Fun Outings

Santa Fe Community Orchestra Performs Musical Storytelling With ‘Riddles & Themes’ Dec. 14

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Santa Fe Community Orchestra. Courtesy photo

MUSIC News:

SANTA FE — The Santa Fe Community Orchestra will perform its second concert of the 2025-2026 season at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 14, at the Scottish Rite Temple in Santa Fe. The orchestra will be led by conductor William Waag in a program of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Edward Elgar.

Concert Program

Riddles & Themes

Join us for an afternoon of captivating orchestral storytelling, where Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Edward Elgar explore identity, mystery, and emotion through masterful sets of variations that resonate across time and Read More

Los Alamos High School Hosts DECA Buddies Day

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Los Alamos High School (LAHS) DECA hosted a DECA Buddies Day event, with almost 60 students from LAHS and Capital High School in attendance for a day of activities and team building. LAHS DECA President Jasmine Heft, left, is leading the teams in one of the day’s many activities. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

The Los Alamos High School (LAHS) DECA (international business association for high school and college students) recently hosted Capital High School DECA students for a day of activities and team building exercises that has become known as “DECA Buddies Day”.

Last Tuesday, 28 Capital High School Read More

Mountaineers: Hiking The Highlands Of Iceland Nov. 18

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The wild backcountry in Iceland. Courtesy/LAM

By BILL PRIEDHORSKY
Los Alamos Mountaineers 

The Nov. 18 Los Alamos Mountaineers meeting will feature a talk by Gwendolyn Gallagher and Don Krier on their hike along Iceland’s Laugavegur Trail, focusing on both the route and its natural history.

The Laugavegur trail is Iceland’s most famous hiking route through the southern highlands. The route is known for diverse and colorful terrain, ranging from mountains of colorfully altered rhyolitic tuffs to obsidian black sand plains, with views of icecaps and glaciers, hydrothermal springs, lava Read More

100+ Women Who Care Donates $3.9K To Mesa To Mesa

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Mesa to Mesa Executive Director Jon Bulthuis shares the needs of his nonprofit organization with those gathered at the 4th quarterly charitable dinner of 100+ Women Who Care – Los Alamos. The event held Nov. 8 at the Posse Lodge on North Mesa, .  which he leads with those at Mesa To Mesa was selected to receive nearly $3,900 in donations. To learn more, visit www.mesatomesa.org. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

100+ Women Who Care – Los Alamos Steering Committee Member Angie Bratton serving as emcee for the group’s 4th quarterly gathering of 2025, held, Nov. 8 at the Posse Lodge on North Read More

Posts From The Road: Red Oak II Near Carthage

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General Store: The Red Oak  General Store was operated by Lowell Davis’s father. Davis spent many hours in the store and this is where he learned to paint and sculpt. The store was moved to Red Oak II and restored in 1987. The interior has many features of the original store, but also contains several tables that can be used for a meeting or gathering space today. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Blacksmith Shop: The Blacksmith Shop is another Red Oak structure that played a part in Lowell Davis’s early years. The shop was operated by Lowell’s great-grandfather and there is no doubt where Lowell Read More

DALA To Present ‘Sugar Plum On The Hill’ Dec. 5-7

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DALA News:

Dance Arts Los Alamos (DALA) will present “Sugar Plum on ‘The Hill’: Part 3, The Mysterious March” Dec. 5-7 at the Duane Smith Auditorium. This original ballet is the final installment of DALA Artistic Director Jonathan Guise’s Nutcracker on “The Hill” trilogy, the only narrative trilogy of full-length ballets in western ballet repertoire.

The story combines the traditional Nutcracker ballet with the unique history and character of Los Alamos, based on Guise’s thorough research of the Manhattan Project and close collaboration with the Los Alamos Read More

Little Joe II Rocket Restoration Project Launches At New Mexico Museum Of Space History In Alamogodo

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NMMSH News:

ALAMOGORDO — The New Mexico Museum of Space History (NMMSH) is refurbishing the shining star of its Rocket Park, Little Joe II. This restoration will bring it back to its original glory. During this time, the Rocket Park at New Mexico Museum of Space History at 3198 N.M. 200 in Alamogordo and the nearby playground will be temporarily closed to the public to ensure the safety of everyone. However, this also presents a unique opportunity for our visitors to witness the meticulous restoration process, a privilege not many get to experience.

Received by the museum in 1985, Little Joe II Read More

Cozy Up For Home Alone & Hot Chocolate At PEEC Nature Center Dec. 13—Ugly Sweaters Encouraged

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PEEC News:

Kick off the holiday season with a cozy evening at the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium from 4:30–6:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 13, with a screening of the beloved holiday classic Home Alone and a festive hot chocolate bar.

The hot chocolate bar opens at 4 p.m., followed by the movie at 4:30 p.m. Guests are encouraged to wear holiday sweaters (or even pajamas and slippers) to fully embrace the festive spirit.

Home Alone (1990) tells the story of 8-year-old Kevin McCallister, who is accidentally left home alone while his family heads to Paris. Excitement turns to adventure as Kevin defends Read More

Straight No Chaser To Perform In Albuquerque Nov. 16

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Members of A Capella chorus, Straight No Chaser. Courtesy photo

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos

The members of Straight No Chaser, an A Capella chorus, will bring the holiday cheer with their Holiday Road tour at 7 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 16, at the Kiva Auditorium in Albuquerque.

Their show at the Kiva Auditorium will feature music from their 14-track album which hosts the likes of Hunter Hayes, Mickey Guyton and more. You’ll swoon through songs like, “Holiday Road,” “Someday at Christmas,” “Blue Christmas,” “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.”

The SNC album Christmas Cheers features Read More