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A historic musical merger

After more than two decades of organizing, and sponsoring a multitude of concerts and festivals, searching out, cajoling, persuading and convincing top-notch musicians to participate, and cr...

DATE: Apr 19, 2023 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

FLC Arts April Fest continues to bloom

A Romeo to remember and Brass to relish

DATE: Apr 13, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Access Hollywood’ redux

Another aging Don Juan in ‘Rosenkavalier’ on Saturday at FLC

DATE: Apr 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Sweden comes to Mesa Verde– again

“What about repatriation?” Mats Carlsson-Lénart asked the question last week in the middle of an interview with me for the Swedish Broadcasting Co., the American equivalent of NPR, National ...

DATE: Apr 1, 2023 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

#MeToo visits The MET

‘Falstaff’ Verdi’s only comic opera to be streamed Saturday at FLC

DATE: Mar 30, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Fort Lewis College launches Arts April Fest

Major performance of ‘Messiah’ to be performed

DATE: Mar 29, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Parody, satire or spoof: DAC presents ‘Reefer Madness: The Musical’

At the campy heart of “Reefer Madness, The Musical,” teenage lovebirds, Jimmy and Mary Jane, discover Romeo and Juliet in English class. Their duet pines for what they think will be their fu...

DATE: Mar 16, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

A Cosmic Wagner at the Met

Waiting for a prince to show up

DATE: Mar 16, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Bach Festival, 16 and counting

Starting Sunday and all next week, Third Avenue Arts will celebrate the 338th birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach. It’s the 16th annual collection of recitals and concerts organized by Four Co...

DATE: Mar 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Merely Players’ provocative storytelling

Comic-drama ‘The Lifespan of a Fact’ unspools timely, current conflicts

DATE: Mar 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Recital series features Dunnagan and Garst

“Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.” These are the last lines from a Langston Hughes poem, which American composer Florence Price set to music in...

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

Visionary Beethoven

Orchestra celebrates winter with two big works

DATE: Feb 23, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment