Fun Outings

LAMC Invites Community To Trick-Or-Treat Friday!

LAMC News:

Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC) is again hosting its annual Trick-or-Treat Halloween event, 3-5 p.m. this Friday, Oct. 24.

The community is invited to bring the whole family to begin their spooktacular Halloween weekend with the local community hospital.

Many hospital departments will have themed booths and staff passing out candy to all who dare to enter.

Department booths will be located throughout the hospital’s first floor and outside on the back lawn. Read More

Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra To Perform ‘Concert Of Emotions’ Saturday At Duane Smith Auditorium

LASO to perform ‘Concert of Emotions’ 7 p.m. Saturday at Duane Smith Auditorium. Photo by Whitney Tressel 

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

Be prepared for an emotional experience at the Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra’s (LASO) concert, 7 p.m. Saturday at Duane Smith Auditorium.

“The program is really centered on the human experience,” Director William Waag said.

He explained that many of the pieces were written in memory of someone or in honor of someone. For instance, the orchestra will perform Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg’s Funeral March for Richard Read More

Trick-Or-Treat On MainStreet Set For Friday Oct. 24

Street Closure Advisory for Oct. 24: Central Avenue between 15th and 20th streets will be closed for construction starting at 10 a.m. until the work is complete and then all street closures indicated on the map will be closed at 3 p.m. for set up, through the event and will reopen by 7 p.m. 
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Los Alamos Teen Center Celebrating 10 Years!

Los Alamos Teen Center at 475 20th St. Courtesy photo

YMCA News:

The Family YMCA’s Los Alamos Teen Center invites the community to celebrate 10 incredible years at the Community Building next to Ashley Pond.

Since moving into the space in 2015, the Teen Center has served thousands of local youth, providing a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment where teens can connect, grow, and thrive.

The upcoming celebration honors not only a decade in the building but also the many people whose support, advocacy, and partnership have shaped the Teen Center into what it is today.

The celebration is 4-7 Read More

SFCC Opening: ‘Art, Extraction And Imagination: If The Land Could Speak, What Would It Say?’ Nov. 3

SFCC News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College announces the opening of “Art, Extraction, and Imagination: If the Land Could Speak, What Would it Say” exhibition, 4-6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3, in the exhibition space next to Room 567 at the college.

The exhibition continues through Tuesday, Nov. 25.

The exhibition will showcase artwork created by SFCC students in a free workshop offered in collaboration with guest artist, photographer and environmental advocate Shayla Blatchford of the Anti-Uranium Mapping Project.

Through the process of “counter-mapping”, students explored how art can Read More

Pastel Society Of New Mexico To Show Works And Give Demonstration At Mesa Public Library

Pastels in a box by Letitia Roller. Courtesy/MPL

Pastel work by Nicholas Tesluk. Courtesy/MPL

Mesa Public Library News:

Mesa Public Library is hosting a special art show featuring pastel art, Oct. 27 through Nov. 18. In addition to this special featured art show, the Pastel Society of New Mexico’s Nicholas Tesluk will give a talk on the history of visual art with pastels at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, followed, at 2 p.m. by a live demonstration and discussion by Letitia Roller.

The Pastel Society of New Mexico is bringing a collection of its members’ works to the community of Los Alamos to share this vibrant Read More

Review: The Internet Is Distra – Oh Look A Kitten!

Catch the LAHS Olions’ production of ‘The Internet is Distra — Oh Look a Kitten!’ at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at Los Alamos High School’s Black Box Theater. Photo by Zach Sestric

By KELLY DOLEJSI
Los Alamos

Hey, excuse me.

Yes, you!

Can I have your attention? I know it’s hard with the whole Internet going on and all the pesky things happening IRL (In Real Life), but I saw a show this weekend at Los Alamos High School that you’ve got to see.

The LAHS Olions’ one-act play, “The Internet is Distra — Oh Look a Kitten!” by Ian McWethy and directed by LAHS student Zachary Sestric, is one of Read More

Scenes Of 2025 PEECnic At Los Alamos Nature Center

Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) hosted the 2025 PEECnic Saturday afternoon at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2600 Canyon Road. The event featured apple cider pressing, yard games, snacks, gift shop discounts and more. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

The apple cider press is kept busy with help from young visitors at the annual PEECnic Saturday at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

A volunteer holds a bull snake named Seirus, as a young visitor pets it under the supervision of his mom, during the annual PEEKnic event Saturday at the Los Read More

Posts From The Road: Arcadia Round Barn In Oklahoma

Arcadia Round Barn: The Arcadia Round Barn is a landmark in the town of Arcadia, Okla. Seen at the bottom of the photo is the Route 66 highway, which passes through the small farming community north of Oklahoma City. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Entrance: The entrance doors to the round barn are seen from this side of the structure. The downstairs serves as a local museum with displays of tools and equipment used by pioneers. The ground floor includes a gift shop. The upper floor, reached by the exterior steps, leads to the only entrance upstairs. Workers saw the value of a local gathering Read More