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Shakespeare at play: Merely Players launches season with comedy

Merely Players will open its season Sept. 23, with a colorful, 1960s-inspired rendition of Shakespeare’s frothiest of comedies – “As You Like It.” “Shakespeare was told to write a funny play...

DATE: Sep 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

It’s a wrap on Durango PlayFest 2022

PlayFest 2022 has concluded a successful fourth season. Total attendance for the seven readings totaled 663, according to official records. The new venue, a large, white tent at Fort Lewis C...

DATE: Aug 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Durango PlayFest launches week of workshops and readings

Audience talk-back sessions key “We lost a year a year because of COVID,” Durango PlayFest co-founder Dan Lauria said recently in a telephone interview. Flying from New York to Los Angeles t...

DATE: Jul 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘It’s just time’: Music in the Mountains artistic director retires

From 1988 on, Greg Hustis has experienced festival from inside out

DATE: Jul 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Linda Mack Berven explains it all

Music in the Mountains schedules pre-concert lectures

DATE: Jul 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Satire stings: ‘Heathers’ and America’s great divide

Musical being staged at FLC’s MainStage Theatre.

DATE: Jul 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Up on the mesa, Shakespeare under the stars

If you’re puzzled by relationships, Shakespeare’s your playwright. Especially in “Much Ado About Nothing,” his brilliant comedy about love, friendship and family connections. And, just to ma...

DATE: Jul 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

For Figueroa, it’s the music that counts

Music in the Mountains presents six Festival Orchestra concerts

DATE: Jul 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

A wagonload of music

A snazzy, green-and-white traveling performance wagon will launch Music in the Mountains’ 36th season Thursday. At 11 a.m. in Boyle Park, Mancos, the wagon will unfold and reveal the festiva...

DATE: Jul 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Creede Repertory Theatre mounts engaging season

When Emily Van Fleet walks on stage as Patsy Cline, the sign above her quickly flips from Creede Opera House to Grand Ole Opry. It’s a nice tribute to Creede’s illustrious 57-year history pe...

DATE: Jul 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Art Seen

Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ opens June 30 at FLC

It’s 1945. American soldiers are returning home from World War II. Big-band music fills the air – “Sing, Sing, Sing” and “I’m Beginning to See the Light.” That’s the setting for “Much Ado Ab...

DATE: Jun 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

A senior recital to remember

On June 2, violinist Casey Reed walked into Roshong Recital Hall at Fort Lewis College, thanked the audience for coming and launched into a brilliant, 100-minute program. Music lovers would ...

DATE: Jun 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch