Arts (general)

Don Rickles, king of insult comedy, dies at 90

Don Rickles, the hollering, bald-headed “Merchant of Venom” whose barrage of barbs upon the meek and the mighty endeared him…

April 6, 2017

Performing Arts

Fort Lewis stages jaunty Gilbert & Sullivan

can get you into trouble

March 23, 2017

Performing Arts

Durango High School Troupe 1096 opens ‘Drop Dead’

Durango High School Theatre Troupe 1096 member Isabelle Herringer rehearses the play “Drop Dead” on Wednesday night at the school.Jerry…

March 9, 2017

Performing Arts

Harry Potter play gets 11 Olivier Awards nominations

Jamie Parker, who plays a grown-up Harry in the two-part, five-hour sequel to J.K. Rowling’s wizarding saga, is nominated for…

March 7, 2017

Local News

Display of Mesa Verde watercolors opens at St. Barnabas in Cortez

artist in residence presents her work

March 5, 2017

Performing Arts

Ježibaba and the art of the deal

MET presents ‘A Little Mermaid’ for grown-ups

February 23, 2017

Performing Arts

The Met presents ‘Roméo et Juliette’ at FLC

The Met: Live in HD will present “Roméo et Juliette” at Fort Lewis College.Courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan…

January 19, 2017

Performing Arts

‘Aladdin’ star James Monroe Iglehart switches to ‘Hamilton’

James Monroe Iglehart, the star of “Aladdin” in Broadway, will join “Hamilton” in the dual roles of Marquis de Lafayette…

January 17, 2017

Performing Arts

Durango DOT Comedy to take the DAC stage

du1-i-syn Audience participation is a big part of the night: Spectators are given the opportunity to shout out words (or…

January 12, 2017

Performing Arts

Story of the ages: The lure of unattainable love

streams new opera Saturday at FLC

December 8, 2016

Performing Arts

‘The Nutcracker’ returns to concert hall

Street ballet to perform with symphony

December 8, 2016

Performing Arts

Merely Players brings ‘A Christmas Carol’ to the stage

Theater, dance and music come together for a unique telling of traditional tale

December 1, 2016

Local News

Open Shutter to host closing party Wednesday at gallery

Gallery marks end of 15 years

November 29, 2016

Performing Arts

Durango High School releases the beast within

Splendid production of ‘Beauty’

November 17, 2016

Performing Arts

Playwrights invited to submit plays to DAC

du1-i-syn Annually, DAC receives more than 100 submissions from around the country that are reviewed through a series of reading…

November 11, 2016

Performing Arts

Sarah Vowell to perform Thursday at concert hall

Author Sarah Vowell will be performing at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College.Courtesy of Owen Brooker Q: What…

November 10, 2016

Performing Arts

Durango High School Troupe 1096 to open ‘Beauty and the Beast’

‘I think it’s going to be amazing’

November 3, 2016

Performing Arts

‘Ash pit’ redefined when cremains scattered at the Met

The Metropolitan Opera had to cancel part or all of a Rossini doubleheader after a patron tossed white powder –…

November 1, 2016

Neighbors

Neighbors: Colorado Plateau art supports Mesa Verde Foundation

Artist Dan Young, from Silt, participates in a “paint out” tour supporting the Mesa Verde Foundation along the San Juan…

October 31, 2016

Neighbors

Neighbors: Durango Friends of the Arts’ fundraiser a success

That was obvious at DFA’s annual Fall Luncheon and Silent Auction held mid-October at the Strater Hotel. With the theme…

October 28, 2016

Performing Arts

Fort Lewis College Hawkapellas hit the right note

And no one was complaining about being in class. “It’s awesome. It can be stressful, but it’s a lot of…

October 20, 2016

Performing Arts

Tip a glass to O. Henry

Tip a glass to O. Henry on Tuesday night at the Durango Arts Center.Courtesy “Tipping a Glass to O. Henry”…

October 15, 2016

Performing Arts

FLC presents Pulitzer Prize-winning play

precedes Shakespeare and Gilbert & Sullivan

October 13, 2016

Performing Arts

Comedian Hasan Minhaj bringing ‘Homecoming King’ to Durango

Comedian Hasan Minhaj will be bringing his one-man show, “Homecoming King,” to the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College.Courtesy…

October 13, 2016