Entertainment

LAHS Spring Dance Show At Smith Auditorium Tuesday

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LAHS seniors perform Tuesday in the Spring Dance Show in Smith Auditorium. Courtesy photo

LAHS Spring Dance Show performers. Courtesy photo

LAHS News:

The annual Los Alamos High School Spring Dance Show is 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 17 at Smith Auditorium.

The community is invited to help celebrate these senior students at this evening of dance performances by Los Alamos High School students and guests.

Admission is free to these event. Read More

‘Steel Magnolias’ Blooms At LALT

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Mother-daughter hairdos at Truvy’s Beauty Salon. From left, Truvy (Dianne Williams Wilburn), Shelby (Jacinta Lestone), Clairee (Carolyn Conner), M’Lynn (Trisha Werner) and Annelle (Holly Robinson). Photo by Larry Gibbons
 
Review by BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos Little Theatre is presenting the ever-popular “Steel Magnolias” this week and next. Robert Harling’s “Steel Magnolias” has remained consistently popular since making its stage debut in 1987 and has been presented in two successful film adaptations. This is my sixth Read More

Africa Night Featuring: Timbuktu June 2

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CIR News:
 
Join the Council on International Relations for Africa Night at Lulu’s Chinese Cuisine, 3011 Cerrillos Road featuring the film, “Timbuktu” and presentations on Africa by three local experts Thursday, June 2.
 
The evening begins with a Happy Hour/Cash Bar at 5 p.m. followed by Asian buffet dinner at 5:30 p.m. An introduction to the film and moderated discussion with Tom McDermott (former UN employee assigned to Africa), Martha Wallace and Adele La Brecque (former workers and Africa residents) begins at 6:15
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PEEC: Astronomy Planetarium Shows May 13 & 20

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Bright blue, newly-formed stars taken with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Courtesy/Hubblesite.org.
 
PEEC News:
 
Do you want to learn more about the cosmos? Do you ever wonder how we know about distances in space or how stars are created or how elements are formed?
 
Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is providing astronomy shows in the Los Alamos Nature Center planetarium at 7 p.m., Friday, May 13 and 20.
 
Each astronomy show will investigate a different aspect of the cosmos and allow participants
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Peanuts Movie At White Rock Library Thursday

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Peanuts movie poster. Courtesy/WRBL
 
COMMUNITY News:
 
The White Rock Branch Library will host the Peanuts Movie at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 12 in the multi-purpose room.
 
In the animated movie, Snoopy embarks upon his greatest mission as he and his team take to the skies to pursue their arch nemesis, while his best pal Charlie Brown begins his own epic quest back home to win the love of his life.
 
The Free Family Friendly Film series is pure entertainment for the younger set, and provides a comfortable environment for parents and kids alike.
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Cheers To World Cocktail Day May 13

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ENTERTAINMENT News:
 
One never needs much of a reason to mix up a post-work-week cocktail, but if one is looking for an excuse to get creative, this Friday, May 13 is World Cocktail Day.
 
Below is a cocktail roundup with unique recipes from Santa Margherita Wine and Sparkling Ice that can be made with just a few simple ingredients to celebrate World Cocktail Day:

Spiked Strawberry Slushie

  • 1 bottle Santa Margherita Prosecco Superiore
  • 3 cups strawberries
  • ¼ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1 sprig of fresh mint
  • ice cubes
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • Stir lemon juice and ½ Santa Margherita Prosecco
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Los Alamos Olions Clean Up At Popejoy Awards!

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Los Alamos High School Olion Devon Mccleskey wins Best Actor at this evening’s Popejoy Awards in Albuquerque. Photo by Ryn Herrmann

LAHS drama teacher David Daniel dedicated his Best Director win to Rachel Saxton, the previous LAHS drama teacher. Best Actor winner Devon Mccleskey moves on to the Jimmy Awards (high school Tony’s) on Broadway in New York. Photo by Ryn Herrmann

LAHS Drama teacher David Daniel wins Best Director at this evening’s Popejoy Awards. Photo by Ryn Herrmann

Josh Vigil and Lauren Partin win Directors Choice Choir. Photo by Ryn Herrmann

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Opera Announces 2017 Season And Prepares For 60th Anniversary

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Music critic and former Los Alamos Public Schools orchestra teacher, Mary Helen F. Klare, right, does a selfie with Patricia Racette, who plays Minnie, the golden girl, in Puccini’s La Fanciulla Del West that opens the Santa Fe Opera season July 1. Photo by Roger Snodgrass/ladailypost.com

By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post

“Three hundred years of opera, five new productions, three new to Santa Fe, including a world premiere, and two beloved works returning to our stage.”

That in a nutshell is the repertoire for the 2017 season announced by Santa Fe Opera General Director Charles MacKay Read More

LALT’s ‘Steel Magnolias’ Opens Friday

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Friends gather at Truvy’s Beauty Shop in Los Alamos Little Theatre’s Steel Magnolias. The play opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 6  at 1670 Nectar St. The show will run Fridays and Saturdays 7:30 p.m. May 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21 and 2 p.m. Sundays May 8 and 15. Tickets are $14 for adults and $12 for students and seniors and may be purchased at the door or in advance  at CB FOX or from Brown Paper Tickets. Photo by Larry Gibbons
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