Proposals Due May 1 to Carbondale Arts
Carbondale Arts is seeking proposals for gallery exhibitions for the 2019 calendar year. Proposals may be for an exhibition of your own work or a group show (juried or invitational). Two and three dimensional works, as well as video installations, will be considered. Proposal forms are now available on our website at carbondalearts.com, as well as at our office in The Launchpad. Deadline for receipt of 2019 calendar year proposals is May 1, 2018. For more information visitcarbondalearts.com or call (970)963-1680.

Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College will bring the underbelly of 1929-1930 Berlin nightlife to the stage at Spring Valley in their April production of the acclaimed musical “Cabaret.”

At the Kit Kat Klub, the garish master of ceremonies assures the audience they will forget their troubles as they’re entertained by song and dance while the Third Reich looms outside.

First a short novel – “Goodbye to Berlin” written in 1939 by Christopher Isherwood – the story of a Berlin nightclub during the dawn of the Nazi Party was adapted in 1951 to a play by John Van Druten called “I Am a Camera.” In 1966, the Broadway musical “Cabaret” opened, winning eight Tony Awards including best musical. The film version in 1972 also won eight Academy Awards.

Sopris Theatre Company is performing the musical’s 1998 version, one of many revivals of the production – and the third-longest-running revival in Broadway musical history. This version has a darker tone than the previous ones, though with nearly 20 songs, it’s still all about storytelling through musical theater.

Sopris Theatre Company’s “Cabaret” is directed by Brad Moore, with musical direction by Dory Light and choreography by Eric Chase. Light is a well-known performer, teacher and musical director in the valley, and Chase was a professional dancer with the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet and with Hubbard Street 2. Chase currently teaches jazz for the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet School.

The musical runs April 6-7, 13-14 and 19-21 at 7 p.m., with matinees on April 8, 15 and 22 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20/adults and $15/CMC employees and students, and seniors.

The New Space Theatre is in the Calaway Academic Building, Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley at Glenwood Springs, 3000 County Road 114. For the 2017-18 season, Connie and Jim Calaway are the Sopris Theatre Company season producers.

For more information, call 947-8177 or go to coloradomtn.edu/theatre. For tickets, contact svticketsales@coloradomtn.edu or go to eventbrite.com.

Practice reading in a fun, stress-free environment with Bounder, a certified Reading Education Assistance Dog. PAWS to READ is available from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Mondays at the Silt Branch Library and from 4 to 5 p.m. on Thursdays at the New Castle Branch Library. It’s free and open to all 1st through 3rd graders. Registration is encouraged, but not required. To register, or for more information call 970-876-5500 or 970-984-2346.

Most of us are creators and collectors of something we value – whether it’s photographs, family papers, cookbooks, or postcards. During a webinar presentation at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24 at the Glenwood Springs Branch Library, you can learn practical ideas to keep collections safe to help ensure what you have can be passed on to future generations. Presented by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, a specialized division of the American Library Association. For more information on this free event call 970-945-5958. Spring Lecture Series: Deep History in the High Rockies The second event in the Spring Lecture Series at the Glenwood Springs Branch Library will feature Thomas G. Andrews who is an author, professor of history, and director of graduate studies at CU Boulder. On Wednesday, April 25 at 6:30 p.m, Professor Andrews will discuss the deep history of human-environment interactions in the Colorado River headwaters region of Rocky Mountain National Park from the end of the last ice age through the present day. This event is free, open to the public, and part of the Garfield County Libraries’ 80th Anniversary celebration. For more information call 970-945-5958.

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