Entertainment

State Film Office Announces FOX Series ‘The Cleaning Lady’ Returns To New Mexico To Film Season 3

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NMFO News:

New Mexico Film Office Director Amber Dodson has announced that season three of the television series “The Cleaning Lady” is filming in and around Albuquerque.

Beginning Tuesday, March 5 on FOX, season three of “The Cleaning Lady” will continue filming the emotionally driven character drama about a whip-smart Cambodian doctor, Thony (played by series’ star Élodie Yung), who comes to the U.S. for medical treatment to save her ailing son. When the system fails and attempts to push her down, Thony refuses to be marginalized and instead takes matters into her own hands. Forced to use Read More

Posts From The Road: Acoustic America Musical Instrument Museum

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F-4 Mandolin: The F-4 mandolin made by Gibson is owned by prominent mandolin player David Grisman. Shown in the photo are Grisman and Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead in 1990. Grisman owns several mandolins and many of his instruments are included in the Acoustic America exhibit. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Acoustic America: Shown is an interior view of the public space and lobby area at the Musical Instrument Museum in Scottsdale, Ariz. The banners displayed all featured images from the Acoustic America exhibit, which will run until Sept. 15, 2024, at the museum. Photo by Gary Read More

SaxAtomix To Perform Valentine’s Day Lunchtime Concert

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SaxAtomix News:

The SaxAtomix will be presenting a Valentine’s Day lunchtime concert at the Betty Ehart Senior Center starting at noon Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024.

The program will feature music of love and romance, including My Funny Valentine, I Left My Heart in San Fransisco, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, and more. Admission is free.

To reserve a lunch, contact the Senior Center at https://larso.org/meal-services or call 505.662.8920 before 9 a.m. on Feb. 14.

The SaxAtomix are an amateur saxophone quintet comprised of players from the Los Alamos community. They have been playing together Read More

Heather And The Bad Breaks Perform Friday & Feb. 16

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Heather and the Band Breaks will perform 8:30-10:30 p.m. Saturday at Bathtub Row Brewery and will be featured 8:30-11:30 p.m. Feb. 16 at the VFW Post 90. The band includes, from left, Meinhardt Greeff on lead guitar, Quinn Marksteiner on saxophone, Heather Beemer on vocals, Nick Dennisen on piano, Craig Reingold on bass, and John Frary on drums.  Kile Ulenbrock is not pictured. Courtesy photo Read More

Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler! Mardi Gras In The Mountains Hits Red River

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Mardi Gras in The Mountains, Feb. 8-13 in Red River. Courtesy/RR

Red River News:

RED RIVER — The community is invited to join the fun at Mardi Gras in The Mountains, the biggest party in New Mexico, happening Feb. 8-13.

This year’s theme, Bubbles and Bowties, ensures a week-long extravaganza packed with excitement. Originating in 1992 under the Red River Chamber of Commerce, this beloved event is now proudly sponsored by the REX Foundation.

Special guests for the 2024 Mardi Gras in The Mountains include Zoe Mintz from KRQE Channel 13 in Albuquerque, NM, and Ali Allison from KFDA 10 Channel in Amarillo, Read More

Happening This Week At SALA: Feb. 6-11, 2024

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SALA News:

SALA, the premier cultural hub for arts and entertainment, is set to dazzle audiences with a week-long extravaganza, featuring a blend of coding innovation, captivating performances, and cinematic brilliance.

Event: CoderDojo
3:30 p.m., Tuesday & Wednesday

Tech enthusiasts are invited to immerse themselves in the world of coding at CoderDojo, an engaging session at SALA where innovation meets education. Join us for an exciting coding adventure! 

Event: Last Day to Watch “Poor Things”
1-6 p.m., Thursday

As “Poor Things” bids adieu, seize the Read More

Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Performs In Los Alamos Feb. 10

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The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet to perform Feb. 10 at the Duane Smith Auditorium. Courtesy/LACA

LACA News:

The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet returns to Los Alamos for a performance presented by the Los Alamos Concert Association (LACA) at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10 at the Duane Smith Auditorium.

This Grammy-winning quartet has long set the standard for guitar ensembles. The New York Times called a recent performance “revelatory,” and the Los Angeles Times praised their “…unrivaled joy, technical élan, and questing spirit.”

The quartet’s critically acclaimed transcriptions of concert masterworks Read More

New Mexico Film Office: Netflix Series ‘Ransom Canyon’ Begins Production In New Mexico Through June

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NMFO News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico Film Office (NMSO) Director Amber Dodson announced that “Ransom Canyon”, a romance-fueled family drama and contemporary Western saga from Netflix, will be filming in and around Albuquerque and Las Vegas through June.

The production will employ more than 700 New Mexicans – 380 crew members, 40 principal actors and 300 background talent.

The series is set to star Josh Duhamel (“Transformers”), Minka Kelly (“Euphoria”), James Brolin (“Sweet Tooth”), Eoin Macken (“La Brea”), Lizzy Greene (“A Million Little Things”), Marianly Tejada (“One of Us is Lying”), Jack Read More

Coro Counts Down The Hits In ‘Time To… Dance’ Pops Show

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Coro de Cámara and the Joe Cox Band to perform hits from the 1960s to ‘80s Feb. 17 in Los Alamos and Feb. 18 in Santa Fe. Courtesy/Coro de Cámara

Coro de Camara News:

Chase away the winter chill with Coro de Cámara and the Joe Cox Band as they perform hot hits from the 1960s to ‘80s by The Beatles, ABBA, Carole King, Motown artists, Cyndi Lauper and more!

Two Matinee Shows:

  • Saturday, Feb. 17 at 4 p.m., Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church, Kelly Hall, 3900 Trinity Drive in Los Alamos; and
  • Sunday, Feb. 18 at 4 p.m., Paradiso Santa Fe, 903 Early St. in Santa Fe. ‘Teaser’ Show/Fundraiser with the Los Alamos
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Los Alamos High School Graduate Rebecca Ringle Kamarei To Perform With New Mexico Philharmonic In Popejoy Hall

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Rebecca Ringle Kamarei

COMMUNITY News:

Opera singer and 1998 Los Alamos High School graduate Rebecca Ringle Kamarei will perform as Alto Soloist in Gustav Mahler’s Second Symphony with the New Mexico Philharmonic Feb. 17 at Popejoy Hall in Albuquerque.

Ringle Kamarei, a former student of Los Alamos musicians Candace Magner and Joe Cox, has performed with orchestras, festivals and opera companies around the world.

For 14 consecutive seasons, she was a soloist at the Metropolitan Opera, with performances including Wagner’s Die Walküre, Nico Muhly’s Marnie and Kevin Puts’ The Hours. She Read More