Preview by Nicolette Vajtay It’s springtime in Colorado, a time of renewal, a season of rebirth. As the earth wakes up from its winter of gloom, and communities around the world come back to life after the devastating pandemic, we could […]
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How a Denver-based rapper, theater company teamed up to create Phamaly’s “Alice in Wonderland”
Reprinted from The Denver Post by Lisa Kennedy By LISA KENNEDY | lkennedywriter@gmail.com | The Denver PostPUBLISHED: August 12, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 12, 2021 at 7:41 a.m.0 It seems so obvious in […]
Music for Midsummer: A Golden Evening for Baroque Music
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The Catamounts perform a delectable “Land of Milk and Honey”
At Westminster’s historic Shoenberg Farm, a play that’s part ghost story, part time travel Reprinted from the Denver Post Review by Lisa Kennedy, Special to The Denver Post Jun 10, 2021 If you […]
Musicians Flee the Arapahoe Philharmonic on a Sour Note (reprinted from Westword, 6/2/21)
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3rdLaw Dance/Theater’s “Elision Project Volume 4”
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Wild Things: Music of Springtime
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Pro Musica in “Cyberspace”
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