Entertainment

The Harwood Museum of Art will host a concert from Leslie Lewis, 7 p.m. on Aug. 8 in the Arthur Bell Auditorium. Lewis will be accompanied by her stellar quartet including pianist Gerard Hagen, Jon Gagan on bass and Cal Haines on drums.
In 2011, Lewis and Hagen followed the critical success of their previous recordings by releasing “Midnight Sun,” their third CD.
Lewis has performed as a featured vocalist with the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, and with members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra at a Ellington tribute concert. She has performed around the world in many top venues including the Palais Des Congrès, Jazz Club Etoile, Hôtel de Crillon in Paris; the Royal College of Music in London; the Joyce Theatre in New York; and at the Smothers Theatre, Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts and L.A. County Art Museum in Los Angeles.
For a $50 annual membership fee, Harwood Jazz Society members enjoy early admission to the Museum’s jazz concerts for best seat selection, post-concert receptions, and the knowledge that they are making the Museum’s jazz concerts possible. 

This week, the library will screen David Mamet’s mysterious “The Spanish Prisoner” (1997, rated PG). The plot is a classic, fast-moving confidence game, complete with exotic resorts, airplanes, buses, boats, pretty secretaries and Swiss bank accounts.
Campbell Scott plays Joe Ross, the quiet, trustworthy, brainy protagonist/victim — the “Boy Scout” hero who just wants everyone to do what’s right. He has developed a secret process that will earn untold millions for his company and its investors.
Nervous he won’t receive a fair bonus for his work, he begins pressing his boss for some tangible assurance.
His company’s loquacious secretary, Susan Ricci (Rebecca Pidgeon), supports him wholeheartedly, as does his pensive colleague George Lang (Ricky Jay). Otherwise, he receives little encouragement.
In the midst of his employment insecurities, Ross strikes up a funny friendship with Jimmy Dell (Steve Martin), a rich stranger with a tennis-loving sister that he would like Ross, who is a bachelor, to meet.
Ross is curious about both siblings, and is drawn into a rather elaborate and quickly escalating set of circumstances.

Friday, July 26, 2013
06:00 AM Democracy Now! – Live
10:00 AM Democracy Now!
11:00 AM Deutche Welle’s Europe in Concert – Robert Plant
12:00 PM County Council Live
 03:30 PM European Journal
04:00 PM Al Jazeera DC Bureau
05:00 PM Living Treasures Ceremony
06:00 PM Democracy Now!
07:00 PM Los Alamos Historical Society – “Fat Man: The Peacemaker”
08:30 PM Clear Heart, Clear Mind
09:30 PM Bongo Boy Rock and Roll
10:00 PM Deutche Welle’s Europe in Concert – Robert Plant
11:00 PM Project Bombshell
11:30 PM NNMCAB
12:00 AM FSTV

Saturday, July 27, 2013
FSTV

Sunday, July 28, 2013
06:00 AM FSTV
05:30 PM Key to the Kingdom
06:00 PM Drawing Men to Christ
07:00 PM United Church
08:00 PM That Which Is
09:00 PM Trinity on the Hill
12:00 PM Free Speech TV

Verdi’s La Traviata is a musical masterpiece. The story, about a couple who fall in love, break up, then get back together just before the tragic ending, is one opera-goers have seen played out on stages hundreds of times. This one, however, has characters with substance, along with lush music that truly heightens the emotional experience.

Audiences often times think of the stage as a backdrop for the action, but it is truly an integral part of this piece, as in the second act, where the blue skies in pieces all over the stage set the tone and reinforce the fact that Violetta and Alfredo exist in their own little heaven in the country. The costumes also stand out in this opera; in particular, Violetta’s dress in the first act, which is stunning and a gorgeous contrast to the spare dress she wears in the country, which has its own charm, as well.