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Cinema Cindy Reviews: Napoleon

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By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos

“Napoleon” – Director Ridley Scott’s latest film – is worth viewing if only for period details and epic battle scenes. The film attempts to be a biopic about Napoleon Bonaparte. Indeed, in case we missed the point, his dying words are quoted at the end: “France… Army… Josephine,” three loves, perhaps in that order, which appear to have motivated this complex character.

Joaquin Phoenix (2020 Best Actor Oscar for Joker) plays Bonaparte as a quintessential outsider from the French island of Corsica, an officer with a flair for military strategy, a clumsy and often Read More

Los Alamos Community Winds Is Seeking Musicians For Spring 2024 Season

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Los Alamos Community Winds is seeking musicians for its Spring 2024 concert season. Courtesy/LACW

LACW News:

The Los Alamos Community Winds (LACW) is seeking musicians for its Spring 2024 concert season.  LACW is an amateur wind ensemble made up of members from Los Alamos and surrounding areas.

LACW has been performing in Los Alamos since 2000, playing four formal concerts a year, along with appearances at community events.

Players of all ages and backgrounds are welcome – members range from students to retirees. Auditions are not required.

LACW begin rehearsals for its March concert on Tuesday Read More

Tamaya Resort Named Among Top Meeting Destinations

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Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa in Santa Ana Pueblo. Courtesy/Hyatt Regency

HYATT REGENCY News:

SANTA ANA PUEBLO — Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa, a premier New Mexico resort on the Santa Ana Pueblo between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, has received the 2023 Platinum Choice award by Smart Meetings, one of the nation’s leading magazines for event and meeting planners.

The awards honor the hospitality industry’s top-ranked venues and destinations that deliver the highest standard of overall excellence.

“We are honored to be recognized with such a prestigious accolade as the Smart Read More

Pajarito: Townsight+100% Terrain+Powder=Get Here Now!

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The Townsight lift will open on Saturday at Pajarito Mountain Ski Area. Courtesy/Pajarito

Pajarito Mountain News:

Pajarito Mountain has announced the Townsight lift will open this Saturday, Jan. 6. With more than a foot of snow projected in the next 10 days, Pajarito expects to open 100% of its terrain. Check the trail report for all the details.

Townsight accesses blue and green trails and can be reached via the Aspen lift on East Road. New this season, guests should note that while the Townsight lift is running, snowshoeing and uphill travel are prohibited. For more information on the opening, Read More

Purgatory To Host ‘First Tracks Brunch Experience’ Sunday

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Purgatory Resort picked up 3 inches of fresh snow overnight Wednesday. Courtesy/Purgatory Resort

Purgatory is hosting a new event Sunday that powder hounds won’t want to miss with the “First Tracks Brunch Experience”. Courtesy/Purgatory Resort

Purgatory Resort News:

Purgatory Resort picked up 3 inches of fresh snow overnight Wednesday, and it snowed continuously Thursday. More snow is in the forecast, with Sunday, Jan. 7 looking to be the best chance for a powder day.

Also on Sunday, Purgatory is hosting a new event that powder hounds won’t want to miss with the “First Tracks Brunch Experience Read More

Pajarito Mountain To Open Townsight Lift On Saturday

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Courtesy/Pajarito

Pajarito Mountain News:

Pajarito Mountain announced today that it is opening up the Townsight lift on Saturday, and with today’s storm, expects to open 100% of its terrain.

The Townsight lift has not run in many years. The lift accesses blue and green trails, and can be reached via the Aspen lift on East Road.

“I’m incredibly grateful to the hard work the Pajarito team has put into getting Townsight ready to go for this winter. This lift accesses some great terrain and it’s exciting to have it run, especially with all the powder on the way,” Pajarito General Manager Jasen Bellomy Read More

En Pointe School Of Dance Starts Spring Semester Jan. 9

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Scene from En Pointe School of Dance recent performance. Courtesy/Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

Scene from En Pointe School of Dance’recent performance. Courtesy/Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

COMMUNITY News:

En Pointe School of Dance Spring 2024 Semester begins Jan. 9. The dance school, at 3801 Arkansas Ave. in Suites E and F, will be open on Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 15.

En Pointe School of Dance in Los Alamos was established in April 2021. En Pointe School offers Dance Exploration, Pre-Ballet, Ballet -1, -2, -3, Adult Ballet, Pre-Pointe, Pointe, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Contemporary, Read More

Attention Democrats! Register Now For Family Event Jan. 8

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Members of the Democratic Party of Los Alamos gathered for a photo. Courtesy/DPLA

DPLA News:

On Jan. 8, 2024, the Democratic Party of Los Alamos (DPLA) is having a family get together 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Unitarian Church Hall at 1738 N. Sage Loop St., with a green chile stew (vegetarian and meat) dinner.

DPLA is inviting all registered Democrats who have been regularly participating in events, those who rarely have and especially those new to the Democratic Party in Los Alamos.

This event is  free … but you must RSVP by Jan. 6 to barbfronz2023@gmail.com so Chef Determan can make the right amount Read More

‘Glassen Wonders’ Opens At LewAllen Galleries Jan. 5

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LewAllen Galleries at 1613 Paseo de Peralta in Santa Fe. Courtesy/LewAllen Galleries

LewAllen Galleries News:

SANTA FE – LewAllen Galleries has announced the largest exhibition of world-class contemporary glass art in its nearly four decades of representing this category of important art.

Entitled, “Glassen Wonders”, the show includes more than 60 pieces by 23 internationally recognized glass artists. The exhibition features significant works from the museum-quality collection of Dr. Arnold and Doris Roland, as well as important glass sculptures Read More

Santa Fe Playhouse: Benefit Reading Of Tewkesbury’s ‘JAMMED’ Starring Ali MacGraw, Brooke Palance Jan. 27

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Ali MacGraw 

Santa Fe Playhouse News:

SANTA FE – Santa Fe Playhouse (SFP) presents a script-in-hand benefit reading of JAMMED. Written and directed by Golden Globe nominee Joan Tewkesbury (Nashville), starring Oscar nominee Ali MacGraw (Love Story – Best Actress Oscar Nominee; Love Letters – National Tour) and Brooke Palance (Empire of the Ants, The Four Deuces, The Clairvoyant).

The one-night-only benefit reading of JAMMED, will take place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, at the Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 East De Vargas St. in Santa Fe.

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Backstage, during a performance Read More