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Science Meets Comics At Bradbury Museum March 3

BSM News:
 
Comics expert Jeff Benham from 7000 B.C. leads a lecture at 10 a.m. on the history and use of science in comics.
 
Attendees can come just for the lecture, or make a whole day of it by adding in a tour of the Museum (led by Museum Director Linda Deck) and then take part in a workshop that helps them create their own science-based comic.
Registration is required for both the lecture and the lecture/tour/workshop combination: https://www.bradburyassociation.org/events.
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Air Force Academy Band To Perform In ABQ Feb. 26

MUSIC News:
 
The U.S. Air Force Academy Band will conduct a jazz concert at 7 p.m., Feb. 26 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s Journal Theater.
 
Admission is free and guests are encouraged to bring family and friends to this night of entertainment.
 
The versatility and professionalism of this unique ensemble reflects the great diversity and ingenuity that makes the United States Air Force the greatest air and space force the world has ever known. The Air Force Academy Band’s Falconaires play a major role in cultivating our national heritage through American’s
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Village Of Jemez Springs Postpones ‘Cabin Fever Festival’ Slated For Feb. 24, Due To Impending Weather

VJS News:
 
JEMEZ SPRINGS — The Village of Jemez Springs announced that they plan to postpone the annual “Cabin Fever Festival” originally scheduled for this Saturday,
 
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Feb. 24 citing weather forecasts of windy and near-freezing conditions. The Village plans to reschedule the event towards the end of March, and may announce a new date by next week.
 
“Most weather reports are forecasting highs in the low 30s and gusty winds on the day of the event, so to be prudent and fair to our visitors and vendors, we are postponing the event,” Mayor Bob Wilson said.
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March Brown Bag Performance Features Taos Pianists

Claire Detels
 
LAAC News:
 
The Los Alamos Arts Council’s March Brown Bag Performance will feature pianists from Taos, Kim Bakkum and Claire Detels, playing music by Romantic era composers, Clara Schumann (1819-1896), Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944), and Florence Price (1887-1953).
 
Some of the music will be played “four-hands,” two players on one piano.
 
The concert will begin at noon Wednesday, March 7, in Fuller Lodge. The Brown Bag concerts are free to the public.
 
 

Bakkum and Detels are professional pianists who have each established an international

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Bach Concert Series Comes To Los Alamos

Courtesy/NMPAS

 

COMMUNITY News:

 

Hear some of Bach’s greatest music during the Annual Bach Society Concerts.

 

New Mexico Performing Arts Society is hosting the concerts, which the New Mexico Bach Chorale and Players will perform.

 

The concerts are 7 p.m. Saturday, March 10, at the United Church of Los Alamos. The shows continue at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 11, at the Immaculate Heart Chapel in Santa Fe and at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 25, at the St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Albuquerque.

 

Featured in the show will be Conductor and Artistic Director Franz Read More

World-Renowned Artists Provide Incomparable Classical Music Moments At 2018 SFCM Festival July 15 – Aug. 20

Courtesy image
 
SFCMF News:
 
SANTA FE — The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival presents another spectacular lineup in its 46th season, which runs July 15 through Aug. 20.
 
The Festival’s 40 concerts feature nearly 100 works — including five premieres — performed by the world’s finest classical musicians in beautiful and intimate venues in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Conductor and violinist Alan Gilbert returns to the Festival to serve as Artist-in-Residence for an unprecedented third time.
 
Spanning the 18th through the 21st centuries, the Festival’s 2018 repertoire
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Duane Smith Auditorium Delay Explained

An electrical room at Duane Smith Auditorium Wednesday. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

View from the hallway near the bathrooms Wednesday at Duane Smith Auditorium. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

The lobby area at Duane Smith Auditorium on Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

 

By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

maire@ladailypost.com

Delays in the renovation project at Duane Smith Auditorium have caused the Los Alamos Light Opera production of  “Guys and Dolls” to move its performances to March 22-24

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Venue Change For Olions Spring Musical: ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee!’

OLIONS News:

Can you spell M-U-S-I-C-A-L? The Los Alamos High School Olions Thespian Society proudly presents, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee!”

The community is invited to watch (and perhaps join the spellers with an audience participation opportunity) as the contestants try to spell their way to victory and learn a little bit about their wacky lives with some E-X-T-R-A-O-R-D-I-N-A-R-Y songs.

Note Venue change: Performances will be in the LAHS Blackbox at 7 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays March 14-18, 22-23 and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Performances in the new and Read More

LAMTA/UNM-LA Spring Piano Recital Sunday

UNM-LA CEO Dr. Cynthia Rooney, right, with LAMTA pianists and their teachers in October 2017. Courtesy photo

LAMTA News:

In keeping with their ongoing mission of Community Outreach and Service, the UNM-LA Campus will host the first of two Spring Piano Recitals at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25.

The recital is FREE and open to the public, sponsored by the Los Alamos Music Teachers Association (LAMTA). LAMTA’s Sunday Musicales are regular public presentations for the public’s enjoyment and appreciation of the city’s musically talented youth.

Fifteen students from the age of 8 through 14 will be presenting Read More

National Hispanic Cultural Center Premieres Documentary On Acclaimed Folklorist Nasario García

Acclaimed folklorist and author Nasario García will be at the premiere of the documentary ‘Nasario Remembers the Río Puerco’ Thursday in Albuquerque. Courtesy photo

NHCC News:

SANTA FE ― The documentary, Nasario Remembers the Río Puerco, a film about landscape and memory, will have its National Hispanic Cultural Center premiere at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 at the Bank of America Theatre, 1701 4th St SW in Albuquerque.

The film is presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series. Acclaimed folklorist and author Nasario García and director Shebana Coelho will be present Read More

Pianist To Perform First Santa Fe Concert March 11

Moldovan-American pianist Alexander Paley

COMMUNITY News:

A rare opportunity to hear Alexander Paley, the phenomenal Moldovan-American pianist, who will make his first appearance in Santa Fe at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 11 at the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe.

Paley defected from Russia to the United States in 1988 and later moved to Paris.

More than 20 years ago he founded two music festivals, in Richmond, Va., and Moulin d’Ande in France. His career is a busy mix of solo recitals, concerti and chamber music and he performs unusual four-hand piano works with his wife, Pei-wen Chen. Paley Read More

Hear Two Flying Fiddles Saturday At Planetarium

Rose Baldino and Brian Buchanan are House of Hamill and perform Saturday night in the Planetarium at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy photo
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
bjgordon@ladailypost.com

Join two master fiddlers for a unique concert 7:30 p.m. Saturday Feb. 24 “under the stars” in the Planetarium at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Canyon Road.

House of Hamill is an acoustic duo from Philadelphia, consisting of Rose Baldino and Brian Buchanan, both accomplished fiddlers and violinists. There is a suggested donation of $15. To reserve one of the limited number Read More

‘Guys and Dolls’ Back On Track To Open March 22

LALO News:

The gamblers of “Guys and Dolls” beat the odds and found a venue and a schedule that can accommodate the principal actors!

Los Alamos Light Opera presents “Guys and Dolls” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, March 22, 23, and 24, at Crossroads Bible Church on East Road, with a matinee at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 24 at the church. Read More

Los Alamos Community Winds Presents ‘Joyride!’

Los Alamos Community Winds Artistic Director Ted Vives conducts a recent rehearsal. Courtesy photo
 
By HEIDI MORNING and TED VIVES 
Los Alamos Community Winds

The Los Alamos Community Winds (LACW) would like to invite you to, “Joyride! A Journey in Music” at 7 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 24 at Crossroads Bible Church.

The Winds will perform selections from several renowned composers including Leonard Bernstein, Percy Grainger, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, John Philip Sousa, Robert W. Smith, Franz von Suppé and Michael Markowski.

In celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s centenary, Read More

Calling Young Artists For 2018 Dog Jog Logo Contest

Courtesy/FOSCA

FOSCA News:

Tails are wagging all over Los Alamos in anticipation of the 2018 Los Alamos Dog Jog and Fun Walk, Saturday, April 28 at Rover Park in White Rock.

The Dog Jog is an annual fundraiser for the Friends of Shelter and Companion Animals (FOSCA), that provides funding for spay/neuter surgeries and for catastrophic veterinary care for pets.

The Dog Jog Committee is calling on all creative young artists to put their imaginations and love of dogs to work by submitting a drawing for the 2018 Dog Jog Logo Contest!

The Logo Contest is open to youngsters in third through sixth grades

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