Columnists/Culture Gulch

Sonata, serenade, tango

Flute and harp recital tonight

DATE: Nov 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

It’s a wrap on Durango PlayFest 2022

PlayFest 2022 has concluded a successful fourth season. Total attendance for the seven readings totaled 663, according to official records. The new venue, a large, white tent at Fort Lewis C...

DATE: Aug 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

A wagonload of music

A snazzy, green-and-white traveling performance wagon will launch Music in the Mountains’ 36th season Thursday. At 11 a.m. in Boyle Park, Mancos, the wagon will unfold and reveal the festiva...

DATE: Jul 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

A senior recital to remember

On June 2, violinist Casey Reed walked into Roshong Recital Hall at Fort Lewis College, thanked the audience for coming and launched into a brilliant, 100-minute program. Music lovers would ...

DATE: Jun 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Recital series winds down

On May 20, the 14th Unitarian Universalist Recital Series came to a stellar conclusion when three Fort Lewis College faculty members joined founder and pianist Marilyn Garst for a program of...

DATE: May 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

From darkness to light

Sunday FLC Showcase introduces music faculty

DATE: Oct 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Fort Lewis College cancels The MET Live in HD

After a successful 10-year run at Fort Lewis College, the popular MET Live in HD is kaput in Durango. “We’re not a priority group,” Charles Leslie, director of the Community Concert Hall, sa...

DATE: Sep 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Everybody’s doing it

PlayFest, Durango’s contribution to developing new American plays, has just concluded. Two similar festivals are scheduled nearby in August. Words Cubed is Utah Shakespeare Festival’s annual...

DATE: Aug 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

It’s your last chance free MET Opera

My Column (Filed in J’sFiles/OPERA/2021.Last.MET.Stream) For Wed. July 21, 2021 The final week of free nightly opera streams from the Metropolitan Opera is upon us. The free part disa...

DATE: Jul 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Music in the Mountains goes on the road

Music in the Mountains, Southwest Colorado’s inimitable summer festival, will launch its 2021 season with a spanking new, green-and-white traveling music wagon and free mini-concerts. The mo...

DATE: Jun 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

When friendships splinter

“I was looking forward to a relaxing evening after a ridiculously crazed week,” says Ivan toward the end of the contemporary comedy: “Art.” Ivan’s expectation of “meeting my two best friends...

DATE: Jun 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Fort Lewis College and the performing arts

It’s a trend. All over the country, college and universities are merging music and theater departments. Fort Lewis College is already interviewing for a new position in musical th...

DATE: Mar 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

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