Celebrate 10 Years Of Pig & Fig 4 PM Wednesday!
The community is invited to Pig & Fig Cafe at 4 p.m. Wednesday to join in celebrating the popular eatery’s 10 years of serving White Rock, along with the opening of its newly renovated outdoor patio, the return of dinner hours, and a new happy hour menu. Courtesy/Pig & Fig Cafe
Another view of the newly renovated outdoor patio at Pig & Fig Cafe. Courtesy/Pig & Fig Cafe
Pig & Fig Café News:
Pig & Fig Cafe is inviting the community to join in celebrating 10 years of serving White Rock, along with the opening of its newly renovated outdoor patio, the return of dinner hours, and a Read More
Los Alamos County’s Art In Public Places Board Seeks Input On Artwork Theme For Fire Station #4
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County’s Art in Public Places Board (APPB) invites you to take a quick survey on the proposed theme for the public artwork planned for the new Fire Station #4: https://lacnm.com/FS4_survey.
The survey will be open until midnight on June 21.
The APPB—partnering with the Los Alamos Fire Department and the Public Works Department—is developing a theme that will guide the selection of an artist for the project. The proposed theme centers on the community’s relationship with wildfire and highlights how Los Alamos prepares for, lives with, and recovers from fire.
Proposed Read More
Life After 50: CommUNITY Giveback
Patriotic cards donated by Cathy Walters for C’YA’s ‘Mail for Troops’ and ‘Vets with Pets’ programs. Community members can drop off cards or coloring pages at C’YA’s ChamberFest booth on Saturday. Courtesy/ C’YA
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
Champions of Youth Ambitions
Champions of Youth Ambitions (C’YA) will celebrate 12 years this week, with what expects to be a momentous year ahead … well 18 months is more like it. We’ll start with an appearance at Los Alamos ChamberFest with a celebratory CommUNITY Giveback this Saturday!
Our June 6 debut is called the CommUNITY GIVEback, Read More
Daily Postcard: First Hollyhocks Of The Season
Daily Postcard: The first Hollyhocks of the season blossomed May 25 in Velarde. Photo by Johnnie Martinez Read More
‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Opens Friday At Elks Lodge
Los Alamos Elks Lodge News:
As anyone who’s ever gone to a live shadow-cast performance of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” can attest, it’s much more than entertainment. It’s way beyond a night at the movies.
Whether considering going for the first time or a long-time fan with props and costume, here’s a chance to “don’t dream it — be it.”
Director Alexandra DiBranco will present “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at 8:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays June 5, 6, 19, and 20 at the Los Alamos Elks Lodge, 1601 Trinity Drive.
Doors will open at 8 p.m., with the movie starting at 8:55 p.m. The show Read More
Los Alamos Makers Announces Introductory Creative Technology Workshop Series Open To Public
Examples of products created using the tools and techniques taught during the Los Alamos Makers Creative Workshop series. Courtesy photo
Examples of products created using the tools and techniques taught during the Los Alamos Makers Creative Workshop series. Courtesy photo
COMMUNITY News:
Los Alamos Makers is announcing a series of introductory creative technology workshops designed to help community members, makers, artists, entrepreneurs, and Creative Workforce Development cohort members gain hands-on familiarity with digital design and fabrication tools.
The workshop series Read More
Scenes From Summer Concert Friday Night At Ashley Pond
Scene from the Summer Concert Friday Night at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by VaLynn Purvis
Crowd fills the hillside in front of stage during Friday’s concert. Photo by VaLynn Purvis
Photo by VaLynn Purvis Read More
Four LAHS Seniors Awarded 2026 LASO Scholarships
By JOYCE ANN GUZIK
Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra
The Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra awarded four scholarships to Los Alamos High School Seniors in 2026. These scholarships recognize seniors who have demonstrated exceptional interest and accomplishments in music. The student must attend Los Alamos High School or live in Los Alamos County. The scholarships are intended to encourage the recipients to continue their musical activities, regardless of whether they pursue music as a career. Three of these scholarships were made possible by donations in memory of LASO members who have passed Read More
A Lightness Of Being: Works On Paper By Mimi Chen Ting At Millicent Rogers Museum
MRM News:
TAOS — The Millicent Rogers Museum is pleased to present A Lightness of Being: Works on paper by Mimi Chen Ting, a solo exhibition celebrating one of the most intimate and immediate dimensions of the late artist’s remarkable practice. On view from June 20 through December 20, 2026, the exhibition brings together a focused selection of works on paper and monoprints spanning more than two decades of Ting’s life and work in Taos, New Mexico—the high desert landscape that became the spiritual and creative center of her final years.
Mimi Chen Ting (1946–2022) was a Chinese-American Read More
Beautiful View Spotted While Waiting In Traffic On NM 4
Beautiful view spotted while waiting in a line of traffic Friday along N.M. 4. Photo by VaLynne Purvis Read More
Daily Postcard: Moon Viewed Saturday From Overlook
Daily Postcard: Moon viewed Saturday night from Overlook in White Rock. Photo by Kirk Roberts of Utah Read More
Posts From The Road: Arizona Biltmore
Exterior View: Many extraordinary views of the Arizona Biltmore are seen when strolling the grounds with each one accentuating a feature of this exquisite resort. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Garden: Shown is one of many gardens with water features seen about the Arizona Biltmore property. As expected the grounds and the gardens are maintained with precision and care. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Lobby: A view of the lobby in the Arizona Biltmore reveals interior features and the size of the facility. The Biltmore contains over 200,000 feet of meeting and conference space Read More
Local Comic Author & Illustrator At Samizdat & ChamberFest
Local Illustrator Paul Ziomek, left, and Author Octavio Ramos will be at the Los Alamos Samizdat location at 6 p.m. Friday, June 5 at Central Park Square. They’ll sign copies of their new comic ‘Cuentos Infernales’. Ziomek and Ramos will also meet the public and sign copies of their comic 11 a.m. to noon in the Champions of Youth Ambitions booth at ChamberFest in downtown Los Alamos. Courtesy/Paul Ziomek Read More
Scenes From Friday Summer Concert Featuring Gonzalo
Scene from the Summer Concert Friday evening at Ashley Pond Park. Headliner Gonzalo was born and raised in Las Vegas, N.M. He has earned his place in New Mexico Music having performed for decades and he has received six Los 15 Grandes De Nuevo Mexico Awards and 24 New Mexico Hispano Music Awards. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
Scene from the Summer Concert Friday evening at Ashley Pond Park. Headliner Gonzalo Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
Scene from the Summer Concert Friday evening at Ashley Pond Park with headliner Gonzalo. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
Scene from Read More
Daily Postcard: Fountain Enhances Beauty Of Ashley Pond
Daily Postcard: The fountain enhances the beauty of Ashley Pond early Friday evening. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
SFCC Opens UNHOUSED Exhibition With Event June 11
Scene of a 2025 Santa Fe Community College opening reception for the unhoused community. Courtesy/SFCC
Scene of a 2025 Santa Fe Community College opening reception for the unhoused community. Courtesy/SFCC
SFCC News:
SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College’s (SFCC) Art on Campus will open UNHOUSED, an exhibition of artwork made by members of Santa Fe’s unhoused community, with a festive opening reception 4-6 p.m. Thursday, June 11, in the Dean’s Gallery, in the lobby of the Fine Arts Center on campus at 6401 Richards Ave.
The opening is free to the public. All artwork in the exhibition is available Read More
SFCC Art On Campus To Host Free Lecture ‘The Bed As A Universe: Frida Kahlo’s Intimate Spaces’ Friday June 26
Art historian and professor Carlos Rovelo will present a lecture as part of Frida Fest and will talk about the commemorative bed art installation created at SFCC, noon to 1 p.m. Friday, June 26. Courtesy/SFCC
SFCC News:
SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College’s (SFCC) Art on Campus will host a free lecture, “The Bed as Universe: Frida Kahlo’s Intimate Spaces” presented by art historian and professor Carlos Rovelo from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, June 26, in the Jemez Rooms on campus at 6401 Richards Ave. The lecture is part of the Second Annual Frida Fest, June 26-28.
Rovelo’s lecture will explore Frida Read More
Local Author Octavio Ramos To Hold Book Signing Today
Local author Octavio Ramos, center, appears on the radio with Mike Trujillo and radio personality TJ Trout to discuss his new graphic comic book ‘Cuentos Infernales’. From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. today, May 30, Ramos will hold a book signing at Don’s Paperback Book Exchange in Albuquerque. Illustrator Paul Ziomek will join Ramos from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the signing. Courtesy/Mike Trujillo
Local Author Octavio Ramos at a recent book signing at Scum Pit Comics in Albuquerque. Photo by Gloria Ramos Read More
Daily Postcard: Beautiful Clouds Viewed From White Rock
Daily Postcard: The beauty of the clouds viewed Wednesday from White Rock. Photo by VaLynn Purvis Read More
Teatro Paraguas Presents: Dichos En Nichos — A New Play From The Heart Of Northern New Mexico
Teatro Paraguas News:
SANTA FE — Teatro Paraguas will present the premiere production of Dichos en Nichos, a new play written by author Sage Vogel, adapted from his award-winning book of the same name, opening Aug. 7.
Dichos en Nichos blends regional storytelling traditions, contemporary themes, and the cultural and linguistic richness of Northern New Mexico.
In this full-length, ensemble-driven production, the audience is taken into the heart of a “proverbial” 1950s Northern New Mexico village, where the orchards, arroyo-roads, adobe homes, and even pigsties hold tales of Read More