Registration Opens For ‘GOT DANCE?’
Contestants in last year’s ‘GOT DANCE?’ contest. Photo by Henrik Sandin
Contestants in last year’s ‘GOT DANCE?’ contest perform. Photo by Henrik SandinYMCA News:
Individual and group registrations for a “GOT DANCE?” Contest Showcase are now open at The Family YMCA.
The contest is limited to 24 acts and will close when full. Acts may register in person at the Y, 1450 Iris St., or by telephone at 505.662.3100.
The Contest Showcase is 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, April 24 at New Beginnings Fellowship Church, 112 East Road. “People’s Read More
Shine Bright Baby Performs In Los Alamos Feb. 6
Shine Bright Baby. Courtesy photoMUSIC News:
Rose Chocolatier Art Show Reception Friday
Tahini truffles from Rose Chocolatier. Courtesy photo
ART News:
Rose Chocolatier at 991 Central Ave. is hosting an Art Show and Reception 5-7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30.
This new show features work by Ward Zaelke, which will be on display through February on an art wall at the chocolate shop.
Rose Chocolatier also is starting to gather books from local authors to feature in its Book Corner. This section will display resident authors’ books.
“We are excited to showcase these authors and highlight some of the many talented people living here in Los Alamos,” owner Marguerite Read More
Carnaval 2015: Port To Port
NHCC News:
Frank Leto and PANdemonium with the Odara Dance Ensemble, in partnership with the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC), continue the Center’s annual celebration of Carnaval with “Carnaval 2015: Port to Port” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 13-14 in the NHCC’s Albuquerque Journal Theatre.
If you’ve ever wished you could hop on a cruise to the hottest Carnaval locations in the world, now is your chance. “Port to Port” transforms the theatre into a Carnaval cruise liner, and you are invited to join the party, from the port of New Orleans to Cuba, to Trinidad, and your final destination—Rio Read More
Opening Reception For ‘In Bounds’ 5-7 P.M. Friday
Topper Revue 2015 Opens with Preview Tonight
This Week At The Reel Deal
Column By JIM O’DONNELL This Friday we are opening The Imitation Game and The Homesman starring Hillary Swank, Tommy Lee Jones, and Meryl Streep. It’s not been well advertised but has great reviews and looks like a poignant film of the old west. We will be showing it for one week only.
Again thanks to all of you who waited to see The Imitation Game at the Reel Deal. It means a lot to us. We are holding American Sniper, Mortdecai, and Strange Magic for another week. Paddington will end this Thursday.
We are having a special screening of Bag-It, at 7 p.m. this Thursday, Read More
The Bachelor Comes To Santa Fe
Chris Soules. Courtesy/NMTD
NMTD News:
SANTA FE – New Mexico Tourism Department (NMTD) has announced that Santa Fe will be featured on an upcoming episode of The Bachelor.
The episode will feature a group date through white water rapids while the bachelorettes try their hand at rafting, a one-on-one date miles above the city, and a one-on-one date that truly tests a connection, all with the newest Bachelor, Chris Soules. The episode is scheduled to air at 8/7c Monday, Feb. 2 on ABC.
Soules, has become known as “Prince Farming”. He introduced himself to last season’s Bachelorette Andi Dorfman, Read More
‘In Bounds’ Opens At Fuller Lodge Art Center Friday
‘Unwrapped II’ by artist Rebecca Nolda. Courtesy/FLAC
ART News:
The community is invited to attend the Fuller Lodge Art Center’s first opening reception of the year at 5 p.m., Friday.
The opening exhibit is “In Bounds” for which the Art Center asked artists to follow a specific set of rules.
Artists will be on hand at Friday’s opening reception to chat about their work. Refreshments will be served. Read More
An Evening Of Sharing Vintage Quilts Tuesday
Antique wedding quilt. Courtesy. LAPQG
LAPQG News:
The Los Alamos Piecemakers Quilt Guild (LAPQG) invites the community to join them for an evening of sharing vintage quilts.
The event is 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27 at the White Rock Baptist Church. The program is sharing vintage quilts. So many quilters and non-quilters have quilts that were made by their mothers, grandmothers and others so everyone is encouraged to bring their quilts, share stories and hear stories from others.
Everyone is welcome. Read More
MRM Hosts 13th Annual Miniatures Show & Sale
Oil painting by Mary Dolph Wood. Courtesy/MRM
MRM News:
The Millicent Rogers Museum (MRM) is hosting the 13th Annual Miniature Show and Sale beginning with a reception 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6 at 1504 Millicent Rogers Road.
The exhibit features more than 220 of the best artists in Taos County and consists of works in all media that are unique in their scale of being under 10″ x 10″ in total size.
Featured participants include Rich Nichols, Valerie Graves, Ken Daggett, Jim Wagner, Chris Morel, Margaret Nes, Mary Dolph Wood, Mark Asmus and David Anderson, just to name a few.
Tickets Read More
Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘Selma’
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB“Selma” is the new feature film about the efforts of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to force southern states to adapt to the 1964 Voting Rights Act.
Selma is not a documentary. It is a film meant to remind us what folks sacrificed to get a universal right to vote not only enacted but respected throughout this country.
Movie poster of ‘Selma.’ Courtesy/rottentomatoes.com
David Oyelowo (Interstellar, The Butler) plays Dr. King with the depth of faith, sensitivity and gravitas necessary to be convincing. Read More
Another View Of Lenticular Clouds
Here’s another view of lenticular clouds hovering week before last above the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Photo Copyright Scott Valentine, 2015 Read More
Lenticular Clouds Spotted Over Sangre de Cristo
Lenticular clouds hover over the Sangre de Cristo last week. Copyright Elena E. Giorgi, 2015. Read More
‘Solar Tree’ Wins Municipal Building Art Plaza Contest
Municipal Building Art Plaza winner ‘Solar Tree’ by Eric Thelander. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
The Art in Public Places Board met Thursday night and voted unanimously to select “Solar Tree” from among the top finalists in the competition for an art piece to be installed in the west plaza of the Municipal Building at 1000 Central Ave.
“Solar Tree” was created by artist Eric Thelander who works out of an Albuquerque studio on large scale public art projects and private commissions. His “Solar Tree” piece is an 18’ x 12’ x 12’ steel and aluminum sculpture designed Read More
Espanola Valley Opera Guild Hosts Posole Party Jan. 31
Fifth Annual UNM-LA Music Marathon Feb. 8
The Craig Martin Experience will perform at the 5th Annual UNM-LA Music Marathon. Courtesy/CME
UNM-LA News:
With just over 30 volunteer performers scheduled, the 5th Annual UNM-LA Music Marathon will take place 2-8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, in the Student Center on the UNM-LA campus.
Historically, the UNM-LA Music Marathon has raised more than $4,600, featuring as many as 60 performers, and attracting 800 audience members. The event is co-chaired by UNM-LA adjunct music instructor Juanita Madland and Rheta Moazzami, with the intent of funding UNM-LA scholarships.
“In our first year we raised Read More
Hannemann’s Music Corner: Tone, Pitch, Note & Timbre
By RICHARD HANNEMANNIn music, there are four fundamental terms you need to know and understand including tone, pitch, note and timbre.
TONE: A musical sound, which repeats at regular intervals, higher or lower.
PITCH: The placement of a tone, high or low, within the range of tones and relative to, high or low, other and all of those tones.
NOTE: The symbolic representation of a given tone, at a specified pitch, with specified time duration.
TIMBRE: The quality and/or character of a note (the sound of a sound).
These four terms are often confused with one another and often thought Read More
Atomic City Children’s Theater Shines In Georgia
Atomic City Children’s Theater students on stage at the Junior Theater Festival. Photo by James BarkerACCT News:
Students from Atomic City Children’s Theater in Los Alamos earned high praise at the 2015 Junior Theater Festival happening Jan. 16, 17 and 18 at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, Ga.
The 14 students, ages 10-14 presented selections from Disney’s The Little Mermaid JR. for Broadway performer Phillip McAdoo (The Lion King, Rent); Disney Theatrical Group dramaturg and literary manager Ken Cerniglia and performer Morgan Rose (first national Read More
This Week At The Reel Deal
By JIM O’DONNELLThis Friday we are opening Strange Magic and Mortdecai. We are holding American Sniper for another week. Big Eyes and Unbroken will end this Thursday. We have booked The Imitation Game for Jan. 30. Again we hope you can wait to see it at the Reel Deal Theater. I wish I could have gotten it sooner but that’s the best I can do.
We are hosting our third annual PEEC event, Back Country Film Festival at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22. Hope you can make it. There will be fun raffles and Pajarito Brew Pub will be there serving up some nice brews. All proceeds from our box office sales Read More
