Entertainment

Music Group Manic Drive Plays Los Alamos March 5

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MUSIC News:
 
Pop/rock band Manic Drive, touring from Canada via Wisconsin, Texas and on to California, will be in Los Alamos March 5. Listen to KRSN for an artist interview next week.
 
Local organizer, Infinity Squared Music (Phil Jacobson), continues to bring internationally acclaimed talent to Northern New Mexico – more than three years running now. A pre-show tailgate party will start at 4 p.m., with doors opening 6:30 p.m., at White Rock Baptist Church. Show starts promptly at 7 p.m. All ages welcome.
 
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‘Lions In Illyria’ Opens At LALT Friday

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‘Dodo Fights Lion’ – Dodo Sir Andrew Aguecheek (Patrick Webb) fights Lion Violet, in disguise as Cesario (Rose Corrigan), over the affections of the Lady Olivia, Illyria’s most beautiful Gazelle (Tina Jenkins, not pictured). Photo by Laura Erickson

LALT News:

The Los Alamos Little Theater continues its season at 7 p.m., Friday with the opening night of Lions in Illyria.

This new play by Chicago’s Robert Kauzlaric retells Shakespeare’s classic Twelfth Night in an adaptation for all ages with themes of friendship, bullying, love and sibling rivalry, plus epic sword-fighting, dancing, disguises Read More

Coro De Cámara Presents ‘New York Nuance’

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MUSIC News:

Coro de Cámara’s energetic concert, “New York Nuance,” features music by notable New York composers Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Duke Ellington, and Thomas “Fats” Waller. Excerpts from West Side Story are the centerpiece of the program, along with other well-known works, such as “Make Our Garden Grow” from Bernstein’s Candide, “The Promise of Living” from Copland’s The Tender Land, “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” by Ellington, and several selections from Ain’t Misbehavin’ by Waller. 

Back by popular demand, guest trio—Joe Cox, piano; Howard Read More

Cinema Cindy Reviews ’45 Years’

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By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos

“45 Years” is a quietly emotional film about British couple living near Norfolk, England, about to celebrate their 45th anniversary. Shocking news comes in the mail a week before the party, forcing a revelation about a central piece of personal history not previously shared.

The film is based on the short story, “In Another Country” by David Constantine, and adapted for the screen by the Director, Andrew Haigh (Gladiator).

Movie poster for ’45 Years.’ Courtesy photo

Charlotte Rampling (1966’s Georgy Girl), who inhabits the character of Kate Read More

Students Present ‘Merry Wives Of Windsor’

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THEATRE News:

SQUID Inc. presents Merry Wives of Windsor, by William Shakespeare. Fifteen students from the New Mexico School for the Arts come together to bring this rarely performed Shakespeare script to the stage.

The company will stage Merry Wives in an adaptation of the traditional thrust stage style, including keeping the house lights on during the show, and the actors producing all sound effects from off stage.

 Directed by Skye J. Franklin, the show is opening at Teatro Paraguas at 3205 Calle Marie in Santa Fe Friday, March 4, closing March 13, with 7 p.m. showings on Fridays-Saturdays, Read More

LAMS Production Of Disney The Lion King Jr. Today & Tomorrow

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ACCT News:
 
Atomic City Children’s Theater are proud to present their middle school production of Disney The Lion King Jr. All of your favorite characters from the classic Disney film and hit Broadway musical are here – Simba, Nala, Scar, Pumbaa, Timon, Zazu, and of course, Rafiki!
 
Disney The Lion King Jr. will be presented at 7:30 p.m., today, and again at 3 p.m., Saturday at Smith Auditorium.
 
ACCT’s Co-Directors, Daren Savage and Kelsey Cline are very proud of this cast. Savage noted, “Our cast’s
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Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘Room’

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By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos

“Room” is told from the perspective of a little boy named Jack (Jacob Tremblay). All he has known in the five years of his life is his “Ma” and the room in which they live. What is “real” is what he sees in “Room”. (What is on their TV is deemed “not real”.)

Movie poster for ‘Room’. Courtesy/Reel Deal Theater

Joy Newsome (Brie Larson), we learn, was abducted at the age of 17 and has lived seven years in this shed behind the house of “Old Nick”. The metal door is secured with a numerical code lock. She and Jack are given the food and supplies they need to survive and Read More

Scenes From LAMS Jazz Band Tour Of Schools

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The Los Alamos Middle School Jazz Band, here at Mountain Elementary School, toured all five local elementary schools Thursday performing for students and staff. The musicians performed music that they have prepared for adjudication today at the Albuquerque Jazz Festival. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Scene from LAMS Jazz Band performing Thursday at Mountain Elementary School. The band also toured all five local elementary schools. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Scene from LAMS Jazz Band performing Thursday at Mountain Elementary School. The band also
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