Colorado Symphony Releases Album Based on Poe’s “The Raven”

Before William Hill wrote a note of The Raven, a tone poem for orchestra and chorus based on Edgar Allan Poe’s poem of the same that will be released on February 2, the principal timpanist for the Colorado Symphony spent months reading the poem out loud and studying everything he could find.

Washington’s in Fort Collins Reopening as 900-Person Music Venue

For nearly four decades, Washington’s Sports Bar and Grill, in Old Town Fort Collins was known for its peanut butter burgers and quarter beer nights, among other things, until it closed in 2016, the same year the Bohemian Foundation stepped in to buy the building to turn it into a music venue.

Music-Centric Elizabeth Hotel Opens in Fort Collins

Bohemian Companies, the for-profit sister company of the Bohemian Foundation, founded by Pat Stryker, has also collaborated with the real-estate development company McWhinney and Sage Hospitality on the music-centric Elizabeth Hotel, a 164-room boutique hotel that opened in December on the edge of Old Town Fort Collins, across the street from Bohemian’s headquarters.

Dizzying Changes on the 1400 Block of Market Street

Denver’s changing. Just look at the 1400 block of Market Street, which has seen a flurry of openings and closings over the past decade. With two new nightclubs — Lit Lounge and the Purple Martini — that trend continues. Take the Lit Lounge building at 1410 Market Street: It was…