COMMUNITY News:
Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis and Guitarist Jason Vieaux will perform in concert at 3 p.m. Sunday Jan. 11 at Duane Smith Auditorium, 1300 Diamond Drive.
This duo is performing in Los Alamos for the first time since the 2013-14 Season, don’t miss this “transcendent concert”. Read More
UbiQD Founder/CEO Hunter McDaniel, sporting an ugly Christmas sweater and holding his daughter dressed as a tiny Christmas Tree, welcomed staff and their families to the 2025 Holiday/Christmas party on Dec. 18 at historic Fuller Lodge in downtown Los Alamos. McDaniel congratulated the UbiQD team for another excellent year and thanked them for their dedication. UbiQD is an advanced materials company powering product innovations in agriculture, clean energy, and security. Learn more about the company at ubiqd.com. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
UbiQD CEO Hunter McDaniel and Read More
COUNTY News:
The next Tabletop Game Day is 1-4:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 10 at Mesa Public Library.
All ages are welcome to bring their board games or choose from the more than 125+ board games the library owns. Members of the library staff and volunteers will be hanging out hoping to play games with people at Mesa Public Library mostly in The Zone on the lower level.
Free popcorn and drinks will be available in The Zone area.
This program is for everyone and anyone who wants to play tabletop board games. The library owns card and board games for kids as young as four and welcomes experts who want to teach Read More
Sheep Creek Bay: Sheep Creek is one of many contributors to Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Seen is Sheep Creek Bay, framed nicely by the red cliffs and hills, which is a part of the large and long reservoir. This is near Wyoming and it is easy to visualize how the reservoir is opening up and becoming wider as it exits the deep canyons to the southern part of Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Viewpoint: A group of hikers stop at a viewpoint near the Canyon Rim Campground to view the river and canyon below. The viewpoint is near the Red Canyon Visitor Center. The river is hundreds Read More
Millicent Rogers Museum News:
The community is invited to a virtual artist talk presented by the Millicent Rogers Museum in conjunction with the exhibition Quilted Survivance:
Details:
This event is an engaging conversation with two internationally recognized Indigenous artists as they explore the concept of survivance through their Read More
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos County Community Services Department is hosting a New Year’s Eve Skate Party, 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. today, Dec. 31, at the Los Alamos County Ice Rink.
The community is invited to help complete a Ball Drop countdown and celebrate 2026!
Dress for the occasion/event to help celebrate.
The event includes a mini carnival, bubbling cider, popcorn, music, and more. Ring in the new year of 2026 with a New Year’s Eve skate party at the ice rink! Read More
Sr. Librarian-Digital Services Rashal McElderry with her torn paper collage and a painting by Library Associate Rachel Pearson. Courtesy/Step Up Gallery
A carved cottonwood bowl by Los Alamos Fire Capt. Raul Manzanares. Courtesy/Step Up Gallery
STEP UP GALLERY News:
The second biennial exhibit, Los Alamos County Employee Art Showcase, comes to a close next week Thursday, Jan. 7. Current and retired County employees share their artistic talent with the community and have been rewarded with high attendance and great comments from viewers.
Much of the art in the show is available for purchase. Read More
The Valles Caldera Eruption Experience happens for 15 minutes, every hour on the half-hour today, Dec. 31. The show lasts approximately 3 minutes. Visitors are encouraged to stay afterwards and interact with the Volcano Discovery Center exhibit. Courtesy/VCNP
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The community is invited to experience an immersive simulation of the Valles Caldera eruption today at 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., and 4:30 p.m.
Every hour on the half-hour during this event, the Volcano Discovery Center “erupts” with a multisensory exhibit experience Read More
NMHM News:
A mural commemorating the Route 66 Centennial by New Mexico artist Molly Mendenhall will be unveiled Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, at an opening reception in the lobby of the New Mexico History Museum (NMHM).
The artist will attend the event and talk about the mural painting process and her design. Visitors can take photos of the vibrant mural, “Mother Road Coming into Color,” which illustrates a transition from a sepia-washed and stippled (small dotted) 1930’s scene to a modern vision of Albuquerque coming into color in the distance.
Enjoy light refreshments provided by the Women’s Read More
Scene from folks participating in a previous snowshoe & cross‑country ski adventure. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Outdoor enthusiasts are invited to join the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) and Los Alamos Mountaineers (LAM) for an intermediate snowshoe or cross‑country ski adventure, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026.
With only a few spaces left, early registration is encouraged. This point‑to‑point winter outing will travel from the Las Conchas Trailhead to the East Fork Trailhead, covering 4.5 miles and approximately 800 feet of elevation gain.
Designed Read More