Performing Arts - The Durango Herald

Dancer born with one hand makes Radio City Rockettes history

NEW YORK – A dancer born with one hand is the first person with a visible disability ever hired by New York’s famed Radio City Rockettes. “I don’t want to be known as the dancer w...

DATE: Dec 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Mysto brings classic conjuring to concert hall

Performer has been working on craft since he was a kid

DATE: Dec 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Sunflower Theatre seeks actors for holiday performance

The Journal Sunflower Theatre at KSJD is seeking actors ages 10 to 16 for “The Christmas Quilt: A patchwork of stories” performance Dec. 19, 20 and 21. Stories include ...

DATE: Nov 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Hampstead Stage to perform Oliver Twist at Sunflower Theatre

The Journal Hampstead Stage will offer two free performances of “Oliver Twist” at 1 and 3 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Sunflower Theatre at KSJD, 8 East Main St. Doors will open at 12:30 p....

DATE: Nov 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

10 reasons to see Glass’ pharaoh

The MET Live explores Akhnaten’s rise and fall

DATE: Nov 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Pinkerton’s Art of the Deal: The MET streams Puccini’s masterpiece

At the beginning of Puccini’s masterpiece “Madama Butterfly,” Lt. Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton makes two shady deals. Everything that happens in this tragic opera hinges on his double subterf...

DATE: Nov 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

FLC throws a ‘Gypsy Gala’

Evening a fundraiser for the college’s theater department

DATE: Nov 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Durango, there’s been a Comic Uprising

New comedy company to host all-female show downtown

DATE: Nov 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

November is theater month in Durango

Productions to be staged by Durango High School, Fort Lewis College and Merely Players

DATE: Oct 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

‘Forever Tango’ show canceled at Concert Hall

Luis Bravo’s “Forever Tango” show scheduled for Nov. 6 at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College has been canceled because of a medical emergency, officials at the Concert Hall sai...

DATE: Oct 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

A weekend of plays on tap for Durango Arts Center

For ninth year, DAC will stage its 10-Minute Play Festival

DATE: Oct 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

‘The Humans’: An American family on the ledge

Merely Players conjures up Thanksgiving dinner with the Blakes

DATE: Oct 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.