Entertainment

Love Is In The Air At The Balloon Museum In Albuquerque

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Courtesy/Balloon Museum Foundation

Balloon Museum Foundation News:

ALBUQUERQUE — The Anderson-Abruzzo International Balloon Museum Foundation presents LOVE IS IN THE AIR, a Valentine’s Weekend of Celebrations for Friends, Family, Sweethearts and Balloons to celebrate love and ballooning.

A benefit for the Balloon Museum, LOVE IS IN THE AIR is a curated collection of three lovely gatherings Saturday, Feb. 11; Sunrise Valentine’s Breakfast, Sunset Valentine’s Cocktail Party and stroll the Balloon Museum Artisan Market with more than 15 local vendors, all while overlooking the AAAA Read More

The Lensic Presents International Guitar Night Feb. 15

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The Lensic presents International Guitar Night Feb. 15. Courtesy/Lensic 

LENSIC News:

The Lensic Performing Arts Center presents International Guitar Night, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15.

A touring initiative in its twenty-third year, IGN features a quartet of guitarists from around the world, each performing in their own styles and traditions. Returning to the Lensic for a third time, this stunning showmanship of diverse talent and artistry is adored for good reason.

Tickets ($25–$39) are available here, call 505.988.1234, or in-person at 211 W. San Francisco Street. Ticket holders are invited Read More

Olions 2023 Topper Revue At Smith Auditorium Jan. 20-21

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LAHS News:

The community is invited to attend the Los Alamos High School (LAHS) Olions annual Topper Revue!

This year’s show presents four emcees – played by Evan Long, Olivia Long, Remy Patterson and Elise Ovaska – as frat boys lost in the woods.

It is a show that combines a typical talent show with the story written and acted by the four emcees, and promises to be thoroughly entertaining.

Performances are 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20 and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21 at Duane Smith Auditorium.

Tickets are $5 for students both online and at the door and $10 for adults online, $12 for adults Read More

PAC 8 Community Media Center: Jan. 20-26 2023

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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 Jan 20-26:

Friday, Jan. 20, 2023

  • 6 a.m. — Democracy Now! – Live
  • 10 a.m. — The Thom Hartmann Program
  • 11 a.m. — County Council Replay – 1-03-23
  • 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. — The Whitehouse Chronicles
  • 7:30 p.m. — Lost
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Teatro Paraguas Presents Documentary Play ‘SEVEN’

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Courtesy/Teatro Paraguas

TEATRO PARAGUAS News:

Teatro Paraguas presents ‘SEVEN’, a staged reading to honor International Women’s Month March 10-19.

‘SEVEN’, a staged reading about seven women activists by seven women playwrights to benefit Esperanza Shelter in Santa Fe.   

Shows:

  • 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday;
  • 2 p.m. Sunday;
  • WHERE: Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie, Santa Fe.

Seven women, seven stories, seven countries. Join Teatro Paraguas for a thought-provoking and emotional journey about human rights across the globe. SEVEN is based on interviews by seven award-winning Read More

Tickets Available For PEEC’s Backcountry Film Festival

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PEEC News:

Join PEEC and the SALA Event Center as they team up to host the Backcountry Film Festival, sponsored by Century Bank. Watch the films LIVE for the first time in 3 years at 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 26. Pajarito Brewpub and Grill will sell beer and wine before and during the show. Thanks to headline sponsor Century Bank for making this event possible.

In addition to the movies and drinks, PEEC is back with its great, big, exciting raffle! Some of this year’s awesome prizes include lift tickets, skis, a snowboard, a helicopter ride, gift cards to various local businesses, and more. Raffle Read More

The Lensic: ‘Jazz At Lincoln Center: Songs We Love’ Feb. 2

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The Lensic presents ‘Jazz at Lincoln Center: Songs We Love’  7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2. Courtesy/Lensic 

LENSIC News:

SANTA FE — The Lensic Performing Arts Center presents “Jazz at Lincoln Center: Songs We Love” 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2.

Jazz at Lincoln Center, founded in 1987 as a summer concert series, is a prolific nonprofit organization that produces concerts at venues in New York, touring initiatives, digital programming, and educational outreach.

“Songs We Love” is a program that features the brightest up-and-coming jazz artists performing classics from the 1920s through the Read More

Santa Fe Opera: 44 Apprentice Singers For 2023 Season

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Former Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Singer Emilie Kealani performs in the Apprentice Scenes on the stage of The Crosby Theatre. Photo by Norman Doggett

SFO News:

SANTA FE — The Santa Fe Opera (SFO) announces the 44 members of its 2023 Apprentice Program for Singers.

The roster includes promising young vocalists from across the USA including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, as well as from East Africa, Australia, Canada, China, South America and South Korea. The 2023 class was selected from a pool of more than 1,000 applicants by Program Director Gayletha Nichols; Manager, Casting and Apprentice Read More

Enriquez: Behind The Scenes With Los Alamos Light Opera

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Cast of ‘Matilda the Musical’ rehearsing for the big show. Courtesy/Elisa Enriquez

By ELISA ENRIQUEZ
LALO

What is the Los Alamos Light Opera? 

Imagine post World War 2 Los Alamos, a “town” where many residents had grown up in cities where opera, concerts, plays and music lessons were taken for granted.

Theater lovers got together, and by the end of 1943, Los Alamos Little Theatre (LALT) and Los Alamos Light Opera (LALO) were born.

LALO produced its first show, “HMS Pinafore” in 1948. While the focus was originally on Gilbert and Sullivan, the organization began producing musicals within the first Read More