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A session of Congress that’s worth watching

Durango’s newest venue is off to a steady start, supplying another stage for performers in town. Opening in late October, The Balcony Backstage is picking up where The Summit lef...

DATE: Dec 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Lisa Blue’s new album is gift for her grandkids

Art documents time and preserves memories, and has done so since paint was put to canvas, words were printed to paper and sound etched into vinyl, tape or lesser-quality medium. ...

DATE: Nov 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Quiet, catchy alt-country from Wrecking Balls

Durango’s regional music community continues to explore and share their talents while keeping local recording studios busy with a generous output of sound. This month alone has s...

DATE: Nov 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

L.A.’s ‘best live band’ heads to the Strater stage

“Los Angeles’ best live band” is quite the claim, and it’s not one that should be thrown around loosely. In a city with 3 million people and thousands of bands, “best live band” ...

DATE: Nov 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

A new addition to Durango’s bluegrass family

Durango’s bluegrass music community continues to be an active and productive bunch. Shows are plentiful, with a growing number of fans and musicians eager to play, listen and pla...

DATE: Nov 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

In a town that loves Halloween, events abound

Durango loves Halloween, sometimes making it a holiday that stretches on for two, three or four nights. Often this is because Halloween falls during the week and venues want to g...

DATE: Oct 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

One last hoorah for local band Baby Toro

After six years, a handful of singles, a full-length record and countless shows at regional venues, art galleries and nontraditional performance spaces, the Montezuma County duo known as Bab...

DATE: Oct 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

The only thing in D.C. funnier than Congress

Washington, D.C., just gets funnier and funnier. Not the city itself, but the federal government. Its foibles, faults and blunders are at the least frustrating and the most infur...

DATE: Oct 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Murder and mystery at the Henry Strater

The Durango Heritage Celebration is the next best thing to owning a time machine. As fantastic as that would be, it’s an unrealistic notion played out in fantasy and film that wi...

DATE: Oct 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Hip-hop hits Durango this weekend

Of the many musical genres that have been created and cultivated in modern pop culture, hip-hop was the one that seemed to have spread quickest, making its way into households and influencin...

DATE: Oct 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Celebrating the Old West’s lyrical side

Durango’s Cowboy Poetry Gathering, now in its 26th year, continues to be the local showcase for celebrating the lyrical side of the old West. The idea of becoming a cowboy is a y...

DATE: Sep 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Local music offerings spilleth over

It’s feast or famine for local entertainment options. One weekend music fans, promoters and writers are dying for at least one thing to see, host or peck words about. Other weeke...

DATE: Sep 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown