Entertainment

A New ‘Nutcracker’ to Premier in Los Alamos

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NMDT-PC dancers Sarah Dale as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Devon McCleskey as the Cavalier in NMDT-PC’s premier production of “The Nutcracker.” Courtesy photo

NMDT-PC News:

The New Mexico Dance Theater Performance Company (NMDT–PC), directed by Susan Baker-Dillingham, will present its first production of the holiday classic “The
Nutcracker” Nov. 9, 10, 11, 17, and 18 at the Duane W. Smith Auditorium in Los Alamos.

“NMDT-PC dancers have been eagerly awaiting the opportunity to perform my version of this much-loved ballet,” Baker-Dillingham said. “I hope NMDT–PC’s premiere Read More

Nov. 7 Brown Bag Performance Features Local Students

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LAAC News:

The Los Alamos Arts Council’s Brown Bag Performances are always free, always entertaining, take a lunch break at the Brown Bag Performance series in Fuller Lodge.

Presenting a wide range of programs, from Beethoven to ballet, opera to jazz, chamber music to bagpipes, these concerts have been entertaining Los Alamos music lovers on their midday breaks since 1973.

Brown Bag Performances connect performers to the community.

Performances are held at noon, usually on the first Wednesday of each month but dates may vary.

For the noon, Nov. 7 Brown Bag, LAAC presents Local Students Read More

Asterman’s Movie Reviews for Pitch Perfect, Seven Psychopaths and Paranormal Activity 4

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The Deal Down Movie Reviews by Rick Asterman

(Film score range: +1, 0 or –1)

Pitch Perfect

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Advisory – Gleefully vulgar. The whole time I was watching the film, I was convinced of two things: how unbelievable I felt actually enjoying the movie, how obvious it was the film was just barely pared down from an R-Rating. Any kid mature enough to watch the original Austin Powers movie should be fine with Pitch Perfect, but it still remains a judgment call for the parents.

The greatest positive of writing movie reviews is when, against all odds, the film you’d instinctively avoid otherwise inverts your Read More

Movie Review: Midnight in Paris

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Editor’s Note: Midnight in Paris will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1 in the Upstairs Meeting Rooms at Mesa Public Library.

Movie Review By Elizabeth Wasilewska

Midnight in Paris – a 2010 comedy written and directed by Woody Allen – begins with a series of snapshots of Paris: rainy streets, cafes, cobblestone pathways.

This sequence mirrors the movie’s overall tone: a romantic, cheery wander through an artificial but charming Paris.

The character who wanders the most is Gil (Owen Wilson), a writer on vacation with his fiancee, Inez (Rachel McAdams), and her Read More

Join Driving Force for Movie Night Monday

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DRIVING FORCE News:
 
The Driving Force has put together another International Movie Night at the Reel Deal theater.
 
Join members of the Driving Force for its second international movie night at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29.
 
The featured film will be A Separation, the winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year.
 

“We are delighted to have Sara Kutchesfahani, one of our esteemed and cherished postdocs, provide introductory and explanatory remarks,” Jim Nesmith said. “Sara is of Iranian descent and will

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Asterman’s Movie Reviews for The Master and Argo

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The Deal Down Movie Review
By Rick Asterman: I am not affiliated with the Reel Deal Theater, or any other financial entity. My mission is to provide concise, honest reviews of movies playing at the Los Alamos Reel Deal Theater, plus parental advisement on the films content and advise on which interested parties you should or shouldn’t take with you to the movie. Scores for the films will be either +1, 0, or –1. By spring, when the year’s award ceremonies start up, I’ll analyze this year’s movies in greater detail, and give a special score of +2 or –2. There is no limit to the number of films from the year
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Hope, Struggle and Change Comes to Los Alamos

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LADP News:

Roy Zimmerman has driven 25,000 miles this year, fulfilling a “campaign promise” to perform his satirical songs in all 50 states.

He brings his live show, “Roy Zimmerman: Hope, Struggle and Change” to Los Alamos at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30 for a performance at the Los Alamos Little Theater, 1670 Nectar St.

Admission is $18. Tickets are on sale at Democratic Party Office,140 Central Park Square. Call 661-9002 or visit the office noon to 8 p.m. every day.

“Hope, Struggle and Change” is a 90-minute juggernaut of funny songs and comic commentary on presidential politics, the Occupy Movement, Read More

‘Pitch Perfect’ – A Perfect Melody of Laughter and Fun

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Photo Courtesy/Universal Pictures

Movie Review by Kirsten Laskey

This is a great time of year to go to the cinema. After a period of lackluster listings on the marquees, we are now in the season when all the exciting and heavily anticipated movies begin to put a shine on the theaters’ signs.

Take for instance the Reel Deal Theater’s listings – they are showing “Argo” and “The Master” – two very poignant and dramatic pieces that plow deep in their examination of human nature and the word.

Despite these movies’ dramatic flair, I didn’t see either film. Instead, I picked the lightest, fluffiest movie Read More

Red as a Lotus: Letters to a Dead Trappist

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NEW MEXICO HISTORY MUSEUM News:

Join poet Lisa Gill for readings from her book Red as a Lotus: Letters to a Dead Trappist, interspersed with portions of the film, Compassion Rising, an outgrowth of the 1968 meeting between the Dalai Lama and Thomas Merton.

The event, part of the programming series for the exhibits Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape, is 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, in the History Museum Auditorium (located at 113 Lincoln Ave., in Santa Fe. Free with admission; Sundays free to New Mexico residents.

Gill received an NEA Fellowship and wrote five books,
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