Chapman Ice Rink Opens Friday October 2, 2020!
Chapman Hill Ice Rink will open Friday, October 2 with public skating from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. and an outdoor gear swap from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Ice rink admission is $7 for all ages, and skate rentals are $3. Chapman Hill is a small, in-town ski and skate facility. During the winter, a refrigerated rink provides excellent ice skating. During the summer, the rink is used for rollerblading. The pavilion at Chapman Hill has concessions,...
MANHATTAN SHORT 2020- You Be the Judge!
Film lovers in Durango will join over 100,000 film enthusiasts around the world from Sept 24 – Oct 31 when the 23rd Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival screens at the Durango Stadium 9 Theatre September 25 – October 1, and the Butch Cassidy Train Car inside the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Museum for four small, intimate screenings in October. For Durango screening dates and times, please visit durangofilm.org....
Starwatch: equinox, when the sun sits on the equator
Summer officially ends in the northern hemisphere tomorrow, and we enter the autumn. This is the time of year when the length of day and night are exactly equal. Known as the September equinox, it always takes place sometime around the 21st of the month. This year, it takes place on 22 September at 1431 BST. At this moment the sun will be located directly on the celestial equator, the projection of Earth’s equator into the sky. This...
Register to Vote in Colorado
New voters can can register to Vote in Colorado Right Here!If you are outside of Colorado, these 40 states allow online registration. And you can check your current registration status below Election Day is 40 days away, but voting is already underway in several states. To help you vote during this unusual year — in a country where voting is already more difficult than in most other democracies — we have put together a step-by-step...
HP & Me – Pay Forward Time
Welcome to this week’s edition of H.P. and Me! It’s Season 3! In this time of big changes and big challenges, “Pay Forward” is another way of applying the Golden Rule of Life to all situations. Whenever we set in motion any form of mental or physical good activity we also set in motion the conditions for good reciprocal responses. Unconditional service to humanity and forward thinking is the Golden Rule that encourages...
Bailey’s Bits
Bailey’s Bits “I’m in shape. Round is a shape.” Life Lessons Learned from Hanging out at RE/MAX Pinnacle Meet Bailey at https://homesindurango.com/meet-bailey
Free Shakespeare in the Park
Merely Players Studio Series is delighted to present Free Shakespeare in the Park WHAT: Eight local actors present a socially distanced, abbreviated, giddy version of William Shakespeare’s delightful comedy MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. WHERE: Jenkins Ranch Park in Durango, 435 Jenkins Ranch Road WHEN: September 24, 25 and 26, 2020 at 6:00 PM; September 26 & 27 at 2:00 PM IMPORTANT INFO: We are working closely with San Juan Public...
26th Annual Durango Autumn Arts Festival
The Durango Arts Center is excited to celebrate its 26th year of presenting fine art and fine craft by makers from around the country. This festival takes place amidst the fall colors on quaint Second Avenue in historic downtown Durango, Colorado. The wide avenue, lined with restaurants and a variety of shops, is one block from Main Avenue, a gathering place for shoppers and the thousands of visitors that fill the town each fall....
Weekly COVID-19 Emergency Response Summary – SJBPH
For week of September 12th – September 19th Local Case Count Archuleta County cases: 50 (+2) La Plata County cases: 256 (+3) Archuleta County non-resident cases: 41 (+2) La Plata County non-resident cases: 32 (+4) Archuleta County positivity rate: 0% (week of September 6th) La Plata County positivity rate: .3% (week of September 6th) Outbreaks: 3 (all in La Plata County, cumulative figure) Deaths among cases with COVID-19 – 2 (both...
Blue Moon Ramblers – Sundays at the Strater
Change may alter the appearance of our small town by taking away Hogans or glossing up Main Avenue with modern buildings and fresh concrete, but you can still rely on a certain local band every Sunday night for familiarity. For two decades, the Blue Moon Ramblers have been as reliable as they come, having played more than 1,200 Sunday shows at the Diamond Belle Saloon and counting. That is a lot of songs, and over the years more...
