Review: Diva Royale
Curtain Up!
In its regional premiere, Diva Royale kicks off at Miners Alley Performing Arts Center with plenty of slapstick, sequins, and full-throttle lip-syncing. Under the gleefully raucous direction of Associate Artistic Director Warren Sherrill, actor/playwright Jeff Daniels’ farcical comedy follows three Midwestern moms on a wild ride of personal reinvention and over-the-top theatrics. What starts as a search for their guiding light evolves into a vibrant tale about identity and illusion, where shimmering angels and big laughs take center stage. In an age when self-expression is under siege, Diva Royale doesn’t retreat—it lip-syncs with total abandon... Read more...
Inaugural Golden Wine Festival brings out hundreds
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
In a city known worldwide for its beer, perhaps it’s time for Golden’s wine and wine-lovers to step into the spotlight.
At least, that’s how people at the inaugural Golden Wine Festival felt... Read more...
Mesa beats Mines 28-24 with a last-minute touchdown
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
As the saying goes, “It ain’t over till it’s over,” as the Colorado School of Mines and Colorado Mesa football teams learned during their Oct. 4 Nyikos Cup showdown.
Despite leading for most of its Homecoming game, Mines fell to Mesa 28-24 thanks to a fourth-quarter comeback... Read more...
Home Ore Bust: Mines students, alumni mark Homecoming Week
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
Every fall, when Colorado School of Mines calls its children home, hundreds of them answer — sometimes bringing their own children along for the ride.
On Oct. 2-4, Mines students, staff and alumni celebrated Homecoming by painting pumpkins, roasting marshmallows, running along Clear Creek and packing into the Marv Kay Stadium stands... Read more...
5 Questions with George Saunders: What STEM students asked the acclaimed author and Mines alum
By Emilie Rusch
Colorado School of Mines Newsroom
When George Saunders ’81 was a student at Colorado School of Mines, he lived for a time in the Arts and Crafts-style house on Illinois Street that is now home to the University Honors and Scholars Programs... Read more...
