Entertainment

Santa Fe Opera On Screen: Puccini’s La Bohème Is Coming To Locations Across New Mexico Including Los Alamos

Scene from La bohème, which is going on tour Feb. 6 through March 1 around New Mexico. Courtesy/SFO

SANTA FE OPERA News:

La bohème is going on tour! The Santa Fe Opera invites opera fans and newcomers to enjoy FREE screenings at venues located across New Mexico including Los Alamos.

The evening will begin with a fun, family-friendly presentation about this beloved opera. Recorded live at the Santa Fe Opera during the 2025 Season, Opera on Screen offers audiences a fresh way to engage with this timeless tale of love and friendship, set to some of opera’s best-loved music. No opera glasses needed! Read More

New Mexico School Of The Art’s Theatre Department Presents: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

NMSA News:

Join NMSA’s Theatre Department for an exciting spin on a Shakespearian classic, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, running Feb. 19 -21, 2026 at NMSA’s Zane Bennett Gathering Space. Set against the vibrant backdrop of 1967 San Francisco, this radical reimagining of A Midsummer Night’s Dream transforms Athens High School into a pressure cooker of teenage rebellion and Golden Gate Park into an enchanted forest where anything can happen.

Audiences will be swept away on a kaleidoscopic romp through the Summer of Love, as NMSA’s rendition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream explodes Read More

Los Alamos Arts Council To Host February Concert

LAAC News:
The Los Alamos Arts Council (LAAC) is hosting a concert featuring local favorites Tjett Gerdom and Jennifer Perezon on Friday, Feb. 13, in historic Fuller Lodge.
The program will be composed of operatic arrangements (from Mozart to Scriabin) followed by more contemporary songs made famous by the likes of Bob Dylan, Steven Sondhiem, and “Weird Al” Yankovic.

This concert just ahead of Valentine’s Day is a celebration of all the tender and world-shaking things that love can be in people’s lives … while also acknowledging that sometimes, love can be the absolute worst. Mocktails

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Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: Popejoy Hall Feb. 14

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. Courtesy photo

POPEJOY News:

ALBUQUERQUE — This Valentine’s Day, celebrate love, laughter, and the art of ballet with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, performing at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 14, at Popejoy Hall.

Known worldwide as “the Trocks”, the acclaimed all-male comic ballet company delivers an evening of equal parts technical brilliance and joyful parody.

Founded in 1974, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo has earned international acclaim for its affectionate sendups of classical ballet, performed en pointe and en travesti (in drag) Read More

PAC 8 Community Media Center: Jan. 9–15, 2025

PAC 8 News:

PAC 8 Community Media Center is available for recording events, transferring old media, shooting and editing, live streaming and drone photography and videography.

For information, call 505.662.7228 or visit pac8cmc.com.

PAC 8 Television schedule for Jan. 9–15, 2025: 

Friday, Jan. 9, 2026

  • 6 a.m. — Democracy Now! – Live
  • 10 a.m. — The Thom Hartmann Program
  • 11 a.m. — County Council Replay
  • 4 p.m. — Democracy Now!
  • 5 p.m. — PAC PAGES – Los Alamos County News Updates
  • 6 p.m. — Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce “New Mexico Gross Receipts Tax”
  • 7 p.m. — PAC 8 Summer Media Classes
  • 8 p.m. — Los Alamos
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Lights, Camera, Ag-tion! New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum Rolls Out Its Inaugural Short Film Contest Jan. 14

NMDCA News:

LAS CRUCES — Filmmakers are invited to create short films rooted in agriculture, ranching, and rural heritage for the New Mexico Heritage Short Film Contest in collaboration with the Las Cruces International Film Festival (LCIFF).  

“This short film contest is truly important because it preserves and elevates stories of agriculture, ranching, and rural heritage through film, ensuring these lived experiences remain visible and relevant to future generations,” Eric Kirker, contest director and New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum (NMFRHM) Exhibit Designer, said.  Read More

Los Alamos High School Graduates Reuben Goettee & Samantha Grow Perform In Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Los Alamos High School 2022 graduates and Northern Arizona University students Reuben Goettee and Samantha Grow perform in the 2025 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. Courtesy photo

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

While many Americans could be found seated around the dinner table Thanksgiving Day, two Los Alamos High School graduates – Reuben Goettee and Samantha Grow – found themselves on national television in front of millions of viewers.

Goettee and Grow are members of the Northern Arizona University marching band, which earned Read More

Teatro Paraguas Presents Flamenco Paraguas – Winter Tablao Flamenco Fridays

Performance at Teatro Paraguas in Santa Fe. Courtesy photo

Performance at Teatro Paraguas in Santa Fe. Courtesy photo

TEATRO PARAGUAS News:

SANTA FE — After the tremendous success of Flamenco Paraguas – Summer Flamenco, Santa Fe’s acclaimed flamenco ensemble Compañía Chuscales & Mina Fajardo proudly announces a new winter series: Flamenco Paraguas – Winter Tablao Flamenco Friday 2026 at Teatro Paraguas.

Performances will be held Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, and every Friday in February 2026, offering audiences the intimate, high-energy experience of traditional Andalusian tablao flamenco Read More

Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis & Guitarist Jason Vieaux To Perform At Duane Smith Auditorium Sunday Afternoon

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