📰 This Week(end) in Los Alamos: May 29, 2025
What's happening in Los Alamos over the next seven days (and beyond), as curated by the Boomteam.
📅 Upcoming events:
Community
Thursday, May 29 from 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Ashley Pond Park
“Come As You Are” Exhibit Opening
Friday, May 30 at 5 p.m. and Friday, June 20 at 7 p.m.
Fuller Lodge Art Center
Monday, June 2 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (workshops), 6 p.m. (performance)
Mesa Public Library (circus workshops), Ashley Pond Park (circus performance)
The Los Alamos Public Library is hosting this event to kick off its Summer Reading Program.
Wednesday, June 4 at 7 p.m.
Ashley Pond Park
Summer Concert Series
Los Alamos Summer Concert Series - Sunbender
Friday, May 30 at 6 p.m.
Ashley Pond Park
Sunbender is a Santa Fe band that performs covers as well as original alternative music.
The Atomic City Transit bus service will have extended hours on Friday nights for the concerts.
Students and Kids
Thursday, May 29 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Ashley Pond Park
Los Alamos Middle School Graduation
Friday, May 30 at 10 a.m.
Los Alamos Middle School
Friday, May 30 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Los Alamos Middle School
🏛️County government
Board of Public Utilities Meeting
Wednesday, June 4 at 5:30 p.m.
Municipal Building Room 110, and also on Zoom
Monday, June 2 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Municipal Building Room 110, and also on Zoom
Public Input Session for North Mesa Picnic Grounds Renovations
Wednesday, June 4 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Fuller Lodge, and also on Zoom
Historic Preservation Advisory Board Meeting
Wednesday, June 4 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Municipal Building Room 110, and also on Zoom
🚧 Construction
Bathtub Row will be closed from Juniper Street to Peach and Nectar Street, and a full road closure will be on 19th and Nectar streets, to allow for new electrical and water lines to be put in place. Community Field will only be accessible from Peach Street.
Crews will be patching asphalt on Sycamore Street, Quartz Street, Deer Trail, Terry Lane, 35th Street, 36th Street, 37th Street, and 38th Street.
Construction crews will be working on a sewer main replacement project in the Western Area Park beginning May 19. Parts of the park and surrounding areas may be closed at this time.
The sidewalk on 35th Street will be closed starting May 27 for repairs, and detours will be in place.
Other ongoing obstacle courses around town may be found around Oppenheimer Drive and Trinity, Eastgate Drive, DP Road, West Road, and Camp May Road.
The Bun Ryan and Senior sports fields on North Mesa, as well as the Spirio soccer field in White Rock, will be closed starting May 24 for renovations.
🧠 ICYMI
A crash is not an accident: Los Alamos road safety by the numbers
Part 1 in a Boomtown series looking at the data, facts, and experiences of driving in Los Alamos County.
The Western Tent Caterpillars are back. Again.
🔭 Looking ahead
Household Hazardous Waste Collection
Saturday, June 7 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Eco Transfer Station
Accepted items include smoke detectors, lightbulbs, cleaners, automotive fluids, pool chemicals, fertilizers, and pesticides and herbicides.
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