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PlayFest heads toward the future

PlayFest 2023 has set sail with a dedication, a playwright panel and a stunning opening-night solo show that all signal a promising future. Last Sunday, the festival got underway as company ...

DATE: Jun 29, 2023 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

A new and revised PlayFest

A party, workshops, a panel discussion, seven readings, a solo show and over all – a tribute

DATE: Jun 22, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

One bright, shining moment

Last week, the Durango Chamber Music Festival concluded its 15th season of noontime recitals to overflow crowds. For 15 years, the festival has prompted locals to ask: Can you believe the mu...

DATE: Jun 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Review: The beauty of time passing

Theme show at Create Art & Tea elicits surprising results

DATE: Jun 7, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Creede Repertory Theatre opens 58th season and celebrates the well-made play

‘Mountain Octopus’ commissioned by Creede for the post-pandemic era

DATE: Jun 2, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Chamber music at noon

Mika Inouye, artistic director of the Durango Chamber Music Festival, has conjured up another series of surprising noontime recitals. The 2023 festival runs every day next week, June 5 to 9,...

DATE: Jun 2, 2023 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

The Met’s meta, meta ‘Magic Flute’

McBurney adapts a fable for our time

DATE: May 31, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Live, laugh and sing, but don’t say goodbye

Last Sunday, the Durango Choral Society celebrated another successful year with a festive party. Simply titled, “Live, Laugh, Love: Cabaret,” the dinner, drinks, schmoozing and musical potpo...

DATE: May 25, 2023 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Review: Fort Lewis College presents a hidden Maymester gem

Fort Lewis College’s newest experiment in student-centered learning is called Maymester. It has come and gone with barely a whisper. One final event takes place Friday (May 26), and it is we...

DATE: May 25, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

A Don Juan for today

‘Don Giovanni’ live on screen Saturday at FLC

DATE: May 18, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Performing arts in bloom

Durango’s persistent shortage of social and performing arts venues is changing. Tonight (May 12), Durango’s finest mid-sized performance venue will host another memorable recital and a new v...

DATE: May 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

The melody lingers on: Recital series concludes with Silvers and Quist

Be prepared for the music to linger on well after final notes have been played. Friday night (May 5), the last concert in the well-regarded Unitarian Universalist Recital Series brings to an...

DATE: May 3, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment