Cosmic Cowboy Great Ray Wylie Hubbard Puts Crowd Up Against The Wall Friday Night At Ashley Pond
Cosmic Cowboy Great Ray Wylie Hubbard reaches out to the crowd. Photo by Bonnie Gordon/ladailypost.com
Bill Hearne opened for Ray Wylie Hubbard at the Pond Friday night. Photo by Bonnie Gordon/ladailypost.com
Dk Warner, left, and concert producer Russ Gordon share a moment. Photo by Bonnie Gordon/ladailypost.com
Bedecked trees light up the night under which vendors offer products and services Friday at Ashley Pond. Photo by Bonnie Gordon/ladailypost.com
Tiny dancers. Photo by Bonnie Gordon/ladailypost.com
Lucas Hubbard backs up his dad Ray WylieClassical Music World: Answering Classical Concert Questions
By ANN MCLAUGHLIN
A few of weeks ago I tried to define and then slap down three reasons why people don’t come to classical music concerts. My message was that you don’t have to know anything about classical music to enjoy it, you don’t have to dress up and you don’t have to clean out your bank account to attend.
Some of you may take my advice and come to one of the Los Alamos Concert Association’s offerings. And, if you have never been to a classical concert, you may find yourself feeling like you are in a foreign land where the music is great but you don’t know the language Read More
Major Gift of Paintings By Taos Pueblo Artists Gifted To Millicent Rogers Museum
‘Fall at Taos Pueblo’ by Juan Mirabal. Gift of Brad and Fran Taylor. Photo Courtesy of Robert L. Parsons Fine Art
‘Crossing the River’ by Albert Looking Elk Martinez. Gift of Brad and Fran Taylor. Photo Courtesy of Robert L. Parsons Fine Art
MRM News:
The Millicent Rogers Museum (MRM) in Taos has received the gift of 42 paintings by Taos Pueblo artists Albert Lujan, Albert Looking Elk Martinez and Juan Mirabal. Brad and Fran Taylor of Madison, Wisc. donated the collection to the museum.
“We are thrilled beyond belief by the major gift of this significant collection Read More
Ray-Wylie-Hubbard and The Bill Hearne Trio Play The Pond
Ray-Wylie-Hubbard performs for a large crowd at Friday night’s Summer Concert at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Jim Caffrey
The Bill Hearne Trio opened Friday night’s Summer Concert at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Jim Caffey
Concert goers take to the dance floor as the Bill Hearne Trio perform Friday night. Photo by Jim Caffey Read More
Art Through The Loom Comes To Taos
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Missoula Children’s Theatre Presents ‘Blackbeard the Pirate’ Saturday
Actors portraying parrots in ‘Blackbeard the Pirate’ rehearse their parts. The Los Alamos Arts Council presents Missoula Children’s Theatre’s production at 7 p.m. Saturday at Crossroads Bible Church. Tickets are available at the door. Courtesy/LAACIt’s Fun to Have Fun, But You Have to Know How!
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Courtesy/YMCALALO Presents ‘Broadway on the Hill’
LALO News:
Los Alamos Light Opera presents a special benefit performance, with all of your favorite singers, songs and a raffle!
Selections include:
- Wicked
- Les Miserables
- Guys & Dolls • Cabaret • Follies
- Avenue Q
- Company • Jesus Christ Superstar
- Spamalot
- The Drowsy Chaperone
- South Pacific
- West Side Story
- Sweet Charity
- Oliver
- The Phantom of the Opera
Event Schedule:
- 7:30 p.m. Friday Aug.15
- 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16 at the Performing Arts Center, 1670 Nectar St. General admission is $15 or $10 for students and seniors.
Special Encore Performance: Read More
Unitarian Church Hosts Free Screening of ‘Frozen’
Movie poster. Courtesy/UCLATaos Fall Arts Festival Celebrates 40 Years
Projection installation of featured artist Markus Dorninger Courtesy/https:////www.paseotaos.orgTAOS ARTS News:
The oldest art festival in Taos, Taos Fall Arts Festival, is celebrating its 40th year by expanding and enhancing the festival, adding new features such as The Paseo on opening night. The 2014 festival is scheduled for Sept. 26-Oct. 5 with an opening reception 4-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26.
“We chose to create a community focus group and listen to local artists to find out how we could better serve the arts community going forward and local businesses,” spokesman Paul Figueroa Read More
Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘Jersey Boys’
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB“Jersey Boys” is Clint Eastwood’s effort to put the hugely successful Broadway musical of the same name on the big screen.
It is the story of Frankie Valli and the original N.J., through their trying to survive in the big time. The music of the Four Seasons plays throughout the film, making it more than worth the price of admission.
The story is told by each of the four band members, cutting away at times to talk straight to the camera.
Movie poster for ‘Jersey Boys.’ Courtesy/Reel Deal Theater
Tommy DeVito’s (Vincent Piazza) version of the story comes Read More
Tickets Available For Guitarist Genevieve Leitner’s Performance at Bethe House Thursday
Genevieve Leitner
PEEC News:
A few tickets remain for the benefit concert the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) will hold at 7p.m. Thursday, July 24.
Renowned guitarist Genevieve Leitner will perform for the intimate audience, at the beautifully renovated and historic Hans Bethe House on Bathtub Row. Tickets are on sale now on PEEC’s website for $35. If tickets remain on the day of the show, they also will be sold at the door for $40.
The proceeds of the concert will go toward funding exhibits and gardens at the new Los Alamos County Nature Center, a public-private partnership Read More
Hiking, Biking, Beer & Music July 26
LABC News:
The Second Annual Los Alamos Beer Co-op Fiesta is Saturday, July 26 at Pajarito Mountain Ski Area. The Fiesta features lift-served biking and hiking 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. as well as a New Mexico brewers fest with live music noon to 6 p.m. Atomic City Transit Shuttle will run every ½ hour from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. from Sullivan Field.
As part of the Fiesta, other Los Alamos cooperative businesses will attend to support their community and fellow cooperative. Representatives of the co-ops will be on hand to provide information about their cooperative business and tell Read More
This Week at the Reel Deal
Column by JIM O’DONNELL This week we are opening Lucy, with Scarlett Johansson. Begin Again, Planes: Fire and Rescue, and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes will run for another week. Jersey Boys will end this Thursday so don’t miss it.
Next week on Aug. 1, we will definitely open Guardians of the Galaxy, and the following week Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is certain. The film I’ve been working hard to open on Aug. 8 is The Hundred Foot Journey which is perfect for this town. Disney is saying we don’t make the cut again for opening weekend but we can get it by Aug. Read More
Los Alamos Community Winds Presents Free Concert at 7 p.m. Today at Ashley Pond
The Los Alamos Community Winds will present a free concert at 7 p.m. today, July 23, at Ashley Pond. The community is invited to bring a picnic dinner, spread out a blanket and enjoy a slice of Americana as LACW continues the tradition of the town band with a concert of light music and good, old-fashioned popular tunes. File photo Read More
Help Get Los Alamos Little Theatre Spruced Up For New Season Saturday
LALT News:
It is time to get the Los Alamos Little Theatre ready for the new season. A work party is scheduled beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, July 26 at the theater on Nectar Street.
Dennis Powell will lead the crew in painting the risers. Corky Howell will lead repairs on the storage shed. Pruning and weeding also will take place. Bring work gloves and a hat. Wear sunscreen.
There will be coffee, juice and light refreshments in the morning, and a lunch to reward the volunteer workers. Everyone is welcome. Read More
Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘Begin Again’
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB“Begin Again” is a simple movie, motivated by the power of music – but it works. The story is about the redemption of two down-on-their-luck strangers and what they get from teaming up together.
Dan Mulligan (a scruffy Mark Ruffalo), was just dumped as a music producer from the company he founded. In his drunken sorrow, he stumbles into an East Village bar and hears Greta (Keira Knightley), a young woman who writes songs in her spare time, singing. Her soulful song inspires him (in a very clever scene adding imagined backup musicians) and he attempts to coax Read More
Betty Nance Smith Chosen For National Exhibition
Farmer’s Market Gold by Betty Nance Smith. Courtesy photo
AWA News:
Work by highly regarded artist Betty Nance Smith of Los Alamos will be featured in the American Women Artists 17th Annual Member Show and National Juried Competition Exhibition.
As American Art Collector Magazine recently observed, AWA members are “women of distinction,” representing some of the very best painters and sculptors working today. The Addison Art Gallery is pleased to have been chosen to present this important show that you can now preview by clicking here.
Betty Nance Smith paints obscure and obvious Read More
Two Young Artists Concerts in Taos July 26-27
TSM News:
The Taos School of Music (TSM) will host two Young Artists concerts July 26-27.
The first concert is scheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday, July 26 at the Hotel St. Bernard, Taos Ski Valley. On the program: Mozart: Divertimento for String Trio in E Flat Major, K 563, and Beethoven: Piano Trio D Major, Op. 70, No. 1, “Ghost Trio.” The concert is free and open to the public.
A second concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 27 at Taos Community Auditorium, 145 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte. Tickets are $8. On the program: Beethoven: String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95, “Serioso,” Read More
