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Bar D Chuckwagon – Opens for the Season Memorial Weekend
Since 1969, the Bar D Chuckwagon Suppers has been open nightly in the summer, in Durango, Colorado offering family entertainment with a stage show and a delicious chuckwagon supper. After supper, The Bar D Wranglers perform their famous old west music stage show with cowboy songs, comedy, and lively instruments. Located under the red cliffs north of Durango, Colorado, we accommodate groups of all sizes. See Bar D Chuckwagon for a list...
Fox Fire Farms Taste of Spring Festival
Come celebrate the beginning of the season with us. Experience the new wines, live music, local artisan vendors, tours of the farm, horse drawn carriage rides, baby farm animals, delicious barbecue and other snacks. A true family oriented event! No Admission Charge! Bring the Whole Family! We hope to see you! Saturday & Sunday May 26th & 27th 2018 1-6pm Fox Fire Farms 5513 County Road 321 Ignacio, CO...
Taste of Durango This Weekend – Sunday May 20th
Did you know this Sunday, May 20, is Durango’s premier food festival? Post courtesy of The Durango Team. Read more or search Durango real estate. It’s the Taste of Durango, and there will be local breweries and restaurants representing their fine selection of food and drinks. It will be held on Main Avenue in Downtown Durango from 11-3. In addition to all sorts of food, there will be music and dancing as well! This event is a blast,...
La Plata County Real Estate Numbers for the Month of April
This week we have the La Plata County Residential Sales numbers for the month of April. Officially, we are one-third of the way through the year. With 86 total sales for the month of April, total sales are slightly lower than April of 2017, but still a strong number compared to the last several years. Year to date, there have been 295 total sales. Last year at this time, we had 302 total sales. Overall, we are noting similar numbers...
Bailey’s Bits: Bailey on Standards
“The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from.”– Bailey Life lessons learned from hanging out in RE/Max Pinnacle’s real estate office. Learn more about Bailey or search Durango Real Estate at HomesInDurango.com
HEALTHY LIVING: Keep a List of Medications Handy
You may know what medications you take each day, but what if you’re incapacitated and can’t tell the doctor? San Juan Regional Medical Center’s Chief of Medicine explains why you should keep a list handy.
Down on the Farm
The Old Fort Farm hosted its first-ever Farm Field Day, and a small but attentive audience saw how hand-held, horse-drawn and tractor-drawn plows work.
Stillwater Party in the Park
Join us for this day-long event featuring Stillwater Music youth bands, plus string ensembles from Be Frank and musical theater groups from Durango Arts Center. Over 100 students will perform and there will be booths hosted by area organizations featuring many summer programs for kids. Yummy food, family friendly – don’t miss it! FREE ADMISSION Many thanks to Alpine Bank and Durango Friends of the Arts for sponsoring Party...
Oil Portrait Painting Workshop
Learn a Practical Approach to a Realistic Portrait $125 This class will focus on the grisaille method of oil painting. In the class we will cover: * what a grissaille is * variations like the brunaille and the verdaille methods, and each application * variations on washes, glazes, and veilings. * finish a grissaille painting and begin color layering Learn to paint from photos as if they were live models. The focus in this class will...
Inside Looking Out
20MOONS has been deeply engaged for months on our latest production — Inside Looking Out. We’re pushing new frontiers by incorporating story telling into our melange of movement and music, bridging personal experience with the wider societal current to forge intimate and meaningful connections through authenticity and vulnerability. The seed for our process is the concept of walls primarily in the energetic, emotional and...
The first osprey hatched today!
The Lake Capote osprey nest For the past ten years, a pair of ospreys has made its seasonal home at the Southern Ute Tribe’s Lake Capote, and given visitors spectacular displays of nesting, fishing, and fledgling young. Beginning in 2017, viewers should get a much more close-up view of the birds’ activities, via a webcam installed at their nest. The birds have arrived in March of each year, after migrating from their winter homes in...
Small Business Disaster Planning
25 percent of all businesses don’t reopen after a disaster Create a business recovery plan to avoid becoming a statistic One of this region’s most expensive disasters unfolded the night of Sept. 9, 2013 when over 10 inches of rain fell in a 24-hour period devastating Boulder, Colo., and several other communities, with flash floods and inflicting damage on nearly 20,000 homes and hundreds of small businesses. Unfortunately, our...
Outdoor Movie Night – JUMANJI – Welcome to the Jungle–When: Friday, June 8, 2018
JUMANJI – Welcome to the Jungle Rated PG-13 Join us for a free movie under the stars at Three Springs!!! Movie starts at dusk which is between 8:30-9:00pm. 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 check our Facebook page for any...
Meet the Wolves at Three Springs – Saturday May 19th
Wolfwood Refuge visits Three Springs! FREE FAMILY EVENT! Come meet the wolves at Three Springs on Saturday, May 19th, 2018 from 10:00am – 5:00pm. Learn interesting facts about these fascinating animals with informational talks given at 11:30am and 2:30pm. Each year Wolfwood provides free, interactive educational outreach programs for over 60 different groups. Three Springs is offering a chance for families to come and learn about...
Importance of Vitamin D Levels
Vitamin D3 helps to repair the cardiovascular system, new study reveals Article by: Dena Schmidt, staff writer in Nutrition News, Reverse Heart Disease We’ve been hearing more and more about the value and importance of getting enough vitamin D, specifically vitamin D3. Simply put, optimal levels of vitamin D3 are crucial to the health of the immune system, brain functioning, bone health and avoiding dementia. In addition, a new study...
Bailey’s Bits: Bailey on Being Narrow Minded
“People with narrow minds usually have broad tongues.”– Bailey Life lessons learned from hanging out in RE/Max Pinnacle’s real estate office. Learn more about Bailey or search Durango Real Estate at HomesInDurango.com
Circus in Wonderland on Stage May 12
Durango Aerial Arts and Acrobatics will present an unusual show of aerial acrobatics called Circus in Wonderland at the Animas City Theater on May 12.
HEALTHY LIVING: Top 3 Questions about Chiropractic
What is the popping sound that can happen during chiropractic treatment? Is it painful, and do you have to keep returning for more care? Trapper Niccum with Thrive Chiropractic Studio sets the record straight on this installment of Healthy Living.
Bella Dance Studio, Inc. – Bella Danzante 10
Join us for an evening of dance! Local dancers of all ages will perform pieces in a variety of styles. Styles will include ballet, jazz, hip hop, lyrical, contemporary and more! Bella Dance Company, Bella Dance Studio’s youth program for dancers who travel and perform nationally will also perform their pieces from the year. Come enjoy the show! Children under the age of five (5) years who sit with a parent or guardian are...
Thursday Senior Bike Ride
The Durango Touring Society is teaming up with members of Seniors Outdoors to join them on their weekly ride through the Animas Valley. If you’re over the hill or would just like to ride over a hill (or two) at a comfortable pace (no drop group ride), meet at Santa Rita Park each Thursday through the summer. Ride leaves at 9 am. Coffee and pastry stop at PJ’s, Dalton Ranch. For information call Jim Newman 884-7717....
