With ‘PIVOT,’ FLC mounts major show of Native American painting
Skateboard decks are canvas of choice
DATE: Aug 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts
Next stop for the ‘Chief’ sign?
The Chief belongs in a museum.
Yes, the odd, oversized, flat-painted cartoon of a Native American pointing to a place of business has outlived this moment.
Created ab...
DATE: Jul 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch
Merely Players and The Silverton Mine go online
Here are eight reasons to catch Merely Players’ “Zoom Alice: A Wonderland Adventure for a Topsy Turvy World” before it disappears online by the end of Saturday, June 20.
1. A tigh...
DATE: Jun 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts
In a topsy-turvy world: Merely Players offers a timely ‘Alice’
“We can wait to go back to an uncertain ‘normal’ or we can work with what is,” Mona Wood-Patterson said in a recent interview.
Co-founder and artistic director of Merely Players,...
DATE: Jun 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts
Zoom Theater rides into summer
Two very different local theater companies are launching two projects in the next two weeks. Both companies appear to be on the same surreal wavelength as they conjure different virtual prod...
DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch
A rare tribute to a rare musician: Cellist Lynn Harrell dies and Carnegie Hall marks his passage
Acclaimed American cellist Lynn Harrell died on April 27. His sudden death was not associated with the coronavirus. The news sent shock waves throughout the world of international music. ...
DATE: May 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music
Local live music events: Cancel, reschedule or postpone?
Cancel. Postpone. Reschedule. Pick your verb.
Since the coronavirus has swept through our lives, area musicians and their organizations have chosen one of those three paths. ...
DATE: Apr 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music
Concerts bloom first weeks of March
If February brought us a theater extravaganza, March looks like a musical feast.
Last month, locals reorganized calendars to fit in four remarkable dramas. Merely Players’ imagin...
DATE: Mar 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch
Fort Lewis College stages a taut American drama
‘Two Rooms’ to be performed in Black Box Theatre
DATE: Feb 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts
An inky-black comic opera for our time
The MET updates Roman skullduggery in ‘Agrippina’
DATE: Feb 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts
Common ground: New Face Productions brings global project to Durango
Wrapped around the Boys & Girls Club building on north Main Avenue is an unusual outdoor photographic exhibit. Large-format portraits of almost 100 Durango residents have been billboard-past...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts
Orchestra to celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday
Shows will be held in Durango, Farmington
DATE: Feb 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music
