What do you see when you look inward?
Catch one-woman ‘Cover Girl’ show this weekend
DATE: Feb 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
Katie Chicklinski-Cahill
Position: Staff reporter
Email:
katie@durangoherald.com
Phone Number:
(970), 375-4558
Tips for choosing a nonprofit to donate your money, time
Countless before me have remarked on the proliferation of nonprofits in La Plata County. We quote statistics of anywhere from 250 to 350 to 400 to the ultra-specific “gazillion.” The accura...
DATE: Feb 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Creating Community
For kids, choose tap water for a smile that sparkles
February is Children’s Dental Health Month, and this year’s theme for the American Dental Association’s campaign is focused on healthy oral health habits for kids, including brushing twice a...
DATE: Feb 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Creating Community
Follies a bawdy romp for newbie
Annual Snowdown show serves up jokes ... galactic style
DATE: Feb 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
Garrett Young releases new single
Local musician Garrett Young has just released his new single, “Do You Hear My Cries,” online. I had a chance to talk to the Bayfield resident, whom some of you may remember from the band Ps...
DATE: Feb 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music
La Plata Family Centers Coalition provides parents, kids essential services
The building may look small from the outside, but the La Plata Family Center is big on the inside and especially big on the programs it offers.
Roseann McDermott, executive direct...
DATE: Jan 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
Volunteering good for community and volunteers
Here we are, a few weeks into 2017. How are you doing on your New Year’s resolutions? You still have many months to get them right!
I heard an interesting tidbit: 12.5 percent of...
DATE: Jan 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Creating Community
Talking Dreads coming to Animas City Theatre
There’s something to be said for reggae in the winter: The warm sounds immediately seem to raise the outside temperature by about 50 degrees. Couple that with lyrics from the Talking Heads, ...
DATE: Jan 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music
Local community rallies in wake of recent hate crime
On Dec. 12, I received an email from our Adult Program director in Cortez. The email subject was simple: “Bus Vandalism.” When I opened the attached pictures, it was clear that this was not ...
DATE: Jan 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Creating Community
Artist Ed Bolster to open show at Durango Arts Center
“Energy and motion are the bottom line,” says Durango artist Ed Bolster.
His new show, “Extended Gestures,” which will open tonight (Jan. 6) in the Durango Arts Center library, of...
DATE: Jan 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
Squirrel Nut Zippers swinging into Durango
There was a time, 20 years ago, when a big band/swing revival seemed to be everywhere at once, and the band
I talked to one of the band’s founder, Jimbo Mathus, last week about the band’s ...
DATE: Jan 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music
Looking back: Arts & Entertainment in 2016
It’s two days until the new year, and, man oh man, has 2016 been a doozy in the world of arts and entertainment. The relentless obituaries have been stacking up as the Grim Reaper has come t...
DATE: Dec 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
