Entertainment

SALA Happenings: March 22-26, 2023

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Courtesy/SALA

SALA News:

SALA Los Alamos Event Center announces a week of fun-filled events that are sure to delight visitors of all ages. From Wednesday through Sunday, SALA will host a range of programs and movies, with something for everyone.

Today the After School Program will take place 1-5 p.m., providing kids with a chance to enjoy games on the big screen and arcade games. The talent contest, “Los Alamos Got Talent” will also be held at the same time, and we encourage all elementary students to participate. In addition, the first-run movie “Shazam” will be screened at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. today. Read More

PAC 8’s Spring Fundraiser Has Begun!

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Sitting Fairy donated by Petree Garden Center & Florist. Courtesy/PAC 8

PAC 8 News:

PAC 8’s spring fundraiser, an on-line auction has begun.

PAC 8 thanks the local businesses for the large assortment of generous donations. Auction items include a $250 wine dinner from Pig & Fig, 2 tickets to an O’Keeffe landscape tour at Ghost Ranch, lift tickets to Pajarito Mountain, 2 bags of “everything Oppie” from the Los Alamos Historical Society and a box full of bagged, jarred and packaged foods grown by local writer Liddie Martinez along with her autographed cookbook. There also is jewelry, puzzles, Read More

Santa Fe Opera Guild Presents Talk By Desirée Mays On ‘Myth And The Flying Dutchman’ April 17

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Desirée Mays

Santa Fe Opera Guild News:

The Santa Fe Opera Guild welcomes Desirée Mays who will give a presentation on Myth and The Flying Dutchman 6 p.m. Monday, April 17 at the Santa Fe Woman’s Club, 1616 Old Pecos Trail.

The Flying Dutchman, cursed by the devil, must sail the seas for eternity unless he can find a woman whose fidelity will redeem him. Senta, a young, impressionable girl, falls in love with the portrait of the doomed dutchman. When he appears, she recognizes him and quickly pledges herself to him. She willingly makes the ultimate sacrifice and is his salvation, as the first of many Read More

African Library Project Upcoming Fundraiser At SALA Today

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KIWANIS News:

Two movies filmed in Africa will be shown at the SALA Event Center (former Reel Deal) today, March 20, to help raise funds needed for the cost of shipping eight school libraries to Malawi later this month.

Tickets for the movies may be purchased in advance online here. Tickets also may be purchased at the door.

Schedule for the evening is as follows:

  • 4-4:30 p.m. Doors open. Snacks, drinks, African items available for purchase in the lobby.
  • 4:30-6:10 p.m. Movie Duma will be shown. (100 minutes)
  • 6-6:45 p.m. Snacks, drinks, African items available for purchase in the lobby.
  • 6:30-8:15
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Celebration Naming The Ross And Lola Ramsey Stage At Duane Smith Auditorium Draws Near

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By Jenny McCumber
Executive Director
 Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation

As the celebration of the Ross and Lola Ramsey Stage Naming nears, Los Alamos High School alumni near and far continue to give donations and share their memories about the Ramseys and the impact they had on former students.

The campaign to Light up the Stage for the Ramseys is still open for those who would like to donate. This project serves both to honor the memory of the Ramseys and their impact on students who graduated decades ago and also as a current impact for students who are in the Olions program now. The donations so Read More

TGIF Series: eSSO March 17

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TGIF News:

What: eSSO

Music: Delius and Haydn

Date: March 17, 2023

Time: 5:30 p.m. (doors open at 5:15 p.m.)

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:

Rehearsals: 2/6, 2/13, 2/20, 2/27, 3/6, 3/13, Wed 3/15 and TGIF 3/17.

  • Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo of Spring
  • Haydn Symphony No. 6 in C Major, “Le Matin”
  • Kathleen McIntosh, harpsichord

March TGIF Conductor is UNM Graduate Student Leonardo Pinto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

June 16 TGIF Cycle would begin May 8.

First Presbyterian Read More

SALA Event Center Offers Up Fresh, Cutting Edge Idea For Creating Immersive, Virtual Reality Experience Venue

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SALA Event Center Owner Allen Saenz, in front, last Thursday discusses his business and the plans in place to convert one of his theater spaces into an immersive, virtual reality experience. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

SALA Event Center Project Leader Kevin Holsapple discusses the immersive experience and all the possibilities it offers the community during last Thursday’s presentation. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

Imagine slipping on a headset and suddenly being transported half-way Read More

Los Alamos High School Olions: Pippin Opens Thursday

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LAHS News:

This week is Pippin’s opening starting Thursday. Performed by the Los Alamos High School Olions, this will be a production the community will not want to miss.

Pippin is a musical originally released in 1972 with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Roger O. Hirson. Bob Fosse, who directed the original Broadway production, was also a great contributor to the libretto. Fosse also originally choreographed Pippin, so you will see that the dance in our rendition is inspired by him.

The show premises on a mysterious impromptu performance troupe, led by the Leading Player, to Read More