Music
SF Symphony: Sonrisas! Smiles Of A Summer Night July 9
Coro de Cámara Presents ‘Time To… Love’ May 4 & May 5
Coro de Cámara Pianist Yelena Mealy and Coro de Cámara Artistic Director Nylea Butler-Moore review Songstream at the piano. Courtesy/Coro de Cámara
COMMUNITY News:
Does a spring bouquet of flowers delight you? If so, then join Coro de Cámara in its season finale, “Time to… Love,” in which the chamber chorus delivers a melodious, fragrant bouquet of love songs that has been arranged especially for you!
Two Matinee Performances: 4 p.m. Saturday, May 4 at the United Church of Los Alamos, 2525 Canyon Road and 4 p.m. Sunday, May 5 at Christ Church Santa Fe, 1213 Don Gaspar in Santa Fe.
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Get Ready … ScienceFest 2024 Runs July 12-16
Scene of a previous ScienceFest. Courtesy/MainStreet
Scene of a previous ScienceFest. Courtesy/MainStreet
MAINSTREET News:
Get ready for an exciting week of science this summer in Los Alamos! Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District is eager to bring the 17th annual ScienceFest to the community and region on July 12-16, 2024.
ScienceFest kicks off on the evening of July 12 with the weekly Summer Concert Series at Ashley Park Pond and the debut of the Night Market. Headlining the Friday Night Concert is Led Zepagain, a world-famous tribute band with over 30 years of experience portraying Read More
Duo Arundo Double Reed Duet At United Church Sunday
Stefanie Przybylska
MUSIC News:
The second of three free concerts takes place 4 p.m. Sunday, April 28 at the United Church of Los Alamos.
A gift to the community from Chuck Tallman and Kathy and Bill Landschulz.
The entire community is welcome to attend Duo Arundo Double Reed Duet, and young students interested in music are encouraged as well.
“Dances and Dialogues” – Stefanie Przybylska Santa Fe Symphony Principal Bassoon and Rebecca Ray Santa Fe Symphony Oboe & English horn.
This program will feature lively and enchanting music based on dance forms from composers past and present.
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2024 Los Alamos Film And Culture Festival Inaugural Event Kicks Off This Weekend At SALA Event Center
CHAMBER News:
The Los Alamos Film and Culture Festival (LAFCF) Board is pleased to present their inaugural international film festival event, April 28-May 5, 2024, at SALA Event Center, 2551 Central Ave.
This inaugural year brings 20 films from 14 different countries to Los Alamos and provides multiple opportunities for ‘meet and greets’ with the filmmakers, Q & A discussions, and cultural attractions. The full schedule for the Festival, along with information about the individual films, is available on the Festival website.
The kick-off Welcome Brunch is 10 a.m. to noon Sunday, Read More
High Desert Winds SF To Present Final 2023-24 Concert
High Desert Winds Santa Fe News:
The High Desert Winds Santa Fe will present its final concert of the 2023-24 Season, 2 p.m. May 5, 2024, at the St. Francis Auditorium in the New Mexico Museum of Art at 107 W. Palace Ave.
Under the baton of Dr. Jan Gaynor, the performance will include music by Giroux, Fucik, G.F. Handel and more.
Featured will be the High Desert Winds Santa Fe horn section in a performance of Carl Hienrich Hübler’s fabulous Concerto for four horns and orchestra, the “Konzertstück”!
Admission is FREE with donations gratefully accepted. Read More
Review: ‘Fun Home’ Shares An Important Story
Review by KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
Despite the name, there isn’t a lot of “fun” in the musical “Fun Home”. The play, which is based on a graphic novel by Alison Bechdel, focuses on memories from Alison’s childhood and early adulthood that mainly center on her father, Bruce Bechdel.
Bruce was an English teacher, home renovator and funeral parlor director – hence the name of the play. The family nicknames the funeral business “fun home”.
But Bruce harbors a secret – he is gay. Living in a time when gay marriage, rights and acceptance was pretty much nonexistent, Read More
Live In Los Alamos: Richard Smith At Fuller Lodge April 26
Live in Los Alamos presents guitarist Richard Smith April 26 at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy photo
COMMUNITY News:
Live in Los Alamos presents guitarist Richard Smith April 26 at Fuller Lodge.
The doors will open at 6 p.m. and the show will start at 7 p.m. and Bathtub Row Brewing will provide refreshments.
Smith, who is from Britain but resides in Nashville, is a multi-genre guitar virtuoso and national fingerpicking champion. He preformed last year in Los Alamos.
In addition to the concert, Smith will offer coaching/jam sessions 11 a.m. to noon April 27 at Mesa Public Library.
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Maestro Joe Illick Previews Santa Fe Opera’s 2024 Season Through Verdi, Mozart, Strauss And Donizetti
Santa Fe Opera Maestro Joe Illick. Photo by Babak Dowlatshahi
SFOG News:
The Santa Fe Opera Guild presents Opera: Telling Stories Through Music featuring presenter Maestro Joe Illick 5-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 14 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 107 W. Barcelona Road in Santa Fe.
Maestro Joe Illick is back live to perform one of our favorite events, Opera: Telling Stories Through Music, his piano preview of four of the operas of the upcoming Santa Fe Opera season: Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier and Gaetano Read More