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Friday, April 24 2026

Lickety-Split Comedy presents The Experts @ Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts

Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts

2313 Eagle Drive
Pagosa Springs, Colorado


The Experts leads with a TED-talk style lecture by an expert in their field, followed by Lickety-Split improvising by taking inspiration from the lecture. If you like to laugh and learn, this is the show for you! Lickety-Split will be joined by guest improvisors from Durango & Cortez including veteran performers Cindy Laudadio-Hill and Tara Demmy. Show starts at 7pm and includes a brief intermission. Tickets are available for $15 at licketysplitcomedy.com or $20 at the door. 

Our guest expert for April 24th is John Kappelman PhD who will discuss Cracking The Oldest Cold Case: How Lucy Died and Why It Matters. John Kappelman received a B.S. in Geology and Geophysics from Yale University, and an M.A. in Anthropology and Ph.D. in Anthropology and Earth and Planetary Sciences, both from Harvard University. He recently retired after serving for 35 years as a professor in the Departments of Anthropology and Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin, and continues his association with UT Austin as Professor Emeritus. The primary focus of his research is ape and human origins and evolution, with particular emphasis in paleoecology and functional morphology, and stratigraphy and geochronology.

 


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