Arts and Entertainment
Music in the Mountains Events thru July 30th
Did you know Music in the Mountains has events all over the Durango area though July? Check out their complete 2017 schedule or see only their free events. Here are a few that are coming soon, but there is so much more! FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT Friday, July 28th, 7:00 PM $56 / $46 Festival Tent, Purgatory 1 Skier Place Durango JAZZ JUBILEE Byron Stripling, conductor and trumpetEnjoy a musical celebration of JAZZ with the full...
Bow Wow! Film Festival, July 27th
Emily Phillips with the La Plata County Humane Society drops a few bones of information about the Bow Wow Film Festival on July 27.
Durango Fiesta Days
This week and next we celebrate Durango Fiesta Days, an annual celebration of our local heritage. Since 1935, this celebration has been a way to recognize Durango’s culture. It used to be called the Spanish Trails Fiesta, then changed to Navajo Trail Fiesta, and is now called Durango Fiesta Days. The next week and a half there will be a variety of events, starting with the Queen Contest on Saturday, July 22. Next Tuesday, July 25, the...
Footgolf Arrives in the Four Corners
How hard can it be to kick a soccer ball into a hole in the ground? Easier than hitting a tiny golf ball with what amounts to a stick! We visit on of the first Foot Golf Courses in the Four Corners this week
Project Sky Steps Opens
Three months, 500 steps, 250 feet in elevation. That’s what it took to build a stairway from downtown Durango to the Fort Lewis College campus, thanks to Trails 2000 volunteers.
26th Annual Art on the Animas
Come meet the artists and crafts persons in the 26th annual Art on the Animas Arts and Craft Festival! Cigar box guitars & banjos, wine barrel art, copper & steel wall sculptures, blown glass,LulaRoe clothing, stone bird baths and fountains, paintings, stained glass, quilts, crosses, photography, children and baby items, leather purses, hats, sheep skin slippers, and much much more. Where: Santa Rita River Walk at the Durango...
Concerts in the Park
The Community Concert Hall’s Concerts in the Park series gives new meaning to Happy Hour. Find out more about the weekly series on Thursday evenings at Buckley Park.
Hermosa Plan Allows E-Bikes on Trails
Hold on to your handlebars! San Juan National Forest Service officials say they will “test the waters” with new regulations that will allow e-bikes on select trails in the Hermosa Watershed Special Management Area. You can still comment on the plan through July 10.
4th of July, 5k, Parade, Fireworks
Happy Independence Day from Durango Downtown! Check out what’s going on in and around Durango on the 4th of July! Buckley Park Events Rotary Park Events Downtown Events American Voices: What it Means to be an American By Fort Lewis College 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Buckley Park Readings and music by Fort Lewis College and Southwest Civic Winds All-American Gourmet Breakfast By Rotary Club of Durango 7:30 – 11 a.m....
Concerts in the Park
Community Concert Hall and Alpine Bank reprise “Concerts @ The Park” Free seven-week concert series in Durango’s Buckley Park debuts June 15 with Run Boy Run DURANGO, Colo. – Alpine Bank of Durango and the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, with support of the City of Durango, have teamed up once again to present the free summer “Concerts @ The Park” in Durango’s Buckley Park, Thursdays, June 15 through July 27, 2017. All...
Durango Farmers Market
The Durango Farmers Market will be starting the 10th of June this year. Get ready for good produce and great people! The Farmers Market will be held every Saturday until the 28th of October this year. Durango Farmers Market a fun stop for the whole family!! The Farmers Market brings in farmers from our community to share the products from there farms straight to you! Trying to bring in a healthy lifestyle to our community....
IRON HORSE BICYCLE CLASSIC– May 26th to 28th
46th Annual Iron Horse Bicycle Classic! Friday May 26, 2017 Final Packet Pickup Buckley Park (3pm-7pm) Narrow Horse Swim – http://www.durangoswimclub.org Steamworks Faceplant Party: Beer, live music, vendors and bike parade. At Buckley Park 3-8pm Iron BMX Saturday May 27, 2017 Durango Coca-Cola Road Race (7:30am) McDonald’s Citizens Tour to Silverton (8am) Quarter Horse to Purgatory (8:15am) MBS King/Queen of Mountain...
All Breed Dog Show–May 18-19-20-21, 2017!!
May 18-19-20-21, 2017 McGee Park, San Juan County Fairgrounds, Farmington NM FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!!! The McGee Park, San Juan County Fairgrounds is located in the heart of the Four Corners just minutes away from Farmington, Bloomfield and Aztec. the 186-acre fairgrounds is positioned three hours north of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and 40 minutes south of Durango, Colorado. Join us for our second year at this great site! For more...
Dancing with the Durango Stars
Durango dancers team up to raise money for families whose children need treatment at Children’s Hospital in Denver. Dancing with the Durango Stars hits the Henry Strater Theatre stage on Saturday, May 6.
Durango Loves Dogs!! Nancy’s Papillons are learning new tricks!
Durango is a dog friendly town with lots of dog ownership, both purebred and mutt. I myself raise Great Danes and my dogs love living in an area with 3,000,000 acres of national forest and great parks and trails to explore. Nancy my neighbor down the road County Road 250 is a mostly retired veterinarian who at one time was a vet for the Denver Zoo, and on her first day made the Denver news by curing a lame camel with her...
An Island of Serenity within the Cosmic Storm! Yes Mercury is Retro again!
An Island of Serenity With life, it is always something– whether something major like a job loss or a death in the family… or simply an irritation of the moment. Gosh, the recent VENUS RETROGRADE (which went direct April 15h) really was a challenge to our emotions and satisfaction levels… and the last week of it we had Mercury RETRO as well. Oh my… challenges to the heart and mind!!! Rather than panic, let’s slip into a...
The Secret Garden
Merely Players present The Beloved Musical THE SECRET GARDEN May 5,6,11,12,13 2017 @ 7pm Matiness on May 6,13,and 14 @ 1pm Durango Arts Center 802 E. 2nd Ave Durango, Co 81301 Tickets $25 * www.durangoconcerts.com 970-247-7657 The Ticket Office inside Durango Welcome Center
FORT LEWIS COLLEGE CALENDAR– ART, MUSIC, SPORTS & MORE
FORT LEWIS COLLEGE CALENDAR – April 23 – May 6, 2017 Photo from Forbes Magazine Sunday, April 23 Skyhawk Women’s Lacrosse vs. CSU-Pueblo – 1 p.m., Dennison Field Visit www.goskyhawks.com for more information. Tuesday, April 25 MOMIX – Opus Cactus Performance – 7:30 p.m., Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College Visit www.durangoconcerts.com for more information. Saturday, April 29 Fort Lewis College Commencement – 8:30 &...
A Beer Party Like No Other
SKA Brewing’s Mexican Logger is now on the shelves, and to celebrate more than 400 Logger fans descended on SKA Brewing earlier this month for the annual release party in what has become a Durango tradition, and somewhat of a local cultural phenomenon.
Want to Catch a 20-Inch Trout?
Colorado Parks and Wildlife wants your help with a survey about a new disease-resistant trout variety that that agency stocked in Pastorius Reservoir.
