Arts (general)

Virtual performances span the world from Santa Fe

With theaters shuttered, virtual performances have abounded on websites. The Lensic Performing Arts Center, the Santa Fe Opera, the Santa…

Tony-winning choreographer, actress Ann Reinking dies at 71

Ann Reinking, the Tony Award-winning choreographer, actress and Bob Fosse collaborator who helped spread a cool, muscular hybrid of jazz…

Merely Players theater company finds home

Marc Arbeeny, far left, Sarah Syverson, left, and Ian Thomas perform in the Merely Players production of “Metamorphoses.”Durango Herald file…

Durango Dance brings ‘The Nutcracker’ to the drive-in

Community talent gathers for holiday tradition ... with a twist

Photos: Keeping spirits up

Fort Lewis College stages coming-of-age American drama

‘Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them’ will be available online

Durango High School Troupe 1096 takes to the airwaves with ‘Pontypool’

radio show to be aired Halloween night on 99X

Merely Players stages tragicomedy online

‘WAKEY, WAKEY’ opens this weekend

Wave of ‘Nutcracker’ cancellations hits dance companies hard

But this year, the coronavirus pandemic has canceled performances of “The Nutcracker” around the U.S. and Canada, eliminating a major…

Spend a night at the opera: The MET makes it easy online

Who knows? As of last week, The Met canceled its entire 2020-21 season at Lincoln Center in New York City.…

Durango Arts Center hosts COVID-19-themed exhibit

Connoisseurs can browse works from outside, peeking through windows

Much ado at Jenkins Ranch Park

Players’ Studio Series refreshes Shakespeare

Durango man creates ‘hologram’ to complement Town Plaza mural

Artistic overlay works with smartphone

Nigerian boy gains fame after dance video goes viral

Ballet dancer Anthony Mmesoma Madu appears in his dance studio in Lagos, Nigeria, on Aug. 18. Cellphone video showing the…

World-class hoop dancer Nakotah LaRance dies

LaRance, who was Tewa, Hopi, Navajo and Assiniboine, died Sunday after he accidentally fell from a bridge in New Mexico’s…

Merely Players and The Silverton Mine go online

1. A tight, contemporary adaptation of an old, familiar story. 2. A jazzy, up-to-date video recording. 3. Suspenseful original music.…

Ignacio Creative District kicks into gear after coronavirus delays

hopes to tap into $14 billion Colorado arts and culture economy

Second City CEO steps down amid claims of racism at theater

Andrew Alexander, CEO and co-owner of famed The Second City improv theater, said he is stepping down after a former…

In a topsy-turvy world: Merely Players offers a timely ‘Alice’

Adobe Stock Co-founder and artistic director of Merely Players, Wood-Patterson had to cancel the company’s spring production of “Matilda” and…

After 20 years, a temporary drive-in theater returns

Theaters to run a lineup each night

Larry Kramer, playwright and AIDS activist, dies at 84

Larry Kramer, left, and Daryl Roth embrace after they won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play for…

Local artists’ medium ‘luxurious, flowing, beautiful’ … and repulsive?

Rosemary Meza-DesPlas often uses her own hair in art

‘The Blacksmith’ opera rescheduled for October

professional show at Mancos Opera House still on

‘Frozen’ musical on Broadway not to reopen

Characters, from left, Sven, Olaf, voiced by Josh Gad, Kristoff, voiced by Jonathan Groff, Elsa, voiced by Idina Menzel, and…