Eden Lane

Arts and Culture Reporter

@edenlane [email protected]

Eden Lane joined CPR News as the arts and culture reporter in 2022.

Professional background:
For more than 15 years, Eden Lane worked as a freelance journalist in Denver, Colorado. As the host and producer of "In Focus with Eden Lane" on PBS12, RMPBS and PBS Digital, she was a true one-man band/multimedia journalist. During 11 seasons, this weekly series featured over 450 original episodes. Eden previously worked as a correspondent for RMPBS' Arts District and as a producer for PBS12's flagship live call-in community affairs show, "STUDIO 12."

Awards/recognition:
Eden’s awards and accolades include a 2023 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award, Westword's Best of Denver, and The Denver Post Ovation Award.

Denver's annual Christkindl Market at Civic Center Park. Dec. 23, 2023.

Life and Culture

From high art to handcrafted gifts, Colorado’s 2024 holiday markets offer treasures for shoppers of all stripes

A guide to holiday markets around the state.

Artists Chelsea Kaiah, Suzi Q. Smith and Jeff Campbell hold their Social Impact Awards at the ceremony on Nov. 19, 2024

Colorado Arts Spotlight, Nov. 21 – 24: MCA director on the move, Denver artists recognized for impact

From innovative circus shows to classic musicals, this week’s calendar has both traditional seasonal fare and fresh artistic offerings across theater, music, and visual arts.

Pablo Mijares in his Colorado Springs workshop surrunded by violins

Colorado Springs violin-maker crafts a 300-year legacy with his instruments

Juan Mijares belongs to the small world of expert luthiers.

Three people, including Emily Mooney, study alpine plants on a hillside in the mountains near Fairplay, Colorado.

Colorado Wonders

Where do Colorado’s foothills end and the mountains begin? Experts say it’s complicated

Maybe it’s the rocks, maybe it’s the elevation or maybe the animals that live there. The question has fascinated scientists for centuries.

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Life and Culture

Colorado holiday events guide 2024: from Denver Zoo Lights to mountain town celebrations

This holiday season, Coloradans can enjoy everything from traditional tree-lightings and parades and more extravagant light displays and festivals.

members of the band Elder Grown onstage with their instruments

Colorado Arts Spotlight, Nov. 14 – 17: a musical satire, a nostalgic single and the start of the holiday season

From film screenings to symphony concerts, there’s a little something for everyone.

Art is displayed on yellow and white walls at History Colorado

History Colorado reimagines museum experience through new art

Local artists bridge past and present in History Colorado’s new exhibition strategy.

Dancers in pink with flowers on their torsos form a circle.

A complete guide to all ‘The Nutcracker’ ballet performances in Colorado in 2024

From Denver to Boulder to Fort Collins, Colorado Springs, Aspen and Grand Junction, there’s a “Nutcracker” for everyone this holiday season.

Men in old timey military uniforms stand behind a woman with her arm raised in salute.

Girl Dads, a Drag Star, and Opera: Opera Colorado Reimagines a comedic classic

RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Monét X Change joins a fresh take on Donizetti’s “Daughter of the Regiment” that explores how a daughter’s presence transforms a military regiment.

Two students working on their tactile projects in the ceramics studio

Colorado Arts Spotlight, Nov. 7 – 10: Exhibition bridges the gap between blind and sighted communities

It’s a week where theaters push boundaries, event spaces transform into fashion runways and classical music is reimagined.

The Sie Film Center

Colorado Arts Spotlight, Oct. 31 – Nov. 3: Denver Arts Week, Denver Film Festival return

From film screenings to symphony concerts, there’s a little something for everyone.

Michael Shayan, playwright and star of ‘Avaaz,’ dressed as his Iranian mother, Roya. The stage is adorned for a traditional Nowruz celebrations with long flowing fabrics and chandeliers.

Iranian American play breaks ground in Denver theater with mother-son story ‘Avaaz’

At first, Michael Shayan’s mother didn’t know why her son was making a play about her. Now her question is “When am I going to Broadway?”

The cast of The Ballot of Paola Aguilar

Politics and identity collide in the comedy ‘The Ballot of Paola Aguilar’

Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company explores diverse Latinx voices in this pre-election production.

Colorado Arts Spotlight, Oct. 24 – 27: Ofrenda exhibits, Dracula’s disco, and family-friendly gothic theater

Also, a new release from a Colorado composer focuses on hope, as the world moves out of the pandemic.

The audience is in the foreground of an illuminated stage with a speaker introducing a film for the Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival.

42 films shine at this year’s Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival in Colorado Springs

North America’s longest-running women’s film festival is celebrating its 37th year at Colorado College.

By Eden Lane and Kendra Carr

The ACT Human Rights Film Festival

Colorado’s Ultimate Film Festival Guide: 30+ Events for Movie Lovers in 2024-2025

Communities around the state offer film festivals large and small, and everything in between.

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