Entertainment

Santa Fe Playhouse Caps Year With ‘You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Revised)’

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Santa Fe Playhouse News:

Santa Fe Playhouse (SFP) will end the 2024 season with You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Revised). Based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz; Book, music, and lyrics by Clark Gesner; Additional dialogue by Michael Mayer and additional music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa. Directed by Christine McHugh.

You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Revised) will perform on the mainstage (142 East De Vargas St. in Santa Fe) Dec. 5 through Dec. 29. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and 2 p.m.  Saturdays and Sundays. Opening Night is 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7.

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Discovering The Music Of Paintings Sept. 10 In Santa Fe

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ART News:

SANTA FE – How does a painting sound? How do line and shape, color and texture, mood and compositional relationships translate into music?

The community is invited to join conductor and arts educator Oliver Prezant, violinist Carla Kountoupes, clarinetist Jerry Weimer and cellist Katie Harlow for an interactive, musical exploration of a colorful, gestural painting by artist Sophie von Hellermann, born in Munich, Germany, in 1975.

During the program, the audience will have the opportunity to explore the expressive implications of line, shape, color, texture, Read More

Interactive Exploration: ‘The Operatic Trumpet’ With Conductor/Educator Oliver Prezant Featuring Peter Bond

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Conductor and educator Oliver Prezant and master trumpeter Peter Bond to provide an interactive exploration of the evolving role of the trumpet in opera, Sept. 6  in Albuquerque. Courtesy image

Music News:

ALBUQUERQUE – It is the sound of kings and heroes, of triumph and dire warnings. It’s the call to arms and to eternal rest. The noble procession, the sound of climactic moments of joy, passion, and despair… From Jericho to judgement day, from animal horn and the hollow thighbone of an enemy to hammered brass, valves, and pistons, the iconic sound of the trumpet echoes through our common human Read More

Scenes From Friday Night Summer Concert Featuring Hillary And The Chill House Band At Ashley Park Pond

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Hillary and the Chill House Band headlines the Los Alamos Summer Concert Friday night at Ashley Pond Park. The Chill House Band consists of Jim Casey, Milo Jaramillo, Glenn Kostur and JD Davis. The concert was produced by Sancre Productions and the Los Alamos County Community Services Department. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Hillary and the Chill House Band serenade the crowd during the Los Alamos Summer Concert Friday night at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

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Hillary And The Chill House Band Headlines Concert Tonight

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Sancre Productions News:

Hillary and the Chill House Band headlines the Los Alamos Summer Concert this evening at Ashley Pond Park. Sax Atomix and Santa Fe Youth Symphony youth group Mariachi Estrella open the concert.

The Chill House Band consists of Jim Casey, Milo Jaramillo, Glenn Kostur and JD Davis. This is a new band in Albuquerque, but all of the members bring years of experience performing professionally in New Mexico and Texas. The musical/entertainment direction for the band is to provide an outstanding musical experience that is suitable for many venues, including popular dance Read More

Santa Fe Symphony Shares 2024-25 Season Events

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Santa Fe Symphony News:

The Santa Fe Symphony shares a full calendar of events scheduled for its 2024-25 Season: 

Monday, September 9, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Rufus Wainwright with The Santa Fe Symphony
The Santa Fe Opera
301 Opera Drive

The Santa Fe Symphony proudly joins this incredible songwriter and composer for one night only as part of his Want Symphonic tour! Wainwright says, “Want One and Two are maybe the most epic of my albums. They are the two sides of a coin or better my personality, the male and the female, the knight in shining armor and the innocent maiden, ecstasy and restraint, glory and doom, Read More

ENMU Announces Region First Ever Drone Show As Part Of 90th Anniversary Homecoming Celebration

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ENMU wiil host a drone show as part of its 90th-anniversary homecoming celebration. Courtesy/ENMU

ENMU News:

PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU) announced today the first-ever drone show in this region of the state as part of its 90th-anniversary homecoming celebration happening Sept. 30 through  Oct. 6.

ENMU has partnered with Open Sky Drone Light Shows out of Salt Lake City, Utah, to provide a first-of-its-kind drone show to Eastern New Mexico.

Open Sky Drone Light Shows will provide a sound and lights show with a music soundtrack and custom animations. The drones will launch Read More

Santa Fe Pro Musica Opens 43rd Season With ‘I Hear America Singing’ Sept. 29 At The Lensic

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SFPM News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Pro Musica opens its 43rd season at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29 at the Lensic Performing Arts Center.

The Season Opening Orchestra Concert titled “I Hear America Singing” features the Mexican singer–songwriter Magos Herrera in a program that connects music from across the American continent and across centuries.

The program opens with Vivaldi’s La Folia, a dance form that has shadowy roots dating back to 15th-century Central America. The Peruvian-American composer Gabriela Lena Frank is featured in Coqueteos from her larger work Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout. Read More

LALT Seeks Playwrights And Directors For 8X10s

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LALT News:

Interested in writing? Or ever considered crafting a short play? Like to see art performed on stage?

What about directing? Ever wondered what it would be like to direct actors live on stage?

Los Alamos Little Theatre (LALT) has announced its January show: the 8x10s. Eight 10-minute plays will be produced and performed by LALT and it needs the community’s help.

The 8x10s are one of LALT’s favorite ways to highlight local talent and let people try out roles like directing and acting. LALT is taking submissions for scripts, so if people have a hilarious piece about engineering students

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New Mexico History Museum To Host Special Screening Of ‘Zozobra: 100 Years Of Fire And Redemption’ Documentary

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NMHM News:

The New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) is hosting a special opening event for the exhibition Zozobra: A Fire That Never Goes Out, in honor of the centennial burning of Zozobra.

The public is invited to an exhibition opening event featuring a performance by Moving Arts Española at 5:15 p.m., Friday Aug. 23, with welcome remarks at 5:45 p.m., and a screening of Zozobra: 100 Years of Fire and Redemption, a documentary produced by Hutton Broadcasting and the Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe in the NMHM auditorium at 6:15 p.m. Admission is free to New Mexico residents with ID, and to children 16 and younger. Read More