Arts

Floats Brighten Central During 2025 Holiday Lights Parade

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The Los Alamos Police Department (LAPD) comes in hot to kick off the 2025 Holiday Lights Parade Saturday night on Central Avenue. Los Alamos MainStreet and the Creative District again hosted the beloved event. LAPD was all over this year’s parade theme: ‘Red, Green or Christmas?’ Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

The Los Alamos Jewish Center float entry in Saturday’s 2025 Holiday Lights Parade. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Grinch entry by Los Alamos County Parks & Open Spaces Division. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

The entry from the Jemez Riders. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More

Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra Holiday Pops Concert

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LASO News:

The Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra (LASO) invites the community to kick off the holiday season with its annual Holiday Pops Concert at 7 p.m., Friday, Dec. 13 at Crossroads Bible Church. This beloved free community event promises festive favorites, family-friendly surprises, and a joyful night of music.

The evening opens with a special treat: a chorus of tubas filling the hall with classic Christmas tunes—guaranteed to bring a smile and set the tone for the night.

The full symphony then takes the stage with a magical lineup, including The Polar Express, the hauntingly beautiful Gabriel’s Read More

Scenes From 2025 Tree Lighting Ceremony At Muni Building

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Members of the community admire the holiday tree Saturday night in the lobby at the Municipal Building. This year’s tree features ornaments made by students and community from recycled materials. As stated on a sign in front of the tree, ‘By giving new life to everyday materials, these artists remind that beauty and joy can come from what we already have – and that small actions can make a big difference for our environment.’ Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

A crowd eagerly waits Saturday night for the switch to be ceremoniously flipped to light the Municipal Building’s Read More

More Scenes From 32nd Annual Creche Show

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Scene from the 2025 Creche Show. Approximately 400 creches were featured in this 32nd annual show hosted Friday and Saturday by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 1967 18th St. The show was part of the 2025 WinterFest activities. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Michael Roper’s creche from Uganda. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Ronaele Freestone’s creche. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Anita Williamson’s creche. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Michael Roper’s creche from South Africa. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More

Scenes From 2025 Santa’s Workshop At BESAC

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Scene from the 2025 Santa’s Workshop, hosted by Los Alamos County Community Services Department, Saturday at the Betty Ehart Senior Activity Center. Families enjoyed holiday treats and the chance to take a photo with Santa. Santa’s Workshop was part of WinterFest Weekend, a family-oriented holiday event that celebrates winter in Los Alamos in which a number of businesses and organizations host events including the Holiday Lights Parade, Affordable Arts Sale, Holiday Farmers Markets, the North Pole Workshop, and Breakfast with Santa and more, that took place Dec. 5-7. Photo by Kirsten Read More

Scenes From 2025 Creche Show

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Scene from the 32nd Annual Creche Show Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 1967 18th St. Photo by VaLynn Purvis

Scene from the 32nd Annual Creche Show Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 1967 18th St. Photo by VaLynn Purvis

Scene from the 32nd Annual Creche Show Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 1967 18th St. Photo by VaLynn Purvis Read More

Upstart Readers Perform ‘A Christmas Carol’ Dec. 19, 21, 25

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Upstart Crows Dramatic Readers to perform A Christmas Carol beginning Dec. 19. Courtesy photo

THEATER News:

Upstart Crows of Santa Fe Dramatic Readers will present four performances of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

Four casts of three readers will do a costumed dramatic reading using Dickens’ own performance script with interludes of Victorian Christmas music, with a Victorian tea service provided at intermission.

Period charm combines with an increasingly relevant story for our times.

Showtimes:

  • 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec.19, and Sunday, Dec. 21 at the Crows’ Nest Performance Space
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SALA Event Center To Host Screening Of ‘Mississippi Speed Record: An Epic Adventure’ Thursday Dec. 11

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COMMUNITY News:

An ultra-endurance team called Mississippi Speed Record (MSR) made history and entered the Guinness World Record by traversing the entire length of the Mississippi River. Their achievement was documented in the film, “Mississippi Speed Record: An Epic Adventure”, which will be screened at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11 at SALA Event Center.

In addition to the screening, MSR canoeist Judson Steinback will be at SALA to introduce the movie, answer questions and sign autographs. Admission is $10. Tickets may be purchased at the door or online at sala.losalamos.com.

MSR paddled Read More