Photographer/writer: Pagosa Springs, Colorado
Representatives from a concert production company called ‘Madison House Presents’ met with Salida residents on November 3 to talk about a large music festival proposed for August 2015… and to answer our questions. The...
I hesitated to leave the confines of my warm apartment to attend the Salida Council for the Arts Creative Mixer last evening, but was oh so glad I did. Wonderful music was provided by...
Salida’s Stage Left Theatre Company is presenting “Winners” from their 2014 Original One Act Play Competition. The three winning plays are “Ernie’s Fanny” by Wilbert Turner, Jr. of Perkasie, PA (directed by yours truly,...
Mark Kneeskern posed for this photo on June 27, 2014 in the AltWalk venue during Salida ArtWalk. This morning I read the horrible news in The Mountain Mail that artist Mark Kneeskern was hit...
David Larcom, mural artist extraordinaire, wrote a very peculiar letter to the Mountain Mail on July 23, sparse on facts, but long on innuendo. He suggests that poor David Larcom is being discriminated against...
[incolumn]Two years ago I wrote a review of a regional theater’s production of “Doubt: A Parable” by John Patrick Shanley. The review began like this: “What is great theater? “Here’s my definition: The combination...
A few weeks ago, Bill walked in the door of our little Salida apartment with some news. “I just saw a poster downtown. The Victoria Tavern is sponsoring an art contest,” he told me....
Last Saturday I attended the Fort Garland Band Jam at the Fort Garland Museum Grounds, which featured many of our local musicians. It was a fun, relaxing event with great, diverse music. Some of...
I have XM/Sirius, and the station I listen to the most is Classic Vinyl, which plays classic rock and blues. So when Rockola quietly disappeared into what I have coined “bar band quick sand”,...