Holiday Arts & Crafts Festival  Select dates from Dec 5-7, 2025 • 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Dec05

Holiday Arts & Crafts Festival Select dates from Dec 5-7, 2025 • 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

  Holiday Arts & Crafts Festival  Select dates from Dec 5-7, 2025 • 10:00 am – 5:00 pm  La Plata County Fairgrounds • 2500 Main Ave, Durango, CO 81301 Map Event Description There will be fine art and amazing crafts at this 3 day event! Come meet the creative people from the Four Corners. Local vendors will be offering paintings, jams and jellies, handcrafted jewelry, sewn goods, holiday sweets and treats, Christmas,...

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Festival of Trees & Wreaths  Dec 5-7, 2025 • 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Dec05

Festival of Trees & Wreaths Dec 5-7, 2025 • 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

  Festival of Trees & Wreaths  Dec 5-7, 2025 • 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm  Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad • 479 Main Ave, Durango, CO81301 MapEvent Website Event Description Get into the spirit of the season with the Festival of Trees & Wreaths, a free and family friendly holiday tradition! Event-goers will tour an enchanted forest of Christmas trees and wreaths decorated by our generous sponsors, bid on the...

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Singing With Santa & Downtown Christmas Tree Lighting  Friday, Nov 28, 2025 • 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Nov25

Singing With Santa & Downtown Christmas Tree Lighting  Friday, Nov 28, 2025 • 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

  Singing With Santa & Downtown Christmas Tree Lighting  Friday, Nov 28, 2025 • 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm  Buckley Park • Main Avenue, Durango, CO81301 MapEvent Website Event Description Kick off the holidays in downtown Durango with Singing with Santa at Buckley Park on Friday, November 28. Families can enjoy carols, cookies, hot chocolate, and a magical countdown to the community tree lighting with Santa himself. After the...

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Turkey Trot  Thursday, Nov 27, 2025  10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Nov25

Turkey Trot  Thursday, Nov 27, 2025  10:00 am – 12:00 pm

  Turkey Trot  Thursday, Nov 27, 2025 • 10:00 am – 12:00 pm  Fort Lewis College • 1000 Rim Drive, Durango, CO81301 MapEvent Website Event Description One of Durango’s most popular running races for close to 30 years has become a holiday tradition for so many families. The Turkey Trot, presented by Animas Surgical Hospital, features a 5-mile race and a 1-mile fun-run. All of the proceeds go to great local charities. Come...

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The Polar Express Train Is Back  November 21, 2025 – January 3, 2026
Nov25

The Polar Express Train Is Back November 21, 2025 – January 3, 2026

  The Polar Express Train  November 21, 2025 – January 3, 2026  Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad • 479 Main Ave, Durango, CO81301 Map Event Description Join the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad for the holiday classic, THE POLAR EXPRESS Train Ride, a magical theatrical interpretation of the classic tale of a child’s Christmas Eve journey to the North Pole featuring a ride on a steam locomotive....

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The Prevention and Healing of Sadness
Nov17

The Prevention and Healing of Sadness

By Deepak Chopra, MD, FACP, FRCP We live in a society where being positive is offered as the best attitude a person can take to life. Yet sometimes this simply isn’t possible, and people find themselves facing temporary or long-term sadness. At such times, positivity isn’t much help because negative moods can have a life of their own. How do you deal with being in sad gear? In times of crisis, the sad truth is that most of us become...

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A Mancos Breeder Trains A Westminster Contender Beehive Great Danes Earns Westminster Invite After Years Of Work
Nov15

A Mancos Breeder Trains A Westminster Contender Beehive Great Danes Earns Westminster Invite After Years Of Work

Professional handler Betty Jo Pyle and Adonis. (Courtesy Photo/Kriston Hamilton) On a typical morning, as light filters over Mancos, Kriston Hamilton begins a long day. “We get up in the morning, we take care of the dogs before we take care of ourselves,” the dog breeder said. “I have made my life around my dogs.” Hamilton, of Beehive Great Danes, and her Great Dane, Adonis, will compete at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New...

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Mesa Verde Entrance Fee-Free Day Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Nov06

Mesa Verde Entrance Fee-Free Day Tuesday, November 11, 2025

  Mesa Verde Entrance Fee-Free Day  Select dates from Jan 9 – Nov 11, 2025Select dates from January 9 through November 11, 2025  Mesa Verde National Park • Mile .7 Headquarters Loop Road, Mesa Verde National Park, CO81330 Map Event Description Mesa Verde waives it’s entry fee several times each year. This is due to efforts to encourage everyone to visit their national park, and applies to all national parks. Complete...

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Pondering Pines Maker’s Market at Vallecito Lake Nov 8-9, 2025 • 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
Nov06

Pondering Pines Maker’s Market at Vallecito Lake Nov 8-9, 2025 • 11:00 am – 9:00 pm

    Pondering Pines Maker’s Market at Vallecito Lake  Select dates from Nov 8-9, 2025 • 11:00 am – 9:00 pmSelect dates from November 8 through November 9, 2025 at 11:00 am  JW Vallecito Resort • 13030 Co Rd 501, Bayfield, CO81122 MapEvent Website Event Description Join us for a magical weekend at the Pondering Pines Holiday Maker’s Market, a two-day indoor event supporting Vallecito community members affected by the...

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Downtown Children’s Halloween And Events
Oct30

Downtown Children’s Halloween And Events

Downtown Children’s Halloween  Friday, Oct 31, 2025 • 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm  Downtown Durango • Durango, CO Event Description Join the fun in downtown Durango on October 31 from 4:00 – 6:00 PM for a safe, festive Halloween experience for kids. Little ghosts and goblins will roam Main Avenue and East 2nd Avenue, trick-or-treating at participating businesses (about 75–100 locations) handing out candy and non-candy items to children 10...

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