Entertainment

‘A Celebration Of Women’ Performed Dec. 12-13

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MUSIC News:

Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico’s ‘A Celebration Of Women’ – music written by women, for women’s voices concert will see the highly skilled 11 voice ensemble collaborate with Santa Fe based poet, Pulitzer Prize nominee, Valerie Martinez in two performances.

The first is 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 at the historic San Miguel Mission in Santa Fe (401 Old Santa Fe Trail) and 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13 in the glorious acoustical setting of the Cathedral of St. John in Albuquerque (318 Silver Ave. SW).

Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico is conducted by Founding and Artistic Director Read More

Aspen Elementary School 1st and 2nd Graders Delight Audience In Thursday’s ‘Pete The Cat’ Musical

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Aspen Elementary first and second grade students perform in Thursday’s ‘Pete The Cat’ Musical to the delight of staff, students and parents in the school gymnasium. Photo by Minesh Bacrania

Aspen Elementary School’s first and second graders, under the direction of music teacher Andrea Dowdy, perform Thursday in the musical ‘Pete The Cat’. Photo by Minesh Bacrania

ASPEN News:

Aspen Elementary School’s first and second graders, under the direction of music teacher Andrea Dowdy, presented a musical “Pete the Cat” Thursday for staff, students and parents in the school Read More

Eight Worlds To Explore In LALT’s ‘8×10’

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Iain May (William), Dan Shields (Darrell) and Rose Corrigan (Alicia) in ‘Night and Day.’ Photo by Larry Gibbons

Review By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

The Los Alamos Little Theatre is performing its fifth edition of “8×10,” an evening of eight short plays, about 10 minutes long each. The plays come mainly from local and regional playwrights.

These tasty morsels pack a lot of punch into a few short minutes. Watching one-acts is a bit like reading poetry vs. reading a novel. Every word has to count. This makes for some great dialogue when it works. Actors have to work hard Read More

Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘Steve Jobs’

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By Cynthia Biddlecomb
Los Alamos

“Steve Jobs” is a film about the computing visionary of the same name during his turbulent years from 1984 to 1998. Professionally, this is the period from his development of the Macintosh computer, turning away from the Apple II, through his dismissal from Apple and founding of NeXT computing, into his rehire as CEO of Apple and the launch of the iMac. The successes of his succeeding years are left out.

Movie poster for ‘Steve Jobs.’ Courtesy Reel Deal Theater

The screenplay is brilliantly written by Aaron Sorkin (West Wing) and edited so that you Read More

Varieties Of Attraction Explored In ‘Night And Day’

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Looking like the cat who swallowed the canary, Darrell (Dan Shields, center) has to explain things to William and Alicia (Iain May and Rose Corrigan). Photo by Zack Baker

LALT News:

Imagine a situation in which you had to team up with someone with whom you had only one thing in common. How would you do?

That’s a question director Iain May asks audiences to consider when watching “Night and Day,” being performed at the Los Alamos Little Theatre’s “8×10’s Fifth Symphony.”

The final two performances of this production 7:30 p.m. Nov. 20 and 21.

“Night and Day” was written by Alix Hudson and Read More

This Week At The Reel Deal

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By JIM O’DONNELL
Real Deal Theater

This Friday we are opening Hunger Games, Mockingjay, Part 2 and The Night Before. Spectre and The Peanut Movie will hold for another week. The Good Dinosaur will open on Wed, Nov. 25 and will replace Peanuts, which ends Nov. 24.  

Movie poster for ‘Mockingjay Part 11.’ Courtesy Real Deal Theater

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part II: As the war of Panem escalates to the destruction of other districts by the Capitol, Katniss Everdeen, the reluctant leader of the rebellion, must bring together an army against President Snow, while all she Read More

Teatro Paraguas Presents Festive Bilingual Evening

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Theater News:

Teatro Paraguas will present a festive bilingual evening of live music, carols and comedy entitled A Musical Piñata for Christmas III for eight performances beginning Dec. 11. 

This production is the third annual holiday celebration at Teatro Paraguas.

TP’s musical director JoJo Sena de Tarnoff has formed an ensemble of musicians and actors ranging in age from 7 to 70. The evening will begin with a traditional Mexican version of Las Posadas, arranged by Thelma Arquello and Mario Reynolds, followed by traditional and contemporary Christmas carols Read More

BRIDGE BITES: The Power of Tens

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BRIDGE BITES: The Power of Tens

By Brian Gunnell from The American Contract Bridge League

 

♠ A97

♥ K976

♦ A874

♣ A6

 

♠ J43

♥ J3

♦ KQ62

♣ J873

         North

 

West            East

 

        South

♠ Q852

♥ 8542

♦ J3

♣ KQ2

 

♠ KT6

♥ AQT

♦ T95

♣ T954

 

 None Vulnerable

 North East South West   

 1NT Pass??

 Put yourself in the South chair. Your partner opens a 15-17 1NT and you have to Read More