Put down your torch and pitchfork this Halloween and join the Capitol Steps as they skewer everything left, right and wrong with the country today, Saturday, October 30, at 3:30 PM on KSUT.
The Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them.
In the years that followed, many of the Steps ignored conventional wisdom (“Don’t quit your day job!”), and although not all of the current members of the Steps are former Capitol Hill staffers, taken together the performers have worked in a total of eighteen Congressional offices and represent 62 years of collective House and Senate staff experience.
Since they began, the Capitol Steps have recorded 29 albums, including their latest, Obama Mia. They’ve been featured on NBC, CBS, ABC, and PBS, and can be heard four times a year on National Public Radio stations nationwide during their Politics Takes a Holiday radio specials.
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Tami Graham Presents Peter Rowan in Concert at the Durango Arts Center Sunday evening. The show opens at 7 with Durango’s own Wild Mountain. The evening is a benefit for Tara Mandala Retreat Center south of Pagosa Springs. A full cash bar and silent auction will also be featured. Costumes are encouraged at this Halloween night event.
Tickets available at: Durango Arts Center, Southwest Sound or on-line at www.durangoarts.org
Doors 6:30pm, Show 7:00pm
Silent Auction with 100% of proceeds to benefit Tara Mandala Retreat Center
The Rocky Horror Show Live returns to The Hank this week for its third annual Halloween ritual.
A following of devoted fans are expected to dress as their favorite character. This is simple and outrageous fun that has drawn crowds for over 30 years. Join in on the “time warp” in O’Brien’s cult classic, pop culture, science fiction- glam rock and quirky comedy the Rocky Horror Show. Prop-throw bags will be available inside the theatre for purchase (your own props not permitted).
For dates, times and tickets: henrystratertheatre.com
It’s time to RSVP for KSUT’s Annual Member Party and Silent Auction taking place November 6th at Ska Brewing World Headquarters. We’ve got easy online registration and plans for a great evening for friends of public radio.
We’re kicking things off with an online auction featuring a Silverton Winter Family Escape; a season pass to Wolf Creek Ski Area; and a custom Lorien Timber Frame structure. Check it out here: KSUT’s online auction.
If you have an item or service you’d like to donate, give Jen or Bruce a call at 563-0255. Hope to see you on November 6th!
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- Joy Harjo, Linda Baker, Larry Mitchell and Pamela Uschuk
Award-winning poet and singer, Joy Harjo performs songs from her newest CD Red Dreams, A Trail Beyond Tears with Guitarist Larry Mitchell tonight (10/21) in a free show at the FLC ballroom. Reception and book signing to follow. Did you catch her interview on Tribal Radio yesterday?
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Bill Harley is considered a master storyteller and critically-acclaimed singer-songwriter who celebrates commonality and humanity through comic narrative songs and the spoken word. A two-time Grammy Award winner, and multiple nominee, Harley has been called the Mark Twain of contemporary children’s music. Noted the Los Angeles Times, “Harley’s audiences are families, but it’s hard to tell who enjoys him more – parents or children.” Bill is also a regular commentator for NPR’s “All Things Considered” and featured on PBS. Harley joined the National Storytelling Network’s Circle of Excellence in 2001 and tours nationwide as an author and performing artist. Tickets: durangoconcerts.com
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Jumpin’, jivin’ swing renaissance band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy returns to Durango for two shows this week, Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Riding a perpetual wave of popularity and hipness, the zoot-suit clad Big Bad Voodoo Daddy has toured nearly non-stop since coming together in the mid-1990s. Contributing architects of this generation’s swing music revitalization, the band has delivered a series of contemporary recordings and super-sizzling live performances, fashioned from the swinging days of the ’40s and ’50s. Tickets are going fast durangoconcerts.com.
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We’re happy to report that Greensky Bluegrass will be back in town on Saturday night (10/16), performing at the Abbey Theatre in Durango. Beloved former local Anders Beck will be packing his dobro. The band is touring in support of their latest CD Five Interstates. These shows are always a lovefest of great musicianship and fun. Check it out, show starts at 9:00.
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The Durango Independant Film Festival presents its unique “Walk of Fame Fun & Fundraiser” Saturday evening from 5 til 9. This event will take place at 7 venues in downtown Durango and culminates at the Train Museum for a live auction. The venues are: Open Shutter Gallery, Karyn Gabaldon Gallery, The Rochester Hotel, First Southwest Bank, Mutu’s Italian Kitchen, The Golden Triangle Restaurant & The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Train Museum for the Grand Finale.
For details and tickets: durangofilm.org
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As the singer, guitarist and main songwriter of Australia’s Men at Work,
Colin Hay was responsible for penning and popularizing several of the quirkiest pop hits of the early ’80s, including “Down Under,” “Overkill” and “Who Can It Be Now?”. The past ten years have found him reintroducing himself to new generations of fans, though the wit and warmth that defined Men at Work is still intact. Hay’s everyman charm, familiar voice and clever observations continue to resonate with audiences around the world. Tune-in Friday morning at 11:30 when Colin joins KSUT’s Jim Belcher by phone.
Tickets available at durangoconcerts.com.
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