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Top Colorado dancers perform this weekend
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Each year the Aspen Dance Connection brings together Colorado's most talented dancers and choreographers for a dance concert in Colorado. more...
  01/14/2010 10:11pm
Guitarist Loomis brings the blues to Mesa Theater
This kid's got talent in spades, and we're not the only ones saying it.

“If blues, soul, and rock can be said to form a triangle, you'll find Hamilton Loomis right in the center of it,” says Guitar Player Magazine.
  01/07/2010 9:18pm
Mohr and more: Big Head Todd headlines Mesa Theater Saturday
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — The Denver-based Big Head Todd and the Monsters will perform Saturday night at Mesa Theater and Club.
  12/17/2009 9:55pm
O, little town of ‘Bethlehem Revisited'
Camels, sheep and donkeys, stern Roman guards, shopkeepers hawking their wares and, of course baby Jesus, with Mary and Joseph, are all part of a re-enactment called “Bethlehem Revisited” that takes place tonight, Saturday and Sunday at...
  12/17/2009 6:48pm
ames Werner as Don Quixote.
Be ‘Part of the Dream'
High Desert Opera opens its seventh season at the Avalon Theatre. The New Year's Eve Gala performance has a new look this year, HDO is presenting a fully staged production of “Man of La Mancha” in lieu of a concert. This inspiring...
  12/17/2009 6:46pm
Classic ballet returns with ‘Nutcracker' performance this weekend
Santa Barbara's State Street Ballet company will be joined by 40 Grand Valley children for this weekend's performances of “The Nutcracker.” The children are students of Theresa Kahl, director of Absolute Dance...
  11/25/2009 8:34pm
Take in Mesa State's musical magic
With more than 40 different faculty, student, and guest artist concerts, the Mesa State College Department of Music has a little bit of something for everyone during the exciting 2009-2010 concert season — from jazz music to classical, brass,...
  10/15/2009 9:50pm
Mesa State's performance art season features something for everyone
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — One of the trademarks of the Mesa State College Department of Theatre is its commitment to offering seasons of entertainment with a little something for everyone. The 2009-10 season is no exception.
  09/10/2009 9:36pm
Folk pianist George Winston performs Tuesday at Roper Ballroom
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — George Winston started playing the organ after he first heard the music of the Doors in 1967. He learned the songs of the legendary '60s rock band by listening to their records over and over.
  08/06/2009 7:01pm
Get out of your seats and get ... Up With People
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Up With People brings an “all-star alumni cast” (plus 10 members of the current cast of Up With People) to the Mesa County Fair for a performance Sunday afternoon.
  07/23/2009 10:34pm
High Desert Opera casts its spell with ‘The Sorcerer'
On Saturday, July 18 High Desert Opera is staging a matinee and evening performance of Gilbert & Sullivan's lively and lyrical operetta, “The Sorcerer,” in the Moss Performing Arts Center Robinson Theater at Mesa State College. The matinee...
  07/16/2009 7:57pm
Eclectic dance collective performs Fri., Sat.
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Finding that many studios were geared toward younger dancers, six professional dancers formed the Beyond Boundaries Dance Collective four years ago with the intention of dancing throughout their lives in many different...
  07/14/2009 7:34pm
All the way from Mexico ... Children's dance group readies for tonight's show
Three-and-a-half years ago the Casa Hogar Los Angelitos Dance Team was formed with children from an orphanage in Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico along with children who belong to a Manzanillo community youth organization.
  07/09/2009 9:42pm
KAFM open house celebrates 10-year anniversary, permanent home
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — KAFM Community Radio is hosting an open house Saturday with live music, Patty and Leroy Arguello's homemade green chili, and a dedication of the building the station moved into seven years ago.
  06/25/2009 6:35pm
Hip hop represents with new urban dance co.
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Dancers, musicians and members of the local hip hop community have come together to form a Grand Junction branch of the New Urban Dance Company and will make their debut performance Saturday, May 30, at Mesa State’s Robinson...
  05/28/2009 7:44pm
Colorado champion jumps across the world
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Five-time world champion jump-roper Molly Metz performs and teaches skipping rope all over the world.
  05/26/2009 8:07pm
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