Arts

LALO Opens Auditions For ‘The Addams Family’

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LALO News:

Los Alamos Light Opera (LALO) announces auditions for its 2019 production of The Addams Family, a new musical comedy directed by Cindy Hines, with musical direction by Gretchen Amstutz and produced by Laurie Tomlinson.

The beloved characters from the classic television series come to life on the stage, with book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice and music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, for an evening of fun and games that are creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky and altogether ooky!

Auditions are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 1 and 1-4 p.m. Sunday, June Read More

Quinn Fontaine: I’m All About Los Alamos Pride!

By CRISTINA OLDS
Los Alamos

Friends of Los Alamos Pride is excited to bring Santa Fe performance artist Quinn Fontaine back for the second annual Los Alamos Pride.

 
Fontaine brings his one-man show for the week’s kick off event 7 p.m. Monday, June 10 after the 5:30 p.m. International Potluck at the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos, 1726 Sage Loop. He’s also the emcee for the Festival 4-7 p.m., Friday in Central Park Square.

His show uses honesty and humor to talk about Fontaine’s life as a trans man, but also goes deep in revealing his personal journey as a sexual abuse survivor and thriver and recovering

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UNM-LA Invites Younger Students To Campus

Students study forensic investigation during the 2018 Summer Program for Youth at UNM-LA. Photo by Nancy Coombs/UNM-LA

Students study robotics during the 2018 Summer Program for Youth at UNM-LA. Photo by Nancy Coombs/UNM-LA

UNM-LA News:

The UNM-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) Community Education annual Summer Program for Youth (SPY) will take place on the UNM-LA campus July 15 – 26, 2019.

SPY, formerly known as Children’s College, offers week-long camps providing hands-on activities in thematically oriented classes with an emphasis on Science, Math, Art and Technology for students in grades Read More

LAAC Brown Bag Features Cellist Joy Charles And Pianist Aaron Anderson At Fuller Lodge June 5

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LAAC News:

Joy Charles, cellist, and Aaron Anderson, pianist, will collaborate on the upcoming free Brown Bag noon to 1 p.m., June 5 at Fuller Lodge.

Charles, an accomplished musician and cello instructor, will join forces with Aaron Anderson, phenomenal pianist and composer, to bring jazzy mash-ups and pop folk fusion sure to delight and entertain!

Charles and Anderson are long-time residents of Los Alamos and have performed in various local and state-wide venues. Charles studied cello performance in California and Indiana University. Anderson is co-owner of Los Alamos Read More

‘Aging With Grace, Courage And Humor’ June 11

Los Alamos playwright Robert Benjamin, left, with his actors Amelia Dolejsi and Jake Turin last week following their performance in the play Smiles at the Betty Ehart Senior Center. Benjamin’s 10-minute play Aging with Grace, Courage and Humor is slated for 2 p.m. June 11 in White Rock and 6 p.m. June 11 at Mesa Public Library. Courtesy photo
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‘We Are Meant To Carry Water’ Book Launch June 9

TEATRO PARAGUAS News:
 
Teatro Paraguas presents “We Are Meant To Carry Water” book launch and poetry reading with Tina Carlson, Stella Reed and Katherine DiBella Seluja at 6 p.m. Sunday, June 9 at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie in Santa Fe.
 
Admission: free. Info: teatroparaguas.org
 
Tina Carlson, Stella Reed and Katherine DiBella Seluja will read from their collaborative manuscript, We Are Meant To Carry Water, epistolary poems in the voices of mythological women.
 
In the weeks and months that followed the Presidential election of 2016,
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