Fun Outings

Step Up Gallery Exhibit To Feature Student Artwork Feb. 20

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Scene from 2025 All Schools Student Art Show opening Feb. 20 in Step Up Gallery. Courtesy/Step Up Gallery

Scene from 2025 All Schools Student Art Show opening Thursday in Step Up Gallery. Courtesy/Step Up Gallery

STEP UP News:

The 2025 All Schools Student Art Show opens with a bang on Thursday. The public is invited to the opening reception, with refreshments sponsored by Los Alamos Schools Credit Union, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday in Step Up Gallery on the third floor of Mesa Public Library.

The All Schools Student Art Show showcases the work of hundreds of Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) students Read More

2nd Annual Los Alamos Film & Culture Festival Feb. 21-23

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By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos

Friday kicks off the second annual Los Alamos Film & Culture Festival (LAFCF), as preparations continue for this weekend. The most important thing to know is that the VIP passes can be picked up starting at 2:30 p.m., Friday at SALA. Tickets are still available at https://filmfreeway.com/LosAlamosFilmandCultureFestival/tickets.

This year, the LAFCF had special awards designed for the winning filmmakers in each category.

“We are working with a metal artist in Española, Richard Ronquillo, who has created our physical awards that will be shipped Read More

Lads & Lasses Of Enchantment Deliver Singing Valentines

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LALOE perform singing Valentines to a bridge club in White Rock. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen

LALOE perform for Los Alamos residents Kelly and Michael Dolejsi. Photo by Bernadette Lauritzen

COMMUNITY News: 

Love was in the air on Thursday and Friday as the Lads and Lasses of Enchantment (LALOE) made the rounds in Los Alamos and White Rock to deliver singing Valentines. Three Nice Guys and “Note-able” Whimsy, with an assist from friends equaled success.

Thursday night a LALOE member had to fill in for an emergency situation for “Note-able” Whimsy and on Friday, the Santa Fe Harmonizers lent Read More

Posts From The Road: Stepping Back In Time In Lowell, Ariz.

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Strayhound: An old Greyhound Bus sits near the Bus Stop on Erie Street in Lowell, Ariz. However the bus has been renamed the Strayhound by those who have volunteered their time to save this business district in Lowell. A view up the street gives a glimpse of what the area was like decades ago. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Shell: A Shell gas station sits at the top end of Erie Street in Lowell. This was the first building restored and repainted to look as it did in the 1950s. The old Chevy sits out in front of the garage to add an additional nostalgia to the scene. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: Feb. 16, 2025 

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By GEORGE MORSE 
Sports and Outdoors 
Los Alamos Daily Post 

The snowpack in Northern New Mexico is 39-percent of normal. Last week saw some snow in the mountains and the snowpack increased. Locally  the snowpack at the Hopewell measuring station is 55-percent of normal with a snow depth of 24 inches. 

The snowpack in Southern Colorado, including the headwaters of the Rio Grande, is also below normal. Northern and Central Colorado received heavy snow last week, but the storm bypassed Southern Colorado. That has been the weather pattern for most of the winter. 

Temperatures can still plunge Read More

NMSA To Present ‘The Crucible’ In Santa Fe Feb. 21-23

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NMSA News:

More than 30 Theatre students—24 on stage and a dedicated crew of 8 behind the scenes— are bringing Arthur Miller’s story to life in a bold, unforgettable production directed by New Mexico School for the Art’s (NMSA) Theatre Chair Barbara Hatch.

Rehearsals are in full swing at NMSA for this classic and timely play written in 1952 towards the beginning of the McCarthy hearings – the “witch hunt” of that era.

Set in 1692 in Salem, Mass., the hysteria engendered by the extreme Puritanism of the people struggling to survive in this harsh new world, and the illicit desires of some girls and other Read More

LAAC To Open ‘IN/MOTION’ Exhibit Friday Feb. 21

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LAAC News:

Ever seen something that appears to be moving but is actually standing still? From drawn motion studies to sculptures of birds in flight to crochet running socks, the Los Alamos Arts Council’s (LAAC) IN/MOTION exhibit encouraged artists to submit works that evoke motion and/or celebrate the moving image.

The community is invited to join LAAC for the opening of its newest exhibit 5-7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21 in the Fuller Lodge Art Center, 2132 Central Ave. Light refreshments will be served.

IN/MOTION features 25 New Mexican artists, including 14 based in Los Alamos County and includes Read More

Learn To Mix New Mexican Mocktails At Los Luceros

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Courtesy/LLHS

Los Luceros Historic Site News:

Los Luceros Historic Site is offering a fun workshop making mocktails, or mock cocktails, using Northern New Mexico ingredients, 1-3 p.m. Saturday, March 1.

The Moxie Mocktails workshop will teach participants how to use the flavors of plants found in Northern New Mexico to make delicious beverages. From a Spicy Agua Fresca to a Hibiscus Hot Punch, Gabriela Silva of Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area and Michelle Zupan of Los Luceros will help participants mix new drinks to taste and serve cookies to snack on.

Participants will receive Read More

Coro De Cámara: ‘Dreamscapes’ Concerts Feb. 22-23

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Several Coro de Cámara singers rehearse with a conductor. Courtesy photo

Coro de Cámara News:

Venture with chamber chorus Coro de Cámara into the realm of imagination and vision in “Dreamscapes: Dare to Dream” – this uplifting concert invites us to consider our dreams, along with those of visionaries whose dreams became reality.

Two Matinee Performances:

  • Saturday, Feb. 22 at 4 p.m., United Church of Los Alamos, 2525 Canyon Road; and
  • Sunday, Feb. 23 at 4 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Santa Fe, 107 West Barcelona Road.

About the “Dreamscapes” program, Artistic Director Nylea Butler-Moore says, Read More

Posts From The Road: Fort Griffin State Historic Site

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Administration Building: Ruins of the stone administration building stand in the center of the hill where Fort Griffin was constructed. The administration building housed offices including the office of the commanding officer of the fort. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Sutler’s Store: Windblown grassy fields in Fort Griffin with the remains of Sutler’s Store, a civilian owned business that furnished canned food and other general supplies to soldiers. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos

In post-Civil War years the U.S. Army Read More