Entertainment

LALT’s 8×10: Short, Sweet … So Good

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Frances (Jody Shepard) and Charlie (Brent Nye) in ‘Shadows.’ Photo by Larry Gibbons
 
Veronica (Gwen Lewis) and Joe (Larry Gibbons) in ‘Kubler-Ross Comes to Dinner.’ Courtesy photo.
 
Review by BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

One act plays are a lot like speed dating, the subject of the first of the eight one acts in 8×10: The Fourth Dimension. With only 10 minutes to make an impression, the playwright has to pack a lot of punch into a brief period. The actors have to engage you at once. It makes for an interesting and intense night at the theatre.

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NMDT-PC Will Move You with Four Original Ballets

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NMDT-PC dancers from left, Lindsay Roach, Justin Dunn, Sophia Jeffery, upper, Becky Cai, lower, Devon McCleskey and Louisa Belian. Design by Holger Waschinski/Photo by Brittany Felton

NMDT-PC News:

The New Mexico Dance Theater Performance Company (NMDT-PC), directed by Susan Baker-Dillingham, will truly move you next weekend with its newest production, “Be Moved,” when Baker-Dillingham’s company of 25 pre-professional dancers perform four of her original works.

Emotions will run the gamut with the four original ballets in store next weekend, all choreographed by Baker-Dillingham.

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UNM-LA Winds Up Film Series With Dr. Strangelove

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UNM-LA News:

The University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) will feature Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb, Nov. 14, as the final installment in the Composition Cinema I: A Film and Lecture Series.

The host for Dr. Strangelove will be UNM-LA Associate Professor, Mickey Marsee, and the discussion will center around her course theme of the mad-scientist in fiction and film.

Dr. Strangelove is Stanley Kubrick’s black satire about the nuclear apocalypse scare of the 1950s and 60s. Starring Peter Sellers, the film is loosely based on Red Alert, Peter George’s Read More

The Chosen – A Mini Festival of New Israeli Cinema Screens Four Films

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Israeli film poster for ‘God’s Neighbors.’

SFJFF News:

The Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival presents “The Chosen – A Mini Festival of New Israeli Cinema.” The Festival showcases some of the best of Israeli cinema today with award winning films from festivals such as Cannes, Tribeca and Toronto. The event includes four films over eight days, special events and more. There will be an exclusive Skype interviews and in-person appearances by special guests for this “first of its kind” event.

Israeli films have gained international stature in recent years, garnering awards at Read More

Concert of Flamenco Dance and Music Nov. 9

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Courtesy/PSDA

PSDA News:

A Concert of Flamenco Dance and Music for All Ages at 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 9 at El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, 555 El Camino de la Familia.

Add a dash of mystery, several drops of surprise, and an overflowing cup of good humor to your evening by joining the Pajarito Spanish Dance Alliance (PSDA) for a delectable banquet of Spanish music and dance. The intimate space at El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe will be brought to life with songs and dances from Southern Spain in true flamenco style

The Company: Ronaldo Baca, Kevin Rendón, Nicolasa Chávez, Tamara Baca, Sara de Luz, Catalina Read More

LALT Launches ‘8×10: The Fourth Dimension’

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The Mayflies in ‘Shimmer.’ Photo by Larry Gibbons.
 
Actors speed-date in ‘Love Rules.’ Photo by Larry Gibbons
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

The Los Alamos Little Theatre presents “8×10: The Fourth Dimension,” eight one-act plays, each about 10 minutes long. The series opens Friday, Nov. 8.

These are the eight plays:

  • Love Rules written by Bob Benjamin and directed by Dennis Powell
  • Shadows written by John Gustafson and directed by Patrick Webb
  • Kubler-Ross Comes to Dinner written by Fred Berl and directed by Roxanne Tapia
  • The Philadelphia
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‘Matchstick Men’ Shows Thursday at MPL

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Review by KELLY DOLEJSI

I love a good con, at least onscreen, and Ridley Scott’s “Matchstick Men” (2003, rated PG-13), on the “big” screen this week at Mesa Public Library, is a pretty fantastic con.

It tells the deviant story of Roy (Nick Cage), one of those rare con artists who has to open the door exactly three times before letting a guest in the house, a spotless environ where the guest must immediately remove his shoes and vigorously disinfect the receiver after using the phone.

Without medication, he’s compulsive to the point of being disabled, so when he loses his pills, he quickly deteriorates Read More

LARSO: REVISIT Downton Abbey!

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Courtesy/pbs.org

LARSO News:

If you’ve missed the previous three seasons of PBS’s popular English drama and would like to get up to speed on the story line, join the Los Alamos Retired Senior Organization (LARSO) at The Betty Ehart Senior Center, lower level – the Day Out Living Room – Sunday afternoons in November and December to catch up on the previous episodes.

Beginning Sunday, Nov. 3, we will be showing Downton Abbey Season One at no charge 2-4 p.m., two episodes per week and continuing Nov. 10 and 17. LARSO will begin again on Sundays, Dec. 1, 8 and 15 at the same 2-4 p.m. time.    Read More

‘Salt and Pepper’ a Funny, Touching and Accurate Look at Aging

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The Director (Rick Vargas) invites ‘Gertrude’ (Deborah Dennison) to look over his script in ‘Resting Places.’ Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Joyce (Deborah Hayden), left, and Dianne (Jennifer Graves) share a moment together at the Post Office. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Review by BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

It’s not often one reviews two productions of the same play within five months. I reviewed the New Mexico premier of Los Alamos playwright Robert Benjamin’s “Salt and Pepper” in June. Last night I attended a new Read More

Robert Benjamin’s ‘Salt and Pepper’ Opens Friday at Teatro Paraguas

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Tone Forest and Jennifer Graves perform a scene. Courtesy photo

Staff Report

Santa Fe Rep and Teatro Paraguas present Salt and Pepper, a humorous play about maturing by Los Alamos playwright Robert Benjamin.

The play opens Nov. 1 for nine performances. Beth Kennedy Jones directs a stellar and seasoned cast, including Alaina Zachary, Fran Martone, Deborah Dennison, Deborah Hayden, Tone Forrest, Kerry Kehoe, Larry Glaister, Rick Vargas, and Tad Jones.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturday with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Nov. 1-10 at Teatro Paraguas Studio, 3205 Calle Marie. Tickets Read More