Entertainment

SALA Event Center Releases October Calendar Of Events

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SALA News:

The SALA Event Center is thrilled to announce its October 2025 calendar, packed with exciting new film releases, timeless classics, community events, and special screenings for all ages. From gripping dramas and animated adventures to insightful cultural films and family-friendly mornings, October at SALA offers something for everyone.

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Fresh stories come to the big screen all month long:

  • One Battle After Another
    Sept. 26 – Oct. 5 | Fri & Sat, 1 & 7 p.m. | Sun, 2 p.m.
    A band of ex-revolutionaries reunite when their nemesis resurfaces
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View 135-Foot ‘Zozobra The Balloon’ In Santa Fe Oct. 3

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‘Zozobra Balloon Glow’ lets families see a 135-foot hot-air balloon up close and for free, 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, at Villa Linda Park @ Santa Fe Place Mall —for those who can’t make the trip to Albuquerque. Courtesy/KCSF

Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe News:

SANTA FE — With the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta right around the corner, many Santa Fe children have never stood beneath a towering hot-air balloon—until now! On Friday, October 3, the Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe will inflate the spectacular 135-foot “Zozobra the Balloon” in Villa Linda Park, giving local kids and their families a rare, Read More

LAHS Grad Jonathon Ebanks Opens Digital Media Company

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LAHS 2003 graduate Jonathon Ebanks, the owner of Invisible Hand Entertainment, LLC. Courtesy photo

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

It was during the pandemic in 2020 that Jonathon Ebanks got an idea for a business. With everyone homebound, he said he wanted to help companies with their online presence. As a result, Invisible Hand Entertainment, LLC was born.

Although the business was created in 2020, it stagnated for a few years due to Ebanks working at Los Alamos National Laboratory’s IT department. This year, however, he decided to start the digital media Read More

Hillstompers To Celebrate 25th Anniversary With Pub Crawl As Smith’s Marketplace & Opening For Igor And The Red Elvises Friday At The Tub

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A scene from a previous performance at Smith’s Marketplace. The popular community band will be back at the grocery store at 5 p.m. Friday as part of its 25th anniversary pub crawl. Post file photo

COMMUNITY News:

The Hillstompers are celebrating their 25th anniversary and will host a pub crawl starting at 5 p.m. Friday, at Smith’s Marketplace, before heading over to Bathtub Row Brewing at 6:30 p.m. to open for Igor and the Red Elvises. Afterward, the HIllstompers will hit the streets to continue to provide live music.

In honor of the anniversary, one of the members wrote the following poem:

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Safos Dance Theatre’s ‘Stories From Home’ Brings Southwest Soul To Duane Smith Auditorium

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Scene from ‘Tecolote’ with performers Esteban Rosales, Ruby Morales, Zarina Orduño Mendoza and Lauren Jimenez, choreographed and narrated by Yvonne Montoya. Photo by Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli

By MARLENE WILDEN
Los Alamos Daily Post
marlene@ladailypost.com

Los Alamos audiences will witness a rare convergence of personal history, regional memory and evocative dance in Safos Dance Theatre’s evening-length work, Stories from Home, premiering Friday, Oct. 3 at Duane Smith Auditorium. 

Directed by founder and choreographer Yvonne Montoya, the Tucson-based company presents a layered Read More

Coro de Cámara To Perform In Concert ‘Connections: Sharing Our Mental Health Stories’ Oct. 16, 18, 19

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Coro de Cámara ensemble at Ashley Pond Park. Courtesy⁄Coro de Cámara

Coro de Cámara News:

With the goal of creating connections, raising mental health awareness, and fostering mental well-being, the Coro de Cámara chamber chorus offers three unique performances of “Connections: Sharing Our Mental Health Stories” Oct. 16, 18, 19 in Los Alamos and Santa Fe.

The program includes inspiring pop, Broadway, and choral music; dance, drama, and real-life stories; a Q&A with mental health professionals and free resources. 

Coro Artistic Director Nylea Butler-Moore, who has long considered Read More

Young Life Los Alamos To Host Annual ‘Fun’draiser Oct. 2

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YLLA News:

Young Life Los Alamos (YLLA) is hosting its annual “fun”draiser at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, at Crossroads Bible Church. Dove award-winning artist Brandon Heath will share his music as well as his own Young Life story. It is sure to be an amazing evening.

The community is invited to attend and be blessed by Christ’s story in Brandon’s life, eat some good desserts, hear about the vision of Young Life, and consider taking the opportunity to invest in this ministry during this very fun evening.

Young Life has been in Los Alamos for nearly 50 years, “introducing adolescents to Jesus and helping Read More

REVEL To Host First-Ever ‘Love Life ALS Stunt Carnival’

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REVEL News:

ALBUQUERQUE — REVEL will host the first-ever “Love Life ALS Stunt Carnival” Saturday, Oct. 4, at 4720 Alexander Blvd. NE in Albuquerque, bringing together stunts, live entertainment, and community activities to raise awareness and support for families impacted by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

The event will feature Glenn Allen Love Jr., a former UCLA and Canadian Football League player turned Hollywood stunt performer. All proceeds from the event will go to the Love Life ALS Foundation.

In July 2024, the day after celebrating his daughter’s first birthday, Love — then Read More

Community Film Screening Of ‘The Wanted 18’ Oct. 3

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COMMUNITY News:

At 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 3, the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos will host a free community screening of The Wanted 18, an internationally acclaimed documentary that blends animation, interviews, and archival footage to tell one of the most unusual stories of nonviolent resistance in recent history.

The film follows the true events of a small Palestinian town during the First Intifada, where residents set out to produce their own milk as an act of independence and defiance. When 18 cows became the target of the occupying military, the villagers’ determination turned into a remarkable—and Read More

Community Invited To Movie On The Mesa Oct. 3

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COMMUNITY News:

Los Alamos Recreation and Barranca Mesa PTO is once again teaming up to bring the community Movie on the Mesa—a free community event at 5:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 3. This is a fun, family event to bring the community together 

Event details:

  • Movie: The new Lilo & Stitch movie
  • Friday, Oct. 3, 2025 | Doors open at 5:30 p.m. | Movie begins at 6 p.m.
  • Barranca Mesa Elementary School track (behind the elementary school)

Concessions will be available for purchase, cash or credit card accepted—all proceeds will go towards Los Alamos Recreation Scholarships.

Bring your own blankets/chairs Read More