Entertainment

Scenes From Saturday’s 19th Annual Kite Festival

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Clear skies, blustery winds and warm temperatures brought kite enthusiasts of all ages to Overlook Park Saturday to partake in the Los Alamos Arts Council’s 19th annual Kite Festival, which runs through 5 p.m. today. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
 
Cora Perkins holds on tight to her kite during the Los Alamos Arts Council’s Kite Festival Saturday at Overlook Park. The Kite Festival continued on Sunday. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
 
Joshua Matteson, along with his mom, Linda, decorate the kite he made during the Los Alamos Arts Council’s kite
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Community Winds Presents ‘The Planets’ Tonight In White Rock

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By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

The Los Alamos Community Winds will take the audience on an interplanetary adventure at tonight’s concert. The centerpiece of the concert is Gustav Holst’s “The Planets, Op 39 (1918).

The work is based on astrology, rather than astronomy.

A short book by Alan Leo called “What is a Horoscope?” suggested to Holst the possibilities for musically interpreting the influences of each planet. In later years, he stressed that the suite was not intended to be programmatic, and that each movement simply suggested the traits ascribed to the Read More

Final Performance Of ‘Steel Magnolias’ Tonight

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From left, Truvy (Dianne Williams Wilburn), Annelle (Holly Robinson) and Clairee (Carolyn Conner) admire a baby picture. The final performance of LALT’s ‘Steel Magnolias’ is 7:30 p.m. today at Los Alamos Little Theater. Tickets are $14 for adults and $12 for students and seniors and may be purchased at the door or in advance  at CB FOX or from Brown Paper Tickets. Photo by Larry Gibbons
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Kite Festival Underway Noon-5 p.m. Today & Sunday

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Scene from a previous kite building workshop. File photo
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos Arts Council’s (LAAC) Kite Festival launches this weekend. The festival is a 19-year tradition, which showcases expert flyers who perform dizzy aerial acrobatic moves with sophisticatedly constructed kites as well as simple, hand-made paper kites piloted enthusiastically by young children.

 

A kite flyer gets creative during a previous kite building workshop. File photo
 
The festival welcomes and embraces anyone and everyone who enjoys this classic summertime
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Largest Kite Festival In NM Takes Flight In White Rock May 20–22

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COMMUNITY News:
 
One of the largest kite festivals in New Mexico will take flight once again from today through Sunday, May 20-22, in White Rock New Mexico near Los Alamos, with a string of family friendly activities to keep everyone happy throughout the weekend.
 
The 19th annual Kite Festival begins at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 20 with live music by Eric McFadden Band – the first in a series of summer concerts presented by Gordon’s Summer Concerts series – as well as a nighttime kite flying demonstration and glow.
 
On Saturday and Sunday,
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Students Hold End Of Year Paint Fight

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Video Game Tournament At Planetarium May 24

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Free Super Smash Bros. video game tournament at the Los Alamos Nature Center May 24. Courtesy/PEEC.

PEEC News:

The Los Alamos Teen Center and Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) are hosting a video game tournament at 6 p.m., Tuesday, May 24.

Video games will be projected on a 10’ x 20’ screen in the planetarium dome at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Canyon Road. This event is free and open to the public and no registration is required.

For more information about this and other PEEC programs, visit www.peecnature.org, email programs@peecnature.org or call 505.662.0460. Read More

Cinema Cindy: Elvis And Nixon

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Review by CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos
 
“Elvis and Nixon” is a quirky film telling the “untold true story” behind the most requested photo in the National Archives—President Nixon shaking hands with
Elvis Presley.
 
The story centers around one day, Dec. 21, 1970. For history buffs and trivia chasers, the details behind that photo will tickle your funny bone.
 
Elvis (Michael Shannon) is distraught watching the televised riots and rampant drug use among the youth of the nation. He wants the President to deputize him as a special agent to help stem
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