Entertainment

Classical Music World: Experience Artist Speaking With Audience About His Music April 17

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Manasse/Nakamatsu Duo perform 4 p.m., April 17 at Smith Auditorium. Courtesy photo

 

By ANN MCLAUGHLIN, Artistic Director
Los Alamos Concert Association

One big change in the world of classical music performance these days is the number of artists who speak directly to the audience about the music they are about to play. Audiences love this. They enjoy having a sense of the artists as people. Even a few very brief comments from the stage can convey a feel for the performer’s personality which, in turn, can enrich the audience’s experience of the performance.

Back in the “old days”, artists Read More

LALT Reveals Cast For ‘Steel Magnolias’

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LALT News:

Director Laurie Tomlinson and producer Gretchen Amstutz have announced the cast for the Los Alamos Little Theater’s May production of Steel Magnolias.

The six women cast are Dianne Wilburn, Holly Robinson, Carolyn Conner, Jacinta Lestone, Trisha Werner and Andi Bishofberger.

The play will have six evening performances —  May 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, and 21 — and two matinees —  May 8 and 15. Read More

Let The Fun Begin With Party To Go!

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Party To Go! is a local family business including, from top left, Kelani, VaLynn, Clayton, Melia, Leiana and Russell Purvis. Courtesy photo

 

Staff Report

Party To Go! is a family business that brings the entertainment to parties and events throughout Los Alamos and White Rock.

The Purvis Family of White Rock started the business in 2007.

Games and activities are part of the fun that Party To Go! provides to people of all ages at get togethers including family and school reunions, office parties, outdoor events and fundraisers.

The company offers a popular bubble/foam pit, bounce house, Read More

International Shakespeare Center Hosts Shakespeare’s Birthday Party April 23

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ISC News:
 
SANTA FE ― Celebrations to commemorate Shakespeare will appear around the world on April 23. The International Shakespeare Center supports these activities by throwing a Shakespeare Birthday Party, which also serves as our official launch party. The ISC announces upcoming events and future plans for making Santa Fe a destination for all things Shakespeare.
 
Shakespeare Birthday Party is 2-4 p.m., April 23 at Zane Bennett Gallery, The Railyard, 435 S. Guadalupe St., Santa Fe. Free and open to the public.
 
Enjoy birthday cake,
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Valles Caldera National Preserve Plans Prescribed Burn For Valle Grande This Spring

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VCNP News:

The Valles Caldera National Preserve is looking for an opportunity to implement a prescribed burn project this spring.

The prescribed burn will target up to 1,471 acres of grass in the Valle Grande, adjacent to N.M. 4 between mile markers 39-42. Some traffic delays may occur during the ignition phases of the burn, but we do not anticipate any road closures. If conditions permit, burn operations will occur during mid-day in order minimize impacts to morning and afternoon commuter traffic on N.M. 4. The burn operations should take one to three days to complete. 

The parameters Read More

French Film Gives Realistic Look At Classroom Life

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Movie poster for ‘The Class.’ Courtesy photo

Review By KELLY DOLEJSI

“The Class” (2008, rated PG-13), perhaps the only film I’ve seen starring a real-life middle-school language teacher, will screen at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Mesa Public Library.

Laurent Cantet’s award-winning drama cinematizes François Bégaudeau’s semi-autobiographical novel “Entre les murs” (“Between the walls”), which is also the film’s original title in France. Onscreen, Bégaudeau, who based his book in part on his own experiences teaching French and literature at to 13-year-olds in Paris, plays François Read More

Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘Zootopia’

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By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos
 
“Zootopia” has been out for a month, but I finally got to see it Sunday and, boy, am I glad I did! This little gem is full of the most intricate, animated world ever created. The details in the background scenes alone are worthy of an art award!

But even more compelling is the set up for the story. Zootopia is a city in which all the animal species live in relative peace, having “evolved” from their more savage predecessors. Prey and predator live in the same city, patronizing the same businesses, aspiring to jobs and housing, mates and families. Not that there aren’t Read More

New Mexico Philharmonic Ends Popejoy Classics Series With Return Of Violinist Rachel Barton Pine

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NMP News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico Philharmonic welcomes violinist Rachel Barton Pine back to the Popejoy stage at 6 p.m., Saturday, April 30. 
 
Featured on the Popejoy Classics Season Finale are three audience favorites: The Academic Festival Overture by Johannes Brahms, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, and the “Organ Symphony” of Camille Saint-. Fawzi Haimor conducts. The concert will be preceded by a Pre-Concert Talk at 5 p.m. with Maestro Haimor
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Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘Batman v. Superman’

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By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos

“Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” may have the best special effects and horrific violence the movie industry can create on screen, but I found myself yawning through it.

But most of the D.C. Comics details thrown into the film are not explained for the non-indoctrinated. More could have been done in the writing or the editing process to allow us plebes to better follow the storyline.

This dark, chaotic and violent film (my husband’s words) features two of our historically favorite D.C. Comics superheroes, Batman and Superman. Part way through the film, Wonder Read More

Manasse/Nakamatsu Duo Performs In Los Alamos April 17

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Acclaimed clarinet and piano duo Jon Manasse and Jon Nakamatsu and perform April 17 in the Duane Smith Auditorium. Courtesy/LACA

LACA News:

The Manasse/Nakamatsu Duo will perform in Los Alamos at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 17 in the Duane Smith Auditorium.

Presented by the Los Alamos Concert Association, the acclaimed clarinet and piano duo has won praise for its compelling virtuosity and engaging stage presence.

One of the great clarinet soloists of his generation, Jon Manasse is principal clarinetist with the American Ballet Theater and New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra. His solo Read More