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.

Actors in a scene from the Arvada Center's "Dracula, a Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really", Oct. 2024.

Arvada Center reimagines ‘Dracula’ with humor and gender-swapped roles

In a very bloody production, the classic Victorian horror becomes a “Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really”

Peter Oundjian is seen conducting the Colorado Symphony Orchestra.

What makes a great orchestra? Colorado Symphony’s new music director has an inclusionary vision that elevates music across genres

As the Colorado Symphony enters a new phase under Peter Oundjian’s leadership, it aims to expand its reach and contribute to Denver’s cultural scene.

two little girls walking costumed corgis in a parade

Colorado Arts Spotlight, Oct. 3 – 6: Tour de Corgi, Art on the Corner and more

Plus this weekend brings classical ballet, street art, traditional barkcloth, and an exploration of “cancel culture.”

Actor Ty Fanning holds a skull in a scene from the Denver Center Theatre Company's 2024 production of Hamlet.

Denver Center’s ‘Hamlet’ reinvents Shakespeare’s classic with young lead and viking-inspired setting”

Drawing inspiration from historical research, “Hamlet” director Chris Coleman created a world that blends elements of Viking culture with early European Christianity.

Colorado Springs artist appeals copyright rejection over AI art

Jason M. Allen’s “Theatre D’Opera Spatial” first won top honors at the 2022 Colorado State Fair. Then the controversy began.

Cast members gather for a selfie in what apears to be a birthday party scene in the Broadway musical "Kimberly Akimbo"

Colorado Arts Spotlight, Sept. 27-29: Opera, oddities, a silent film festival and more

Plus, an arts grant will help preserve Indigenous cultural memory and a touring musical starts its journey in Denver.

Characters face off for the climactic duel in the DTCT's 2024 production of Hamlet.

Colorado Arts Spotlight, Sept. 20-22: Hamlet, high country photography and ‘dancing with fungi’

From dance performances to art exhibitions and community festivals, here’s a look at things to do around Colorado this weekend.

Button Poetry Book Fair exhibit

Denver’s [margins.] book festival seeks to redefine literary arts with drag, comedy and a neighborhood full of events

The two-day festival focuses on voices that have often been pushed to the margins in art and society.

Boulder one of three finalists to land the Sundance Film Festival

The city is up against Cincinnati and the festival’s current home in Utah.

Artist Yazmin Atmore at work on a mural in Boulder with a large image of a dragonfly in the foreground

Colorado Arts Spotlight, Sept 13-15: Political satire, Indigenous art, mural events and more

From environmental murals to Muslim Futurism, Colorado offers a range of issues to explore. Also, why the Aurora Fox doesn’t have an August Wilson play on its schedule next year.

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance ensemble members Corey Boatner and Caeli Blake performing Orfeu Negro. Boatner lifts Blake, who is doing the splits with her right arm overhead.

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance revives ‘Black Orpheus’ in Denver

The work is one of three Brazilian inspired pieces the company will bring to the stage this weekend.

A multimedia work by John Toms, with other canvases displayed in a temporary gallery space in the background

Colorado Arts Spotlight: From festivals to cat cafés, your guide to arts events this weekend

Plus, this week in arts news — a big goodbye at Opera Colorado.

An audience takes in a presentation from the stage of an auditorium during a screening at the 2023 Short Cuts Film Festival

Colorado filmmakers take center stage at 8th annual Short Circuit Festival

101 films, all 25 minutes or less, will screen in Colorado Springs this weekend

Colorado sending nearly $2 million to support arts and culture groups around the state

Recipients range from the Museum of Friends in Walsenburg to the Fort Collins Mural Project.

A Beaver Creek Oktoberfest stein posed creek side with greenery and a path in the background.

Colorado Arts Spotlight: Things to do this Labor Day Weekend

Plus, this week in arts news — a big goodbye at Opera Colorado.

Protected by a mask, Ulrike Zugelder uses a diamond-coated power grinder

Stone and soul: The enduring draw of the MARBLE/marble Symposium

Each summer sculptors flock to Marble, Colorado, to try their hands on the town’s celebrated stone.

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