Entertainment

Singer Matt Baird Performs In Los Alamos Feb. 24

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Former heavy rock band singer Matt Baird performs an acoustic, ‘coffee house style’ show Feb. 24 in Los Alamos. Courtesy photo

MUSIC News:

After 19 years as lead singer for the heavy rock band Spoken, Matt Baird is trying something new. He will bring an acoustic, “coffee house style” show to Los Alamos Tuesday, Feb. 24.

The show starts at 7 p.m. at New Beginnings Fellowship with a $5 cover. Come see Baird demonstrating his incredible voice and God-given breadth of talent as he blends hard rock to softer worship sounds.

Recently chatting with BREATHEcast.com, Baird had Read More

Taos Center For The Arts Hosts Oscars Party Feb. 22

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TCA News:

TAOS—Taos Center for the Arts (TCA), in collaboration with the TCA Film Society, is bringing the 87th Oscars to Taos Feb. 22 with a glamorous evening of music, dancing, food, cash bar and entertainment, plus a commercial-free screening of the Oscars.

The TCA Awards Night begins at 5 p.m. in the Taos Community Auditorium at 145 Paseo del Pueblo Norte. This is a “pay what you can” event where donations are accepted in lieu of a set price. The proceeds benefit the TCA.

The evening will feature entertainment by Bon Bon Burlesque, Brave New Burrow and Red Carpet Photos by Steve Fox. Art works created Read More

Pink Tie Affair Raises Funds To Fight Cancer

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Amy Bauer ties Mike Rogers’ pink bow-tie at Saturday’s Pink Tie Affair at Unquarked in Central Park Square. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
 
Pete Giuliani, left, chats with Chris Fichtl during Saturday’s Pink Tie Affair. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
 
From left, Wendi Akerley, Raeanna Geiger and Rendia Carter place items on a table for the silent auction held during the Pink Tie Affair Saturday night at UnQuarked. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

One person’s idea created a spark Read More

Free Concert With Shine Bright Baby Friday

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CONCERT News:
 
Coming from Nashville, Tenn., Shine Bright Baby kicked off their national headlining Dreamers Tour this week, with special guest Loftland. 
 
They will be in Los Alamos for a FREE Concert Friday, Feb. 6 at Trinity On The Hill Church, 3900 Trinity Dr.
 
All ages are welcome and the community is invited to attend. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the show at 7 p.m. Arrive early as space is limited and the show could be packed.
 
Email lainfinitysquared@gmail.com for VIP Pass, good for early entry (5:30 p.m.) to meet the bands and hear some private
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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 The SpongeBob Movie and Seventh Son. We will hold American Sniper and Imitation Game for one more week. Mortdecai, The Homesman, and Strange Magic will end this Thursday.

Fifty Shades of Grey: We are opening this film a day early for a special screening at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb 12. Tickets are on sale now at our Box Office every day during normal operating hours.

We are having a special screening of Bag-It, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb 5. This film is sponsored by the Sierra Club. Hope to see you there. Adults only $5, children are free.

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LAAC Presents Black Mesa Brass Noon Wednesday

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Black Mesa Brass. Courtesy/LAAC

LAAC News:

Los Alamos Arts Council presents an intimate Brown Bag performance featuring Black Mesa Brass at noon Wednesday, Feb. 4 in the Pajarito Room at Fuller Lodge.

Black Mesa Brass combines the talents of Jan McDonald, John Hargreaves and Jerry Morzinski.

Jan McDonald is recognized nationally as an accomplished trumpet player and educator. He leads the Los Alamos Big Band and performs with the Southwest Jazz Orchestra, Pro Musica Orchestra, and the Santa Fe Symphony. He was band director at Los Alamos High School for nearly 30 years, and is the recipient Read More

Cinema Cindy Reviews American Sniper

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By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos

“American Sniper” may not be a movie for everyone. It takes the audience into a bloody war we don’t want to witness. It highlights of the life of Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history. We watch as he lines up each target in the crosshairs and decides whether or not to pull the trigger.

The movie takes essential highlights from each of Kyle’s four tours of duty in Iraq, his life leading up to his decision to enlist, his training as a Seal and his relationship with his wife Taya.

Mostly, though, this is a war movie. The scenes on patrol, sniping from rooftops Read More

Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘Mortdecai’

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By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos

“Mortdecai” is the kind of film one attends when in the mood for some light, sophisticated silliness. It isn’t getting great reviews, but perhaps one’s expectations of the film are a bit off. This is an art-heist caper in the genre of The Pink Panther, complete with incompetent thugs, misguided detectives and aristocrats behaving badly.

Movie poster for ‘Mortdecai.’ Courtesy/Reel Deal Theater

Mortdecai, the movie, is based on “Don’t Point That Thing At Me,” the first in a trilogy of books written in the 1970s by British author Kyril Bonfiglioli. Read More