The Christmas Tubas making spirits bright. Courtesy photo Read More
Entertainment
Tickets To PEEC’s Backcountry Film Festival Available Now
PEEC News:
Still searching for the perfect stocking stuffer? Give the gift of adventure this holiday season with tickets to the Backcountry Film Festival, hosted by the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC), coming to SALA Event Center (2551 Central Avenue) in Los Alamos at 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026.
For just $16.00 per ticket, recipients will enjoy an unforgettable evening celebrating the human-powered experience through films that highlight adventure, environment and climate, youth outdoors, and ski culture. Purchase tickets here.
This special screening is the only Read More
Live In Los Alamos To Present Max Gomez Concert Dec. 28
Max Gomez returns to Los Alamos to perform at 7 p.m. Dec. 28 at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy photo
COMMUNITY News:
Taos Singer-songwriter Max Gomez returns to Los Alamos Dec. 28 to perform at Fuller Lodge as part of the Live in Los Alamos’ concert series.
Gomez, who is touring for his latest album, Memory Mountain, is bringing his friends to his holiday show.
While billed as a holiday concert, the bulk of tunes will come from Gomez’s extensive collection of originals, including the song, New Mexico, which Lathrop recommends to anyone who has had an encounter with someone a bit ignorant about the 47th state. Read More
NYOA Launches Summer Training Program In Collaboration With Young Voices Of The Santa Fe Opera
Courtesy/National Youth Opera Academy
NYOA News:
SANTA FE — The National Youth Opera Academy (NYOA), in collaboration with the Young Voices of the Santa Fe Opera, will offer an intensive new summer program for aspiring high school vocal artists. The academy will commence July 29 – Aug. 8, 2026, in Santa Fe, surrounded by one of the industry’s most dynamic festivals. Culminating in a fully produced youth opera with orchestra, NYOA curates an immersive and professional-level training curriculum for promising classical singers, ages 13 to 18, from across the United States and internationally. Read More
Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra Holiday Pops Concert
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
Upstart Readers Perform ‘A Christmas Carol’ Dec. 19, 21, 25
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
Scenes From 2025 Holiday Lights Parade On Central Avenue
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
Review: DALA’s ‘Sugar Plum On The Hill’ A Holiday Delight!
A scene from DALA’s ‘Sugar Plum on the Hill Part III The Mysterious March’ Friday at Duane Smith Auditorium. Performances continue at 2 p.m. today, Dec. 6 and 2 p.m. Sunday. Dec. 7. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
A scene from DALA’s ‘Sugar Plum on the Hill Part III The Mysterious March’. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
Review by ALISON WATKINS
Los Alamos
It wouldn’t be Christmas in Los Alamos without The Nutcracker, and for the last decade that tradition has taken the form of Dance Arts Los Alamos (DALA) Artistic Director Jonathan Guise’s award-winning trilogy, Nutcracker on Read More
LACW To Host Annual Holiday Prism Concert Saturday
Scene from a previous Los Alamos Community Winds Holiday Prism Concert. This year’s concert will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Crossroads Bible Church. Courtesy/LACW
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
Be prepared to hear a whole genre of holiday music divide and subdivide into a wide spectrum of seasonal tunes. This audio spectacle is aptly called the annual Holiday Prism Concert, hosted by the Los Alamos Community Winds (LACW) at 7 p.m., Saturday at the Crossroads Bible Church.
According to the program notes, the concert is like a prism breaking up light; Read More
Beloved Holiday Classic ‘The Farolitos Of Christmas’ Debuts On National Hispanic Cultural Center Stage Dec. 7
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NMDCA News:
New Mexico author Rudolfo Anaya’s beloved children’s book The Farolitos of Christmas will move from the page to the stage as it makes its debut at the National Hispanic Cultural Center Dec. 7 at the NHCC Albuquerque Journal Theatre.
Produced in collaboration with Opera Southwest, The Farolitos of Christmas is a heartwarming holiday opera about love, tradition, and the quiet power of invention. Luz’s father is away at war. Her grandfather is too sick to build the luminarias. So, Luz finds a new way to light the path on Christmas Eve, one that will become tradition.
With Read More