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‘Space speaks’: Merely Players to perform at Old Fort Lewis

“When we saw the library at the Old Historic Fort site, we knew it would be perfect for our production of ‘Sense and Sensibility,’” said Mona Wood-Patterson. “Space speaks. There’s a high ce...

DATE: Sep 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Quadrivium launches opera season in recital format

UUFD series opens Friday night

DATE: Sep 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Thought-provoking art on display in FLC faculty show

A new, lighter-than-air wall sculpture by Jay Dougan anchors the Fort Lewis College Art Gallery exhibit this month. Centered on the west wall, “R.W. Quilt” is a pristine visual puzzle. ...

DATE: Sep 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

San Juan Symphony presents family concerts with ‘Peter and the Wolf’

“‘Peter and the Wolf’ is the perfect music to introduce classical music to the next generation,” said Thomas Heuser. Heuser is music director of the San Juan Symphony, our region...

DATE: Sep 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Free Life-Long Learning Lectures kick off Thursday

Presentations about voting, marijuana, slavery and migration highlight FLC series

DATE: Sep 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

FLC launches recital program with chamber music

At 3 p.m. Sunday in Roshong Recital Hall at Fort Lewis College, a program of chamber music will be performed by three faculty members plus one. Titled “Piano Quartets of the Maste...

DATE: Sep 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

The new play is the thing in Four Corners

Recently, Joyce Fontana’s play, “Paindemonium,” got a staged reading as a finalist in the Aloha Theatre’s Original Play Festival XXV. Yes, that means one Hawaiian new play festival has been ...

DATE: Sep 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Creating a creative community

Last week, Durango’s creative community celebrated two women for their years of work as cultural midwives. The Durango Arts Center threw a big farewell party for Education Direct...

DATE: Aug 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Durango Arts Center presents musical for our fractured time

“Next to Normal,” the bracing American musical about how one family member’s mental illness impacts everyone in the group, won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 2010. At the time, ...

DATE: Aug 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Waiting for the bomb in Santa Fe

Even though rain pounded the Santa Fe Opera last Thursday, the show went on. Thunder, lightning and sheets of water fell throughout most of Act I of “Dr. Atomic.” Crew members sw...

DATE: Aug 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch