Posts by Arts and Culture El Dorado
5-22-21
Explore Madaba, Jordan The One Place, Many Stories program in Madaba aims to foster greater appreciation and protection of Jordan’s cultural heritage by showcasing the connection between members of the community and their local heritage. You can tour their site online now! Click here to see more. . Watch Green Gold Part of the Touch the Past series produced…
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Watch Uncle Vanya Tony Award nominee Conor McPherson breathes new life into Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece with his acclaimed adaptation of Uncle Vanya, a drama portraying life at the turn of the 20th century filled with tumultuous frustration, dark humor and hidden passions.Click here to see more. . Explore Bears Ears National Monument Designated as National Monument in 2016, Bears Ears…
Read More5-7-2021
Watch Episode 7 of PBS’s Bluegrass Underground Taped deep within the subterranean amphitheater of The Caverns in Tennessee’s majestic Cumberland Mountains, this “musical adventure” series features both long-established and emerging artists within a broad spectrum of genres to include roots-rock, jamband, r&b, soul, folk, Americana and bluegrass. Click here to see more. . Explore Hopi Petroglyph Sites Tutuveni…
Read More4-30-21
Explore the Lowry Pueblo National Historic Landmark The Lowry Pueblo National Historic Landmark is located within Canyons of Ancients National Monument in the four corners region of the American Southwest. The landmark is a Puebloan “Great House” that contains thirty-seven rooms, eight kivas, and one Great Kiva. Archaeologists have dated the construction and occupation of…
Read MoreBirds of a Feather: Native California Indian Art
Birds of a Feather featured the works of local Native California Indian artists Jeremy Peconom, Meyo Marrufo, Kai LaPena, and Jaime Lanouette. Brought to you in partnership with concept: art + movement, a project of Arts and Culture El Dorado’s Arts Incubator program, Birds of a Feather offered a glimpse into the practice of Traditional…
Read More4-16-21
View Yale’s collection of art of the ancient Americas Yale University’s collection of art from the ancient Americas comprises approximately 1,500 objects, crossing cultural boundaries from the Olmec to the Inca and spanning more than 2,500 years. Click here to see more. . Watch Women On The Road at the El Dorado County Museum Women…
Read More4-9-21
Watch Phantom of the Opera (2004) Deep in the passageways below the Paris Opera lives a lonely, talented, horribly disfigured man who revels in terrorizing the theater’s employees as The Phantom of the Opera. But when the masked Phantom sees young Christine Daaé, his heart melts. When she cannot return his affection all the pain…
Read More4-2-21
Watch Megan Hilty perform in concert Join Tony-nominated star Megan Hilty of Wicked, 9 to 5: The Musical, Noises Off, and NBC’s Smash for a new concert special featuring a versatile set of musical theater favorites and classic standards. Click here to see more. . Explore the Geghard Monastery, Armenia The Geghard Monastery complex was…
Read More2021 El Dorado County Poetry Out Loud
El Dorado County’s county-wide Poetry Out Loud Final Competition was held Monday, February 1, 2021. Sponsored by the California Arts Council, Poetry Out Loud (or POL) is a nationwide poetry recitation competition, inviting High School Students throughout the nation to memorize, interpret, and recite acclaimed poems. Preparing a recitation allows students an intimate and thorough…
Read More3-26-21
Time-lapse animated map of the growth of London, from the Romans to the 21st Century Watch the growth of London from its origins as a Roman town, to the modern megacity of today. Click here to see more. . Explore a new archive of 2,200 historical wildlife illustrations The fruit of decades of artistic-scientific labors…
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