Entertainment

Holiday Season Begins With NMDT-PC’s ‘The Nutcracker’

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Indiana Warrior as Clara in ‘The Nutcracker.’ Photo by Rebecca Cai

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New Mexico Dance Theater Performance Company (NMDT-PC), directed by Susan Baker-Dillingham, presents “The Nutcracker.”

This timeless classic revolves around Clara, who receives the gift of a toy nutcracker from her Uncle Drosselmeyer. Clara then dreams of a fantastic world in which the Nutcracker and she meet many interesting characters.

Notable NMDT-PC dancers in the production include: Indiana Warrior as Clara, Daren Savage as Uncle Drosselmeyer, Sarah Dale as The Snow Queen, Frank Macias as Read More

This Week at the Reel Deal

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Column By JIM O’DONNELL 
Reel Deal Theater  

Reel Deal Tuesday’s are back! All movies, all day Tuesday, are only $6.50! Holidays, winter and summer break excluded.

This Friday we are opening St. Vincent and Laggies. We will hold Big Hero 6 and Interstellar for another week.

Book of Life and Nightcrawler will end this Thursday.

We tried to get a print of Dumb and Dumber To but we didn’t make the cut. If it turns out to be a good film we’ll try and get it for a one-week run in the near future.

Movie poster for ‘St. Vincent.’ Courtesy Reel Deal Theater

St. Vincent:  Maggie Read More

They All Fall Down In ‘And Then There Were None’

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Some of the accused cast members contemplate their fate in a rehearsal of  ‘And Then There Were None.’ From left, William Blore  (Eric Tyler), Anthony Marston (Connor Schulz), Vera Claythrone (Sandra Ward) and Captain Philip Lombard (Corey New). Courtesy/LALT
 
Review by BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Since it was first published in1939, Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None has sold more than 100 million copies, making it the best-selling mystery novel of all time.

In 1943, Christie adapted the novel for the London stage and for nearly 75 Read More

This Week At The Reel Deal

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Column By JIM O’DONNELL 
Reel Deal Theater  

Reel Deal Tuesday’s are back! All movies, all day Tuesday, are only $6.50! Holidays, winter and summer break excluded.

This Friday we are opening Big Hero 6 and Interstellar.  We will hold Nightcrawler, and Book of Life for another week. John Wick and Fury will end this Thursday.

We managed to get a print of both Big Hero 6 and Interstellar for this weekend. That’s a great thing as these are the first of the big holiday films and are both getting good reviews. Interstellar is almost 3 hours long so this would be a good time to look at the Read More

1962 Classic ‘Lonely Are The Brave’ Thursday

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Movie poster for ‘Lonely are the Brave.’ Courtesy/rottentomatoes.com

 

By KELLY DOLEJSI

“Lonely are the Brave” (1962, rated PG) takes viewers beyond the fences, where civilization means something very different, and a horse is a man’s best friend.

“In the more than 60 films that I’ve made, this is my favorite,” wrote leading man Kirk Douglas in a 1989 letter to the Los Angeles Times, after the death of Edward Abbey, on whose novel “The Brave Cowboy” the film is based. 

Los Alamos audiences will have their chance to see why at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the upstairs meeting Read More

Death of Klinghoffer Showing In Santa Fe Nov. 15

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OPERA News:
 
For those disappointed that the Metropolitan Opera canceled its HD broadcast of the opera by John Adams, a group of opera lovers is sponsoring a showing of a studio version film of the opera released in 1993.
 
The composer conducts the London Symphony Orchestra. The film has clips interspersed, and audience discretion is advised. This showing will be at the same date as the originally scheduled Met broadcast at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 15. This two hour film will be introduced by Mary Kime and followed by questions and discussion.
 

Santa Fe University of Art & Design campus, Read More

Los Alamos Meetup Gets Down For Halloween

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Members of the Los Alamos Meetup group gathered for a Halloween Party Friday night at Ridge Park Club House. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Sue York and Bryan Williamson at Friday’s party. York and Dennis Little hosted the event. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

The group begins dancing the night away. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

MEETUP News:

Members of the Los Alamos Meetup group gathered for an annual Halloween costume party Friday night at Ridge Park Clubhouse.

Music, dancing, refreshments and a bit of high jinx filled the night. The consensus of the Read More

Agatha Christie’s ‘And Then There Were None’ Opens At Los Alamos Little Theatre Tonight

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Tami Martinson (Emily Brent) admires the wooden soldiers on the fireplace mantel. Courtesy photo
 
By KATE RAMSEY
Los Alamos Little Theatre
 
“Ten little soldier boys going out to dine;
One choked his little self and then there were nine.
Nine little soldier boys sat up very late;
One overslept himself and then there were eight.”
(Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None).  

One by one, until they are all gone: this is the story of 10 people who find themselves trapped on an island in late 1930s off the coast of Devon. All have some guilt on their hands, and one at a time they begin to Read More

This Week at the Reel Deal

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Column By JIM O’DONNELL 
Reel Deal Theater  

Reel Deal Tuesday’s are back! All movies, all day Tuesday, are only $6.50! Holidays, winter and summer break excluded.

This week we are opening Nightcrawler. We will hold Fury, John Wick, and Book of Life for another week. Alexander will end this Thursday. It’s funny and a great family film, try to get by and see it.

I understand the scary Halloween films are not that scary this year so we chose the creeper, Nightcrawler. It is a truly original, macabre, ominous film starring Jake Gyllenhal. It is receiving very good reviews. Try it out Read More