Arts

Daily Postcard: Hooded Warblers Return To Los Alamos

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Daily Postcard: Hooded Warblers have returned to the Santa Fe National Forest, Los Alamos County, for the third year in a row. This species is a rare migrant in the western United States, but in 2024 they nested along the reservoir road, the first confirmed nesting in New Mexico, and fledged one young. In 2025, they moved south to Upper Water Canyon, and successfully fledged two young. This year a male was first seen April 11, and by May 10 a male and female had settled back into Upper Water Canyon again, in the same exact spot as last year. If you hike this trail, listen for the distinctive song ‘cheree Read More

LALT Variety Show Fundraiser May 16 At Performing Arts Center

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From left, Matthew DeSmith, Kelsey Denisson and Heather Beemer have performed many times with LALT and with the Atomic Follies. All three will sing and/or dance at the Saturday Variety Show Fundraiser. Photo by Thomas Graves

John Gustafson, member of LALT and Atomicomedy, will perform standup comedy at Saturday’s fundraiser. Photo by Thomas Graves

LALT News:

Los Alamos Little Theatre (LALT) is back in the Performing Arts Center (PAC). To celebrate the longtime local troupe’s return to the PAC, LALT will host a no-holds-barred, 18 and older variety show featuring not only LALT performers, Read More

C’YA Calls On Artists To Submit For CommUNITY Calendar

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C’YA is known to be good for the heart, metal work done by Richard Roquillo. Courtesy/Bernadette Lauritzen

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
Champions of Youth Ambitions

Champions of Youth Ambitions (C’YA) is calling on artists of all ages, abilities and in all mediums as they inaugurate a plan for a 2027 community calendar called CommUNITY Year-round Art (C’YA). The goal is to reflect on an answer to the question, What does good health look like to you?

The result will be in an 18-month community health/wellness education project. Local contributors have until September 1st to submit Read More

HSFF Presents ‘Carving The Southwest: The Artistry Of Dorthy Stewart’ Opening May 29 At Edwin Brooks House

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Dorothy Newkirk Stewart. Courtesy/HSFF

HSFF News:

SANTA FE — Opening May 29, 2026, Historic Santa Fe Foundation is proud to celebrate the centennial of the Stewart sisters’ arrival on Canyon Road. In honor of this anniversary, we invite you to a retrospective of the work of Dorothy Stewart (1891–1955), a pioneer of the Santa Fe art community and the founder of Pictograph Press.

This exhibition features over twenty original woodblock prints on translucent paper, rare hand-printed editions of her Shakespearean volumes, Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and select Read More

NMSA Hires Creative Writing & Literature Chair Sasha Grafit

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NMSA News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico School for the Arts (NMSA) announces the selection of Sasha Grafit to lead its Creative Writing & Literature Department. Grafit is a published author, translator, educator, and editor who has taught creative writing at Columbia University and at Harlem High School in New York City. Sasha is passionate about inspiring young people to write. “My teaching philosophy,” he explains, “is focused on preparing students to carefully observe the world with an artistic eye and to express their own ideas in a compelling manner. When students competently wield the Read More

Local Comic Creators To Release ‘Cuentos Infernales’

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Paul Ziomek and Octavio Ramos will launch Cuentos Infernales a new comic book later this month. Plans will include local opportunities for signed copies, including ChamberFest on June 6. Courtesy/Evelyn Ziomek

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos

Octavio Ramos is a proud first generation American with a passion for folklore which has always played a role in his life. Now that he has retired from LANL, he is telling stories full time. He and his partner in storytelling, Paul Ziomek, have a new project combining their creativity in new comic book, Cuentos Infernales (“Infernal Tales”), Frightening Read More

Daily Postcard: Rare Long-Eared Owl Spotted Near Urban

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Daily Postcard: A rare Long-eared Owl was spotted roosting in the backyard of a residence Saturday near Urban Park. Long-eared Owls are lanky and often seem to wear a surprised expression thanks to long ear tufts that typically point straight up like exclamation marks. These nocturnal hunters roost in dense foliage, where their camouflage makes them hard to find, and forage over grasslands for small mammals. Long-eared Owls are nimble flyers, with hearing so acute they can snatch prey in complete darkness. In spring and summer, listen for their low, breathy hoots and strange barking calls Read More

2026 Taos Chamber Music Sunday Sit-Downs Begin June 21

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Courtesy/TSoM

TSoM News:

This summer, the mountains will once again come alive with extraordinary chamber music, bringing together our renowned faculty artists, inspiring guest performers, and the next generation of exceptional early-career musicians. For more than six decades, the Taos School of Music (TSoM) has offered something rare: world-class artistry in intimate spaces, paired with the unmistakable beauty, openness, and creative spirit of Taos.

The 2026 season continues that tradition while expanding the ways audiences can experience the School. This year’s offerings include Read More