Arts

C’YA Thanks Community For Holiday Cards For Veterans

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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

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Bull Elk Strolls Across Yard In Western Area

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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

More Than 260 Artworks Beautify Public Buildings Throughout New Mexico

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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

Father Theophan Mackey: ‘High Expectations’

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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

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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

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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

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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