Tag: Durango
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Larkin returns after the mess, Durango Herald, July 8, 2008
Note: I’m not crazy about the title the Herald gave this story. My suggestion was Patti Larkin–Independent Troubadour, but I suppose those words are just too long for the column width! Patty Larkin demonstrates one of the many techniques she will use in the Abbey Theatre on Friday. She plays an electric baritone guitar with…
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Blind singer/songwriter an inspiration, Durango Herald, July 1, 2008
Sarah Michelle Getto, a blind singer/songwriter who also has a cleft palette, will perform twice in Bayfield over the Fourth of July weekend. Born blind and with a cleft palette, young singer/songwriter Sarah Michelle Getto hasn’t let anything hold her back. A summa cum laude graduate with a degree in music from Southeastern Oklahoma State…
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All in the paintings, Durango Herald, June 3, 2008
Review Rance Hood: Mystic Painter by Rance Hood and James J. Hester, University of New Mexico Press. 176 pages, 71 color plates, 138 color photos, 18 halftones, 1 line drawing, 1 map, $39.95 hardback. Collectors edition with an original drawing by Hood, signed by the artist and dated March 2008 are available at Rain Dance…
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Art in springtime, Durango Herald, May 9, 2008
Explore Downtown during Durango’s Gallery Walk Jami Tobey will be at the Rain Dance Gallery to talk about her paintings like “Wildflowers,” shown here. Twice a year, Durango galleries get together and host a gallery walk. They invite artists to show up and mingle with guests, chill the Pellegrino and put out a plate of…
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DAC exhibits director resigns, Durango Herald, April 25, 2008
Susan Andersen resigned as the exhibits director of Durango Arts Center this month. Andersen, who came to Durango from Portland, Ore., New York and Orlando, Fla., took the job as exhibits director in January 2005. She brought her business savvy and aesthetic sensibility to the 30- hour-a-week job. “When I came to the art center,…
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Juilliard pianist to perform with local voices, Durango Herald, March 14, 2008
The Durango Choral Society, the Durango Children’s Chorale and the Durango Women’s Choir will perform a multi-faceted selection of music at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Community Concert Hall. They will be accompanied by Juilliard pianist Evan Shinners. Linda Mack, choir director, said by telephone Wednesday that the music includes recognizable pieces like Mozart’s “Requiem”…
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Brothers with Durango roots land NBC series, Durango Herald front page, Feb. 12, 2008
Producer, director and writer Marshall Herskovitz of Bedford Falls Productions with Durango natives Josh Gummersall and Devon Gummersall. Josh is a producer of the upcoming TV series “Quarterlife.” Devon is a writer for the series. Two members of Durango’s arts-loving Gummersall family are part of a new hybrid series “Quarterlife” that comes to NBC on…
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Artist’s close in on meaning of ‘Home,’ Durango Herald, Jan. 29, 2008
Julian Colby, son of FLC art instructor Chad Colby, plays with Amy Wendland’s sculpture, “Small Town.” What happens when artists, writers and performers get together and decide to mount an exhibition? If the group is Durango’s elusive Art Discussion Group, they decided to explore the meaning of “Home” and turn it into a well-attended opening…
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Big art versus bad art at DAC, Durango Herald, Nov. 30, 2007
Library Gallery show hits a broad spectrum Judy Brey’s ceramic sculpture “Tiny Dancer” ($225) is part of the “Smaller Than a Breadbox” show. The DAC Library Gallery is a small, cramped space like an attic, with a sloped ceiling and low-level bookshelves. For many years, local artist Mary Ellen Long and a committee that currently…
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