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Review: DALA’s ‘Sugar Plum On The Hill’ A Holiday Delight!

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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

LAMC Brings Back Shining Rooftop Christmas Tree!

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Since at least 1980, Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC) has celebrated the holiday season in a special way — by placing a Christmas tree on the top roof. Over the years, that tree became more than just decoration; it became a symbol of hope and comfort for the entire community. This year, LAMC is proud to announce that the tradition is back! The tree is once again shining from the rooftop, bringing warmth and joy to our community, patients, team members, and neighbors. The hospital hopes this simple gesture rekindles the spirit of togetherness and comfort that has always defined our community. Here’s Read More

‘NM Spirit’ Launches To Commemorate State’s Role During USA’s 250th Anniversary

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NM SPIRIT News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico is inviting communities statewide to shape how the state commemorates America’s 250th anniversary with the launch of NM Spirit, a new initiative offering funding, educational resources, and promotional support for local events and programming. 

Announced today by the New Mexico Semi-Quincentennial Commission, NM Spirit is designed to explore the nation’s founding through a distinctly New Mexican lens, highlighting the diverse histories and cultures that shape our state’s identity. 

The initiative launches with a new website (newmexicospirit.org Read More

MOWW To Feature Associate Laboratory Director John Hill

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John Hill
Associate Laboratory Director
Weapons Engineering

MOWW News:

The December meeting of the Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) is Sunday, Dec. 7. This month’s speaker is Associate Laboratory Director – Weapons Engineering (ALDW) John Hill.

Hill will open his presentation, touching on his being drafted during the Vietnam War and his stateside assignment in the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. However, most of his talk will be dedicated to his father, O. A. Hill, who was one of the first Mickey Men (Radar Navigator) in the European Theatre. His father flew 15 Lone Wolf missions in Read More

Family Friendly Holiday Winter Stroll On Museum Hill Dec. 13

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Holiday Winter Stroll on Museum Hill, 2-6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 13. Courtesy/MIAC

MIAC News:

The community is invited to join the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) and the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) in Santa Fe for a delightful winter celebration, 2-6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 13.

The Holiday Winter Stroll on Museum Hill is a family-friendly, free event with both indoor and outdoor activities.

Program Schedule at MOIFA

  • Candle Making —2–5 p.m. (MOIFA Atrium)
  • La Pastorela Cómica — 3 p.m. & 5 p.m. (MOIFA Auditorium)
  • Jaguar Guitar Orchestra from Capital High School — 3 p.m.,
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International Lunar Heritage Preservationists Visit New Mexico Space History Museum

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Inside the museum: (L to R)  Dr. Justin Walsh, Dr. Bryan Lintott (ISCoAH), Jon Haas (Chair Governor’s Commission NMMSH), Dr. Beth O’Leary (ISCoAH), Karen Kincaid Brady (Exec. Director NMMSH), John Hyndman, and Michael Shinabery (NMMSH). Courtesy/NMDCA

Outside the museum: (L to R) Karen Kincaid Brady (Exec. Director NMMSH), Dr. Justin Walsh, Dr. Beth O’Leary (ISCoAH), Dr. Bryan Lintott (ISCoAH), Jon Haas (Chair Governor’s Commission NMMSH), Mike Shinabery(NMMSH), and John Hyndman. Courtesy/NMDCA

NMDCA News:

Recently, the New Mexico Museum of Space History hosted attendees of the Read More

Beloved Holiday Classic ‘The Farolitos Of Christmas’ Debuts On National Hispanic Cultural Center Stage Dec. 7

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Courtesy/NHCC

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

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Invites All To 32nd Annual Creche Show Dec. 5-6 At 1967 18th St.

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Nativity scene from the 2023 Creche Show. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Nativity scene from the 2023 Creche Show. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Scene from the 2022 Creche Show, featuring nativities from around the world. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More

TOTH: From Darkness To Light – A Service Of Lessons And Carols For Advent

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TOTH News:

In a recent Facebook post, travel writer Rick Steves extolled the virtues of one of his “favorite British experiences” – choral evensong in an English cathedral. But evensong, and the wider English choral tradition, doesn’t just happen in cathedrals, but in thousands of parish churches throughout Britain and the Anglican Communion, including here in Los Alamos.

A significant part of this choral tradition is the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. In the weeks following the end of World War I, the chaplain of King’s College, Cambridge, Eric Milner-White, introduced a new Read More