Community Calendar

Events and information:

Submit your arts and culture events directly to KUPR using the contact form on this website.

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Sandoval County Senior Center Programs: Subject to change. More information at:
Placitas - 867-1396
Bernalillo - 867-9448
Rio Rancho - 891-5818
Corrales - 897-3818
Jemez - 575-834-7630
Cuba - 575-289-3510

Week of December 1

Friday, December 5, 6pm:   Town of Bernalillo presents:  A Tree and Water Tower Lighting at Town Hall.  More information can be found by visiting facebook.com/bernalillotown

Saturday, December 6, 6:30pm:   Town of Bernalillo presents:  A Christmas Parade on Main Street.  More information can be found by visiting facebook.com/bernalillotown

December 2 -28 2025   Wild Hearts Gallery presents:  Enchanted Forest:  An Invitational Show featuring artists Sandra & Michael Kadisak, Alfons Schuster and Katie Thomas. More information can be found at wildheartsgallery.com.  221B Hwy 165 in Placitas

November 25 2025 - January 1, 2026:    Placitas Community Library presents an art exhibit featuring All Mixed Up in the Gracie Lee Community Room. The artists reception will be held on Friday December 12 from 5-6:30pm .   More information can be found by visiting placitaslibrary.com  453. Hwy 165, Placitas NM 87043

Week of December 8

Friday, December  12,  5 - 6:30pm:  Placitas Community Library presents an artists reception for All Mixed Up in the Gracie Lee Community Room. More information can be found by visiting placitaslibrary.com  453. Hwy 165, Placias NM 87043 

Sunday, December 14, 2pm:   Martha Liebert Public Library Presents:   Schola Cantorum of Santa Fe "In the Stillness"  Sacred Choral Music of Christmas Concert.   More information can be found by. visiting  bernalillolibrary.org

Sunday, December 14, 3pm:   Placitas Artist Series Presents in their 39th year featuring artist Judith Gordon playing Chamber Music at the Las Prebysterian Church   Pre-concert talks start at 2pm with an visual arts reception and exhibit at 2pm followed by the concert at 3pm.   More information can be found by visiting placitasarts.org.   Las Presbyterian Church, Highway 165 in  Placitas

Sunday, December 14,  7-9pm:   Second Sunday at Solamente Presents:  Randy Lewis Brown in Concert with opener Kent Gurley opening.   Randy Lewis Brown crafts Americana tales steeped in hard -won truth and wounded  optimism.   Doors open at 6:30, music starting at 7.   More information can be found at solamentenaturalplaster.com or randylewbrown.com Solamente Natural Plaster, 135 North Camino Del Pueblo in Bernalillo

December 2 -28 2025   Wild Hearts Gallery presents:  Enchanted Forest:  An Invitational Show.featuring artists Sandra & Michael Kadisak, Alfons Schuster and Katie Thomas.   More information can be found at wildheartsgallery.com.  221B Hwy 165 in Placitas   

November 25 2025 - January 1, 2026:    Placitas Community Library presents an art exhibit featuring Placitas Community Library Art Committee:   All Mixed Up in the Gracie Lee Community Room.     A reception will be held on Friday December 12 from 5-6:30pm .   More information can be found by visiting placitaslibrary.com  453. Hwy 165, Placitas NM 87043

Week of December 15

Thursday, December 18, 5 - 7pm,      Town of Bernalillo presents:  Samta in Bernalillo Annual Christmas Social at the recreation center.   More information can be found by visiting the website at Community Development Offfice [email protected] or  505-771-7133 for more details.

Saturday,  December 20,  9am - 2pm,      Town of Bernalillo presents:  Samta in Bernalillo:  Toys with Santa at Town Hall.  More information can be found by visiting the website at Community Development Offfice [email protected] or  505-771-7133 for more details.

Sunday, December 21, 7pm:  LPPC Earth Care Fellowship Presents:  The 28th Annual Winter Solstice Celebration Featuring  Journeys Through Darkness and Light:   Candlelight Poetry Reading in person and livestream.  Poems will be read in the church of a single candle.   This will be held at the Las Placitas Presbyterian Church in Placitas.    More information can be found at LasPlacitasChurch.org.   7 Paseo de San Antonio in Placitas

December 2 -28 2025   Wild Hearts Gallery presents:  Enchanted Forest:  An Invitational Show.featuring artists Sandra & Michael Kadisak, Alfons Schuster and Katie Thomas.   More information can be found at wildheartsgallery.com.  221B Hwy 165 in Placitas

​November 25 2025 - January 1, 2026:    Placitas Community Library presents an art exhibit featuring Placitas Community Library Art Committee:   All Mixed Up in the Gracie Lee Community Room.       More information can be found by visiting placitaslibrary.com  453. Hwy 165, Placitas NM 87043

Week of December 22

Wednesday,  December 25,  12pm - 2pm,      Town of Bernalillo presents:  Samta in Bernalillo:  Santa & the Fire Department at the fire station.  More information can be found by visiting the website at Community Development Offfice [email protected] or  505-771-7133 for more details.

​December 2 -28 2025   Wild Hearts Gallery presents:  Enchanted Forest:  An Invitational Show.featuring artists Sandra & Michael Kadisak, Alfons Schuster and Katie Thomas.   More information can be found at wildheartsgallery.com.  221B Hwy 165 in Placitas
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November 25 2025 - January 1, 2026:    Placitas Community Library presents an art exhibit featuring Placitas Community Library Art Committee:   All Mixed Up in the Gracie Lee Community Room.      More information can be found by visiting placitaslibrary.com  453. Hwy 165, Placitas  NM 87043

Week. of December 29

November 25 2025 - January 1, 2026:    Placitas Community Library presents an art exhibit featuring All Mixed Up in the Gracie Lee Community Room.        More information can be found by visiting placitaslibrary.com  453. Hwy 165, Placitas NM 87043

Public Meetings:

Second and fourth Mondays at 6:30 pm: Bernalillo Town Council Meeting. Held at Bernalillo Town Hall. 867-3311.

Second Mondays at 4 pm: ES-CA Board Meeting (Eastern Sandoval Citizens Association). Currently held via Zoom. Attendance by invitation; Visitors welcome. Please email the President of ES-CA for an invitation. [email protected]

Third Tuesdays at 6:00 pm: Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Authority (ESCAFCA) meeting. Held in the Town of Bernalillo Council Chambers. 771-7100.

Third Wednesdays at 6:00 pm: Las Placitas Association Board meeting. Visitors welcome. Email [email protected] for location and invitation.

First and third Thursdays at 6:00 pm (except November and December): Sandoval County Commission. Held at 1500 Idalia Road, Building D, Bernalillo. sandovalcounty.com or 867-7500.

Third Thursdays at 6:30 pm (except December): Placitas Library Board Meeting. Held at the Placitas Library Collin Meeting Room, 453 Highway 165. Everyone welcome. 771-0253.

Third Thursday at 9:00 am: Coronado Soil and Water Conservation District's Board of Supervisors meeting. Held at the District Office, Transit Building (Building C), Sandoval County Administration Complex, 1500 Idalia Rd. NE, Bernalillo, NM.

Fourth Thursdays at 6:00 pm: Sandoval County Development Planning & Zoning Commission. Held at the Sandoval County Administration Building, 1500 Idalia Road, Building D in Bernalillo.

Tuesdays and Fridays, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm: Watermelon Mountain Ranch Spay-Neuter Clinics. Price depends on the weight of your pet. wmranch.org.

Every Saturday, 9:00-11:00 am. Casa Rosa Food Bank held in the pink house east of Las Placitas Presbyterian Church in the Village of Placitas.

Mondays through Fridays: Mothers' Day Out Preschool, 9am to 2:30pm, Las Placitas Presbyterian Church. Call Debbie at 867-3371.

First Tuesday: Greater Sandoval County Chamber of Commerce—Board of Directors meeting. 11:30 a.m., at the GSCCC offices at 282 South Camino del Pueblo, Suite 2 D in Bernalillo, NM. For member networking events, visit www.sandovalchamber.com or call 404-8492.