Entertainment

REMINDER: Traffic Control March 10-11 On Camp May Road For Filming

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County, in cooperation with Pajarito Mountain Ski Area, will facilitate intermittent traffic control on Camp May Road between West Road and Pajarito Mountain to accommodate filming in Los Alamos County beginning at 6 a.m. Tuesday, March 10 through 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 11. 

Intermittent traffic control will be conducted by a certified contractor and monitored by the County’s Traffic Division to include a flagging operation to safely guide traffic through the staging area where film vehicles will be parked along Camp May Road. Only short delays are anticipated Read More

‘A Night Of Hindustani Music’ March 7

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Devotional singers Mark and Terra Choplin. Courtesy photo
 
 UCLA News:
 
The Unitarian Church of Los Alamos (UCLA) presents “A Night of Hindustani Music and Traditional Indian Storytelling” with Mark and Terra Choplin at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7.
 
Mark and Terra Choplin are devotional singers, trained in India, who specialize in traditional Indian story-telling, and classical Indian instrumental, or Hindustani music. They will be presenting the ancient story of the Hindu holiday Holi; the story of the boy, Prahlada, in a way of telling called
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This Week At The Reel Deal

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By JIM O’DONNELL
Real Deal Theater  

This Friday we are opening Oscar winner, Selma for one week only and follow it the next week with Still Alice. Chappie, from the director of District 9 will open this Friday.

We will hold Focus and McFarland USA for another week. Whiplash and Kingsman will end this Thursday.

Don’t miss out on Academy Award winner Whiplash. I saw it last night and it had some of the finest acting I’ve seen – a very intense film.

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

SELMA is the story of a movement. The film chronicles the tumultuous three-month Read More

‘Of Gods and Men’ Shows Thursday At Library

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Movie poster for ‘Of Gods and Men.’ Courtesy/Mesa Public Library

LIBRARY News:

The film “Of Gods and Men,” winner of a Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, will air at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 5 in the Upstairs Meeting Rooms at Mesa Public Library, 2400 Central.

It is presented as part of the Library’s Free Film Series, which shows a film on the first Thursday of each month.

“Of Gods and Men” is the story of French monks from the Cistercian order who live in the Tibhirine monastery in Algeria, in a place revered by Muslims and Christians alike. Loosely based on the true story of their Read More

Belisama Irish Dance Company ‘Rhythm of Fire’

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Belisama Irish Dance Company. Photo by Kate Russell
 
Young dancers. Photo by Kate Russell

BIDC News:

SANTE FE—Back this month from impressive competition wins in the CRN North American Open Championships, Belisama Irish Dance Company (BIDC) presents the 8th incarnation of its Rhythm of Fire performance.

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in style with this high energy show featuring award winning Irish dancers and young up-and-coming performers in a family friendly, foot stomping performance of traditional

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Max Gomez Plays Fuller Lodge March 20

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HOTH News:
 
History Off The Hill, a teen travel group not affiliated with the local schools, is bringing musician Max Gomez to Los Alamos Friday, March 20 at Fuller Lodge.
 
Doors open at 6 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m. and drinks will be available for purchase from Don Quixote Winery/Distillery.
 
Tickets for the concert are $15 and available only at Film Festival At Home, 3601-D Arkansas St.
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‘Not Quite Right’ … A Realistic And Amusing Look At Dueling Expectations

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Sally (Cindy Coulter) and Tom (R. J. Laino) share a moment. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Audience members, including playwright Bob Benjamin and his wife Susan (at far left, center row), get ready for act two. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos playwright Robert F. Benjamin’s newest play Not Quite Right, co-written with Elaine Jarvik, opened Friday at Teatro Paraguqas in Santa Fe In spite of a snowstorm.  

Those who braved the weather were treated to the kind of dramedy that Benjamin showed us in Salt Read More