Entertainment

Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘Eagle Huntress’

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Movie Poster for ‘Eagle Hunstress’. Courtesy photo

By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos

“Eagle Huntress” is a documentary that tells the story of Aisholpan Nurgaiv, a 13-year-old Mongolian girl who wants to be an eagle hunter like her father and the eleven generations of men before him. The problem is, she is female.

Aisholpan Nurgaiv plays herself in the film, and this is her true story. Her father, Rys Nurgaiv, and his father have been eagle hunting all of Aisholpan’s life. She is really keen to be trained, herself. Her father thinks boys and girls are equal and can do anything. Her mother Read More

Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘La La Land’

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By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos

“La La Land” is a pejorative term for “Los Angeles” that is used only by people who don’t live there. I’m sure the name must refer to a supposedly carefree lifestyle, seemingly unending sunshine, and a Hollywood full of starry-eyed dreamers. Having grown up with a very different experience of Los Angeles, I have never resonated with the pejorative term. But one thing the title of this movie tells me is that the filmmakers are intent on a few inside jokes for Angelinos, like me.

Movie poster for ‘La La Land’. Courtesy photo

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The Harmaleighs Play Los Alamos Feb. 19

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The Harmaleighs. Courtesy/Facebook.com
 
MUSIC News:
 
The Harmaleighs will perform in Los Alamos Sunday, Feb. 19 at Fuller Lodge.  The Americana duo hails from Nashville, Tenn., and is hard at work on their much-anticipated second album. Their current single, “I Keep Ticking On” continues to garner more fans and has more than a million plays on Spotify. 
 
Doors open for The Harmaleighs at 6 p.m., and the band takes the stage at 7 p.m. Light meals will be available 6-7 p.m., and beer and wine are available throughout
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The Lensic: Jazz Vocalist Dianne Reeves Feb. 26

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Dianne Reeves. Courtesy photo

 
LPAC News:
 
SANTA FE — The Lensic presents legendary jazz and R&B singer Dianne Reeves at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 26.

Known for her virtuosity, improvisational prowess and unique jazz and R&B stylings, Reeves has received five Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album and an honorary doctorate of music from Julliard. Her magical, timeless voice, exceptional personality, and the sheer force of her performance mark her as a captivating world-class artist. As Wynton Marsalis puts it, “She has one of the most powerful, purposeful,

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Mesa Public Library Screens ‘Before Sunset’ Thursday

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Movie poster for ‘Before Sunset’. Courtesy image

 

Review by KELLY DOLEJSI

Los Alamos

 

Those who love a good conversation, or more specifically, those who love analyzing the way a conversation moves its interlocutors from cautious to intimate, should check out “Before Sunset” (2004, rated R). It will screen at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Mesa Public Library’s upstairs meeting room theater.

 

The award-winning film is part two of a trilogy shot over the span of nearly 20 years, beginning with 1995’s “Before Sunrise” and completing with 2013’s “Before Midnight.” Director/screenwriter Read More

Scenes From LAHS’s Topper Revue 2017

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Los Alamos High School students Melina Burnside and Wilbur Wang perform during Saturday’s Topper Revue 2017. Photo by Patricia Burnside

LAHS’s Jenny Lee, Jennifer Esquivel, Malorie Apgar and Lexi Timmermans performing in Saturday’s Topper Revue 2017. Photo by Patricia Burnside

Opale Schappert, Daniel Sarrao and Tavo Rogers (emcees) perform Saturday in LAHS’s Topper Revue 2017. Photo by Patricia Burnside
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Cinema Cindy Reviews: Fences

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By Cynthia Biddlecomb
Los Alamos
 
“Fences” is a late 2016 film just nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture. Directed by Denzel Washington, the film is based almost entirely on the Pulitzer Prize winning play of the same name written by August Wilson. It tells about a period of about ten years in the life of a1950s, African-American, urban family, living in a row house.
 
Denzel Washington plays Troy Maxson, a fifty-something sanitation worker living with his wife and teenage son. Stephen Henderson plays Troy’s best friend and co-worker, Jim Bono, Troy’s conscience and support system.
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Brown Bag Performance: Charles Lieou Feb. 1

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Charles Lieou. Courtesy photo
 
LAAC News:
 
Always free, always entertaining, take a lunch break at the Brown Bag Performance series in Fuller Lodge. 
 
Presenting a wide range of programs, from Beethoven to ballet, opera to jazz, chamber music to bagpipes, these concerts have been entertaining Los Alamos music lovers on their midday breaks since 1973. Brown Bag Performances connect performers to the community. 
 
Performances are held at 12 p.m. usually on the first Wednesday of each month but dates may vary.
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