Entertainment

Next Big Idea: A Festival of Discovery Invention and Innovation Set for Saturday

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Courtesy/LACDC

LACDC News:

The September edition of New Mexico Centennial eNewsletter features Los Alamos’ own Next Big Idea Festival.

The Next Big Idea Festival Day runs 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15 at Fuller Lodge and around downtown Los Alamos.

The annual festival is a family-friendly event, highlighting Los Alamos’ unique, creative and scientific heritage.

Designed to inspire, illuminate and educate through science, technology, arts, food and music, the event is FREE!

In addition to exhibitors, this year we have also designated a Kid’s Activity Area with hands-on science Read More

Clark & Kendall’s Weekend Preview Sept. 14, 2012

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This week’s preview is sponsored by www.fyila.com

Beowulf: Special film presentation of the heroic, epic poem 
5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13 Upstairs Rotunda at Mesa Public Library
https://ladailypost.comcontent/special-poetry-gathering-film-performance-beowulf

STEM Student Day 4-7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14 (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics)
Kids 13–17 years old
Locations:
4 p.m. at Little Theater Madame Curie Performance
5 p.m. at Bradbury Science Museum (pizza for all! Presentation from Mars Rover Scientists, Fire Science Read More

Local “Tower of Magic” Performs at Santa Fe Playhouse

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SANTA FE PLAYHOUSE News:

The community is invited to a staged reading of “Tower of Magic,” a comedy by Los Alamos playwright, Tess Light, directed by Mish Schneider, and featuring an all-star cast of local film and Broadway actors. 

This quirky, award-winning comedy follows the ordinary Felix as he tries to fit in with an obsessive ornithologist, a compulsive mezzo soprano, a murderous chef, an occasionally-mute savant and a dual-personality linguist. 

Showtimes are 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16 at the Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 East DeVargas Read More

Storytelling Jamboree in Jemez Springs

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STORYTELLING JAMBOREE News:

Scenic Jemez Springs is the scene for the Storytelling Jamboree at Jemez Springs Civic Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15. Hear stories, play games, eat, and support vendors.

Storytellers are fine-tuning their yarns and will be coming from:

Corrales – Liz Mangual and Bob Kanegis;

Albuquerque – Elaine Maury and Steven Pla;

Santa Fe – Cynthia Dobson;

White Rock/Los Alamos – Terry Foxx;

Jemez Springs – Shefa Gold; and

Edgewood – Sarah Malone.

There will be a great mix of food vendors and a super group of arts and crafts Read More

UPDATE: Ring in for LALT’s ‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone’

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By Bonnie Gordon

Mild-mannered Jean is calmly eating a bowl of lobster bisque in a café when she’s disturbed by an annoying cell phone at the next table.

She asks the man to turn it off several times before discovering he can’t — because he’s dead.

Sara Ruhl’s dark comedy, “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” opens Sept. 21 at the Los Alamos Little Theatre.

Jean starts answering the dead man’s cell phone and is plunged into a black comedy in which she meets Gordon’s larger than life circle of friends and family, including  his wife — and his girlfriend.

As Jean is dragged into Gordon’s world, she makes some Read More

Los Alamos Little Theatre Grand Re-Opening Sept. 14

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COUNTY News:

The public is invited to join the Los Alamos County Council and County staff at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 14 for the Grand Re-Opening of the Los Alamos Little Theatre, 1670 Nectar Dr. 

Refreshments will be served and community members will be able to view a brief showing of the Performing Art Center’s latest play, “Dead Man’s Cell Phone.”

Background:  

Several years ago, County staff was approached about replacing the roof due to leaks. The LALT roof and siding were constructed during the 1970’s.

Facilities staff Read More

‘The Descendants’ Screens Sept. 6 at Mesa Public Library

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Review by Kelly Dolejsi

“The Descendants,” screening Thursday at Mesa Public Library, is the kind of film that smart people wish would win awards.

It’s not sensationalistic or gratuitous. It’s not one easy laugh after another, one car chase after another, one famous person after another saying dumb, obvious things with their multi-million-dollar voices.

And in fact, the film did win an Oscar for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, and was nominated for four others: Best Achievement in Directing Read More

Golden Acrobats Perform Sept. 15 in Los Alamos

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The Golden Acrobats perform at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 15 in Duane Smith Auditorium at Los Alamos High School. The event is a fundraiser for the 2013 Gordons’ Summer Concert Series. The Los Alamos Daily Post is sponsoring the event. Tickets are $20 for adults and $12 for children under 16. Tickets go on sale Sept. 5 at CB FOX, Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce and the Del Norte Credit Union offices in Los Alamos, White Rock and Espanola. For more information, visit russ@gordonssummerconcerts.com Courtesy/RG Read More

Performing Arts Center Presents ‘Parted Waters’ Sunday Aug. 26

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Argos MacCallum performing the character of “Reynaldo” in Parted Waters. Courtesy photo
 
PERFORMING ART CENTER News:
 
Los Alamos Little Theatre and Teatro Paraguas of Santa Fe are teaming up to produce a New Mexico Statehood Centennial Event in Los Alamos.
 
Parted Waters by local playwright, Robert F. Benjamin, will be produced at the Performing Arts Center, 1670 Nectar St., at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26.
 
The performance will be directed by Fran Martone, who starred in the Los Alamos production of Time Enough and directed Galileo’s Footsteps and Manhattan
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Local Actors Perform in Missoula Children’s Theatre Production

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Members of a cast of local actors performed in a dress rehearsal July 25 for the Missoula Children’s Theatre production of Beauty Lou and the Country Beast held July 28 at Crossroads Bible Church, 97 East Road. Missoula Children’s Theatre is sponsored by the Los Alamos Arts Council and is funded in part by Los Alamos County. The theater group comes to town with the set, lights, costumes, props and make-up—everything it takes to put on a play. The team holds open auditions and casts 50–60 local students, who rehearse throughout the week and present a public performance. Housing was
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