Mountain To Celebrate 75 Years With Afternoon Tea
Mountain News:
Mountain Elementary School will host an afternoon tea,1-4 p.m. Saturday, March 7, in the gymnasium at Mountain, to celebrate 75 years.
There will be finger foods, music, and school tours for alumni. There will be live music. Current students must be accompanied by a family member.
To RSVP, click here: RSVP 3/7 Tea or email m.lee@laschools.net, also there is information on a drive to send photos, at https://photos.app.goo.gl/CJhhXRgRAVuxi5Vd6.
Anyone with Mountain School memorabilia is asked to drop it off at the office, and please include their name. Thank you!
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SWAIA Native Fashion Week Returns May 8–9
SWAIA News:
SANTA FE — The Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) announces the return of SWAIA Native Fashion Week, taking place May 8–9, 2026, at the Eldorado Hotel & Spa in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The 2026 program introduces a refined, curated format designed to deepen engagement, strengthen designer visibility, and create a more intimate, storytelling-driven experience for guests.
Participating designers include Patricia Michaels (Taos Pueblo), Himikalas Pamela Baker (Squamish/Kwakiutl/Tlingit/Haida), Lauren Good Day (Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara Nation), Jamie Read More
Daily Postcard: Shadows In Sunrise Over Sangres
Daily Postcard: Shadows in the sunrise over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains viewed Thursday from Quemazon. Photo by DW Decker Read More
All Student Art Show On Display At Step Up Gallery
STEP UP GALLERY News:
The Los Alamos Public Schools celebrate student art month and the New Mexico Year of Arts in Education with a colorful display of hundreds of artworks made by students from Pre-K through high school seniors. Step Up Gallery at Mesa Public Library hosts this annual show, which opened today.
The district’s art team goes above and beyond to prepare the show for hanging. The teachers are collecting and labeling the art works, planning how work will be displayed, choosing representative pieces and boxing things up to transport them to the gallery. The art show team is led by middle Read More
Dorothy Browdy Kushner ‘A Force Of Nature’ On View March 13 – April 18, 2026
Purple Flowers (diptych), circa 1964, oil on board, 47.75 x 49 in
Moon Over The Pines, 1955, casein on board, 28 x 20 in
ART News:
SANTA FE — LewAllen Galleries is honored to present Dorothy Browdy Kushner: A Force of Nature, an exhibition of abstract and landscape paintings by the dedicated California and New York Mid-20th Century Modernist painter Dorothy Browdy Kushner (1909–2000). Opening Friday, March 13, 2026, the exhibition highlights Kushner’s evocative synthesis of color, light, and place, showcasing a rigorous body of work that pushed her subjects, particularly landscapes and Read More
Daily Postcard: Early Morning View From Velarde
Daily Postcard: Early morning view on Feb. 16 from Velarde. Photo by Johnnie MartinezSFIS & MIAC Form New Partnership
EDUCATION News:
AstroTour [AR]: Indigenous Cosmologies Through Code is a 6-week transdisciplinary youth workshop that fuses augmented reality, coding, and sky observation.
This powerful new collaboration brings together cultural perspectives, space science, and creative technology in partnership with the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) and the Santa Fe Indian School (SFIS).
Students from SFIS’s Advanced Computer Science class visited the Makowa exhibit at the museum for inspiration.
Bethany Rivera and the STEMarts team with Dr. Julia Blue Bird, Lakota Astrophysicist Read More
Sweet Charity Exhibit At Village Arts Ends Feb. 28
Courtesy photo
Courtesy photo
ART News:
What do hats knitted by Melissa Alexander, a watercolor pencil portrait of Bubo the Great Horned Owl by Lydia Marshall, and abstracted collages by Jacci Gruninger have in common? Each of these artists care!
The common theme of the current exhibit at Village Arts follows the title “Sweet Charity”, where artists were invited to submit artwork that, if sold, would go to the charities of their choice. Nearly 2 dozen artists submitted over 40 pieces to the exhibition in the hopes of giving back to potentially over different 20 causes that are close to their Read More
PAC 8 Community Media Center: Feb. 27–March. 5, 2026
PAC 8 News:
PAC 8 Community Media Center is available for recording events, transferring old media, shooting and editing, live streaming and drone photography and videography.
For information, call 505.662.7228 or visit pac8cmc.com.
PAC 8 Television schedule for Feb. 27–March. 5, 2026:
Friday, Feb. 27, 2026
- 6 a.m. — Democracy Now! – Live
- 10 a.m. — The Thom Hartmann Program
- 11 a.m. — County Council Replay 2-17-26
- 4 p.m. — Democracy Now!
- 5 p.m. — PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
- 6 p.m. — Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce “Los Alamos County Manager Update”
- 7 p.m. — PAC 8 Summer Media Classes
2026 Sonata Contest Results And Fuller Lodge Performance
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By WENDY GE
LAMTA
On Feb. 21, the local music community celebrated a remarkable showcase of young talent as the annual Sonata Contest was jointly hosted by the Santa Fe Music Teachers Association (SFMTA) and the Los Alamos Music Teachers Association (LAMTA).
A total of 36 dedicated piano students participated in the event, each performing rigorous sonata movements that tested both their technical precision and artistic expression. This year’s competition featured two distinguished adjudicators, Tatyana Bayliyeva and Sergio Rodriguez. Both judges brought a wealth of Read More
Daily Postcard: Sunset Over Los Alamos
Daily Postcard: View of the sunset Tuesday heading toward Los Alamos from N.M. 502. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
‘From Calcutta With Love: The World War II Letters Of Richard And Reva Beard’ Author To Host Book Signing
Santa Fe Author Elaine Pinkerton
COMMUNITY News:
Pajarito Press LLC announces the release of a new edition of “From Calcutta with Love: The World War II Letters of Richard and Reva Beard,” compiled and edited by Santa Fean Elaine Pinkerton, formerly of Los Alamos.
This collection revives an important primary source documenting the China-Burma-India (CBI) theater—a critical yet often-overlooked front of World War II.
From 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, March 1, Pinkerton will sign copies and discuss her beautifully redesigned book at a special event at Barnes & Noble, Santa Fe Place Mall.
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Review: Olion’s ‘Mean Girls’ Is So Fetch!
Isabella Gietsos, Mattea Clarkson, and Gyasi Atta-Fynn will win your heart as Janice, Cady, and Damian in the Olions’ musical Mean Girls. Photo by Timothy Talley
Mattea Clarkson and Sumner Tholen shine as Cady Heron and her crush Aaron in the Olion’s production of Mean Girls, which runs for one more weekend. Photo by Timothy Talley
Review by Kelly Dolejsi
Los Alamos
There is nothing more fetch than Los Alamos High School Olions’ production of Mean Girls. You have one more weekend to laugh, cringe, and join in on all your favorite quotes from the movie — or to experience the classic tale of high school Read More
Los Alamos Makers Launches Creative Workforce Development Program
3D-printed ice cream cone and Oreo cookie storage boxes, laser-cut wood carving and personalized laser-engraved cutting board are a few of the many fabricated products showcased by Los Alamos Makers at last year’s Science Fest. Courtesy photo
Los Alamos Makers News:
- Sponsored by New Mexico Creative Industries Division to strengthen creative industry clusters and diversify the state economy
Los Alamos Makers launched today, Feb. 23, its new Creative Workforce Development Program, a hands-on training initiative designed to expand economic opportunity within New Mexico’s creative Read More
NM History Museum: Cultivating The Next Generation Of Historians At National History Day Youth Competition
New Mexico History Museum at 113 Lincoln Ave. in Santa Fe. Courtesy/NMHM
New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs News:
SANTA FE – Critical thinking, research, and creative expression will be spotlighted by students at the National History Day 2026 New Mexico Regionals contest on Wednesday, March 4, at the New Mexico History Museum.
This annual event, supported by the Historical Society of New Mexico, brings hundreds of students, teachers, and judges to the museum for a juried competition of student projects on a range of historical topics.
This year’s theme, “Revolution, Reaction, Reform Read More
New Mexico State Fair Concert Tickets Go On Sale
STATE FAIR News:
ALBUQUERQUE — New Mexico State Fair officials have announced that tickets for the 2026 State Fair’s highly anticipated rodeo-concert lineup are now on sale online at statefair.exponm.com. Tickets for the rodeo-concert series provide an exceptional value as they also include admission to the Fair.
“We are so excited for this year’s rodeo-concert series,” General Manager Dan Mourning said. “We pulled out all the stops to deliver a top-quality and diverse lineup that is perfect for everyone from Red Dirt fans to rock-and-roll lovers.”
2026 New Mexico State Fair Rodeo-Concert Read More
Daily Postcard: Cedar Waxwing At Overlook Park
Daily Postcard: A cedar waxwing perches on a branch Saturday at Overlook Park. Photo by Richard Skolnik Read More
The SaxAtomix To Present Winter Melodies Feb. 25
COMMUNITY News:
The SaxAtomix will present Winter Melodies at the White Rock Senior Center during noon lunch on Wednesday, Feb. 25.
Music will range from Mozart to Mancini. Also included are humorous takes on Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and the William Tell Overture. Rounding out the program are Spanish, Irish, and Jazz numbers.
Admission is free. To reserve a noontime meal, contact the White Rock Senior Center at 505.672.2034, or go to larso.org/meal-services.
The SaxAtomix are an amateur saxophone quintet comprised of players from the Los Alamos community. They have been playing Read More
Posts From The Road: Kingman, Ariz.
Welcome to Kingman: An overhead neon-lit banner sign over Route 66 welcomes visitors to the city of Kingman. Ariz. The welcome sign is framed with two Route 66 shields on each end of the banner. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Hilltop Motel: The Hilltop Motel sits in its original location on Route 66 in Kingman, Ariz. The motel has been renovated, but the rooms were redesigned into apartments. The original sign has also been renovated and shines nightly with the bright neon lights very popular during the busiest years of the route. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
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Daily Postcard: Sunset Highlights View From NM 4
Daily Postcard: Sunset highlights the view from the White Rock Y early Saturday evening along NM 4. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
