.
 
Described as a little less than traditional, Salamy creatively designs rugs, table mats, runners and wall hangings, and said that she prefers utilizing recycled materials.
 
The community is invited to attend the fair, purchase a unique rug and speak with Salamy 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10 on the lawn at Fuller Lodge.
 
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Daily Postcard: Bucks Munching Apples On Walnut

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 2, 2019

Daily Postcard: A buck reaches high for apples on a tree early Thursday evening at a residence on Walnut Street. Photo by Anthony S. Clark

These bucks are going after the low lying fruit that has dropped on the ground from an apple tree at a residence Thursday on Walnut Street. Photo by Anthony S. Clark

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Dancing Under The Stars With Hot Texas Swing Band At Sirpheys Tonight!

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 31, 2019
 
SIRPHEY News:
 
Sirphey will stay open late until 9 p.m. with dinner, special appetizer menu, summer drinks and chai and give patrons time to enjoy the Hot Texas Swing Band.
 
With one boot in Cowboy music and the other in Swing, the Hot Texas Swing Band is riding the trail previously blazed by artists such as Bob Wills and Asleep at the Wheel.
 
Backed by a passion for traditional Western Swing, the Hot Texas Swing Band pushes the genre forward with Rockabilly, Latin beats and original material for high-energy shows that have critics and fans raving.
 
Expect some salsa
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FLAC Welcomes Alexis Palmaffy To Arts & Crafts Fair

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 31, 2019

Artwork by Alexis Palmaffy. Courtesy/FLAC

Artwork by Alexis Palmaffy. Coutresy/FLAC

FLAC News:

The annual Arts & Crafts Fair at Fuller Lodge is just 10 days away.

Fuller Lodge Art Center (FLAC) welcomes one of the featured artists, Alexis Palmaffy from Santa Fe to the event. Palmaffy creates original etchings that are hand printed with care, hand drawings, fine are prints and digital prints of oil paintings.

The community is invited to attend the Arts & Crafts Fair 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10 at Fuller Lodge to view Palmaffy’s unique one of a kind artwork.

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Igor & The Red Elvises Perform At Ashley Pond Friday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 31, 2019
Igor & The Red Elvises perform at 8 p.m., Friday at the Ashley Pond Pavilion. Courtesy/Sancre Productions
 
SUMMER CONCERT News:
 
The 2019 Los Alamos Sectret City Summer Concert Series welcomes Igor & The Red Elvises Friday, Aug. 2 at the Ashley Pond Pavilion.
 
As an independent band, Red Elvises have produced 12 studio albums, two live albums, a live concert DVD and a Greatest Hits compilation.
 
Igor Yuzov was born in Germany, raised in Ukraine and studied in Russia. He grew up in the former Soviet Union, where folk music was the norm and Rock ‘n’ Roll
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Santa Fe Summer Shakespeare Events Coming Up!

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 31, 2019
 
 
SFSS News:
 
Come enjoy an hour or so of great fun showing off or learning more and of course laughing a lot!
 
How well do you know your Shakespeare? Join the fun—everyone is a contestant! Choose a category, and anyone in the room who supplies the correct “question” to the proposed “answer” (per the Jeopardy quiz show format), wins points and prizes!
 
Hosted by Robin Williams and Amy Meilander of the ISC 6:30-8 p.m., Tuesday, July 30, at Shakespeare Reading Room, 3209-A Calle Marie, Santa Fe.
 
The Comedy Of Errors
6 p.m., Aug. 2, 3 and 4―$10
Santa Fe Botanical Garden 
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Summer Arts & Crafts Fair: Stephanie Hagelberg

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 30, 2019
Artwork by Stephanie Hagelberg. Courtesy/FLAC photo
 
Stephanie Hagelberg
 
ART News:
 
The Summer Arts & Crafts Fair is just 11 days away. Today Fuller Lodge Art Center is featuring Stephanie Hagelberg, a local tie-dye artist.
 
Hagelberg grew up in rural Minnesota, first tie dyeing in 4H, using Rit dyes. In 1985 she took a tie dyeing class in Minneapolis using Fiber Reactive Dyes, which she still uses today.
 
She said that she loves playing with color and has a collection of more than 60 shades for dyeing. A self-described “artisan”, Hagelberg specializes
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Daily Postcard: Violet-Green Swallows Feed Chicks

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 30, 2019

Daily Postcard: Violet-green swallows nest in a birdhouse in the yard of a residence on Andanada Street on Barranca Mesa. There seems to be two chicks in the nest. The parents visit the nest every few minutes with insects for the youngsters. According to audobon.org, both parents feed nestlings, but the female often does more. The chicks typically leave the nest 23-24 days after hatching. The parents continue to feed the young for some time after they leave the nest. Photo by Ken Hanson

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Albuquerque Actor Films Spec Pilot: Deeply Superficial

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 29, 2019
SUNNY505 News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― Local small Business Owner and Actor, Keith Allen West, is shooting his Albuquerque based Spec Pilot called Deeply Superficial in September.  
 
Deeply Superficial is a half-hour filmed comedy series that chronicles a gay entrepreneur, played by West, who is deep in the turmoil of his midlife crisis.  Loved & supported by his diverse and wildly inappropriate friends and family, Keith finds his search for a healthy, productive life an hysterical team sport. 
 
With throwback comedic timing to Seinfeld and Friends,
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Opening Reception For ‘Black Hole / Atomic City (State of Decay)’ Exhibition 6-9 p.m. Friday Aug. 2

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 29, 2019

The Black Hole in 2009 at 4015 Arkansas Ave., in Los Alamos. Photo by Jeff Keyzer

ART EXHIBITION News:

An opening reception for Black Hole / Atomic City (State of Decay) is 6-9 p.m. Aug. 2 at the Sanitary Tortilla Factory at 401 2nd St. SW in Albuquerque.

The exhibition will be on view Aug. 2-30. It is dedicated to alternative stories related to “the nuclear business” in New Mexico since the dawn of the Anthropocene/Trinity test near Tularosa in July 1945.

The combined burden of nuclear byproducts and waste that decays over tens of thousands of years weighs heavily on New Mexico, a “national sacrifice Read More

Newton: Fifth Production Of Alden’s Jenůfa Is A Stunner

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 29, 2019
Laura Wilde (Jenůfa), Alexander Lewis (Laca Klemeň), Patricia Racette (Kostelnička) Photo by Ken Howard/The Santa Fe Opera
 
Laura Wilde (Jenůfa), Richard Trey Smagur (Števa Buryja) Photo by Ken Howard/The Santa Fe Opera
 

By CARL NEWTON
Los Alamos

Although I’ve been enamored of Janáček’s later orchestral works, like the rhapsody for orchestra Taras Bulba and the Sinfonietta, this is the first time to experience Jenůfa. I’m totally smitten by my opening night experience. Sitting in the 3rd row I observed the intensity of the performers.

Anywhere in the Crosby Theatre most everything

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Santa Fe Opera Artistic Director Alexander Neef Will Be Next Director Of Paris National Opera

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 28, 2019
Santa Fe Opera Artistic Director Alexander Neef. Photo by Bo Huang
 
SFO News:
 
SANTA FE — The Santa Fe Opera is delighted to share news of the appointment of Artistic Director Alexander Neef as the next General Director of Paris National Opera commencing in late 2021.
 
Neef has served as the Santa Fe Opera’s Artistic Director Designate since Feb. 9, 2018 and Artistic Director since Oct. 1, 2018. 
 
The Santa Fe Opera’s leadership team, consisting of General Director Robert K. Meya, Artistic Director Alexander Neef and Music Director Harry Bicket, have already
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