Entertainment

Dances of India Presents ‘Aladdin’

by

Kavita Nandakishore and Alina Deshpande perform Indian Classical Dance. Courtesy photo

Staff Report

Dances of India will present an Indian adaptation of “Aladdin” in a benefit performance for “Santhitheeram,” a charitable trust for hospice care for the elderly in Kerala, India.

The show is 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20 at Duane Smith Auditorium on the Los Alamos High School Campus. Everyone is cordially invited. Admission is free, but donations are requested as all proceeds benefit the charity.

The production is written and directed by Alina Deshpande and is choreographed by Kavita Nandakishore Read More

LALT’s 8×10 Production: Eight 10-minute Plays In One Show

by

LALT News:

Come see the 8×10 Production at the Los Alamos Little Theatre. This increasingly popular format offers eight different 10-minute plays all in one show.

It provides an opportunity for local aspiring and established playwrights to share their creative efforts, a chance for new directors to get their feet wet, and the breakthrough moment for a new actor to get a moment in the spotlight.

Seven of the plays are locally written, six represent directorial debuts, and a number of actors new to the LALT stage will perform. This show represents community theatre at its finest:

  • Love Rules
Read More

‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ Fun for Entire Family

by

The Dixon Community Players in ‘The Drowsy Chaperone.’ Kneeling in front from left, Winston Earl Woods, Claire Singleton, Kile Uhlenbrock, Standing in back from left, Rose Corrigan, Henry Knutsen, Simon Feavearyear, Kristen Woolf, Richard Martin, Kay Peters Johnson, David Rigsby. Courtesy photo
 
Staff Report

The Dixon Community Players (DCP), sponsored by Embudo Valley Organics, Rock Pool Gardens and the Embudo Valley Arts Association, announces the final show of their 2013 season, the 2006 Tony Award Winning Broadway Musical The Drowsy Chaperone. 

With

Read More

Two Chances Left to Solve The Mystery of Edwin Drood

by

From left, Anna Dillane as Princess Puffer; Patrick Webb as Durdles; Carlos Archuleta as Rev. Crisparkle; Christina Martos as Rosa Bud; Warren Houghteling as John Jasper; Alexis Perry as Helena Landless; Jason Rutledge as Neville Landless. Photo by Larry Lamsa
 
LALO News:
 
Los Alamos audiences have two chances left to solve Charles Dickens’ famous unfinished novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, with the Los Alamos Light Opera’s production of the musical murder mystery.
 
Could it be the Rev. Crisparkle who killed the title character? Or was it the drunken stonemason,
Read More

Solve ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ with LA Light Opera

by

Company Chairman William Cartwright (John Cullinan) and members of the chorus. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Edwin Drood (Rita O’Connell) meets his fiancée Rosa Bud (Christina Martos) in the graveyard. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
 
Review By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Loosely based on an unfinished mystery by Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, a musical by Rupert Holmes, is set in the Victorian Music Hall Royale in London.

The company is on stage to present a play based on the unfinished Charles Dickens novel. Since Dickens Read More

Community Invited to ‘The Spanish Table: Tapas y Vino’

by

ROTARY News:

The Rotary Club of Los Alamos cordially invites the community to its new fall fundraiser: The Spanish Table: Tapas y Vino. 

The event, which promises to be lively, informative and fun – is set for 5:30-9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 at the Dixie Girl Restaurant and will feature five courses with five wine pairings, including dessert.

Included in the fun-filled event is a wine-tasting with professional sommelier Mark Johnson and live and silent wine auctions with Johnson engaging diners with his vast knowledge of wine and food pairings.

Tickets are $60 per person and available Read More

UNM-LA Composition Cinema Lecture Series Continues With Documentary Home

by

Courtesy photo

UNM-LA News:

The University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) will present the documentary Home, Oct. 10 as the third feature in the Composition Cinema I: A Film and Lecture Series, which will run through Nov. 14.

The visually stunning film by French photographer and environmentalist, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, is shot almost entirely from an aerial perspective and makes a compelling case that man has neglected the mystery and miracle of life on earth and that he has plundered the planet, disturbing the delicate balance that sustains so much of the earth’s life.

Christopher Strauss, Read More

Community Winds Moves into Uncharted Territory

by

Los Alamos Community Winds performing at this year’s Next Big Idea. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

The Los Alamos Community Winds will present “Uncharted Territory,” at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5 at Crossroads Bible Church.

The concert is free, although donations are gratefully accepted. The title of program refers, not only to the theme of the pieces, but also to the fact that much of the program will be new to the audience.

As is often the case at a Winds concert, the music was selected to challenge the performers as well as bring a Read More

Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’ Screens Thursday

by

Courtesy/impawards.com
 
Review by KELLY DOLEJSI
Los Alamos

Who am I to review Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” (1958)? The film has been reviewed, admired, and just plain loved scores of times. James Stewart’s incredible. Kim Novak is creepily fabulous. Barbara Bel Geddes is the most gorgeous buddy a guy could ask for, and quirky enough to guarantee, according to 1950s movie logic, that he won’t fall in love with her. And best of all is the script, so witty, sharp, cunning, insightful, complicated, original and even — yes — thrilling.

It’s a fine film, easily the best of the “Five

Read More