Today's Features

Leonardo Defilippis is an actor with a mission. For 28 years, he’s been bringing the saints and the scriptures to life with dramatic productions on the stage and screen. He is perhaps best known as the director of the feature film “Thérése,” which ran for more than a year in mainstream movie theaters.

On Sunday, he will perform at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish at 5p.m. for a limited engagement of his one-man production of “The Gospel According to John.”

Sometimes things would be easier if life imitated the movies.

When I moved out of my studio apartment last week, I wistfully thought of Carrie Bradshaw’s move in “Sex and the City.” She had moving down right. Plug in the music, pop the champagne and magically everything gets neatly packed and re-moved.

Reality, as we all know, is far messier. There aren’t enough boxes, packing material or patience to get the job quickly completed.

Plus, you have to wipe away the evidence that you ever set foot in the old residence.

It’s the same school, but there’s something different about Sage Montessori School.

On Jan. 5, the Montessori school, located at Meadow Lane and Rover Boulevard, earned nonprofit status.

Cheri Host, executive director of the school, explained she and Theresa Cull, safety engineer, had wanted to make Sage Montessori a nonprofit shortly after they purchased the school two-and-a-half years ago.

Work to become a nonprofit started in July, Host said. They collaborated with an accountant and a lawyer.

I have discovered a gem in Los Alamos. Tucked between small businesses and houses is the University of New Mexico–Los Alamos. I found a place where the staff and educators work hard to create a unique, welcoming environment

As a mother of three growing children, I am not your typical college student, or so I thought. I researched my options for college and decided to attend UNM-LA for one major reason, the location. The day before my first class at the university, insecurities began to fill my thoughts.