Happening This Week At SALA May 5-11
SALA News:
SALA Los Alamos Event Center is excited to unveil an action-packed week of programming from May 5–11, featuring new film releases, immersive experiences, and engaging community events. Whether you’re looking for a night out with the family, a thrilling movie, or a unique gathering, there’s something for everyone at SALA.
SALA Member Exclusive: Sports on the Big Screen
SALA Members are invited to enjoy the UEFA Europa League and Conference League
Semi-Final 2nd Legs in an exciting, cinema-style setting. Cheer on your team with fellow
fans on the big screen!
- May 8, Thursday | 1 p.m.
PAC 8 Community Media Center: May 9-15, 2025
PAC 8 News:
PAC 8 Community Media Center is available for recording events, transferring of 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 May 9-15 2025:
Friday, May 9, 2025
- 6 a.m. — Democracy Now! – Live
- 10 a.m. — The Thom Hartmann Program
- 11 a.m. — Budget Hearing Replay 5-06–25
- 3 p.m. — Democracy Now!
- 5 p.m. — PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
- 6 p.m. — Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfast – Legislative Update
- 7 p.m. — Fire Station 4 Replacement
Community Invited To YIMBY Film Festival At SALA May 10
YIMBY Film Festival 5-7 p.m. Saturday, May 10 at SALA Los Alamos Event Center. Courtesy photo
YIMBY Film Festival 5-7 p.m. Saturday, May 10 at SALA Los Alamos Event Center. Courtesy photo
COMMUNITY News:
The community is invited to join in a joyful, family-friendly celebration of the natural world—and the inspiring local projects making Los Alamos an even better place to live, play and explore.
The Yes! In My Backyard! (YIMBY) Film Festival this Saturday, May 10 at SALA Los Alamos Event Center, sponsored by Shimano, Los Alamos Children’s Dentistry, New Mexico Bike N’ Sport and Read More
Morning Scenes Of Snow Around Los Alamos
Scene this morning of snow around Los Alamos. Photo by VaLynn Purvis
Scene this morning of snow around Los Alamos. Photo by VaLynn Purvis
Scene this morning of snow around Los Alamos. Photo by VaLynn Purvis
Scene this morning of snow around Los Alamos. Photo by VaLynn Purvis Read More
Beso Jewels Mother’s Day Gifts At Village Arts Sunday
Sterling Silver Rosary, $120. Courtesy photo
BESO JEWELS News:
This weekend stop by Village Arts from 10:30 a.m. until 4 p.m., Saturday, May 10 and maybe find the perfect Mother’s Day gift.
Lots of beautiful jewelry, coins and gemstones. If you won the drawing, come on in and spend your winnings.
Services:
- Repairs of all types
- Custom design
- Gold and Silver jewelry
- Silver Coins
- Appraisals
- Gemstones, Pearls and Diamonds
- Layaway
- I BUY Gold, Silver, Jewelry in any condition, coins, gemstones and diamonds
Emerald, Diamond and Platinum Ring, Sz 9, $1329. Courtesy photo
Antique, Gold, Coral Read More
‘LASER: Materials And Sustainability On Earth And Beyond’ At Santa Fe Art Institute Sunday May 11
Artist Andrea Polli presents Air Intelligences May 11 at the Santa Fe Art Institute. Courtesy/SFIA
SFIA News:
The community is invited to attend an evening of inspiration and innovation at “LASER: Materials and Sustainability on Earth and Beyond” in conjunction with the Woven Skies exhibition, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 11 at the Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI).
Environmental Engineer Maryam Hojati and Artist Andrea Polli will be offering unique perspectives on the intersection of art, science engineering and architecture.
RSVP now to secure a spot at this thought-provoking event. Read More
Sangre de Cristo Chorale To Feature J.S. Bach’s Jesu, meine Freude And William Byrd’s Mass For Four Voices In Final Concert Of The Season May 17
Courtesy photo
Music Director George Case
MUSIC News:
SANTA FE — The Sangre de Cristo Chorale will perform Reformation, the final concert of its 47th season, at 4 p.m., Saturday, May 17 at St. Bede’s Episcopal Church in Santa Fe.
The 52-voice Chorale is led by Music Director George Case and accompanied by pianist Deborah Wagner.
Reformation will illustrate the 16th -century Protestant Reformation’s influence on composers of the time in the performance of two choral masterworks. German composer J. S. Bach expressed his Protestant spirituality by creating works using the new texts and hymn Read More
Review: LALT’s ‘Copenhagen’ Proves 1941 Meeting Remains Relevant 84 Years Later
‘Copenhagen’ starring Jeff Favorite as Werner Heisenberg, Angel Virgillio as Margrethe Bohr and Thomas Graves as Neils Bohr, focuses on a conversation between two Nobel Prize winning physicists during WWII. Photo by Ashely Horner/LALT
Review By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
The play, “Copenhagen” focuses on a meeting that occurred 84 years ago when Danish physicist Niels Bohr met with German physicist Werner Heisenberg. What were the exact details of this almost century-old conversation? No one really knows but Michael Frayn’s play presents several Read More
Chamisa Elementary School Wax Museum Show May 7
LAPS News:
It’s Wax Museum Time once again at Chamisa Elementary! Continuing with a longstanding tradition, the Chamisa third and fourth graders will be presenting their annual Wax Museum show Wednesday, May 7.
Now, how does this work? Great question! To start, each third and fourth grader at Chamisa Elementary School did research on a famous person, and then they turned this research into a speech to tell the story of their person.
The students will present in costumes as if they were/are a famous person. Some of the people that the students chose to research include but are not limited to: Thomas Read More
Daily Postcard: Double Rainbow Shines Over Pojoaque
Daily Postcard: A double rainbow shines Monday evening over Pojoaque. Elisabeth Meerkatz Read More
Coro De Cámara To Present ‘Soundscapes: Music Of The Big And Little Screens’ May 17-18
Coro de Cámara’s guest percussionist Paul Thibodeaux and partner Coro singer Madeline Thibodeaux review the upcoming repertoire. Courtesy/ Coro de Cámara
COMMUNITY News:
In its final performances of the season, Coro de Cámara entertains with “Soundscapes: Music of the Big and Little Screens”. This cinematic program features acclaimed music from movies, TV shows and video games, including selections from “Wicked”, “Barbie” and “The Lord of the Rings”; “Babu Yetu” from “Civilization IV; and Carl Orff’s iconic “O Fortuna”, from hundreds of soundtracks. In addition to the Coro de Cámara Read More
Daily Postcard: Stormy View From Anderson Overlook
Daily Postcard: Stormy view Sunday evening from Anderson Overlook. Photo by Melia Purvis Read More
Celebrating Community Music: Los Alamos Community Foundation Presents Grant To Coro De Camara
Coro de Camara singer Maura Taylor, left, and Coro de Camara Artistic Director Nylea Butler-Moore accept a $530 grant from the Los Alamos Community Foundation. Coro de Camara will perform ‘Soundscapes’ at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 17 at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church at 3900 Trinity Drive. Tickets are available at Corodecamara-nm.org. Courtesy/LACF Read More
Santa Fe Concert Band To Perform Memorial Day Concert
COMMUNITY News:
The Santa Fe Concert Band will present its annual Memorial Day Concert 4 p.m. Monday, May 26 at Federal Park, 100 S. Federal Place in Santa Fe.
The concert will observe the holiday with music to honor those who bravely served our country with such patriotic classics as John Williams’ Hymn to the Fallen, Irving Berlin’s God Bless America, Recitation of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, Armed Forces Salute and more!
The Santa Fe Concert Band, comprising about 50 local volunteer musicians, offers free concerts throughout the year.
Its origins date back to the Civil War era (1865). In Read More
Spring Iris In Bloom On Aster Street In White Rock
A row of lavender iris are blooming on Aster Street in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Scenes From The Family YMCA 2025 Gala
The Family YMCA CEO Chris Daniels, left, and Operations Director George Marsden welcome this year’s attendees to the Y’s annual gala, April 26 at the La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe. In recognition of The Family YMCA’s 70th anniversary, this year’s gala theme was platinum. The gala is a fundraiser for the YMCA with proceeds going directly to Annual Campaign, which supports local families in need. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Y CEO Chris Daniels, right, recognizes members of the ‘Benefactors of Youth’ including, from left, Steve Girrens, Sharon Stover, George Marsden, Karen Easton, Read More
Friends Of The Senior Centers To Host Dance Featuring Los Alamos High School Jazz Band Friday Evening May 9
Daily Postcard: Hungry Squirrel Squeezes Into Bird Feeder
Daily Postcard: A stout squirrel squeezes itself into a narrow bird feeder to nibble seeds Saturday on the grounds of the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Canyon Road. Photo by Patricia Rathbone Read More
McLaughlin: Something Happened Last Night That Took My Breath Away … The World Premier Of La Lune de Bleu
By ANN MCLAUGHLIN
Los Alamos
Something happened last night that took my breath away: the world premier of La Lune de Bleu, an original ballet by Dance Arts Los Alamos Artistic Director Johnathan Guise.
This three-act ballet and its realization was a marvel from beginning to end. The 75-member cast of DALA students, community members, and 3 guest artists, brought the story of Selene and Endymion to life with astonishing professionalism. What a thrill it must be for young people to perform in a production of such high quality. Some of the young dancers are clearly destined to continue studying their Read More
‘Breakfast With The Curators’ To Feature Haute Couture Designer Patricia Michaels At Museum Hill Café May 12
NMDCA News:
Straight from the runway and fashion week, the community is invited to attend an end of exhibit talk and one last glimpse of Haute Couture Designer Patricia Michael’s beautiful designs, 8:30-10 a.m. Monday, May 12.
Reservations are required. Tickets are $40/person ($35/person for MNMF members). Reserve tickets at https://my.nmculture.org/37112/43878.
Breakfast with the Curators is a series of lectures and artist presentations hosted by the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture at the Museum Hill Café, at 710 Camino Lejo off Old Santa Fe Trail on Museum Hill in Santa Fe. Tickets Read More
