Entertainment

Einstein: A Stage Portrait Coming To Los Alamos

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Tom Schuch as Albert Einstein. Photo by Brad Stoddard Photography
 

AAUW News:

Tom Schuch, an internationally-acclaimed actor, will portray Albert Einstein, in Willard Simms’ 1984 award-winning play at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14 at the Los Alamos Little Theater.

Tickets are $20 and available at CB FOX and at the door (check or cash only).

The play is set in 1946 in Einstein’s home. He invites you in to “set the record straight” on the events unfolding in the world in the wake of the atom bomb being dropped.

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Thirty Five Local Musicians Performing In Sunday’s Music Marathon At UNM-LA For Scholarships

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UNM-LA News:

Thirty Five local musicians will perform at the 6th Annual Music Marathon 2-8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31 in the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Student Center in Building 2.  

The benefit concert will raise money for scholarships for students attending UNM-LA. Since the concert lasts six hours, the audience is welcome to come and go.

Music Marathon Schedule

2-3 p.m.

  • Jamie Philp
  • Bonnie Kiang
  • Ted Vives
  • Robin Gurule
  • Richard Hanneman

3-4 p.m.

  • Pajarito String Band – Ian Fleming, Mark Schraad, Evelyn Wohlbier, Lorelei Wohlbier, John Wohlbier
  • QuartettoEnergico –
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Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘The Big Short’

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By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos
 
“The Big Short” could be the most important film of 2015. It exposes the risky financial under-girdings of our capitalist system where the key players, big banks, are expected to play by the rules and don’t.
 
Greed is the central motivator and some level of gambling is inherent. Yet our nation is dependent on this corrupt system.
 
The film dramatizes the 2005-2007 events leading up to the burst of the housing bubble. We lived through the foreclosures and the bank losses, the market failures and government bailouts. But do we really understand
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Los Alamos Big Band Community Dance/Concert Feb. 5

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LABB News:
 
The Los Alamos Big Band will host a free dance/concert to the community 7-9 p.m., Friday, Feb. 5 at Fuller Lodge to thank the community for its many years of support.
The event includes big band music of the 40’s featuring many vocals and solos from the band members. While there is no cost, donations are welcome to pay for the event space. 
 
The History of the Los Alamos Big Band

The Los Alamos Big Band is a 16-instrument 1940s Glenn Miller-style swing band. 

Music was very important to the scientists, engineers, support staff, military and families

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Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘The Revenant’

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By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos
 
“The Revenant”, at 2 hours and 36 minutes in length, is a test of endurance for the moviegoer. But compared to the story of endurance told in the film, that is nothing.
 
In 1823, Hugh Glass was serving as a scout on an American fur-trapping expedition through the upper Missouri River watershed, in Montana and North Dakota. While out hunting food for the party, Glass unknowingly gets between a grizzly and her two cubs. He is severely mauled and left for dead by the bear.
 
His own company, after attempting to carry him on a wooden pallet for many miles
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LIVE!: Jesús Muñoz Flamenco’s New Production Brings 12 Internationally Renowned Artists To NHCC

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Jesús Muñoz Flamenco. Courtesy/NHCC
 
NHCC News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― The National Hispanic Cultural Center and Jesús Muñoz Flamenco present the new production, Live!, at 8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 26 and Saturday, Feb. 27, in the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s Albuquerque Journal Theatre.
 
Tickets are $25, $40, $50, $60 and $75, with a $5 discount for students, seniors, and children 12 and under, and are available from the NHCC Box Office at 505.724.4771 or here.
 
Live! showcases the artistry of 12 internationally
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Scenes From Thursday’s VIP Tour Of Buffalo Thunder

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Guests mingle in the Governor’s Suite during a VIP tour Thursday evening at Buffalo Thunder Hotel and Spa. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Director of Sales and Marketing Christie Windle with guests at the VIP Reception in the Governor’s Suite Thursday at Buffalo Thunder. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Buffalo Thunder Director of Catering Peter Lovato and Los Alamos Medical Center Marketing Director Mary Beth Maassen under a festive light-decked canopy set up in a ballroom at the resort during Thursday’s VIP Tour. Photo by Carol
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