Entertainment

PAC 8 Community Media Center: March 17-23, 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 March 17-23:

Friday, March 17, 2023

  • 6 a.m. Democracy Now! – Live;
  • 10 a.m. The Thom Hartmann Program;
  • 11 a.m. County Council Replay – 3-07-23;
  • 3 p.m.  Democracy Now!;
  • 5 p.m. PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates;
  • 6 p.m. PAC 8 Summer Media Classes;
  • 7 p.m. Applications of 3-D Bioprinting;
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Rotary Hosts Belisama Irish Dance Company

Dancers from left, Erin Brodnax, Sebastian Alders, Aven Heavner, Sierra Morri and Ginnie Pickett. Photo by Kateri Morris

Ponderosa student, Sebastian Alders, and the other dancers perform a soft shoe dance to a reel. Photo by Kateri Morris

By LINDA HULL
Vice President
Rotary Club of Los Alamos

In anticipation of St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, when everyone is Irish, members of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos were pleased to welcome students from the Belisama Irish Dance Company March 7. 

The dance company is named after Belisama, the Celtic goddess related to fire, who is said to “connect the power Read More

Community Invited To Multicultural Festival March 15

LAPS News:

The community is invited to attend the10th annual Multicultural Festival, Around the World in White Rock. This year the event is 5 p.m. Wedensday, March 15 at Piñon Elementary School.

Presented jointly by Chamisa Elementary and Piñon Elementary Schools, the festival features dance, music, games, crafts and food tastings. This year will feature Brazil, Chile, China, Ethiopia, France, Germany, India, Korea, Norway, Uzbekistan and Cochiti Pueblo.

There also will be performances by Elias Davila, a hoop dancer from San Ildefonso Pueblo, Dance Arts Los Alamos Scottish Highland Read More

Wise Fool New Mexico To Host Spring Circus Cabaret April 1

Courtesy/Wise Fool

ART News:

SANTA FE — Join Santa Fe’s community circus for an April Fool’s show – for real! Wise Fool New Mexico is hosting a circus show full of trickery, foolery, and all-around fun during their annual Spring Cabaret at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 1.

This captivating evening, showcasing a variety of artists and different disciplines is one that you won’t want to miss! Join their performers, coaches and students for a playful, family friendly evening of circus tricks!

This show is an opportunity for our community members to share the circus skills they learn at Wise Fool! Performers Read More

Teatro Paraguas Presents: ‘Katie’s Tales – A Woman’s Desire In The Whirlwind Of History’ April 1

Teatro Paraguas presents ‘Katie’s Tales – a Woman’s Desire in the Whirlwind of History’ April 1. Courtesy/TA

TEATRO PARAGUAS News:

Teatro Paraguas presents “Katie’s Tales — a Woman’s Desire in the Whirlwind of History”, a solo show at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1 with Agnieska Kazimierska from Poland at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie in Santa Fe.

Katie’s Tales interlaces song, poetry, evocative physicality, and striking stage imagery, to create the dream traces of one woman’s encounter with love, war, ancestral memory, and a future still-to-come.

Katie’s Tales is the story of a woman and Read More

Adobe Theater: ‘The Revolutionists’ Opening April 14

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The Adobe Theater News:

The Adobe Theater presents ‘The Revolutionists’ with performances at 7:30 p.m. April 14-May 7 and at 2 p.m. Sundays.

‘Pay What You Will’ performance 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 4.

‘The Revolutionists’ is a story of wit, beauty, and strength, and is based on four powerful badass women who took on the French Revolution during its Reign of Terror, 1793. Even though the four women never actually met, they were real, and their stories were real. The four women: playwright Olympe de Gouges performed by Jennifer Benoit, assassin Charlotte Corday performed Read More

The Man Behind Los Alamos Golf & Games

Joe Johansen works at LANL and also owns Los Alamos Golf & Games and Albuquerque Golf & Games. Courtesy photo

View of Los Alamos Golf & Games inside SALA Event Center at 2551 Central Ave. Courtesy/SALA

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

Joe Johansen has spent the better part of the last 10 years working at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He recently assumed the role of explosives safety lead. Johansen also is a combat wounded veteran who spent two years in Afghanistan. He credits the dedication and attention to detail he acquired in the military as the Read More

LALT To Host New Mexico State Amateur Theater Festival Friday And Saturday

LALT News:

This weekend, the Los Alamos Little Theatre and Theatre New Mexico will host the New Mexico State Amateur Theater Festival at the Los Alamos Performing Arts Center, 1670 Nectar St.

The festival is for non-profit theaters throughout the state, and features workshops, performances and adjudications. The adjudicators (all from out of state) will observe the shows, provide comments for making the shows better, and select which show should advance the regional competition in Little Rock Arkansas.

Two companies are competing, Los Alamos Little Theatre with “Gun Play” by Dale Dun, Read More