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SFSS Events: Final Weekend Of Cymbeline Performances!

The Upstart Crows will hold their final weekend performances of Cymbeline May 14-15. Courtesy/SFSS

Members of the cast of Cymbeline. Courtesy/SFSS

SFSS News:

The Upstart Crows announce their final weekend performances of Cymbeline, a Blackfriar Project, are 6 p.m. Saturday, May 14 and 3 p.m. Sunday, May 15 at UUC Santa Fe, 107 W Barcelona Road.

Tickets are $15 at the door and online here

Upstart Crows graduating senior, Clara West makes her directorial debut with CymbelineCymbeline is one of Shakespeare’s late plays full of darkness, deception, pursuit and seduction. Performed with a Read More

Compania Chuscales & Mina Fajardo: Four Seasons

Choreographer and principal dancer Mina Fajardo. Courtesy/Teatro Paraguas

Master guitarist Chuscales. Courtesy/Teatro Paraguas

TEATRO PARAGUAS News:

Teatro Paraguas is pleased to present Compania Chuscales & Mina Chuscales in concert with a new production entitled Four Seasons, inspired by the poetry of the world-renowned Spanish poet Antonio Machado.

Having performed nationally and internationally for many decades, Chuscales as master guitarist and choreographer and principal dancer Mina Fajardo create an explosive atmosphere inside the intimate venue of Teatro Paraguas. Read More

Cornell Lab Of Ornithology: Create Bird Art With Liz Fuller

Courtesy/Liz Clayton Fuller

Cornell Lab of Ornithology News:

Cornell Lab of Ornithology presents an Online Workshop Paint Along with Liz Clayton Fuller of the Cedar Waxwing bird, 2-4 p.m. (Eastern Time) Saturday, May 21.

During this online workshop, science illustrator Clayton Fuller will guide you ​step-by-step through the process of painting a Cedar Waxwing. Fuller will take you from blank paper, to sketch, to finished painting while explaining her techniques and strategies along the way.

You’ll learn watercolor tips for creating feathers, beaks, branches, and more. Some sketching Read More

Poet Donald Levering Reads At Teatro Paraguas May 29

Courtesy/Teatro Paraguas

TEATRO PARAGUAS News:

Teatro Paraguas will host a poetry reading with noted Santa Fe poet Donald Levering at 5 p.m. Sunday, May 29 at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle Marie in Santa Fe.

Donald Levering’s 16th book of poetry, Breaking Down Familiar, grapples with a host of harrowing assaults to the narrator and his family: illness and accidents, addiction and madness, estrangement and divorce. Yet as mind and body falter, as faith is undermined and relationships sunder, as aging parents can neither be changed or saved and former athletes tally their infirmities, previously Read More

Taos School Of Music Season Passes For Sale Online

Young artists of the Taos School of Music. Courtesy photo

Taos School of Music News:

Both season passes and tickets for individual concerts are now available online. Taos School of Music has many incredible performances to share with the public this summer.

Don’t miss the Borromeo, Cooperstown and Brentano Quartets, pianists Robert McDonald and Thomas Sauer, and the Young Artists. 

Tickets and passes continue to be a great value – especially considering that the performers brought to Taos are among the best in the world. 

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Yelena Mealy’s Piano Students Celebrate Cinco De Mayo

Piano teacher Yelena Mealy, left, with her students at the Cinco de Mayo recital featured Latin music Thursday, May 5. ‘I want music it to be an enjoyable experience … this recital was a lot of fun for everyone,’ Mealy said. ‘I was classically trained in Russia. I don’t want that rigid model for my students. I want music to be something they enjoy throughout their lives.’ Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Freya Arbuckle performs her recital piece as her teacher Yelena Mealy looks on. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Piano teacher Yelena Mealy plays a duet with student Adrija Read More

PAC 8 Community Media Center: May 13-19, 2022

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 13-19:

Friday, May 13, 2022

  • 6 a.m. — Democracy Now! – Live
  • 10 a.m. — The Tom Hartman Program
  • 11 a.m. — Budget Hearing Replay 5-03-22
  • 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 Jacci”
  • 7 p.m. — JROMC presents “MANHATTAN-
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United Way Of Northern New Mexico Invites Community To 2022 UNITE! Spring Expo At Plaza De Española May 22

COMMUNITY News:

The United Way of Northern New Mexico is holding the 2022 UNITE! Spring Expo Sunday, May 22 at the Plaza de Española.

The community is invited to join in on this fun free event. Bring the whole family and enjoy some live entertainment, and many many food booths, vendors, and other organizations who will be on the Plaza De Española grounds!

Adelante Española! Read More

Los Alamos Summer Concert Series Presented By Toyota Of Santa Fe Unveils Full 2022 Series Lineup Powered By New Mexico Businesses

The 2022 Summer Concert Series kicks off May 20 with the nine-piece Latino powerhouse, Nosotros with an opening performance by Brazilian grooves band Concepto Tambor. Opening Night is sponsored by the three Los Alamos Credit Unions: Del Norte Credit Union, Zia Credit Union and Los Alamos Schools Credit Union. Guest performer Raul Pacheco, lead vocalist and guitarist from Latin Grammy award winning band, Ozomatli, joins Nosotros for this Special Opening Night performance. Come early to receive free Salsa dance lessons and demonstrations. Hear their songs at: www.NosotrosMusic.net. Read More

Sweet ‘Chocolate’ Exhibit Opens At New Mexico Museum Of Natural History & Science In June

The opening of ‘Chocolate: The Exhibition’ during its run at The Field Museum. The exhibition, which engages the senses and traces the evolution of chocolate, will opens June 17 at the NMMNHS.. Courtesy/The Field Museum

NMMNHS News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Get ready, Chocoholics: a new exhibition that explores every aspect of your favorite sweet treat is coming to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS) this summer. 

June 17, the Museum will open the doors to “Chocolate: The Exhibition,” a traveling exhibit that engages the senses and traces the evolution of chocolate from a small, Read More