Imagining the West series continues

Center of Southwest Studies continues its 2015 summer lecture series, “Imagining the West,” with longtime Fort Lewis College music faculty (retired) Linda Mack Berven’s talk, “Music about the West: Broadway Musicals, Popular Culture and the Concert Hall,” at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the center’s Lyceum Room, No. 120.

Berven earned her doctoral degree from the University of Illinois. She currently serves as artistic director and conductor of the Durango Choral Society and the Durango Women’s Choir. She is a conductor, pianist and harpsichordist, and she made her Carnegie Hall conducting debut in 2010.

Berven’s arching theme strives to look at the West through the many lenses of art, music, film and cultural changes over the course of time.

All summer lectures are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on specific Wednesdays and are free to the public.

For more information, call 247-7456 or visit swcenter.fortlewis.edu.

Genealogical society to meet Saturday

The Southwest Colorado Genealogical Society will meet at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the La Plata County Historical Society’s Animas Museum, 3065 West Second Ave.

After the brief business meeting, Bernice Bowra will give a presentation about her research in Cedar Hill, New Mexico.

After the presentation, the society will hold a Summer Social for members and guests. The social will be a salad-bar potluck, with the society providing salad greens, dressings, rolls, cold drinks, paperware and utensils. Members with last names A through L are asked to bring a dessert. Members with last names M through Z are asked to bring their favorite salad topping.

For more information, visit www.swcogen.org.

Herald Staff