Entertainment

‘Changing Ella’ Explores Secrets In LALT’s ‘8×10’

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The cast of ‘Changing Ella,’ from left, Sean Liming, Sara Beroff, Jeanne Adkins and Brian Trujillo. Photo by Zack Baker

LALT News:

In “Changing Ella,” a short play now being performed at the Los Alamos Little Theatre, a young woman is at a crossroads, wondering whether to leave her boyfriend rather than share with him a shocking truth.

But it turns out the boyfriend has his own secret to reveal.

Written by John Meiners Jr., a playwright from the Houston, Texas area, “Changing Ella” takes us into a family’s home in the backwoods bayou of Louisiana. Strangeness is woven into the environment.

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Enter Wonderland This Weekend With NMDT-PC’s ‘Alice’

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Megan Hemphill is a charming Alice in NMDT-PC’s ‘Alice’, which opened Friday at Duane Smith Auditorium. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Becky Cai performs the challenging role of The Caterpillar. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
 
Review by BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

New Mexico Dance Theater Performance Company’s “Alice,” opened Friday at Duane Smith Auditorium. Susan Baker-Dillingham’s original ballet version of “Alice in Wonderland” is a must see. The show originally premiered in 2009 and the new production lives up to the

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Limited Tickets Available For ‘A Night In MANH(A)TTAN’

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Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

Today is the last day tickets can be purchased from Starbucks or reserved for pick-up at the door for “A Night in MANH(A)TTAN,” 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at Historic Fuller Lodge at 2132 Central Ave. in Los Alamos.

There are a limited number of tickets still available for purchase. Cost for entry is $25 per adult and $20 per high student (grades 9-12). Children are free.

Event representatives will be at Starbucks 2:30-3:30 p.m. today on Central Avenue. Those unable to come to Starbucks during those timeframes may contact Karyl Ann Armbruster at kaskacayman@gmail.com Read More

Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘Spectre’

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By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos

“Spectre” follows closely on the heels of “Skyfall” (2012) as yet another fabulous vehicle for James Bond, Agent 007, played by Daniel Craig.

World class locations, memorable spectacles, and a bit of biographical history tantalize the viewer of this film, as they did in “Skyfall.” It is definitely entertaining.

And this from someone who was never a Bond fan…

Movie poster for ‘Spectre.’ Courtesy Reel Deal Theater

Since Ian Fleming’s books about the MI-6 agent were made and remade, featuring alluring female enemy agents, fast cars and secret weapons, Read More

Victor Frankl Subject Of ‘There’s More To Life Than Being Happy’ A One Act At LALT

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LALT News:

Victor Frankl, a famous Austrian neurologist and psychotherapist who survived the horrors of the Auschwitz concentration camp, is the subject of “There’s More to Life Than Being Happy,” a short play now being performed at the Los Alamos Little Theatre.

The play recounts a critical moment in Frankl’s life, a moment when he “makes the decision that will shape the rest of his life,” Playwright Deborah Magid said. “There’s More to Life Than Being Happy” is part of “8×10’s Fifth Element,” the fifth occasion that LALT has produced this format of eight short plays in an evening.

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Dive-In Movie: Inside Out At Aquatic Center Nov. 13

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COMMUNITY News:
 
 
A double feature dive-in movie is set for 7-8:45 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13 at the Aquatic Center.  
 
Disney’s Inside Out is playing and all age groups and families are welcome.
 
Tickets are $5, which includes treats, popcorn, soda and pool admission to see the movie on a giant theater-sized screen.
 
The Walkup Aquatic Center, in partnership with JJAB and the Teen Center, is showing 9-11 p.m. Jurassic World. Admission is free, and is for all high-school aged youth. There will be pizza and soda along with the theater-sized movie.
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This Week At The Reel Deal

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By JIM O’DONNELL  
Reel Deal Theater

This Friday we are opening Steve Jobs and Black Mass. Spectre and The Peanut Movie will hold for another week. The Martian, Bridge of Spies, and Burnt will end Thursday.  

At 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov.19 we will have a special early showing of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2. Tickets are now on sale at our box office. Please try and come early, limited seating.

Steve Jobs: Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint Read More

My Blue Heaven 2015 Festival Of Chocolate Nov. 14

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Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen
 
COMMUNITY News:
 
You’ll think you’re in heaven this Saturday as you swoon to the golden melodious tones of My Blue Heaven at the 2015 Festival of Chocolate.
 
It isn’t often that you can eat chocolate and benefit two great community programs, but this weekend you will have that opportunity. The fun festival kicks off a week-long celebration to benefit the many programs at the Betty Ehart Senior Center and Champions of Youth Ambitions (C’YA).
 
The Betty Ehart Senior Center and the White Rock Senior Center are both
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Scenes From LAFC’s Boots And Black Tie Fall Ball

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Los Alamos Medical Center Marketing Director and Los Alamos Family Council Board Member Mary Beth Maassen, right, coordinated Saturday’s Boots and Black Tie Fall Ball at Hilton Buffalo Thunder. She presents certificates of appreciation to her committee, from left, Kimber Wallwork-Heineman, Helen Ortega and Johanna Jiron as LAFC Board Chair Colin Kelly looks on at right. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Medical Center CEO Feliciano Jiron with his wife Johann and their daughter McKenzie at Saturday’s Boots and Black Tie Fall Ball at Hilton Buffalo Thunder. Read More

Poetry And Wine…On A Sunday Afternoon

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Lauren Camp
 
By ELENA YANG
Los Alamos

How can you resist such an attractive combination, and right here in our town? 

Next Sunday, Nov. 15, poets Lauren Camp and Rich Boucher will read some of their poems at the Unquarked Wine Room, 145 Central Square Park. The reading starts at 1 p.m., but the wine room opens at noon. 

A personal note: Lauren is one of my dearest friends. 

Here are the brief biographies of the poets:

Rich Boucher

Rich’s Bio: Rich Boucher resides in Albuquerque. Rich served two terms as a member of the Albuquerque Poet Laureate Program’s Selection Read More