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Metta Theatre in El Prado will present two one-act plays this weekend, "The Duck Variations" by David Mamet and "Real Estate" by Bruce McIntosh. The plays, which opened last weekend, continue with final shows Friday and Saturday (March 12-13) at 7:30 p.m. There is also a matinee show planned Sunday (March 14) at 4 p.m.
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If you’re driving up Paseo del Pueblo Sur and notice a young man waving at you from atop a concrete wall just north of Pueblo Allegre Mall, don’t be alarmed, it’s just Hilario “Lödi” Ledoux peddling his latest artistic product. With headphones in place and a CD in each hand, Ledoux has been doing grassroots promotion of “Love N’ Sacrifice,” a fresh new hip-hop recording locally produced with music partner Allejandro “A-C” Chacón.
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Will it be tall blue aliens masquerading as American Indians or incredibly brave American soldiers performing what may be the world’s most dangerous job?
TSV art show benefits cancer awareness
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One in eight women will be diagnosed with cancer of the breast during their lifetime* — a truly daunting specter. To help whittle this looming morbidity down to size, Taos Ski Valley hosts “Paint for Peaks,” Saturday (March 6), a snowboard and longboard art auction to benefit the Susan G. Komen For The Cure foundation of New Medxico. Saturday has also been designated “Breast Cancer Awareness Day” at Taos Ski Valley.
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This week, Cinemafile looks at a well acted drama from fashion designer and film director Tom Ford called “A Single Man,” a disappointing comedy from Kevin Smith starring Bruce Willis and Tracey Morgan called “Cop Out,” a surprisingly good remake of a George A. Romero horror flick titled “The Crazies,” and a charming stop-motion animated film called “Mary and Max.”
Weaving Southwest relocates to plaza area
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Longtime Taoseños may remember it as the location of the old J.C. Penny’s store just a few steps north of the Taos Plaza stoplight at 106-A Paseo del Pueblo Norte. Starting this week, Weaving Southwest, the venerable 22-year-old fiber supply outlet and tapestry gallery will be calling it home. The business founded by local weaving legend Rachel Brown will be having a grand re-opening celebration Saturday (March 6), 5-7 p.m., during which there will be music and refreshments and a chance to check out its new look. Admission is free.
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If you’ve dug yourself out of the latest snowstorm in Taos and are looking for something to do, you can’t go wrong by stopping by the Millicent Rogers Museum to check out its eighth annual Miniatures Show and Sale. The exhibit, which opened Feb. 20 and continues through March 31, offers a rather large number of small works spread across its main gallery and into the special exhibitions area.
'Paranormal Film Festival' planned
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Last year’s Paranormal Symposium in Angel Fire was no fluke. In fact, members of the Alliance Studying Paranormal Experiences (ASPE) are hard at work putting together 2010’s event, which will be enhanced by a new feature, The Paranormal Film Festival, according to an ASPE press release.
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This week Cinemafile looks at Martin Scorcese’s mind-bending “Shutter Island" starring Leonardo DiCaprio, the medical thriller "Extraordinary Measures" starring Brendan Frasier and Harrison Ford, the difficult to watch but ultimately rewarding and brilliantly acted 'Precious, Based in the Novel 'Push' By Sapphire," and the colorful costume drama "Young Victoria" starring Emily Blunt as Britain's Queen Victoria."
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Two poets take to the podium this week for the finale of the SOMOS Winter Writer’s Series. One of the writers is named “dg nanouk okpik.” She is an award-winning writer of Inupiat-Inuit descent, originally from Anchorage, Alaska, now residing in Santa Fe. She will read from “For-the-Spirits-Who-Are-Coming-Around-The-Bend.” And, Catherine Strisik, a Taos writer for 27 years, will read from her book, “Thousand Cricket Song,” which was just published Feb. 8. The readings are planned Friday (Feb. 26), 7 p.m., at Caffé Tazza, 122 Kit Carson Road.
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Purim is considered the most festive and raucous of Jewish holidays. It’s a chance to dress up, parade around and have a ball, according to Taos Jewish Center organizers putting on the Festival of Purim festivities Sunday (Feb. 28) starting at 11 a.m. Revelers are asked to come to the Taos Jewish Center, 1335-R Gusdorf Road, with “an open heart, a playful spirit, a reverence for tradition and a willingness to turn tradition topsy-turvy.”
