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Pinkerton’s Art of the Deal: The MET streams Puccini’s masterpiece

At the beginning of Puccini’s masterpiece “Madama Butterfly,” Lt. Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton makes two shady deals. Everything that happens in this tragic opera hinges on his double subterf...

DATE: Nov 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

From 10-minute plays to a four-hour opera

Tossing her hands in the air, fortune teller Samantha proclaims: “Fate is fate.” And so it was at Durango Art Center’s ninth annual 10-Minute Play Festival last weekend. “Ring of...

DATE: Oct 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

‘The Humans’: An American family on the ledge

Merely Players conjures up Thanksgiving dinner with the Blakes

DATE: Oct 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Irma, Norman and a Chinese princess

Find a good parking place up at Fort Lewis College and keep it for the weekend. The college will host three tempting cultural events: “The Mystery of Irma Vep,” the opening production of The...

DATE: Oct 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Durango’s performing arts season is now in full swing

Our calendars are already overloaded. But it looks like a winning season once again for the performing arts in Durango. Last Saturday, music lovers filled the Community Concert Ha...

DATE: Oct 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

San Juan Symphony: 34 years and counting

Orchestra opens with three interrelated ‘Classical’ works

DATE: Sep 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

FLC Showcase to launch recital season

New faculty members to perform

DATE: Sep 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Popular Living History talks returning to Durango

‘Eleanor Roosevelt’ and ‘Nikola Tesla’ continue the Chautauqua tradition

DATE: Aug 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Durango playfest takes stage for second year

Five readings will highlight annual event

DATE: Aug 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Music in the Mountains concludes with an evening of comedy and tragedy

If you have to say goodbye, if you have to close a winning music festival, why not go out in style? Guillermo Figueroa and the Festival Orchestra will do just that at 5:30 p.m. Su...

DATE: Jul 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music