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TUPELO • Back in the days of the English Renaissance, William Shakespeare was on fire.

Where there was once a bustling Denver theater scene becoming more interesting by the year — more experimentation, funkier musicals, explorations of race, sex and identity, immersive events featuring food and drink — there has been a long silence, despite some outdoor performances and a fair amount of video streaming. One of the most intriguing — and so far most silent — Front Range companies has been Benchmark Theatre. Rachel Rogers, co-founder with Haley Johnson, left in January. Johnson herself gave birth last fall to a son. Scheduled plays were canceled; there were no outdoor per...

pcrowley@adirondackdailyenterprise.com This is the lobby of the new Mountain Pass Lodge at Mount Van Hoevenberg March 14. (Enterprise photo — Peter Crowley) There is a running track on the first floor of the new Mountain Pass Lodge at Mount Van Hoevenberg. (Enterprise photo — Peter Crowley) This outdoor deck is just off the food service area of the new Mountain Pass Lodge at Mount Van Hoevenberg. (Enterprise photo — Peter Crowley) A new medals plaza, which might be used for ourdoor concerts, ws built in front of the bobsled-skeleton-luge track at Mount Van Hoeve...

Special to the News Kris Cheney-Seymour finishes a ski in front of the new Mountain Pass Lodge at Mount Van Hoevenberg on March 14. (News photo — Peter Crowley) LAKE PLACID — As Kris Cheney-Seymour gave a tour of the enormous new Mountain Pass Lodge at Mount Van Hoevenberg on March 14, at one point he said, without breaking his matter-of-fact tone, this is now “one of the greatest Nordic venues on the planet.” He also said the investment will pay off for a century to come. “We’ve built a venue that, for recreation, healthy lifestyle and sport, will last 100 years,” he said.

TUPELO - The relationship dynamics between sisters can be quite complex. There are times when they're rivals and can't stand each other. But even in their messiness there are heartfelt moments when sisterly love takes over and they have each other's backs. Few theater productions accurately capture this sibling relationship better than "Crimes of the Heart," written by Jackson native Beth Henley. The story of sisters who reunite in their Mississippi hometown won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and earned a Tony Award nomination in 1986. Tupelo Community Theatre will present "Crimes of the H...