Arts and Entertainment
1st Annual Summer Fest
La Plata Family Centers Coalition 1st Annual Summer Fest Durango, CO, Three Springs – Sunday, June 12, 2016 from 11:00 am until 3:00 pm. Come join us for a spectacular day with the family. Enjoy food, arts & crafts, games, face painting, live music, and much more. Tickets to the event will be done carnival style and affordable for all who attend. This will be the largest fundraising event for the La Plata Family Centers...
Three Springs Outdoor Movie on Friday, June 10th, 2016
Outdoor Movie Night: INSIDE OUT Three Springs, Durango, CO – Kick off the summer with the first 2016 Plaza Pic at Three Springs!!! Movie starts at dusk which is in between 8:15-8:45 pm. Seating is first come, first serve basis. Blanket section and chair section available (you bring your own). A small concession stand will be serving popcorn, candy, soda, etc. *Bad weather may cause Three Springs to cancel this event. Please...
Concerts @ The Park
Community Concert Hall and Alpine Bank reprise “Concerts @ The Park” Free concert series in Durango’s Buckley Park set for Thursdays, June 16 through July 28 Durango, CO – Alpine Bank of Durango and the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College have teamed up once again to present the free summer “Concerts @ The Park” in Durango’s Buckley Park, Thursdays, June 16 through July 28, 2016. All shows are scheduled for 5:30-7:30 p.m....
May 15, 2016
Taste of Durango Durango’s Premier Food and Drink Festival Durango, CO – The premier food festival and the best summer kick-off party in Durango, CO! Featuring local craft breweries, artisan cocktails, and countless samples of the world-class cuisine that Durango’s restaurants offer. Always complimented by a fantastic selection of music, dancing, fun, and friends. Anyone from Durango knows that we live in a town that...
Farmers Market Opens
The Durango Farmers Market opens for its 20th Anniversary Season at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 14.
Walking the Oceanfront Restaurants of Cassis
Cassis is a charming Mediterranean fishing port in southern France, known for pebbly beaches, narrow “calanques” or limestone canyons, and its seafood restaurants. This little town has a magnificent feeling… One must approach the city center through narrow cobblestone alleys with patio dining tables, and walk onto a hustling stone street that opens into the harbor. Along the bay is a stone paved street lined with...
Durango Wine Experience set for May 5-7, 2016
“Are You Experienced?” Durango Wine Experience set for May 5-7, 2016 Durango, CO – Reminding all that there’s “No such thing as too much wine,” the 10th Annual Durango Wine Experience is set for May 5-7, 2016, in Historic Downtown Durango, Colo. A special evening VIP welcome reception is also planned for May 5. With hundreds of wines and dozens of vendors, the Durango Wine Experience offers public tastings, more than six educational...
Paula Poundstone to return to the Community Concert Hall Aug. 19
Paula Poundstone to return to the Community Concert Hall Aug. 19 Tickets for award-winning humorist to go on sale May 6 at 10 a.m. Durango, CO – Award-winning humorist Paula Poundstone returns to the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 6, on-line at www.durangoconcerts.com, by phone at 970.247.7657, or in person at the Ticket Office inside the Durango...
Durango Wine Experience Next Weekend
Who doesn’t love a fun weekend of wine tasting? Paired with delicious foods, immaculate scenery, and a quaint downtown, the Durango Wine Experience (DWE) offers all of the components of a perfect weekend. Every year on the first weekend of May (or end of April), the DWE takes over downtown Durango with a full weekend of events and tastings. This year is the tenth annual year, held May 5, 6, 7. With goals of providing cultural...
6th Annual “Party in the Park” will be May 21, 2016
Party in the Park on May 21 Durango, CO – Join Stillwater Music’s family-friendly kickoff to summer at the 6th annual “Party In the Park”, Saturday May 21st from 12-5pm at Buckley Park in Durango. Live music all day by regional youth performers, including bands from Stillwater Music, musical theater groups from Durango Arts Center and classical string ensembles from Be FRANK Foundation. Check out the booths...
Chamonix’s Finest – Banff Mountain Film Signature Image of 2015
Earlier this month I attended the 40th annual Banff Mountain film festival at an intimate theater on the coast of Southern France. While listening to the excited young college students banter among the rows of soft seats, in a language I can understand bits and pieces of, I beheld a spectacular photograph. Soren Rickard’s “Les Drus” stretched before me on a movie theater screen… I was captivated and overwhelmed...
Introduction to QuickBooks on Thursday, April 21, 2016
Introduction to QuickBooks Durango, CO – Southwest Colorado Small Business Development Center and First National Bank of Durango are sponsoring a full day workshop, Introduction to QuickBooks on Thursday, April 21, 2016 at the Community Room at First National Bank. The workshop offered from 9:00 a.m. until 4 p.m. will have an hour lunch break from noon to 1:00 p.m. Participants are asked to bring a brown bag lunch. This workshop,...
Johnny Clegg Band returns to the Community Concert Hall April 19
Johnny Clegg Band returns to the Community Concert Hall April 19 Singer/songwriter’s son Jesse Clegg to open the show at 7:30 p.m. Durango, CO– One of South Africa’s most celebrated singer/songwriters, Johnny Clegg, returns with his band to the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Clegg’s son, alternative rocker Jesse Clegg, opens the show at 7:30 p.m. The dance floor will be open. Internationally...
Classic Carver’s– A Good Choice for Food with Friends
Twenty years ago a friend took me to Carver’s. Food was great then and food is great now. Yes, on a any given day Carver’s is still cranking out yummy food. And yes they offer a variety of options for breakfast, lunch and dinner– and are always working to keep their menu new and interesting. Carver’s is a local success story with a variety of delicious food options. They take pride in their award-winning...
More Purgy Improvements Planned
Purgatory Ski Resort plans more improvements this summer, without raising the price on season passes next year! Don’t throw out that ski jacket just because it has a tear in the sleeve: a new fix-it-and-wear-it movement is sweeping the country, and advocates stopped in Durango last week to spread the word. What do you think about the trails around Durango? Trails 2000 wants to know… Find out why on this edition of Durango...
Popular Texas singer/songwriter to return to Durango April 26
Robert Earl Keen added to Community Concert Hall line up Popular Texas singer/songwriter to return to Durango April 26 Durango, CO – Tickets go on sale Wednesday, Mar. 9 at 10 a.m. for Robert Earl Keen, set to take the stage at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College on Tuesday, Apr. 26, 2016. Known for music that blends folk, jazz, country, blues, rock and Texas swing with wit and satire, Robert Earl Keen writes about the...
Los Lonely Boys to preform March 30, 2016
Los Lonely Boys returns to the Community Concert Hall March 30, 2016 Regional favorite the Levi Platero Band opens the show at 7:30 p.m. Durango, CO – On the Revelation Tour, Los Lonely Boys returns to the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2016. The Levi Platero Band will open the show at 7:30 p.m. Grammy Award-winning Los Lonely Boys’ unique sound is said to be a magical blending of Stevie Ray Vaughan,...
Songwriter Bruce Cockburn set for Community Concert Hall Mar. 24
Songwriter Bruce Cockburn set for Community Concert Hall Mar. 24 Tickets for acoustic evening with revered singer/songwriter going quickly Durango, CO – The Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College presents An Evening with Bruce Cockburn, Thursday, Mar. 24, 2016, 7:30 p.m. Called by the New York Times a “virtuoso on guitar,” Canadian artist Cockburn is an award-winning songwriter whose life and music has been shaped by politics,...
Rocket Drive-In Development
A Durango artist takes a scathing look at political hypocrisy and the absurdity of modern life in a provocative new exhibit at the Durango Arts Center. We find out what makes him tick… Uber has come to Durango. How does it work, who’s using the service, and can you make money driving your own car? And a new grocery store, a new dollar store, new schools and a new community center: they’re evidence that Ignacio is...
Silverton Finally Seeks Superfund
A fifteen-year dream to build a trail from Cortez to Mancos is a step closer to reality, thanks to a $400,000 planning grant from the Colorado Department of Transportation, and recognition from Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper. When there’s a crisis at school, emergency responders want parents to stay home. Find out why… Hula dancing is more than entertainment for tourists at a luau: it’s actually part of a...
