Lads And Lasses Of Enchantment Gear Up For 2026—Requests Being Taken For Valentine’s Day
Lisa Rothrock was awarded a Barbershopper of the Year Award and Maurice Sheppard recveives the Harmony Award Thursday night. Courtesy photo
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Lads and Lasses of Enchantment
Last week, the Lasses and Lads of Enchantment (LALOE) held a celebration with members, after returning from a few weeks off as 2025 came to an end. The evening included a potluck dinner with family and friends, awards for efforts during 2025, and the installation of board members for 2026.
The Board Members are John Baillie, Chuck Tallman, Joe D’Anna, Gwen Lewis, Louise Mendius, Matt Michnovicz, Ron Read More
LALT To Bring Immersive Entertainment To Los Alamos With ‘Bird In The Hand’ Beginning Jan. 30
Courtesy/LALT
By KELLY DOLEJSI
LALT
Los Alamos, no stranger to scientific experimentation, is about to get its first taste of experimental theater.
Los Alamos Little Theatre’s “Bird in the Hand”, directed by Matt DeSmith and written by playwright David Hanson, will be presented in three different rooms — simultaneously — at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Jan. 30, 31 and Feb. 6, 7, and at 2 p.m. Sundays, Feb. 1 and 8, at the Betty Ehart Senior Center, 1101 Bathtub Row.
Tickets at $10 are available at lalt.org and https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/
Los Alamos Chapter Of Santa Fe Opera Guild To Host Annual Props And Costumes Event At Fuller Lodge Saturday Feb. 7
Director of the Costume Department Blair Gulledge, left, and Director of the Props Department Eileen Garcia at a previous event at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy photo
COMMUNITY News:
The Los Alamos Chapter of the Santa Fe Opera Guild will hold its Annual Props and Costumes Event with speakers from the Santa Fe Opera at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7 at Fuller Lodge.
Director of the Costume Department Blair Gulledge and Director of the Props Department Eileen Garcia will discuss the challenges of creating memorable props and costumes for the Santa Fe Opera’s 2026 season.
They will bring samples to share and Read More
Daily Postcard: Webcam View From Top Of Pajarito Lodge
Daily Postcard: A webcam view early this morning from the top of Pajarito Lodge. Courtesy/LADP Screenshot Read More
Limited Tickets For Backcountry Film Festival: PEEC Celebrates Local Partners, Generous Raffle Donors
PEEC News:
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is counting down to the Backcountry Film Festival (BCFF) on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, from 7–10 p.m. As the only screening in New Mexico, this annual event brings together outdoor enthusiasts, winter adventurers, and community supporters for an evening of films, prizes, and celebration.
Doors open at 6 p.m. at SALA Los Alamos Event Center (2551 Central Ave). Tickets are $16, and attendees are encouraged to arrive early to enjoy drinks from Pajarito Brewpub & Grill, purchase raffle tickets, and connect with fellow winter‐loving Read More
Daily Postcard: Sunlight Shines On Pajarito Mountain
Daily Postcard: Sunlight shines on Pajarito Mountain Ski Area, where registration is now open for multi-week lessons. These include Camp Bluebird (4-week Saturday-only lessons for kids ages 7-12), Master the Mountain (4-week Sunday-only lessons for all ages 7 & up), Women’s Clinics, and Senior Clinics on Thursdays. Courtesy/PMSA Read More
Posts From The Road: Painted Churches Of Texas
High Hill Interior: A wide-angle view of the interior of St. Mary’s Catholic Church at High Hill reveals the incredible and detailed painting in the church. This church is listed in the National Registry of Historic Places and is the largest of the four churches that we visited near Schulenburg, Texas. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Dubina Interior: The Dubina Parish Church in the community of Dubina is painted with beautiful hues of blue. The church was founded by several Czech families in the 1850s. This church building was built in 1912 after the previous building was destroyed in a Read More
High Desert Winds To Hold Winter 2026 Concert Feb. 16
Courtesy/High Desert Winds Santa Fe
CONCERT News:
High Desert Winds Santa Fe will present its Winter 2026 Concert at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, at St. Francis Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave. in Santa Fe.
This concert features High Desert Wind’s own Leroy Medina, soloist on Ewazen’s Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Orchestra.
Other selections include:
- O Magnum Mysterium by Lauridsen;
- The Wind and the Lion by Goldsmith;
- Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn by Dello Joio; and
- The New Mexico premiere of Kauymari by Gabriella Ortiz.
Admission is FREE, with donations gratefully accepted. Read More
C’YA Thanks Community For Holiday Cards For Veterans
During the holidays, Jeff Waxler walked his mom Kati Waxler of Los Alamos down the aisle. She married Ezra Maes, whom she met while in the Army. The next opportunity to make cards for military members and Veterans will be held 1-2 p.m. Monday at the White Rock Branch Library. Courtesy photo
Kati, son Jeff, and husband Ezra Maes, who was named Army Times Soldier of the Year in 2021, after a tank injury in Slovakia. He was forced to amputate his own leg to save his tank mates and call for help. Courtesy photo
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
Champions of Youth Ambitions
Champions of Youth Ambitions Read More
Daily Postcard: Bull Elk Passes Through Western Area
Daily Postcard: Bull elk passes through a resident’s yard Thursday in Western Area. Photo by Ben Longmire Read More
Bull Elk Strolls Across Yard In Western Area
A tall bull elk strolls across the front yard of a home Wednesday night in Western Area. According to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, only male elk have antlers. They shed and grow a new set every year, which is covered in fuzzy skin called velvet. The antlers harden by late summer, and the velvet peels away. By September, the antlers are solid bone and on a mature bull can weigh up to 40 pounds. Bull elk can weigh 700 pounds and measure 5 feet at the shoulder and 8 feet from nose to tail. Photo by Steve Bublitz Read More
Daily Postcard: Wildlife Spotted In Downtown Los Alamos
Daily Postcard: A deer spotted early in the evening this week in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Ryn Herrmann
A buck also spotted early in the evening this week in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Ryn Herrmann Read More
PAC 8 Community Media Center: Jan. 16–22, 2025
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 Jan. 16-22, 2025:
Friday, Jan. 16, 2026
- 6 a.m. — Democracy Now! – Live
- 10 a.m. — The Thom Hartmann Program
- 11 a.m. — County Council Replay 1-06-26
- 4 p.m. — Democracy Now!
- 5 p.m. — PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
- 6 p.m. — Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce “New Mexico Gross Receipts Tax”
- 7 p.m. — PAC 8 Summer Media Classes
- 8 p.m.
More Than 260 Artworks Beautify Public Buildings Throughout New Mexico
Jamie Spinello’s aluminum sculpture, Allochory, was installed at the City of Las Cruces’ City Hall Building in 2025 through the Art in Public Places program. A tan stucco building that says City of Las Cruces City Hall with trees, four flags, pathways, and a round abstract aluminum scultpure in front. The sky is blue and cloudy. Image courtesy of New Mexico Arts
NMDCA News:
SANTA FE — Art is in New Mexico’s DNA, and New Mexico Arts, the state’s federally authorized state arts agency, is busy working year-round to support public art for New Mexicans. Through the Art in Public Places Program, Read More
Daily Postcard: Birds Gather At Feeder In Quemazon
Daily Postcard: Birds gather at a feeder on Jan. 11 in the backyard of a home in Quemazon. Photo by DW Decker Read More
Father Theophan Mackey: ‘High Expectations’
View of circle vases covered in plastic to slow drying and let moisture in the clay equalize. Courtesy photo
By Father Theophan Mackey
Rector
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church
Happy new year to you all!
It has been an exciting year in the last two weeks. While taking a month-long hiatus from teaching pottery at the Arts Council, I was selected (read: volunteered) to teach “The Theology of the Icon” to our seminary’s MDiv students this Spring semester. We celebrated Christmas on January 6th and 7th, because we are on the Old Calendar (Julian) and thirteen days behind everyone else. And we are now Read More
Explore The Universe In Stunning Detail … PEEC To Present ‘The Vera Rubin Observatory: A Closer Look’ Jan. 16
The Rubin Observatory located high in the Chilean Andes. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) invites the community to a special planetarium program, “The Vera Rubin Observatory: A Closer Look”, 7-8 p.m. (doors open at 6:45 p.m.), Friday, Jan. 16, at the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium.
This immersive program offers audiences ages 8 and up a rare opportunity to view the first images released by the Vera Rubin Observatory, projected in full dome format.
Located high in the Chilean Andes, the Rubin Observatory will soon begin a decade‑long survey Read More
Santa Fe Opera On Screen: Puccini’s La Bohème Is Coming To Locations Across New Mexico Including Los Alamos
Scene from La bohème, which is going on tour Feb. 6 through March 1 around New Mexico. Courtesy/SFO
SANTA FE OPERA News:
La bohème is going on tour! The Santa Fe Opera invites opera fans and newcomers to enjoy FREE screenings at venues located across New Mexico including Los Alamos.
The evening will begin with a fun, family-friendly presentation about this beloved opera. Recorded live at the Santa Fe Opera during the 2025 Season, Opera on Screen offers audiences a fresh way to engage with this timeless tale of love and friendship, set to some of opera’s best-loved music. No opera glasses needed! Read More
New Mexico School Of The Art’s Theatre Department Presents: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
NMSA News:
Join NMSA’s Theatre Department for an exciting spin on a Shakespearian classic, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, running Feb. 19 -21, 2026 at NMSA’s Zane Bennett Gathering Space. Set against the vibrant backdrop of 1967 San Francisco, this radical reimagining of A Midsummer Night’s Dream transforms Athens High School into a pressure cooker of teenage rebellion and Golden Gate Park into an enchanted forest where anything can happen.
Audiences will be swept away on a kaleidoscopic romp through the Summer of Love, as NMSA’s rendition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream explodes Read More
Los Alamos Arts Council To Host February Concert
This concert just ahead of Valentine’s Day is a celebration of all the tender and world-shaking things that love can be in people’s lives … while also acknowledging that sometimes, love can be the absolute worst. Mocktails
