Stand-up comedy: some love it, some hate it. Some have been told that it would be their perfect career. Luckily for folks in the Roaring Fork Valley, there are more opportunities than ever to break onto the scene. Two live performance spaces stand out for fostering events for comedians: TACAW and The Collective at Snowmass […]
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Sister Hazel at TACAW on Nov. 3
The platinum-selling alternative rock band Sister Hazel will perform at The Arts Campus at Willits (TACAW) on Friday, Nov. 3. In a recent telephone interview with The Sopris Sun, Ryan Newell, Sister Hazel’s long-time rhythm and slide guitarist, said their current U.S. tour is “upwards of about 100 shows.” The band, founded in 1993 by […]
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‘Death of the Pugilist’ comes to TACAW
Roaring Fork Valley’s own MinTze Wu will take off her VOICES theater hat (where she is the executive director) momentarily to join a band of talented collaborators bringing an exciting and unconventional concert experience to life with “Death of the Pugilist.” The performance takes place at The Arts Campus at Willits (TACAW) on Friday, Oct.13 […]
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Scuttlebutt & Calendar – Sept. 21, 2023
Graffiti update On Sept. 1, Carbondale police officers found that graffiti in Glenwood Springs matched the graffiti that has proliferated around Carbondale in recent weeks. Glenwood Springs police identified a juvenile suspect who admitted to spray painting around Carbondale. During the investigation, a second juvenile suspect was identified. Both were charged with 12 counts of […]
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Tony Furtado’s musical mastery takes center stage at TACAW
On the evening of Sept. 30, The Arts Campus at Willits (TACAW) will come alive with banjo-string symphonies from singer-songwriter, banjo champion and slide guitar master Tony Furtado. The Pleasanton, California native said a sixth-grade homework assignment was the spark for his musical career. He recalled, “I wrote a report on a musical instrument, and […]
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Pearl & Wood reunites for show at TACAW
Musician Ellie Barber, performing under the moniker Ollella, will be returning to the stage with her former Pearl & Wood bandmate, Natalie Spears, as part of a national tour to promote her debut album, “Back Back Back.” The show, at The Arts Campus at Willits (TACAW), will begin with two sets for each artist to […]
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TACAW welcomes SUSTO
SUSTO, an acclaimed alt-country/folk rock/americana/indie band with a “die-hard fanbase” is slated to perform at The Arts Campus at Willits (TACAW) this coming Saturday evening, Aug. 5, for a standing-room show. If that sounds like a lot of genres, that’s because SUSTO is intriguingly hard to pin down. While the group’s latest album has the […]
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TACAW serves up the sizzle with summer workshops
The warm weather brings another year to partake in a sizzling camp and workshop lineup at The Arts Campus at Willits (TACAW) promising participants engaging ways to explore the performing arts, foster self-discovery and learn about brain empowerment; and, that’s just for starters. Art Williams, TACAW’s education and community partnerships coordinator, spoke with The Sopris […]
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Local arts symposium ponders familiar challenges
On a springish morning, May 2, arts organizations from throughout the Valley convened for the first-ever State of the Arts Symposium at TACAW. The event was organized by Amy Kimberly, former executive director of Carbondale Arts, as part of her Change Leader project with Colorado Creative Industries. Kimberly told The Sopris Sun she hopes the […]
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TACAW presents John McCutcheon
Critically-acclaimed and seasoned folk singer-songwriter John McCutcheon will be performing at The Arts Campus at Willits (TACAW) on Saturday, May 6 at 7pm. The six-time Grammy-nominated artist discussed his upcoming performance with The Sopris Sun, what’s next for him and provided some insight into the long career he has cultivated through a series of community-building […]