Ensemble Transforms Scrap Waste Into Music At Debut Show In Taos April 9
TCA News:New Mexico Is My Home
Comb Morion helmet, probably Spanish or Italian, 16-17th centuries of the type worn by the Spanish conquistadores. On loan from a private collection to the Millicent Rogers Museum. Courtesy photo
MRM News:
The Millicent Rogers Museum (MRM) in Taos has announced a special exhibition, “New Mexico is My Home”, opening Friday, March 27 and continuing until June 28.
The exhibition is featuring more than 50 objects borrowed from private collections that chronicle the history and cultures of New Mexico and the Southwest. The exhibition begins with early maps relating to the first Read More
Italian Night: Young Voices Of The Santa Fe Opera
Cinema Cindy Reviews: Insurgent
Review by CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB “Insurgent” is the second in a trilogy of movies based on Veronica Roth’s book trilogy. If you saw Divergent last year, you will be well prepared for the next installment of the story. If you didn’t see it or read the books, this film doesn’t help you much. But it is entertaining and it does lead up to Allegiant, the third book in the series.
“Insurgent” movie poster. Courtesy/Reel Deal
This film version of Insurgent does not explain the faction-based, dystopian society into which it leads you, nor does it explain what each of the factions excels at: Erudite,
20th Annual Los Alamos Photo Show March 30 – May 2
Bosque del Apache NWR Bosque 2012. Photo by Doug Coombs 
Mintern, Colo. Photo by Ken Hanson Los Alamos Plays Montana In ‘Hellbent’ Film
Los Alamos County Film Liaison Kelly Stewart with Chee Ho, location manager for the film ‘Hellbent’ Thursday at Starbucks on Central Avenue. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.coomWhen you need to launch a car from a cliff for your movie shoot in Los Alamos County, who you gonna call? The answer is County Film Liaison Kelly Stewart. Chee Ho, location manager for the independent film Hellbent did so just recently.
“Kelly has made a tremendous difference to our coming here,” Ho said. “She’s an invaluable asset.”
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CSF Wind Orchestra Opens 2015 Season March 29
Concert poster. Courtesy/Wind Orchestra of Concordia Santa Fe
MUSIC News:
The Wind Orchestra of Concordia Santa Fe opens its 2015 season with an array of 20th- and 21st-Century compositions in a program entitled Colors of the Southwest, in conjunction with the new art exhibit of the same title at the New Mexico Museum of Art.
This program features works that capture the musical life and landscapes of the southwestern United States. For contrast in the program, guest conductor Dr. Jaclyn Hartenberger from the University of Georgia has included two pieces from other geographical Read More
Scenes From Friday’s Valentina Devine Art Show
Model Bettina Hehlen, left, with Valentina Devine at the reception Friday for Devine’s one-woman show at the Fuller Lodge Art Center. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Art Center staffer Amy Bjarke models mitts created by Valentina Devine. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Yulia Radchenko models a Valentina original. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Hats by Valentina Devine. Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comCinema Cindy Reviews ‘Cinderella’
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB“Cinderella”, Disney’s 2015 remake of the much-remade story, is actually not bad. Although there are parts of the film that are obviously for children and pre-teen girls, adults who remember with fondness the animated Disney film of the same name will find some happy memories here.
Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) makes it possible for this live action film to incorporate visual magic.
The list of delights found in this film version of the classic fairy tale would have to start with the CGI transformations of the mice, lizards, and goose into the horses, footmen Read More
Cinema Cindy: ‘The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’
Review by CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB“The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” is an equally entertaining sequel to the first film of the same enterprise. Like the “First Exotic Marigold Hotel” which gained much acclaim in 2011, “The Second” features Judy Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy and a few other British character actors, all of whom have chosen to retire in this hotel in Jaipur, India. Their relationships with one another and their adventures in India create the vignettes in this ensemble film.
But the story holding all the vignettes together is the impending wedding of Sonny (Dev Patel), Read More
Igor & Red Elvises Play Posse Lodge Tonight
SUMMER CONCERT News:
Igor & the Red Elvises play the Posse Lodge at 7:30 p.m. today at a fundraiser for the 2015 Los Alamos County Summer Concert Series.
Tickets are $20 per person. There will be no food or drinks served so it’s recommended that people eat before at concert sponsors Manhattan Project Bar & Grill, Pajarito Ski Hill or Pajarito Brewpub and Grill. Also, refreshments can be purchased at Smith’s Marketplace and brought to the Posse Lodge.
Igor & the Red Elvises is a brand new Red Elvises band now staring Igor with an all-woman band. You’ve never heard this band unless Read More
Pajarito Mountain Freeride Team Pizza Party Tonight
Author Don Usner Speaks At Rotary For Literacy Month
Author and photographer Don Usner discussing his bi-cultural upbringing at Tuesday’s Rotary Club meeting. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.comA drive down Los Alamos’ main hill road to Chimayo can lead you to a whole other world.
Don Usner, author and photographer, experienced both these communities’ worlds growing up. He further explored the world of Chimayo in his book, Chasing Dichos in Chimayo, and shared his book and adventures Tuesday afternoon with the Rotary Club of Los Alamos.
Usner, who graduated from Los Alamos High School Read More
NYC Jazz Duo Plays Fuller Lodge Saturday
NYC musicians Roy Dunlap (piano) and Marcus Parsley (trumpet) perform Saturday. Courtesy photo
MUSIC News:
NYC musicians Roy Dunlap (piano) and Marcus Parsley (trumpet) will give a jazz concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 21 at Fuller Lodge.
They will be performing a number of works from the classic American songbook. The duo will be featuring music from jazz masters Thelonius Monk and Charlie Parker, as well as their own compositions. In addition to the jazz and be-bop program, they will be reinventing and improvising over a work from Gustav Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder.
Bandelier Centennial Logo Deadline Extended
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Valles Caldera National Preserve. Courtesy/IStockOpen Mic Night At Bandelier Grill In White Rock
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U.S. Rep. Ben Ray LujánBless Me, Ultima Returns To NHCC
Movie still from ‘Bless Me, Ultima.’ Courtesy/rogerebert.com
NHCC News:
Bless Me, Ultima, Rudolfo Anaya’s dramatization of his acclaimed novel, returns to the National Hispanic Cultural Center as the seventh production in the NHCC’s ongoing Siembra: Latino Theatre Festival.
Performances run at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday April 16-19 and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the Albuquerque Journal Theatre. Tickets are $17, $22, and $27, with a $5 discount for students and seniors, and are available from the NHCC Box Office, at 505.724.4771 or www.nhccnm.org.
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Music Benefits Patients At Aspen Ridge And Sombrillo
By KIRSTEN LASKEYMusic has the ability to change moods, provoke memories and stir emotions.
“It enhances everyone’s lives,” Aspen Ridge Lodge Activity Director Carmela Miller-Martinez said.
Recently, Aspen Ridge Lodge and Sombrillo Nursing Home started utilizing music’s abilities to benefit the residents. Using $6,500 from United Way of Northern New Mexico, the two retirement centers purchased individual iPod shuffles, iTunes gift cards and four Sirius radios. United Way awarded the funds last year and in January, Sombrillo and Aspen began operating as music Read More
