Entertainment

LAHS Class Of 2019 Prepares For Annual ‘Duct Tape A Staff Member’ To The Wall Fundraiser

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The Los Alamos High School Class of 2019 will hold its annual duct tape a staff member to the wall fundraiser. Last year security filled the bill as Scott Reynolds was hoisted for the cause. Today and Thursday students can purchase a ticket for just $1 and pick their favorite staff member from a list of willing volunteers. Here, Topper Freshman Academy teacher Debbie Grothaus gives some support to Reynolds before the entire school paraded by for selfies. Courtesy photo Read More

LALT Opens ‘The Other Place’ Friday, Feb. 24

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LALT News:
 
The Los Alamos Little Theatre has announced the dates for the upcoming play, The Other Place.
 
Show dates are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday Feb. 24, 25, and March 10, 11, 17, and 18 and the Sunday matinee is 2 p.m. March 12 at the Los Alamos Performance Center at 1670 Nectar St.
 
This compelling drama centers on Juliana Smithton, a successful neurologist whose life seems to be coming unhinged. Her husband has filed for divorce and her daughter has eloped with a much older man. And just as her research leads to a potential
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Cinema Cindy Reviews: Hell Or High Water

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By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos
 
“Hell or High Water” came out in August last year and the previews made it look like a celebration of stupidity and bad behavior. So I was not motivated to see it in the theater.
 
But then, the Santa Fe New Mexican gave it four chilies (out of a possible four!) And then a friend I highly respect suggested I had really missed something, by not seeing it. Then it got nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. So, I checked on Netflix and it is now out on DVD. So I gave in and watched it at home. I was pleasantly surprised to like
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Fundraiser For Belisama Irish Dance School Feb. 25

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Belisama Irish Dance with Director Adrienne Bellis, 2nd from right and Assistant Director Celia Bassett, 3rd from left. Courtesy photo

DANCE News:

Join the Belisama Irish Dance School for a  lively afternoon of ceili dancing (Irish social dance), live music, a short Irish dance demonstration and refreshments to help fund the Belisama Irish Dance Company’s future performances and new costumes. A Girl Scout Fun Patch will be offered for those Girl Scouts joining the fun!

The event is 2-4 p.m. Saturday Feb. 25 at the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos, 1738 North Sage St.

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Coro de Cámara: ‘Do You Hear The People Sing?’

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Coro de Cámara. Courtesy photo

MUSIC News:

“Do you Hear the People Sing?” Coro de Cámara, Northern New Mexico’s premiere chamber chorus, will perform an exciting program featuring some of the best of musical theater and Broadway. As the concert title promises, several selections from the world’s most popular musical, Les Misérables, are a highlight of the program, along with other favorites, such as “My New Philosophy” from You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, “Corner of the Sky” from Pippin, and “For Good” from Wicked.  

The chorus also offers a stirring tribute to Stephen Sondheim, who for Read More

Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘A Man Called Ove’

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By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos
 
“A Man Called Ove” is one of the Oscar nominees for Best Foreign Language Film of 2016.
 
If you don’t speak Swedish and don’t like reading subtitles, you’ll just have to read the book by Fredrik Backman. It is terrific! What the film offers are some wonderful character performances, despite the pruned storyline.
 
The story takes place in a community of look-alike, blockhouses. Our hero Ove Lindahl used to be president of the homeowners association and since those glory days everything he sees is going to pot.
 
Every morning Ove still makes
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Letter To The Editor: Let’s All Voice Support For Two Bills Aimed At Protecting New Mexico Wildlife

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By BETTE KORBER
Los Alamos

At 8 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, New Mexico’s Senate Conservation Committee will hear two bills aimed at protecting wildlife here in New Mexico.

Senate Bill 286, which will ban the use of traps and poisons on our public lands, was introduced by Sen. Pete Campos (D-Las Vegas) and Sen. Gay Kernan (R-Hobbs). Currently, traps and poisons can be left not far from public trails, are random in their damage, and put wildlife, endangered species and even pets at risk.

Senate Bill 268, sponsored by Sen. Jeff Steinborn (D-Las Cruces) and Sen. Mark Moores (R- Albuquerque), will

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Cinema Cindy Reviews: Jackie

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