DENVER On Nov. 19, mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile brings A Prairie Home Companion to The Ellie Caulkins Opera House at Denver Performing Arts Complex in Colorado for the iconic radio show’s first road tour with Chris Thile as the new host. The broadcast show will feature incredible live performances from an array of special musical … Continue reading
Category Archives: Arts
Studio tour features Gilpin County artists
GILPIN COUNTY The 5th annual Gilpin Art Studio Tour, planned to coincide with aspen viewing, Sept. 17-18 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., is organized by local artists to foster an appreciation of the arts in the rural county. Enjoy a day meeting artists and crafts-people who will exhibit their art, demonstrate their craft and offer items … Continue reading
Store owners ‘breathe new life’ into vintage items
By Jennifer Pund GEORGETOWN Repurpose, up-cycle and giving old items a new life, is the basic theme of The Flipping Flea, a new store in Georgetown inspired by the television show, Flea Market Flip. Ann Marie Cannon and Robert Nix stock the store with sustainable and vintage items as well as up-cycled, repurposed creations by … Continue reading
Oratorio rehearsals to begin for December concert
Chorus and orchestra rehearsals begin this month for the December 2nd and 3rd Winter Concert by the Oratorio Society of Estes Park. If you enjoy singing choral masterworks, you can join the Oratorio chorus, which rehearses Sunday afternoons from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. beginning Sept. 18th at Shepherd of the Mountains Lutheran Church, 2000 … Continue reading
National Park Artist-in-Residence programs continue with photographer Danielle Austen
ESTES PARK Photographer Danielle Austen of Hillsborough, New Jersey has been an Artist-in-Residence at Great Smoky Mountains, Acadia, and Everglades National Parks. She was also a resident artist at the Vermont Studio Center. She has received numerous photography awards including the 2015 International Nature-Landscape Photography Award. Her images have also been exhibited at museums and … Continue reading
New gallery vii brings fine art back to Allenspark
By Jennifer Pund ALLESNPARK Hanging the colorful flower baskets was all it took for passers-by to stop and see what was happening at the historic gallery on Hwy. 7 near Allenspark. In a building that housed Bishop’s Gallery for decades, Susan and Gary Kerr have opened gallery vii to display works of art from artists … Continue reading
Gold Hill Art Project bridges past, present
By Jeffrey V. Smith GOLD HILL Black Cube, a non-profit experimental art museum operating nomadically, has chosen Gold Hill as the setting of its next pop-up exhibition. The Gold Hill Art Project, Aug. 6-Sept. 5, brings together a series of site-specific contemporary art installations situated in cabins and open spaces in the historic mining town … Continue reading
Celebrate history, art at Gilpin Arts Fundraiser, Aug. 20
CENTRAL CITY On Aug. 20, Tivoli Brewing Company, the oldest brewery in Colorado is sponsoring the fundraiser for the Gilpin County Arts Association, located in the oldest public building in Colorado, which hosts the oldest, continually running juried art show in the state. Gilpin Arts presents Fundraiser for the Arts on Saturday, Aug. 20, from … Continue reading
Central City Opera features two one-act operas in smaller venues in Central City, beyond
Mozart’s The Impresario (July 27 & August 3 in Central City; July 28 in Boulder) John Musto’s Later the Same Evening (July 28 in Colorado Springs; July 30 at the Denver Art Museum; August 5 in Central City CENTRAL CITY — Central City Opera complements its two mainstage productions this summer with two one-act operas—Mozart’s … Continue reading
Central City Opera’s 2016 Summer Festival opens with 60th anniversary production of The Ballad of Baby Doe, July 9-Aug. 6
CENTRAL CITY — Central City Opera opens its 2016 summer festival with Douglas Moore’s The Ballad of Baby Doe, running in repertory from July 9 through August 6, in the historic 550-seat opera house in Central City. “We are always thrilled to bring Baby Doe home, said Pelham (Pat) Pearce, general and artistic director of … Continue reading