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HillBenders bringing ‘Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry’ to Durango

Springfield, Missouri, band The HillBenders will be heading into town Thursday, when they’ll perform “Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry” at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. ...

DATE: Apr 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Former Durangoan Duncan Jewett talks about debut album

Duncan Jewett, who grew up in Durango (his father is Fort Lewis College professor Andrew Gulliford) and now lives in Santa Fe, recently released his debut full-length album “Blood Red.” ...

DATE: Mar 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Durango Voice contestants ready for final competition

On Feb. 25, some of the area’s best singers took the stage at the Henry Strater Theatre to compete in the second Durango Voice, a fundraiser for Manna. Like the television show “T...

DATE: Mar 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Former Herald editor’s film to premier on Starz

A new movie about comedian Robert Klein, “Robert Klein Still Can’t Stop His Leg,” will premier March 31 on Starz. What’s notable about this is that the film’s director, Marshall Fine, was an...

DATE: Mar 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Durango’s After Prom: A cool, safe party

Annual event looking for a few good volunteers

DATE: Mar 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Carlos Núñez coming to Community Concert Hall

When you think about bagpipes, what comes to mind? Kilts? Misty moors? How about electric guitars and crowds going nuts during a live performance? Meet Carlos Núñez. N...

DATE: Mar 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Ragtime & Early Jazz Festival is next weekend

You can’t say there’s a lack of music in Durango. The fifth annual Durango Ragtime & Early Jazz Festival will be held March 24-26 at the Strater Hotel, and there are some pretty c...

DATE: Mar 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Inclusion event for people with differences comes to Durango

Social justice does not discriminate. Any time a person or group of people experiences a loss of rights or violence based on a perceived difference, it is injustice. It matters not what the ...

DATE: Mar 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

KDUR to hold its Furniture As Art Auction

Fundraiser a community event

DATE: Mar 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Durango Blues Train announces June lineup

Even though we’re still in March, now’s a good time to start planning what you’re going to do this summer – especially if those plans include the Durango Blues Train, which sells out faster ...

DATE: Mar 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Durango High School Troupe 1096 opens ‘Drop Dead’

Rare is the time I get to leave the office in the middle of the afternoon to go see something that is almost certain to make me laugh, but that’s exactly what happened Tuesday. ...

DATE: Mar 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

San Juan Basin’s Promotor Program helps address health disparities

San Juan Basin Public Health knows that health starts in our families, schools, workplaces, communities, in the air we breathe and the water we drink. All of these things can affect how we f...

DATE: Mar 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Creating Community