More Scenes From Community Mosaic Mural Workshop
The Los Alamos Arts Council (LAAC) summer campers build part of the new community mosaic Friday at Mesa Public Library. LAAC thanks the Arts in Public Places Board Staff Liaison Chelsea Ashcroft for helping coordinate 28 campers, eight staff members and recognizes the board for making community art a reality. To learn more about this project, visit: https://www.
Daily Postcard: Peonies Bloom In Pinon Trails Garden
Daily Postcard: Peonies bloom in a garden recently in Pinon Trails in White Rock. Photo by Joyce Wolff Read More
Scenes From Friday Night Summer Concert Featuring Headliner Chasing Adequate
Chasing Adequate, alternative and pop-rock band based out of Albuquerque headlined the Summer Concert Friday evening at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
Ashley O’Malley performs the National Anthem before the concert opens. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
Eryn Bent and Band opens for the Friday Night Concert. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
Volunteers handout giveaways provided by XMISSION. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
Chasing Adequate guitarist engages the crowd Friday night. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
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Jemez Historic Site To Host Trio Of Happenings In June
NMDCA News:
From star gazing to rock painting to digging into gardening, the community is invited to make these programs part of the early summer plans at Jemez Historic Site.
Get the summer off to a hot start in the cool mountain air at Jemez Historic Site and learn some new skills. All programs are included with admission of $7 for adults and free to children 16 years and younger, Tribal members, NM disabled veterans, NM foster families, MNMF members, and Friends of the Coronado Historic site members.
Jemez Historic Site has a trio of happenings this month:
- 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, June 20 — Looking
Co-op Summer Showcase Series Presents KISS MY CHAOS
KISS MY CHAOS rock band to perform at 5:45 p.m. Friday, June 12 at Co-op Park at 1010 Central Ave. Courtesy photo
Co-op Summer Showcase Series News:
All girl rock band KISS MY CHAOS will perform as part of the Co-op Summer Showcase Series at 5:45 p.m. Friday, June 12 at Co-op Park at 1010 Central Ave.
KISS MY CHAOS has performed at this year’s Los Alamos Winter Rock Festival and at Bathtub Brewery.
About KISS MY CHAOS:
KISS MY CHAOS is an all girl rock band. When these teenage girls aren’t busy studying or playing sports, they like to get together and rock out! They like music from all eras and will play Read More
IAIA Names Carin Silkaitis New Provost & Executive Vice President For Academic And Student Affairs
Carin Silkaitis, MFA
IAIA News:
The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), the University for Indigenous Creative Excellence, is pleased to announce the appointment of Carin Silkaitis, MFA, as IAIA’s Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs, effective Aug. 1, 2026.
Silkaitis brings significant experience as an academic leader, artist, educator, and administrator. They currently serve as Dean of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Humanities at the University of Alaska Southeast. Silkaitis also recently served as Interim Provost, leading academic Read More
Los Alamos History Museum: Sunday Night At The Movies
COMMUNITY News:
The Los Alamos History Museum is excited to announce it will host three family-friendly movie nights this summer.
Sunday Night at the Movies with the Los Alamos History Museum will take place on June 14, June 29 and July 19. Movies will begin at 6:30 p.m. at SALA Event Center, 2551 Central Ave. Each screening is
free and open to the public.
For information about movie titles and additional event details, please visit www.losalamoshistory.org or
follow the History Museum on Facebook.
County Invites Community To Comment On Upcoming Safety Improvements To Ashley Pond Park
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County preliminary design concepts for preventing vehicles from leaving Trinity Drive and entering Ashley Pond Park are now available for residents to provide feedback on now through Aug. 2.
The community is invited to review the designs and provide feedback on the County’s consultation page for this project.
Three design concepts were drafted with contractor Groundworks Studio to provide different options of protecting park-goers from the potential of vehicles intentionally or unintentionally leaving Trinity Drive, while also improving or complementing Read More
Daily Postcard: Western Blue Flag Iris At Valles Caldera
Daily Postcard: A cluster of Western Blue Flag Iris blooming Wednesday near a ponderosa pine grove at Valles Caldera National Preserve. Western Blue Flag Iris is starting to pop up all over Valles Caldera’s high-elevation meadows and grasslands. Learn more about plant life in the park here: https://www.nps.gov/vall/learn/nature/plants.htm. Photo by Corey Lycopolus/NPSLos Alamos History Museum To Host Free Family-Friendly Movie Nights At SALA Event Center
LAHM News:
The Los Alamos History Museum is excited to announce it will host three family-friendly movie nights this summer. Sunday Night at the Movies with the Los Alamos History Museum will take place on June 14, June 29, and July 19, 2026.
Movies will begin at 6:30 p.m. at SALA Event Center, located at 2551 Central Avenue in Los Alamos. Each screening is free and open to the public.
For information about movie titles and additional event details, please visit our website at www.losalamoshistory.org or follow us on Facebook.
We look forward to seeing you at the movies! Read More
Atomic City Transit To Provide SummerFest Shuttle Service
COUNTY News:
The annual SummerFest event will be held at Pajarito Mountain from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, June 6.
Atomic City Transit (ACT) will provide shuttle service from the Duane Smith Auditorium parking lot at Los Alamos High School to the Pajarito Mountain Ski Lodge.
Camp May Road will experience an increase in traffic, especially in the Lodge parking lot.
Motorists are urged to slow down and watch for others.
For more information about shuttle services, contact Atomic City Transit at 505.661.RIDE (7433). Read More
Daily Postcard: Unique View At Sunrise Over White Rock
Daily Postcard: Unique view as the sun comes up early Wednesday over White Rock. Courtesy photo Read More
View Of Stormy Clouds Approaching Los Alamos
View this afternoon of stormy clouds approaching Los Alamos. Photo by Jim Gourdoux Read More
Seventh Corner Productions Presents ‘It’s Just Dinner’ At Teatro Paraguas June 25–28
THEATER News:
Teatro Paraguas is pleased to host Seventh Corner Productions and their original play It’s Just Dinner!
Written by Grayson Pinto, Lily Pinto, and Reilly Stranahan, and starring Dakotah Rose, Grayson Pinto, Lily Pinto, Marika Sayers, and John Michael Hayley, the play is a raucous comedy. The fairly cryptic tagline is “She vanished a year ago, now’s she back. It’s fresh, it’s hilarious, it’s fruity, It’s Just Dinner.”
Grayson Pinto directs the production, with light and sound design by Brody Silver, and set design by Marika Sayers and Grayson Pinto.
Performances are at Read More
PAC 8 Community Media Center: June 5-11, 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 June 5-11, 2026:
Friday, June 5, 2026
- 6 a.m. — Democracy Now! – Live
- 10 a.m. — The Thom Hartmann Program
- 11 a.m. — County Council Replay 5-19–26
- 4 p.m. — Democracy Now!
- 5 p.m. — P AC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
- 6 p.m. — Understanding Homelessness
- 8 p.m. — LARSO Town Hall Meeting
- 12 a.m. — Free Speech TV
Saturday, June 6, 2026 Read More
SF Opera Announces 2026 Apprentice Singers Concerts
Courtesy/SFO
OPERA News:
Opening Nights Sponsor, Four Seasons Resort Rancho Encantado, and Lead Hotel Partner, Bishop’s Lodge Auberge Collection host FREE concerts featuring our talented young singers from the Santa Fe Opera’s Apprentice Program for Singers.
Each evening features a different one-hour concert of arias from the 2026 Season and favorites from the Great American Songbook.
Seating is first come, first served. Elevate the evening by having dinner and drinks at Terra at Four Seasons or SkyFire at Bishop’s Lodge before or after the concert.
Hospitality Community Read More
Daily Postcard: A Starry Night Sky Over Valle Grande
Daily Postcard: A starry night sky over Valle Grande. Photo by Stan Ford/NPS Read More
Community Invited To Justice Center South Wall Mosaic Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Saturday June 13
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County invites everyone to attend a ribbon‑cutting ceremony at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 13 to celebrate the completion of the new Justice Center wall mosaic—a large‑scale glass artwork commissioned by the Art in Public Places Board.
The ceremony will include short remarks from County representatives and artist J Muzacz, ending with a ribbon cutting to commemorate the artwork’s addition to the County’s public art collection.
The event will take place at the south‑facing exterior wall of the Los Alamos Justice Center, at the corner of Trinity Drive and Oppenheimer Drive. Read More
Celebrate 10 Years Of Pig & Fig 4 PM Wednesday!
The community is invited to Pig & Fig Cafe at 4 p.m. Wednesday to join in celebrating the popular eatery’s 10 years of serving White Rock, along with the opening of its newly renovated outdoor patio, the return of dinner hours, and a new happy hour menu. Courtesy/Pig & Fig Cafe
Another view of the newly renovated outdoor patio at Pig & Fig Cafe. Courtesy/Pig & Fig Cafe
Pig & Fig Café News:
Pig & Fig Cafe is inviting the community to join in celebrating 10 years of serving White Rock, along with the opening of its newly renovated outdoor patio, the return of dinner hours, and a Read More
Los Alamos County’s Art In Public Places Board Seeks Input On Artwork Theme For Fire Station #4
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County’s Art in Public Places Board (APPB) invites you to take a quick survey on the proposed theme for the public artwork planned for the new Fire Station #4: https://lacnm.com/FS4_survey.
The survey will be open until midnight on June 21.
The APPB—partnering with the Los Alamos Fire Department and the Public Works Department—is developing a theme that will guide the selection of an artist for the project. The proposed theme centers on the community’s relationship with wildfire and highlights how Los Alamos prepares for, lives with, and recovers from fire.
Proposed Read More
