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A Gold Rush tale grounded in fact

Durango author Eilene Lyon’s new book, “Fortune’s Frenzy: A California Gold Rush Odyssey,” examines the California Gold Rush from the perspective of a struggling Indiana farm family. On the ...

DATE: Oct 4, 2023 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Fort Lewis College opens ‘Eurydice’

Production is a twist on an ancient tale

DATE: Sep 28, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

San Juan Symphony launches 38th season

Dedicates opener to memory of Walter Dear

DATE: Sep 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Storytime, viola jokes and showtime

Fort Lewis College launches performance season

DATE: Sep 20, 2023 | CATEGORY: Music

Review: Sunflower Shorts bloom

Cortez launches second annual festival

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

Hello Birdie! DART presents colorful, energetic Americana

You know you live in a small town when a beloved community member gets resounding applause just for walking on stage. That was the case last Sunday when Linda Mack, former Fort Lewis College...

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

Studio & goes all in

Printmakers create a tantalizing show

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

At play in the fields of imagination

Storytelling dance theater launches Merely Players season

DATE: Aug 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

For Durango artist, still life runs deep

Studio &’s Tim Kapustka advances a time-honored genre

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

Stravinsky, Figueroa, Brahms and Salsa

The 37th Music in the Mountains comes to a sizzling conclusion

DATE: Jul 26, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Behind the wigs and the bourbon glasses, a serious purpose

Linda Mack Berven’s pre-concert talks for Music in the Mountains

DATE: Jul 20, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Plays and audiences

“Why this play now?” Pesha Rudnick, director of the final work at PlayFest 2023, asked in the closing talkback session last Sunday. Rudnick said she raises that question every time she encou...

DATE: Jul 13, 2023 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch