Arts and Entertainment
The Community Concert Hall welcomes A Leahy Family Christmas on December 9
Image:The Community Concert Hall welcomes A Leahy Family Christmas on December 9 DURANGO, Colo. – A Christmas adventure sure to charm and enthuse is promised on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, when A Leahy Family Christmas takes the stage at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. Leahy is a Celtic Canadian powerhouse of eight siblings who are each a triple threat of fiddle-driven music, dance and vocals. The siblings...
World-renown Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats return to the Community Concert Hall December 2
World-renown Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats return to the Community Concert Hall December 2 DURANGO, Colo. – Returning once again by popular demand, the Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats will astound and amaze when the troupe takes the stage at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 7 p.m. With more than 30 years of continuous touring in the United States, the performers in the Golden Dragon...
Real Men Sing! Presented by Music in the Mountains Goes to School
Image:Real Men Sing! Presented by Music in the Mountains Goes to School (Durango) Monday, November 16, 2009. Real Men Sing! presented by Music in the Mountains Goes to School will perform a musical program to Florida-Mesa and Sunnyside Elementary students Friday, November 20, 9:00 am at Florida-Mesa Elementary School. Under the direction of Dr. Andrew Homburg – a Fort Lewis College vocal music professor...
“Rhythms of Durango-HOLiDAZZLE” release party/show set for Nov. 27
Image:”Rhythms of Durango-HOLiDAZZLE” release party/show set for Nov. 27 Business Improvement District produces holiday CD featuring local artists DURANGO, Colo. – “Rhythms of Durango-HOLiDAZZLE” – the first compilation CD of holiday songs performed by local musicians and singer/songwriters – is set for release Friday, Nov. 27, 2009, during a free live show and celebration at the Henry...
San Juan Symphony to Present “From the Old Country” on November 14-15
Image:San Juan Symphony to Present “From the Old Country” on November 14-15 DURANGO, CO — The San Juan Symphony will present its second concert of the 2009-10 Once Upon a Time season on Saturday, November 14 in Telluride, CO and on Sunday, November 15 in Durango, CO. The orchestra will be joined by the splendid voices of the Durango and Telluride Choral Societies as it performs Mahler’s Forest...
“Natural Elements” Artists’ Presentation at Library
Image: “Natural Elements” Artists’ Presentation at Library Durango, CO – An Artists’ Presentation by Durango artists Margaret Barge and Susan Tait will be held on Monday, November 9 from 7:00-8:00 p.m. in the program rooms at the Durango Public Library. Artists Barge and Tait will speak about their art exhibit “Natural Elements” currently on display at the Library and running through...
American Bluegrass “dream” Cherryholmes takes the Community Concert Hall stage November 20
Image:American Bluegrass “dream” Cherryholmes takes the Community Concert Hall stage November 20 DURANGO, Colo. – The band considered “The American Bluegrass dream,” Cherryholmes, comes to the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, with special guest, Durango’s own, The Badly Bent opening at 7 p.m. With dad...
Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College announces 2010 Winter/Spring Performing Arts Series
Image:Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College announces 2010 Winter/Spring Performing Arts Series DURANGO, Colo. – Tickets for the Winter/Spring 2010 Performing Arts Series at The Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College will go on sale November 9, 2009, available on the web at www.durangoconcerts.com, by calling 970.247.7657 or 877.282.9992, or visiting the Ticket Office in Downtown Durango at 7th and Main Ave....
The African Arts Market at Durango Arts Center
Image:The African Arts Market at Durango Arts Center The African Arts Market exhibition opens in the Barbara Conrad Gallery of the Durango Arts Center on Tuesday, November 3rd. This multifaceted program will showcase traditional and contemporary African culture with 12 days of public exhibits, lectures, performances and workshops. All events are free and open to the public (exception is a drumming workshop fee of $20.)...
Musical revue, Irving Berlin’s “I Love a Piano” to be staged Nov. 11 at the Community Concert Hall
Image:Musical revue, Irving Berlin’s “I Love a Piano” to be staged Nov. 11 at the Community Concert Hall DURANGO, Colo. – “I Love a Piano,” the nostalgic musical journey that spans seven decades of American history as seen through the eyes of Irving Berlin, comes to the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, Wednesday, Nov....
Want tickets to the Race Across the Sky – Leadville Trail 100 with Lance Armstrong, Travis Brown, and Matt Shriver?
Want tickets to the Race Across the Sky – Leadville Trail 100 with Lance Armstrong, Travis Brown, and Matt Shriver? Coca Cola of Durango has teamed up with Mountain Bike Specialists (MBS) for a give away of two tickets to the movie. For each purchase of FRS at MBS you can enter a drawing to win 2 tickets to the movie. FRS energy drink contains a secret weapon Quercetin, a natural antioxidant found in...
Act fast. The Salt Fire Circus is the hottest ticket in Durango!
Don’t Miss this Halloween Sideshow – Salt Fire Circus Alternative Circus and Burlesque The Salt Fire Circus invites the Durango community to join in a 4-evening run of live music and dance in the styles of alternative circus and burlesque. This show consists of acts that are each representations of Tarot cards. The Tarot is an ancient tool of 78 images, each reflecting universal human life experiences. ...
World-class Comedy with “The Second City” comes to the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College Feb. 14 &15
Image:World-class Comedy with “The Second City” comes to the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College Feb. 14 &15 DURANGO, Colo. – Renowned for launching the careers of comedy greats from John Belushi to Tina Fey, the Second City Comedy Troupe brings its irreverent comedic revue to the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College...
Dance auditions for “Nutcracker” to be held October 17
Image:Dance auditions for “Nutcracker” to be held October 17 Local dancers to be included in holiday ballet at the Community Concert Hall DURANGO, Colo. – As has become tradition, local youth dancers, ages 5-13, will be included in the professional staging of the State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara’s “Nutcracker” at the...
The Alternative Process at Open Shutter
The Alternative Process at Open Shutter Durango are you ready to see something like you haven’t before.. well locally anyway? Heather Leavitt opens her show on The Alternative Process at Open Shutter on October 23, 2009. You don’t want to miss this opening! She shares the gallery with 3 other artists to give our small town a great boom in photography outside the normal processes. This show features alternative...
Durango Lively Arts Presents “The Haunting of Hill House”
Image: Durango Lively Arts Presents “The Haunting of Hill House” “The Haunting of Hill House”, a truly spooky play, will give you a chance to get in the spirit of Halloween. Produced by Durango Lively Arts Company, it will be on stage at the Smiley Theater, 1309 East Third Avenue in Durango Friday and Saturday nights at 7:00 p.m. for three(3) weekends from Oct. 16th to Oct. 31st.
The legendary Allen Toussaint takes the stage Oct. 14 at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College
Image: The legendary Allen Toussaint takes the stage Oct. 14 at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College DURANGO, Colo. – Allen Toussaint, revered as one of America’s greatest musical treasures, takes the stage at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, 7:30 p.m. Singer, pianist, songwriter, arranger and producer, Toussaint has been making records for more than 40...
The Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College welcomes acclaimed singer Suzy Bogguss
Image:The Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College welcomes acclaimed singer Suzy Bogguss on Sunday, Oct. 11 DURANGO, Colo. – Suzy Bogguss, one of the most acclaimed female country singers of the late ’80s and ’90s who has balanced country tradition with a contemporary mainstream sensibility, comes to the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, 7 p.m. Walking the line between...
The Passing Zone coming to the Concert Hall
Image: “The Passing Zone” brings comedy, juggling and amazing feats to the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College Oct. 10 DURANGO, Colo. – The amazing act that garnered international notoriety as a finalist on “America’s Got Talent,” “The Passing Zone” will offer the closest thing to a world without gravity at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, Saturday, Oct. 10,...
Ferocious Feelings! Call to Artists
Image:Ferocious Feelings! Call to Artists From the coordinator of ‘deliciously weird’, here comes another guerilla art show: “Ferocious Feelings!” Artists working in all media are welcome to share their “Ferocious Feelings” on October 24, 2009, 6–10 p.m. This one night only event will be held at 988 Main Avenue, Durango with special guest dj MR. Anderson. A $5 donation at the door...
