Local authors sought for literary festival
Local authors are invited to apply and audition for an opportunity to present and sell their books at this year’s Durango Public Library Literary Festival on Sept. 26. Readers will be able to purchase the books through Maria’s Bookshop at the event.
For more information and to apply, visit www.durangopubliclibrary.org/litfest. The deadline for applications is May 30.
Merely Players launches fundraiser
Merely Players has launched a Feed the Birds campaign to help keep quality theater in Durango.
Money raised will help with set construction, costumes, props, makeup, publicity, lights and sound and other production and administrative expenses for their upcoming youth/adult production of the musical “Mary Poppins.”
The troupe is selling 150 simulated birds that will become a part of an art display to be featured on performance nights throughout the run of “Mary Poppins.”
The prices of the birds range in dollar increments from $1 to $150, and donors may personalize them with a name or short message. Each donor or “Bird Feeder” also will receive a ticket to “Mary Poppins” and a mention in the program.
To buy a bird, visit www.merelyplayers.us and click the “Feed the Birds” link.
San Juan Symphony to perform April 26
The San Juan Symphony concludes its 2014-15 season and Arthur Post’s 13th and final season as music director with a concert called “Music of the Timeless Spirit” at 3 p.m. April 26 at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College.
The concert features composer and vocal soloist Paul Fowler of Boulder. “Music of the Timeless Spirit” weaves diverse musical and spiritual traditions to explore music’s timeless pathway to the soul. The concert will feature the world premiere of a commissioned piece of music, “I’itoi,” written by Paul Fowler and funded by Bob and Bev Danielson of Durango for the occasion of maestro Post’s final concert.
Drawing on his background in classical vocal music and his regular work as an improvising pianist, vocalist and electronic musician, Fowler’s music straddles old and new in a highly personal and integrative way. Fowler has degrees in voice, composition and theater from Ithaca College and a master’s degree of music in composition from the University of Michigan.
For concert tickets, call 247-7657, visit www.durangoconcerts.com or the Welcome Center at 8th Street and Main Avenue. For more information, call 382-9753 or visit www.sanjuansymphony.org.
Herald Staff
