With the first month of school behind us, we’re rolling full steam ahead with an impressive array of cultural items for your enjoyment.
First up is an event I mentioned last month; Nancy O’Neill Breth and Lisa Campi Walters will perform “A Piano Recital for Four Hands” at 3 p.m. Sunday in Roshong Recital Hall. Breth comes to us via the Artists in Residence group.
The duo will perform four-hand works by Dvorák, Ravel and Bartok during the first half. After a brief intermission, you’ll be treated to Pagine di Guerra: Quattro “Films” musicali by Alfredo Casella and a four-movement piece titled “Gazebo Dances” by John Corigliano. Tickets are available at the door and cost $15 for adults and $5 for children.
Running Oct. 6 through Nov. 4 at the Fort Lewis College Art Gallery is Trace/Memory: Akemi Nakano Cohn. Cohn’s work expresses a process of trace and memory, using traditional Japanese rice paste resist printing, as well as natural dyes from flowers, plants, and roots. The exhibit opens with a reception from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Oct. 6.
If the election cycle is getting your blood pressure up, try The Capitol Steps: What to Expect When You’re Electing on Oct. 5 at the Concert Hall. The Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them. In the years that followed, many of the Steps ignored the conventional wisdom (“Don’t quit your day job!”), and although not all of the current members of the Steps are former Capitol Hill staffers, taken together, the performers have worked in a total of 18 Congressional offices and represent 62 years of collective House and Senate staff experience. Since they began, the Capitol Steps have recorded 26 albums, including their latest, “I’m So Indicted.” They’ve been featured on NBC, CBS, ABC and PBS, and can be heard four times a year on National Public Radio stations nationwide during their Politics Takes a Holiday radio specials. Warning: show content may not be suitable for children.
The Concert Hall brings A Tribe Called Red, the capstone event for our Real History of the Americas Celebration Day on Oct. 10. Called a soundtrack to a contemporary evolution of the powwow, A Tribe Called Red, from Canada, produces a unique sound that is impacting the global electronic scene and urban club culture. Since 2010, the group has been mixing traditional pow wow vocals and drumming with cutting-edge electronic music.
The day after A Tribe Called Red, Arrival from Sweden brings us the Music of ABBA. For all the ABBA fans out there, this is a fantastic show! Founded in 1995 in Gothenburg, Sweden, Arrival from Sweden is celebrated as the “best” and most authentic ABBA tribute show in the world. Since 2007, Arrival from Sweden has been touring in the United States to sold-out shows, receiving reviews that laud the accuracy – down to the clothing – of the group.
On Oct. 18, the Concert Hall brings us Las Migas, A blend of Flamenco and Mediterranean styles, combining classic and contemporary rhythms. Las Migas comes to North America for the first time this fall. The four women of Las Migas offer melodies that range from powerful to passionate to playful – all with once central passion: the love of Flamenco.
Ready for some comedy? The Concert Hall obliges with “Hasan Minhaj – Homecoming King” on Oct. 22. Minhaj is the comedian widely known for his role on “The Daily Show.”
Paul Taylor’s Taylor 2 is set for Oct. 27 beginning with a free preshow talk about the company at 6 p.m. by a member of the Paul Taylor Company. Buy your ticket now for the 7:30 p.m. show. Renowned choreographer Paul Taylor, one of the founders of the art of modern dance in the 1950s, created the touring Taylor 2 dance ensemble in 1993 to ensure that his works could be enjoyed by audiences throughout the world. Taylor 2, featuring six dancers, provides an intimate performance and clearly reveals both structure and movement for an eye-opening appreciation of the master’s approach.
Put on your Halloween costume and come on up to the Concert Hall on Oct. 28 for “Things that go BUMP in the Night”; a delightfully spooky concert presented by the FLC Band and Choirs.
For more information, call 247-7167. Purchase tickets for Concert Hall events online at www.durangoconcerts.com, by phone at 247-7657 or at the Durango Welcome Center, on the corner of Eighth Street and Main Avenue.
blaylock_sl@fortlewis.edu Shauna Blaylock is the publicist/event coordinator for the FLC Music Department (www.fortlewis.edu/music).
