Arts

This Week at the Reel Deal

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Column by JIM O’DONNELL
Reel Deal Theater
 
This week we are opening Non-Stop and Dallas Buyers Club. Mr. Peabody and 300: Rise of an Empire will hold for another week. Son of God and Lego end Thursday.

Movie poster for ‘Non-Stop.’ Courtesy/Reel Deel Theater

Dallas Buyers Club is opening here very late I know, but Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto won Oscars for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively. I think that alone plus its 94 percent rating make it worth a look on the big screen.

Non-Stop is just that; nonstop action starring Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore. Read More

Wooden Menagerie: Made in New Mexico

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‘Armadillo’ by Ron Archuleta Rodrígue. Courtesy of Robert and Kathy Horowitz. Photo Blair Clark

MOIFA News:

SANTA FE—One of the most far-reaching exhibits of New Mexico animal wood carvings, Wooden Menagerie: Made in New Mexico, debuts at the Museum of International Folk Art April 6, with 107 artworks made by such masters as Felipe Archuleta, Patrociñio Barela and José Dolores López. The exhibition runs through Feb. 15, 2015.

Leroy Ortega, Owl with Kangaroo Rat. Gift of Ann Pollock. Photo Blair Clark

The artworks range from narrative-to-abstracted in style, and include birds, Read More

Hear Poets Veronica Golos and Andrea Watson at ‘Authors Speak’ March 27

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Veronica Golos. Courtesy/MPL

LIBRARY News:

April is National Poetry Month and Mesa Public Library is celebrating a few days early. Quotes: The Authors Speak Series presents Veronica Golos and Andrea Watson, noted poets and publishers at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 27 in the Upstairs Rotunda.

Andrea Watson. Courtesy/MPL

Golos is acquisitions editor and Andrea Watson is founding publisher and editor of 3: A Taos Press, a multicultural and ethically voiced publishing house, dedicated to fostering and honoring the work of writers of all cultures. The press places an emphasis on poetry manuscripts. Read More

Katie Laintz Wins 2014 Dog Jog Logo Contest!

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Katie Laintz with her dog Zorra and the winning logo. Courtesy photo
 
DOG JOG News:
The winner of this year’s Dog Jog Logo Contest is Katie Laintz, a six-grader from Pinon Elementaary School. Second place goes to Amaya Coblentz, third place to Kaylee Ellsworth, fourth place to Abigail Lechel and fifth place to Lily Shevitz.
 
The Dog Jog committee would like to thank all of the young artists who participated in the contest to design the 2014 Dog Jog t-shirt logo for this year’s event scheduled April 26 in White Rock. Their imagination, talent and sense of fun in creating their designs are
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LALT’s ‘Kindertransport’ Magnificent and Moving

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Nora Cullinan as Eva,with Warren Houghteling as Ratcatcher. Photo by Maria Thibodeau, courtesy of mariawritingwithlight.com
 
Evelyn (Kirste Plunket) confronts her past. Photo by Maria Thibodeau, courtesy of mariawritingwithlight.com
 
Review By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

The Los Alamos Little Theatre production of ‘Kindertransport” is a must-see. The play interweaves the themes of love, loss, identity and survival against the backdrop of the Holocaust, when desperate Jewish parents in the Third Reich sent their children, alone, to England in a rescue effort Read More

LALT Commemorates Kindertransport Program in Latest Production

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Nora Cullinan as Eva,with Warren Houghteling as Ratcatcher. Photo by Maria Thibodeau, courtesy of mariawritingwithlight.com

LALT News:

Los Alamos Little Theatre will mark the 75th anniversary of the United Kingdom’s historic Kindertransport program with its production of Diane Samuel’s award-winning drama of the same name. Opening at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 7, “Kindertransport” focuses on the life of one of the children rescued by England’s evacuation program for Jewish children in Germany begun on the eve of World War II.

Before the outbreak of the war, those in Europe were aware of the Read More

Los Alamos High School Earns Jostens National Yearbook Design Recognition!

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Los Alamos High School year book lead editors Darby Knoll and Ben Nguyen hold the banner as the team gathers for a photo at the high school to celebrate their national recognition. Courtesy photo

Los Alamos High School Earns Jostens National Yearbook Design Recognition

  • La Loma yearbook, Begin Here, featured in 2014 Jostens Look Book

LAHS News:

Los Alamos High School’s 2012-2013 La Loma yearbook, Begin Here, has been recognized for excellence and featured in the 2014 Jostens Look Book, celebrating the best-of-the-best in yearbook design and coverage.

The Jostens Look Book is a collection of Read More

This Week at the Reel Deal

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Column by JIM O’DONNELL                                 
Reel Deal Theater

In general,  I thought the 86th Academy Awards went well. I think everyone who won a golden statue deserved it although I was disappointed that American Hustle, The Wolf of Wall Street and August:Osage County went home empty handed.

It was a shock really, but I guess there are only so many Oscars to go around. Read More

Largest LA Photography Club Show Opens at Library

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A large crowd gathered for Monday’s opening of the Los Alamos Photography Club Show at Mesa Public Library. This, the 19th annual show, is the largest ever, with 158 photographs. Thirty photographers participated in the show. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Visitors to the exhibit study the photographs. Community members will have another opportunity to meet and talk with the photographers about their techniques, euqipment and inspirations at an exhibit walk through at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 18. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
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Cinema Cindy Reviews: ‘Philomena’

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“Philomena”
Review by CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB

“Philomena” was honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with nominations for Best Picture of 2013, Actress in a Leading Role, Original Score and Adapted Screenplay and I heartily agree with these nominations.

It is a fine film, based on a true story. Judy Dench is wonderful in the title role.

The story puts an aging, faithful, Irish Catholic woman, a retired nurse, who wants to find her son, into the hands of a jaded, self-professed atheistic, famous journalist who is after her story. The two play off each other

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