Fun Outings

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

Waffle Breakfast Fundraiser For Cub Scout Pack 22

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COMMUNITY News:

The community is invited to start Saturday morning, Dec. 13 with a hearty breakfast and support local youth! Cub Scout Pack 22 invites everyone to their annual Waffle Breakfast fundraiser, hosted by the Los Alamos Masonic Lodge.

Enjoy a full breakfast featuring hot-off-the-griddle waffles, fresh scrambled eggs, creamy grits, and crispy bacon and sausage. This family-friendly event brings the community together for good food and a great cause.

All proceeds benefit Cub Scout Pack 22’s programs that help local youth develop leadership skills, outdoor adventure experiences, 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

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

Scenes From 2025 Holiday Lights Parade On Central Avenue

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Scene from the the annual Holiday Lights Parade hosted this evening by Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District on Central Avenue. Photo by Fred Jones

Scene from the the annual Holiday Lights Parade hosted this evening by Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District on Central Avenue. Photo by Fred Jones

Scene from the the annual Holiday Lights Parade hosted this evening by Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District on Central Avenue. Photo by Fred Jones

Scene from the the annual Holiday Lights Parade hosted this evening by Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District on Central Avenue. Read More

100 Men Who Care Dec. 11 Event Includes Special Door Prize

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By BRIAN SCOTT
Member
100 Men Who Care – Los Alamos

100 Men Who Care – Los Alamos, a group of men dedicated to providing immediate and meaningful financial support to local nonprofit organizations, will be holding its next quarterly event 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, at the SALA Event Center. 

Organized like a “Shark Tank” for nonprofits, the group votes on one of three organizations to support based on short presentations by each. Each group member then writes a check for $100 directly to the winning organization. Through prior events, we have collected over $33,000 for local nonprofits. If Read More

BLM In New Mexico Launches ‘One Dollar, One Tree’ Holiday Savings Across Local Public Lands

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Courtesy/BLM

BLM News:

SANTA FE — The Bureau of Land Management has announced a series of holiday affordability measures that will help families save money, enjoy public lands, and support wildfire prevention efforts across New Mexico during the 2025-26 winter season.

Effective immediately through Jan. 31, the BLM is reducing many personal-use permit fees to just $1, including Christmas tree permits and firewood permits.

“Here in New Mexico, families rely on public lands for tradition, recreation, and essential resources,” BLM New Mexico State Director Melanie Barnes said. “These fee Read More