Entertainment

Cinema Cindy Reviews: ‘Learning To Drive’

October 19, 2015 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB

Los Alamos

“Learning to Drive” actor Ben Kingsley’s latest film, is both poignant and emotionally satisfying.

Kingsley (Gandhi) plays Darwan Singh Tur, a taxi driver and driving instructor who came to this country for political asylum. One night he picks up a man hurriedly leaving his wife at a bar. When the wife jumps in the cab, too, Darwan witnesses the end of their marriage, right there in the back seat, the accusations and anger. The husband sends her home alone in the taxi, so Darwan must experience in his rear view mirror her desolate deflation as her life falls apart. Read More

Scenes From Mountain’s Halloween Carnival

October 17, 2015 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

The warning sign is out at Friday’s Mountain Elementary School Halloween Carnival. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com

Batman buddies take a crime-fighting break to eat pizza at Friday’s Halloween Carnival. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com

A young reader pauses to catch up on his reading at Mountain’s Book Fair during Friday’s Halloween Carnival. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com

Dr. Michelle Carr, her daughter and a photo bomber wait for the haunted house to open. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com

Goblins and parents Read More

Cinema Cindy Reviews Bridge Of Spies

October 17, 2015 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB

Los Alamos

“Bridge of Spies” is a triumph of a movie. Steven Spielberg and the Coen Brothers have cobbled together a little known but significant Cold War event with likeable main characters and a story of honor.

Based on actual events, the film conflates five years of tension between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. when each country had one of the other nation’s spies. What must have been five long, tedious years for these characters—whether negotiating, or waiting in prison, suffering the hatred of one’s neighbors, watching the Berlin Wall go up or learning the hard way that the

NMSA Hosts Tribute Concert For Mara Robinson

October 16, 2015 by Submitted by Chris Clark

NMSA News:

SANTA FE ― New Mexico School for the Arts will celebrate one of its long-time supporters, Mara Robinson, with an evening of Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, honoring Mara for her unending contributions to the music program at NMSA, as well as music education in Santa Fe and throughout the Southwest.

Robinson and her late husband Charles were long-time patrons of the arts, arts education, and the well-being of children and youth in New Mexico. In January 2014, they were memorialized as “Living New Mexico Treasures” by the New Mexico House of Representatives.

This Week At The Reel Deal

October 15, 2015 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

By JIM O’DONNELL

Reel Deal Theater

This Friday we are opening Bridge of Spies and Goosebumps. The Martian and Pan will hold another week. Everest, The Intern, and Hotel Transylvania 2 will end Thursday.

Don’t miss our showing of Meru at 7 p.m. today. This is a fundraising event for our favorite nature center, PEEC. Tickets are now on sale at the Reel Deal Theater; $12.

Movie poster for ‘Bridge of Spies.’ Courtesy/Reel Deal Theater

Bridge of Spies: This film is going to be great-especially in this town. We were not sure we were going to get it until last week-I’m ecstatic Read More

Fabulous Fall Family Fun Night Oct. 28

October 15, 2015 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Two Museums, Two Parties, One Night Of Fun Oct. 30

October 15, 2015 by Submitted by Chris Clark

Big Swing Theory performs Oct. 30 in the St. Francis Auditorium in Santa Fe. Courtesy/NMMA

NMMA News:

SANTA FE — Grab the kids, don a costume and head to the Santa Fe Plaza for a progressive Halloween party 5-8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 30, at the Museum of Art and New Mexico History Museum.

There will be music, treasure hunts, ghost stories, tarot cards and more. And it’s all free, with full access to all of our exhibitions.

The details:

The Museum of Art invites you to celebrate the Fall of Modernism with Halloween Modernist-style. Come

Trick-or-Treat On MainStreet Is Oct. 30

October 14, 2015 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet Pet Costume Parade marches down Central at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 30. Courtesy photo

MainStreet News:

Get those costumes ready! Los Alamos MainStreet hosts Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet in downtown Los Alamos 4-6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30.

Last year more than 4,000 people attended the event. Local businesses and organizations open their doors and set up tables along Central Avenue to hand out treats to costumed trick-or-treaters.

A performance by Dance Arts Los Alamos begins at 4:30 p.m., followed at 5 p.m. by High Flyers Gymnastics. The Pet Costume Parade marches down Read More

Bridge Bites: Too Easy

October 14, 2015 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Meru Mountaineering Film At Reel Deal Thursday

October 14, 2015 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Meru film poster

PEEC News:

Need a dose of inspiration and stunning views of the Himalayas? Meru, an inspiring film showing vibrant images 21,000 feet above the Ganges River, is coming to town at 7. p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15 thanks to the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) and the Reel Deal Theater.

The story of Meru follows three climbers on their second attempt to ascend the Shark’s Fin on Mount Meru, one of the most challenging big-walls in the Himalayas. Proceeds from this special feature film support local businesses, PEEC and the Reel Deal Theater.

The climbers, Conrad Anker, Jimmy Read More