Entertainment

PAC 8 Community Media Center: May 19-25, 2023

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PAC 8 News:

PAC 8 Community Media Center is available for recording events, transferring of old media, shooting and editing, live streaming and drone photography and videography.

For information, email pac8@losalamos.com, call 505.662.7228 or visit pac8cmc.com.

PAC 8 Television schedule for May 19-25, 2023:

Friday, May 19, 2023

  • 6 a.m. — Democracy Now! – Live
  • 10 a.m. — The Tom Hartman Program
  • 11 a.m. — County Council Meeting Replay 5-02-23
  • 3 p.m. — Democracy Now!
  • 5 p.m. — PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
  • 6 p.m. — Los Alamos Senior Center – Chair Yoga with Jackie
  • 7 p.m. — Back
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Tuesdays At The Square Kicks Off June 13

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This year the concert series is 6-8 p.m. every Tuesday June 13-27 and July 11-25 on the lawn in Central Park Square. Courtesy/MainStreet and Creative District

MAINSTREET News:

Presented by Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District, Tuesdays at the Square (formerly at Ashley Pond) is gearing up for a rocking summer.

This year, Tuesdays will be activating the lawn next to Boese Bros with six Tuesday evenings of live music, spanning rock, jazz, blues and more. The Atomic Follies will kick of our season with their all-ages cabaret show during Pride Week.

Then the series will continue with The Los Read More

Registration Underway For Northern New Mexico Fair And Rodeo Royal Court Competition

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COUNTY News:

Ladies and gentlemen from all over Northern New Mexico, ages 6 and up, are invited to participate in the  Northern New Mexico Fair and Rodeo Court Competition at Los Alamos County.

This competition is a revamped program of the Los Alamos County Queens Court Competition, that will allow for a larger age bracket for participation, categories for males of all ages, and the removal of Los Alamos County resident requirement to compete.

Categories Include:

Each contestant will give a formal speech before a panel of judges and compete in a horsemanship contest. Judging will be based on Read More

NMFO Announces Netflix Feature Film ‘Rez Ball’ To Begin Production In New Mexico

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‘Rez Ball’  from Netflix is the story of the Chuska Warriors, a Native American high school basketball team from Chuska, N.M., will be filming around New Mexico. Photo by Lewis Jacobs

NMFO News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico Film Office (NMFO) Director Amber Dodson announced Saturday that “Rez Ball”, an inspirational sports drama from Netflix, will be filming in and around Albuquerque, Shiprock, Belen, Los Lunas, Estancia, Santa Fe, Rio Rancho and the Navajo Nation, with permission and support of local governments and sovereign tribal nations, through May.

“Representation matters, and I am thrilled Read More

SALA Los Alamos Event Center Happenings May 10-14

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SALA Event Center News:

SALA Los Alamos Event Center Happenings May 10-14:

Starting Wednesday, May 10, SALA is offering the After-School 1-5 p.m. and After-Work 5-9 p.m., these programs are designed for friends to have a fun moment together. The programs will feature activities like arcade games, Nintendo on the big screen, VR headsets, and more. The entrance fee is only $10 per person. Additionally, SALA is holding more auditions for Los Alamos Got Talent 1-2 p.m., a great contest where kids can show off their talents on stage.

Thursday, May 11, SALA presents Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 3 at Read More

Review: ‘Chicago’ Is A Triumph!

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A scene from actors performing in ‘Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville’ at the Los Alamos Little Theatres. Courtesy/Thomas Graves Photography

Review by KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

Shimmy off to the side, Broadway, there’s a new player in town. And it just might be as talented, innovative and spectacular as you. 

That new player is the Los Alamos Little Theatre (LALT), which opened its newest production, “Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville”, this weekend.

The musical follows the escapades of Roxie Hart, a blue-collar housewife living in Chicago in the 1920s, who aspires Read More

TCMG 30th Grand Finale To Honor Land & Cultures Of Taos

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Taos Pueblo musician Robert Mirabal and the alternative string quartet ETHEL. Courtesy/TCMG

TCMG News:

The Taos Chamber Music Group’s (TCMG) 30th Anniversary Season comes to a close 5:30 p.m. June 3-4 at the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos.

The program, “Song for Taos”, features renowned Taos Pueblo musician Robert Mirabal and the alternative string quartet ETHEL (Ralph Farris, viola, Kip Jones, violin, Dorothy Lawson cello, and Corin Lee, violin.)

Its centerpiece will be the world premiere of “Red Willow Suite”, conceived of by Mirabal in response to a commission by the Taos Chamber Music Read More

Finding Blackdom-Mittie Of South Virginia Street June 24-26

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Writer Dr. Timothy E. Nelson and Producer Marissa Roybal. Courtesy/Teatro Paraguas

TEATRO PARAGUAS News:

Teatro Paraguas will present a staged reading of Finding Blackdom-Mittie of South Virginia Street, a historical dramedy written by Dr. Timothy E. Nelson, and produced by Marissa Roybal and Blackdom LLC.

Historical facts:

In September 1903, thirteen black men led by Isaac W. Jones and Francis M. (Frank) Boyer, signed the Articles of Incorporation to establish the Blackdom Townsite Company to build the only incorporated all-Black town of Blackdom, New Mexico. By 1919, the town struck Read More

LALT Gets All Razzle-Dazzle With Its Production Of ‘Chicago’

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A scene from Los Alamos Little Theater’s ‘Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville’. Courtesy/Thomas Graves Photography

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

Murder, jealousy and an insatiable hunger for fame all coated with the glitter of jazz – now that’s “Chicago”, the longest-running American musical on Broadway; and it’s about to come to Los Alamos.

Los Alamos Little Theatre (LALT) opens its production of “Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville” Friday. The show runs through May 20.

The musical, based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins, was created in 1975 by Fred Ebb and Read More

Hill Stompers Mark ‘May The Fourth’ With Star Wars Tunes

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The Hill Stompers celebrate ‘May the fourth’ performing Star Wars tunes this morning outside Mountain Elementary School to the delight of the kids. The Hill Stompers are an award-winning jazzy street band formed in Los Alamos in October 2000. Its musicians and dancers are colorful, creative and just a little bit crazy. They bring energy, sparkle and fun to community events, parades, fundraisers, bars and private parties. Learn more here. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Scene of the Hill Stompers celebrating ‘May the fourth’ performing Star Wars tunes this morning outside Mountain Read More