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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

DATE: Mar 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Sexual politics spark Coney Island in new production of Mozart opera

The Met takes ‘Cosi fan tutte’ to the carnival

DATE: Mar 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

DAC photography show steeped in memory

Karen Peterson’s photo montage “Running Through Dream” is drenched in memory. And yet, it is a fresh and quiet. Peterson has portrayed a black dog running through a sunlit forest. To achieve...

DATE: Mar 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Durango’s March musical madness: Concerts, recitals, an opera

Beginning tonight, music lovers have a chance to hear in one week’s time great choral works, a rarely performed Rossini opera and a full week of recitals dedicated to the music of J.S. Bach....

DATE: Mar 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Master classes enrich students

Kerry Ginger knows plenty of people in “the biz,” and she’s invited two pros to Fort Lewis College for a series of open master classes in musical theater. “The tools, and the tri...

DATE: Mar 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch