Arts and Entertainment
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...
DAC Invites Artists to Submit Paintings for African Market Exhibit
Image:DAC Invites Artists to Submit Paintings for African Market Exhibit The Durango Art Center invites artists to participate in a small canvas show that will be held during the African Market at the DAC, November 3-14. All media appropriate to and mounted on a six-by-six inch deep-edged canvas will be accepted. The art will be exhibited and silently auctioned off during the entire African Marketexhibit. Proceeds from the...
“Outrage” Documentary To Be Screened, Panel Discussion to Follow
“Outrage” Documentary To Be Screened, Panel Discussion to Follow Sunday, October 11, 2009 – NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY Durango, CO — To celebrate National Coming Out Day, Four Corners Gay and Lesbian Alliance for Diversity (4CGLAD) and the Durango Independent Film Festival will be screening the documentary OUTRAGE at the Durango Arts Center on Sunday, October 11, 2009, from 5pm – 7pm. The film will be followed by...
Cowboy and songwriter Sid Hausman to Perform at Library
Image:Cowboy and songwriter Sid Hausman to Perform at Library Durango, CO – Sid Hausman, cowboy balladeer, songwriter, and children’s book author from Tesuque, New Mexico, will perform at the Durango Public Library on Wednesday, September 30th at 7 p.m. prior to the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Sid’s music is a blend of folk and Western Americana. He plays a variety of instruments including the banjo,...
San Juan Symphony to Present “Once Upon a Time” 2009-2010 Concert Season
Image:San Juan Symphony to Present “Once Upon a Time” in 2009-2010 Concert Season Durango, CO – When Arthur Post steps to the podium next month to beginhis eighth season as Music Director of the San Juan Symphony, he willconfirm our suspicion that music is good at telling stories. Our season,themed Once Upon a Time, will feature engaging and colorful musicinspired by fairy tales, folk tales, myths...
Mason Named As President To Music In The Mountains Board Of Directors
Mason Named As President To Music In The Mountains Board Of Directors Durango, CO, August 25, 2009 – Music in the Mountains has elected Florence “Foxie” Mason as the President to its Board of Directors succeeding past President, Tom Jones. Ms. Mason is one of the founding members of the Music in the Mountains summer festival started over 23 years ago in Durango, Colorado. She chaired the national search committee that selected the...
Late summer shows on tap at the Community Concert Hall
Image:Summary:Singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega, Nashville band KingBilly and Los Lonely Boys to performLate summer shows on tap at the Community Concert Hall Singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega, Nashville band KingBilly and Los Lonely Boys to perform DURANGO, Colo. – In advance of the regular fall performing arts series, the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College will stage three fun-filled late summer shows: singer/songwriter...
Charles Leslie moves into his own at the Community Concert Hall
Image:Summary:With an economy that may see the tightening of pocket books, and less spending on show tickets, new Community Concert Hall Director Charles Leslie remains optimistic, and is indeed bringing “the world” to Durango. DURANGO, Colo. – Charles Leslie is having a good time. He was told by Gary Penington, his predecessor at the Community Concert Hall, that he now has “one of the best jobs in Colorado,”...
Local Wildlife Photographers Sought for Exhibit at Library
Image:” Durango, CO – Local photographers are invited to submit their work for “The Beast in the Library: Wildlife Photography” an upcoming photography exhibit at the Durango Public Library. The exhibit will run from September 13, 2009 through October 24, 2009 as part of the Common Reading Experience centered on David Baron’s book The Beast in the Garden. Submissions will be accepted from 10...
“Kid’s Create” Event @ the Library!
Image: ” Durango, CO – Kids going into 2nd through 5th grades are invited to participate in the “Kids Create!” event on Thursday, July 23 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Storytime Room of the Durango Public Library. Kids can create some fun projects to take home with them during this event which is part of the “Be Creative @Your Library” summer reading program. The kids will also work together to design a temporary...
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