Entertainment
Scenes From ‘Reefer Madness’ Opening Friday At LALT
Narrator Matthew DeSmith, left, gives ominous warnings about the dangers of the demon weed in the Los Alamos Little Theater production of the musical ‘Reefer Madness’, based on the 1930s scare ‘documentary’ of the same name. The show opens Friday and runs through Nov. 18. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays with a 2 p.m. matinee Sunday, Nov. 12. Tickets are $30 at the door or lalt.org. Groups of four can take advantage of the ‘420 Special’ discounted price of $20 per ticket. Photo by Thomas Graves
Katherine Swager stars as a pure and innocent teen swept up in the world of marijuana in Read More
Pianist Chenxing Huang To Perform Nov. 1 At Fuller Lodge
LAAC News:
The Los Alamos Arts Council (LAAC) has announced pianist Chenxing Huang for the Daytime Performance Series concert noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1 in the Pajarito Room of Fuller Lodge.
LAAC hosts a concert on the first Wednesday of every month featuring a curated slate of musicians, performers and speakers. These are free to the public and all ages are welcome.
Chenxing will play several pieces in the hour-long concert including compositions by Claude Debussy, Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt and modern composer Zhao Zhang.
Chenxing Huang, an award-winning Chinese pianist, has captivated Read More
Reefer Madness To Burn Up LALT Stage Nov. 3-18
By KELLY DOLEJSI
LALT
This November, Los Alamos Little Theatre’s 80th anniversary season builds up steam — or, ahem, smoke — with the musical “Reefer Madness,” written by Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney, about two wholesome teens gone — literally — to pot.
Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Nov. 3-18, with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, Nov. 12. Tickets are $30 at the door or at lalt.org. Groups of four can take advantage of the “420 Special,” wherein groups of four tickets can be purchased at a discounted price of $20 per ticket.
Based on the 1936 propaganda film of the same name, Read More
PAC 8 Community Media Center: Nov. 3-9, 2023
PAC 8 News:
PAC 8 Community Media Center is available for recording events, transferring of old media, shooting and editing, live streaming and drone photography and videography.
For information, email pac8@losalamos.com, call 505.662.7228 or visit pac8cmc.com.
PAC 8 Television schedule for Nov. 3-9, 2023:
Friday, Nov. 3, 2023
- 6 a.m. Democracy Now! – Live
- 10 a.m. The Thom Hartmann Program
- 11 a.m. County Council Meeting Replay 10-10–23
- 3 p.m. Democracy Now!
- 5 p.m. PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
- 6 p.m. Homecoming Parade
- 7 p.m. Los Alamos Faith & Science Forum –
Santa Fe Playhouse Announces Catalyzing 2024 Season
Courtesy/SFP
SFP News:
SANTA FE — Santa Fe Playhouse (SFP) has announced its catalyzing 2024 season at their Record-Breaking Bash, which took place Friday, Oct. 27, at La Fonda on the Plaza and Palace Prime.
The season will open with two contemporary history plays in repertory Born with Teeth and Or, both by Liz Duffy Adams, and includes Heidi Schreck’s poignant work What the Constitution Means to Me, the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Sunday in the Park with George by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim, a workshop of the Indigifuturist play Pueblo Revolt by Indigenous playwright Dillon Chitto, Read More
Scenes From 2023 Trick-or-Treat On MainStreet
Scene from the 2023 Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet hosted by Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District and sponsored by Enterprise Bank & Trust Friday in downtown Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
Scene from the 2023 Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet hosted by Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District and sponsored by Enterprise Bank & Trust Friday in downtown Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
Scene from the 2023 Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet hosted by Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District and sponsored by Enterprise Bank & Trust Friday in downtown Los Alamos. Courtesy photo Read More
Mesa Top Games And Toys Hosts Holiday-Themed Escape Room Beginning Nov. 1
Mesa Top Games and Toys News:
Mesa Top Games and Toys, 1247B Central Ave., is featuring a “pop-up” style escape room that will run in the shop after hours, 6:30 p.m. Sundays, and Monday to Wednesdays starting Nov. 1 through Dec. 23.
The setup takes less than one hour and the time limit for the puzzles is one hour with an extra 30 minutes allowed if participants are close to figuring it out.
The puzzles embrace the holidays and Los Alamos. The design was conceived entirely in-house though the final product includes creative input from several of the team and community members. The title is “Christmas Read More
J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee Lecture Series To Feature Visual Effects Artist Steve Preeg
Visual Effects Artist and Los Alamos Native Steve Preeg
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
Visual effects in films are achieved by doing far more than just hitting a few keys on the keyboard. Just look at the credits roll in a movie and see the long list of names that appear under visual effects.
Los Alamos Native Steve Preeg, who earned an Academy Award for Best Achievement in Visual Effects for his work on the movie, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, will reveal the complexity of creating visual effects during his lecture 7:30 p.m. Monday at SALA Event Center. Read More
Umbrella Children’s Theatre Presents Paja And The Peanuts And The Picky Princesses Nov. 17-19
Umbrella Children’s Theatre’s ‘Paja and The Peanuts and The Picky Princesses’ Nov. 17-19 at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie in Santa Fe. Courtesy/Teatro Paraguas
‘Paja and The Peanuts and The Picky Princesses’ Nov. 17-19 at Teatro Paraguas. Courtesy/Teatro Paraguas
TEATRO PARAGUAS News:
Umbrella Children’s Theatre (UCT) presents Paja and The Peanuts and The Picky Princesses at Teatro Paraguas, adapted by Rebecca Morgan from the original prize-winning story “The Princess and the Peanut”, directed by JoJo Sena-Tarnoff, with original music by Melange (Jeff and JoJo Tarnoff). Student Read More