Entertainment

Opera On The Rocks: Online Tickets End Sept. 22

Cast of Opera Alta at their recent dress rehearsal at the Juniper Campground Amphitheater. Opera Alta will perform !Zarzuelas! Zarzuelas are considered the most popular form of Spanish opera. Courtesy photo

 

OPERA News:
 
Los Alamos Opera Guild of the Guilds of The Santa Fe Opera, Bandelier National Monument and Atomic City Transit will be presenting Opera on The Rocks Saturday, Sept. 24 during National Public Lands’ Day. 
 
A great event to celebrate arts in your local National Park for their 100th birthday celebration. All proceeds from
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Valles Caldera Jemez Mountains Elk Festival Sept. 24

The 8th Annual Jemez Mountains Elk Festival is 2-7 p.m., Sept. 24. Courtesy/nps
 
VCNP News:
 
The Valles Caldera National Preserve is home to one of the largest elk herds in New Mexico. Each fall, the sound of elk bugling in the mountains marks the start of their mating season, known as the ‘rut’.
 
To celebrate the upcoming elk rut and to learn about this fascinating creature, the National Park Service will host the 8th Annual Jemez Mountains Elk Festival 2-7 p.m., Sept. 24. 
 
This FREE festival features a food truck, bugling
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Reel Deal Weekly Movie Schedule

By JIM O’DONNEL
REEL DEAL
 
This Friday, we will continue showing Kubo and the Two Strings, Hell or High Water, Hands of Stone and Sully. We will open Bridget Jones’s Baby.
 
Check out our on-line schedule before you come at www.reeldealtheater.com and be sure and sign-up for our newsletter at the top of the page.
 
Hopeful coming attractions include: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Magnificent 7, Light Between Oceans, Inferno, Doctor Strange, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and Moana. We have tried for Blair Witch, Harry and
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Taos County Historical Society: ‘Ladies Of The Canyons’ Oct. 1

Ms. Poling-Kempes. Courtesy photo
 
TCHS News:
 
The Taos County Historical Society will present a free, public lecture “Ladies of the Canyons” by Lesley Poling-Kempes at 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 1, in the Boardroom of Kit Carson Electric Co-op, 118 Cruz Alta Rd., Taos, NM.
 
This program is a partnership with the Taos Arts Council and featured in the Taos Fall Arts Festival through the Society’s participation in the 2016 Taos Visionaries theme for the community’s arts and cultural organizations.
 
Ms. Poling-Kempes
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PEEC: Fourth Friday Fractal Show Sept. 23

 
PEEC News:
 
Have you journeyed into the never-ending world of fractals?
 
Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s dynamic fractal show is back for one evening this month: at 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 23 in the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium.
 
This show incorporates math, science, art, and nature in a full-dome planetarium show featuring original music.
 
This spectacular show starts promptly at 7 p.m. and seating is limited. Tickets may be purchased by phone or at the nature center and are only $10 for adults
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Red River Folk Festival Spotlights Music Legends

MUSIC News:

 

RED RIVER—The second annual Red River Folk Festival kicks off Thursday, Sept. 22 with a stellar line-up of country, bluegrass, Americana and folk musicians who will swap songs
and trade guitars in a saloon and a honkey-tonk and perform outdoors on the big stage against an alpine setting of peak fall foliage.
 
The three-day festival features 12 musicians playing some of the best roots-music in the country, including Thom Bresh, a Thumbpickers Hall of Fame inductee and the son of one of America’s most
influential 20th-century guitarists—Merle Travis. Bresh’s
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‘Sea Monsters’ Plays At Nature Center Sept. 24-25

 
PEEC News:
 
Looking for something to do this weekend? Come to the Los Alamos Nature Center to watch Sea Monsters, A Prehistoric Adventure. 
 
Starting at 2 p.m., Saturday, September 24 and Sunday, September 25, take a journey back in time to see some of the most bizarre, ferocious, and fascinating creatures ever to inhabit the sea. This is the only weekend in June to see this popular film.
 
Unexpected discoveries gave paleontologists vital information for creating this film about a time when the middle of North America was
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Santa Fe Community Orchestra Opens Season With Brahms 2nd Symphony, Trumpet Soloist Jan McDonald

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SFCO News:

The Santa Fe Community Orchestra (SFCO) presents works by Brahms and Arutiunian at its Fall concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2 in the James A. Little Theater on the campus of the New Mexico School for the Deaf. Admission is free, donations are appreciated.

This concert features Brahm’s Symphony No. 2, and Arutiunian’s Trumpet Concerto with trumpet soloist Jan McDonald and Side-by-Side with the Aspen Magnet School Band.

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Scenes From Bike And Hike On Pajarito Mountain

Saturday’s Bike and Hike event on Pajarito Mountain included music performed by several bands and craft beer served by Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op. The Bike and Hike continues today. Photo by Ken Hanson

Mountain biking on Pajarito Mountain. Photo by Ken Hanson

Daunting mountain-bike jump challenges riders during Saturday’s Bike and Hike event on Pajarito Mountain. Photo by Ken Hanson

State Road 4 Band playing Saturday during the Bike and Hike event at Pajarito Mountain. Photo by Ken Hanson Read More