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National Opera Week With Isaac Mizrahi Oct. 28

Submitted by Chris Clark on September 30, 2016
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OPERA News:
 
Join Honorary Chairman Isaac Mizrahi and OPERA America in celebrating opera and showcasing this diverse industry by participating in NATIONAL OPERA WEEK 2016 Oct.  28 to Nov. 6.
 
Through a concentrated critical mass of messaging and activities, National Opera Week provides the opportunity for the opera field to communicate with a broad audience in a meaningful way.
 
Organizations and individuals throughout North America are encouraged to participate by making announcements about their positive year-round impact, offering
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Cinema Cindy Reviews: ‘The Magnificent Seven’

Submitted by Chris Clark on September 29, 2016
By Cynthia Biddlecomb
Los Alamos
 
“The Magnificent Seven”, a classic western from 1960, has been remade for modern audiences.
 
As remakes go, this one is well done, respecting the genre and adding just enough humor to balance with the final, inevitable bloodbath. The plot, copied in the 1960 version from Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 movie, Seven Samurai, remains.
 
The setting, however, is a small town called Rose Creek in the late 1800s West, settled by homesteaders, now taken over by a robber baron in the business of mining gold.
 
Peter Saarsgaard plays the truly evil mine owner,
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Scenes From 2016 Opera On The Rocks

Submitted by Chris Clark on September 29, 2016
Andre Garcia and Jennifer Perez perform in Opera on the Rocks Sept. 24 at Bandelier National Monument. Photo by Felicia Orth
 
Alicia Solomon, director and mezzo soprano. Photo by Felicia Orth
 
Staff Report
 
For the fifth year, the Los Alamos Opera Guild of The Guilds of The Santa Fe Opera, Inc., Atomic City Transit, and Bandelier National Monument presented “Opera on the Rocks” at the Juniper Campground Amphitheater. This year it was held Sept. 24.
 
In previous years the music has been by Mozart, but this year Zarzuelas,
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Student Performances Of Dance, Music, Theater, And Displays Of Visual Arts Oct. 5

Submitted by Chris Clark on September 29, 2016
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NMSA News:

New Mexico School for the Arts (NMSA) will perform at the Moving Arts Theater at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5 in Española. 

Moving Arts is co-sponsoring the free performance, which will feature all four of NMSA’s artistic focuses: dance, music, theater, and visual arts. Attendees will have the opportunity to watch students perform and learn about the arts-focused public high school, which accepts students from across New Mexico. NMSA also will perform school shows during the day for students throughout the Española area. 
 
MAE works collaboratively
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Newman And Chathasaigh Perform In New Mexico

Submitted by Chris Clark on September 28, 2016
Chris Newman and Máire Ní Chathasaigh. Courtesy/marieandchris.com
 
MUSIC News:
 
Chris Newman and Máire Ní Chathasaigh will be presented in concert at 7 p.m., Saturday Oct. 1, at Apple Mountain Music, Albuquerque. Admission is $20; for reservations call 505.237.2048 or go to www.applemtnmusic.com.
 
The celebrated partnership of Chris Newman, “one of the UK’s most staggering and influential acoustic guitarists” (fROOTS), with Máire Ní Chathasaigh, “the doyenne of Irish harpers” (Scotland on Sunday), is a breathtaking
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Orale! Lowrider Poetry Slam At NMHM Oct. 16

Submitted by Chris Clark on September 28, 2016
Levi Romero, assistant professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies at UNM. Courtesy photo
 
NMHM News:
 
SANTA FE ― In conjunction with the exhibit, Lowriders, Hoppers and Hot Rods: Car Culture of Northern New Mexico, lowriter, poet and University of New Mexico professor Levi Romero invites poets Jessica Helen Lopez and Damien Flores to share the stage in a reading and presentation that celebrates New Mexico cultura, traditions, and down-and-low groovy lowcura at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, at the New Mexico History Museum, free to the public.
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ULLR Fest At Pajarito Mountain Saturday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 28, 2016

This year’s souvenir take-home glass is a 16-ounce SOLO cup. In order to participate in the Brewersfest, individuals must pay a $15 entry fee, have a photo ID ready and they will receive a glass, which includes one ticket. Tastings are included in the entry fee, the ticket will supply the recipient with one full pint glass and additional fills are $5 to the breweries directly (cash only). Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

Pajarito’s most popular fall festival is Saturday. This year’s ULLR Fest features New Mexico Brewersfest with local craft beers and live music by JJ and the Hooligans with Read More

Daily Postcard: Orphaned Bear Cubs Bulking Up!

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 27, 2016

Daily Postcard: The orphaned bears rescued from the Valles Caldera, Valley Girl and Cowboy, continue to recuperate and gain weight under the care of Dr. Kathleen Ramsey at the Land of Enchantment Wildlife Foundation compound as they prepare for a release back into the wild around Thanksgiving. Courtesy/LEWF Read More

New Mexico School For The Arts Receives 2016 Mayor’s Award For Excellence

Submitted by Chris Clark on September 27, 2016
NMSA News:
 
SANTA FE ― New Mexico School for the Arts (NMSA) is proud to announce that it is a 2016 recipient of the Mayor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts.
 
The Mayor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts are given annually, and the 2016 recipients will be celebrated at the Mayor’s Awards dinner Thursday, Oct. 20 in the Sweeney Ballroom of the Santa Fe Convention Center.
 
NMSA opened in 2010, offering mastery arts training in Music, Dance, Theater, and Visual Arts along with a rigorous academic education leading to a high school diploma. The school now serves 220
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Scenes From Saturday’s Piecemakers Quilt Market

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 25, 2016
Members of the Los Alamos Piecemakers Quilt Guild sell raffle tickets for the beautiful quilt made by the Guild this year. The quilt is a traditional log cabin pattern with modern colors. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Many kinds of needlecraft were available for sale at the Market. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
A beautiful quilt offered for sale at Saturday’s Quilt Market. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Visitors browse a display of quilted wall hangings. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Jewish themed linens.
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FSN’s Lucky Ducky Carnival Is Underway Until 2 p.m.!

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 24, 2016

Community members race rubber ducks down the track at the Lucky Ducky Carnival underway until 2 p.m. today at FSN, 3540 Orange St. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Members of the younger set gather for some fun at today’s 2nd annual Lucky Ducky Carnival underway until 2 p.m. at FSN.  Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

FSN News:

The Second Annual Lucky Ducky Carnival is underway until 2 p.m. today at Family Strengths Network (FSN), 3540 Orange St.

The main event is the rubber duck races. For $5 per duck, racers will urge their ducks down a rain gutter with cups of water. There Read More

Dances Of India Presents Beauty And The Beast

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 24, 2016
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COMMUNITY News:
 
The community is invited to this year’s production of Beauty and the Beast presented by Dances of India, 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16 at Duane Smith Auditorium in Los Alamos.
 
Admission is free but donations in all forms (cash, check) are much appreciated (suggested $10 per head, $5 for children 10 and under). There also will be an Indian bazaar held during intermission.
 
This year’s proceeds go to one international and one local entity:
  • The YMCA Mumbai street children program that offers shelter and food for street children
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