Lisa Chavez

BELEN—A Belen Board of Education member has stepped down in order to abide by New Mexico statute and the district’s own board policy. As of Friday, May 14, board president Lisa Chavez is no longer a member of the board. In her letter of resignation to Belen Consolidated Schools Superintendent Lawren…

The only U.S. opera house to stage Catalani’s alpine tragedy in a century does so brilliantly

So far, ‘Season of Love’ proving to be an affair to remember

“They’re crying poverty when they shouldn’t be,” commented Howard Bunsis in his seminar last Thursday. Bunsis held a seminar, in the Golden Eagle Ballroom, breaking down Cal State LA’s finances and compared the 2012 school year to most recent available data (2018). Bunsis is a Professor of Account…

In major setback for efforts to salvage LA Unified’s finances, Measure EE fails to get even half of voters’ support, falling far short of the two-thirds threshold needed for victory.

Rossini’s ‘Barber of Seville’ runs through Nov. 11

Lisa Chavez captivates as Carmen in the opera’s latest production with impressive stage direction.

If you were to see The New York City Opera’s production of “Dolores Claiborne” — and I recommend you do, though this sold-out run has just finished –it might be a useful to cite some references that occurred to me. There were many, and they were diverse. But just to orient those new to the opera — a…

Sarasota Opera showcases its best, most cohesive cast of the season with strong singing and dramatic, believable acting.

An EdSource analysis has found dramatic differences among the state’s largest school districts in their reliance on the controversial category of “willful defiance” of school authorities as a reason to suspend students. In a review of 2011-12 data of in-school and out-of-school suspensions for the 3…

That something extraordinary is afoot is evident even before the curtain opens as ghostly figures of small girls, white dresses matching white pancake, wend their way through the lobby, coursing slowly throughout the theatre.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden reportedly said in an interview nearly 40 years ago that he was against busing to racially integrate schools.

BroadwayWorld has a first look at STONEWAL at The New York City Opera starring Andrew Bidlack, Liz Bouk, Lisa Chavez, Michael Corvino, Jessica Fishenfeld, Mark Heller, Brian James Myer, and Jordan Weatherston Pitts. The opera has music by Iain Bell, libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winner Mark Campbell, a…

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The New York City Opera has announced that Andrew Bidlack, Liz Bouk, Lisa Chavez, Michael Corvino, Jessica Fishenfeld, Mark Heller, Brian James Myer, and Jordan Weatherston Pitts have been cast in its world-premiere production of the new opera STONEWALL, with music by Iain Bell, libretto by Pulitzer…