A retrospective featuring works by longtime Placitas residents Mary and Karl Hofmann will begin the Placitas Community Library’s 2024 exhibition series in the Gracie Lee Community Room. The couple is being celebrated for their collaborative efforts throughout the nearly fifty years they’ve lived and worked together in New Mexico producing ceramics and sculpture, paintings, pastels, […]
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Las Placitas Association Community Report
Placitas Withdrawal: The deadline is looming to voice your support for the Secretary of Interior, Deb Haaland’s, executive order to withdraw all Placitas BLM lands from surface mining. Public comments are due before December 19. The BLM will record all comments received and address them in the Environmental Evaluation expected in early spring. Email comments […]
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Wild Hearts Gallery Hosts Exhibit to Benefit the Placitas Volunteer Fire Brigade
Sandy and Michael Kadisak’s ceramics: From enchanted forests to spirited pottery, discover unique artistry in every piece.
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Placitas Library Features Gourd Art
Discover stunning gourd art at the New Mexico Gourd Society exhibit – over 100 hand-crafted pieces, from ornaments to sculptures. Don’t miss this unique collection!
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Signpost Shop Local Gift Guide
Have another favorite local holiday shopping spot? Tell us and we’ll include it in a future holiday shopping guide… or add it to the comments on our Facebook post here. It’s coming—the gift-giving season. Every year one must shell out their hard-earned dough to brighten others’ season, but it’s not always easy. What does one […]
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Placitas Garden Tour Donates $4,000 to Sandoval County Nonprofits
Approximately 575 people visited the six gardens on tour Sept. 10 at the 7th annual Placitas Garden Tour, making it possible for the tour’s nonprofit organizer to donate $4,000 to two local nonprofits.
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Placitas Speaks Against Mineral Mining on Its Public Lands
The topic on Tuesday was gravel mining, but along the way the standing-room-only crowd at the Placitas Community Library vented on money in politics, wild horses, million-dollar homes and grievances involving the federal government and local elected officials. Taking it all in were staff from area offices of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) there […]
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Signpost Community Briefs
Veterans Get a Green Light Sandoval County will proudly honor its veterans again this year by participating in Operation Green Light, a program sponsored by the National Association of Counties (NACo) and the National Association of County Veterans Service Officers (NACVSO). From November 6 through 12, 2023, the county will virtually light its administration building in green […]
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New Mexico Winds Blows Into Placitas
Continuing with its successful 2023-2024 season, the Placitas Artists Series is hosting the New Mexico Winds quintet Nov. 12. The quintet is the faculty artist-in-residence woodwind at the University of New Mexico, and was formed in 1984. The group performs most of the standard woodwind quintet repertoire and is premiering new works for the ensemble. […]