Entertainment

Los Alamos Music Teachers Association Hosts Second 2023 Musicale April 23

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LAMTA News:

The Los Alamos Music Teachers Association (LAMTA) invites the public to attend its second 2023 Musicale, 2-3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 23 at Fuller Lodge, 2132 Central Ave. in downtown Los Alamos.

The LAMTA 2023 Musicale will have students from the studios of Aejin Chang, Janna Warren and Patricia Wood.

Aejin Chang:

  • Sydney Chen…Sonatina in G Major, Moderato, Anh 5, L. Van Beethoven;
  • Hannah Lee…Rondo Alla Turca, K331, W.A. Mozart;
  • Jinheon Kim…Nocturne in b flat minor, Op 9, #1, F. Chopin;
  • Yeanwoo Park, Scene No. 1-6 from Kinderszenen, Op 15, R. Schumann;

Janna Warren: Read More

Simpatico Opens May 3 At New Mexico Actors Lab

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ART News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico Actors Lab will open its 2023 season Wednesday, May 3 with Simpatico, one of the hidden gems of Sam Shepard’s portfolio of quirky dramas.

The play is an homage to his love of horses, the dark underbelly of racing, and the low-life losers who inhabit it. The production will run through Sunday, May 21.

As with many of Shepard’s works, the plot hinges on the shift of power between two close friends whose shady pasts haunt their lives. Lab veteran actors Geoffrey Pomeroy and Hania Stocker face off under the direction of NMAL Artistic Director, Nicholas Ballas, who had the Read More

New Mexico Film Office & Stowe Story Labs Announce 2nd Annual Training For Emerging New Mexico Screenwriters

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Economic Development Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes

NMFO News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Film Office (NMFO) is partnering with Stowe Story Labs to provide the second edition of “New Voices New Mexico”, the training program for emerging New Mexican screenwriters.

The program will be administered in three parts over six months by Stowe Story Labs Founder and Director David Rocchio and is designed to support emerging screenwriters in developing foundational skills necessary for writing feature film or television scripts. 

The “New Voices New Mexico” inaugural program ran in 2022 and aims Read More

National Hispanic Cultural Center Film Symposium Shines Spotlight On Powerhouse Latina Filmmakers

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NHCC News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Head to the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) from April 13 through April 15 for the 1st Annual NHCC Film Symposium, featuring films from a trio of acclaimed Latina directors. 

“With three theatres on campus and program directors with experience in the film industry, cinema has always been a crucial part of our work at the National Hispanic Cultural Center,” said NHCC Interim Executive Director Zack Quintero, The Power of Our Stories, begins Thursday, April 13 in the Albuquerque Journal Theatre with a screening of the documentary Backstreet to the American Read More

New Mexico Author Anne Hillerman’s Book ‘The Way Of The Bear’ To Be Released April 25

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‘The Way of the Bear’ by author Anne Hillerman will be released April 25. Courtesy/Anne Hillerman

COMMUNITY News:

Watch for Anne Hillerman’s new book, The Way of the Bear, to be released April 25.

An event for The Way of the Bear will be held at 6 p.m. April 25 in Santa Fe at Collected Works Bookstore.

Hillerman is fortunate to have many readers who love the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee/Bernadette Manuelito stories as much as she does. Many of you love signed copies, too, and want to get them ASAP!

Here’s how to do that.

Hillerman has wonderful invitations to talk about her forthcoming book at independent bookstores. Read More

Los Alamos Kite Festival Returns May 19-21, 2023

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Courtesy/LAAC

LAAC News:

The Los Alamos Arts Council (LAAC) is hard at work planning for its annual Kite Festival in 2023.

After a multi-year hiatus due to pandemic restrictions and last year’s fire emergencies, LAAC is bringing this multi-day event back to Los Alamos County at Overlook Park in White Rock.

Several community organizations will be hosting kite decorating and building workshops with children in the community and April 19, LAAC will host the Paseo Project, from Taos, as they introduce their artist in residence, Jemila McEwan to the after-school programs at Fuller Lodge Art Center.  Read More

NMFO Announces Amazon Original Series ‘Outer Range’ Season Two In Production In New Mexico

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NMFO News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico Film Office (NMFO) Director Amber Dodson announced Wednesday that season two of the Amazon Original television series “Outer Range” has begun filming around Santa Fe and Las Vegas, N.M.

The production will employ more than 2,000 New Mexicans – approximately 2,000 as background talent and 200-300 resident crew members.  

“Outer Range” is a Western family saga from Plan B Entertainment for Amazon Studios. The story centers around Royal Abbott, played by Oscar-nominee Josh Brolin (“Dune”), a rancher who discovers an unfathomable mystery at the edge of Wyoming’s Read More

Earth Day Festivities At Los Alamos Nature Center April 22

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Fun and entertainment for all ages will be available at PEEC’s Earth Day Festival 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 22 at Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Canyon Road! Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

The Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s (PEEC’s) signature event, the annual Earth Day Festival, is happening 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 22 at Los Alamos Nature Center.

Throughout the day, guests can visit a variety of local, regional and state booths with all kinds of activities and information to celebrate Earth Day. Recycle Man will provide interactive entertainment at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Read More

TGIF: Black Mesa Brass Quintet Performs April 14, 2023

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TGIF News:

What: Black Mesa Brass Quintet

To: Arts Editors and Calendars

Date: April 14, 2023

Time: 5:30 (doors open at 5:15)

Where: First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave. Santa Fe, NM 87501

Admission: Freewill offering and open to all

For More Information call 982.8544 

Program: 

TGIF April 14, 2023

  • Star Wars . . . . . . . . . . . . . Williams
  • Golliwog’s Cake Walk . . . . Debussy
  • Porgy & Bess Sampler . . . . . Gershwin
  • Summertime
  • I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin,
  • Puttin’ On the Ritz . . . . . Berlin
  • A Foggy Day/Nice Work If You Can Get It . . . Gershwin
  • Birdland . . . . . . . . . . . . Zawinul

The Black Mesa Brass Quintet was formed Read More

Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra Presents ‘A Historical Hit Parade’ Spring Concert April 21

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LASO News:

“A Historical Hit Parade” sums up the content of the Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra’s (LASO) spring concert scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, April 21 at Crossroads Bible Church.

The program opens with the Overture to “H.M.S. Pinafore” recalling a performance in August 1948 of the entire Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in conjunction with the Los Alamos Choral Society and Little Theatre. Next up is Franz Schubert’s Symphony #8, dubbed “Unfinished” because it has only two movements instead of the expected four. Here again Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra, at one time called the Los Alamos Sinfonietta, Read More