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Durango Choral Society prepares for Carnegie Hall performance

Practice, practice, practice goes the old Carnegie Hall joke about how to get to New York’s premiere concert venue. The Durango Choral Society has taken that advice to heart. Unde...

DATE: May 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

DAC prepares for 10-minute play festival

Staged readings of short, original plays will again constitute one of the most popular events in Durango on May 18. Area actors and directors will mount the first iteration of our own 10-min...

DATE: May 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Merely Players brings ‘Man of La Mancha’ to vivid life

Production will run through the weekend

DATE: May 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Review: ‘The Wall’ art installation challenges viewers

Durango Arts Center exhibit will run through end of May

DATE: May 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Merely Players presents grand musical quest in ‘Man of La Mancha’

When Miquel de Cervantes first conceived of a character called Don Quixote, he probably never dreamed the old man would live for centuries. Elderly, and most likely suffering fro...

DATE: May 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

St. Mark’s Recital Series’ ‘The Birds and the B’s’ a musical aviary

If you’re following the rolling celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday year, consider attending the final recital in the St. Mark’s Recital Series. It will take place Friday at th...

DATE: May 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

On Saturday morning, the Met will spin a satirical tale

Massenet’s ‘Cendrillon’ is all French all the time

DATE: Apr 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

10 reasons to see MET’s ‘Luisa Miller’

A lavishly staged tale of doomed love

DATE: Apr 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Fort Lewis College hosts provocative senior art show

‘Bits & Pieces’ looks at contemporary issues

DATE: Apr 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Fort Lewis College’s ‘The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui’ a dark, cunning satire

Brecht parable will run through Saturday

DATE: Apr 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

San Juan Symphony to celebrate Leonard Bernstein Centennial

The final San Juan Symphony concert of the year will open with Leonard Bernstein’s jaunty “Overture to Candide.” It’s a perfect way to mark the 100th anniversary of the great musician’s birt...

DATE: Mar 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Fort Lewis College stages timely Brecht play

By way of Berlin, there’s some big trouble in Chicago