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Presbyterian church to install pastor The First Presbyterian Church of Durango, 1159 East Third Ave., will host a special service to install Beau Smith as its called pastor by the...

DATE: Apr 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Religion

How do you understand Islam?

Interfaith panel objects to Sept. 11 museum’s documentary film

DATE: Apr 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Religion

Boy Scouts sever ties with church

Why? Because a gay man led troop in Seattle

DATE: Apr 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Religion

Bloodied shirt among trove of John Paul II relics

He will be declared saint today

DATE: Apr 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Religion

Easter services

Many area churches have scheduled special services for Easter weekend, including these listed below. All services will be Sunday unless otherwise noted. An asterisk indicates child care will...

DATE: Apr 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Religion

Jesus had a wife?

Ancient text suggests he did

DATE: Apr 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Religion

Religion Briefs

National Day of Prayer event to take place A National Day of Prayer event will take place at noon May 1 at the flag pole at the La Plata County Courthouse, 1060 East Second Ave. ...

DATE: Apr 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Religion

This ‘tomboy’ didn’t act enough like a girl

Christian school told second-grader she needed to change her behavior or leave

DATE: Apr 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Religion

Religion Briefs

Holy Week services at local churches Local churches will hold special services for Holy Week, which begins with Palm Sunday. A second schedule with special services on Easter Vigi...

DATE: Apr 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Religion

A new, yet old way of raising money

Franciscans turn to Kickstarter to save 800-year-old church

DATE: Apr 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Religion

Religion Briefs

Har Shalom to host Pesach event Pesach 2014/5774 will be held at Congregation Har Shalom, 2537 County Road 203. A gathering with hors d’oeuvres will take place at 6 p....

DATE: Apr 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Religion

Should there be national borders?

At Mass, communion given through fence to highlight plight of immigrants

DATE: Apr 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Religion

Colorado history gets weird, wild, wacky at Fashion Do’s and Don’tsAnnual Snowdown event has become so popular, auditions are now required

Cowboys. Fancy ladies. Gold miners. Even-toed ungulates that some in Durango might consider more like rats.Where can you find a runway show that takes you on a whirlwind tour through the weird, wacky and wildly exaggerated 150 years of Colorado history? Only at Durango’s annual Fashion Do’s and Don’ts, held Wednesday, where models and audience members wore costumes celebrating Colorado’s sesquicentennial – the theme of this year’s two-week Snowdown celebration.Standout acts included the Ghosts of Durango, which featured four of Durango’s most famous ghosts: a Rochester hotel ghost in a Victorian get-up of a more “modern” variation; the Strater Hotel’s head of housekeeping, also head of more discreet services; a young girl haunting El Rancho’s bathroom; and Sheriff Bob Thompson, killed in a 1906 gunfight. according to emcee Suzan Lane. A Another act was the Secret Circus Society, featuring Rubi Starr, Jeni Gross, Tabatha Joy Bettin, Adrienne Young and Ethan Deffenbaugh dressed as a car and the roadside pests better known as deer. Group members said the inspiration for the costume came from lived experiences driving Durango roads. The two-person Cantine Couture act starred Leslie Ponce and Tyler Frakes in an homage to the plentiful variety of Mexican restaurants found in any Colorado town. Ponce, dressed in comically large Mexican pointy cowboy boots, ambled down the runway as if taking a stroll under the hot, dusty, high-altitude sun, while Frakes flitted about the stage in a bright yellow salsa dress. Ponce said this year’s costume had been tough to decide, but the final decision was inspired by TikTok videos of Mexican cowboys in pointy boots. This was the duo’s third year strutting down the runway. Why they keep coming back for more, Frakes said laughing, was, “for the fame, the glory and the attention.”

Fashion Do’s and Don’ts has been one of the most highly anticipated Snowdown events since its inception in the 1990s. It has more than doubled in size over the past several decades. Last year, there were a record number of models, and in order to keep the event at a manageable size, this year’s fashion show was the first one to require the acts to audition. But many of the models were unfazed by the change. “It was actually easy,” said Jodi Zuber, one part of the two-person duo that made up the 1950s Texas Invader Ski Couple. Her partner-in-costume, Danny Jaques, said they had been doing this for several years, and it’s good with everything going on in the world to “get some levity and let your hair down.” The performers were not the only ones in costume. Audience members also dressed in a wide variety of unique takes on what makes Colorado, Colorado. JonBenet Ramsey made a miraculous appearance, being played by an 82-year-old woman, as did Casa Bonita, an ensemble that included a taco, sopaipilla and gorilla in chains – to name some of the characters. By the end of the show, people were in high spirits, as usual. “It was just delightful,” said a first-time audience member. If blessed with the chance to get the much coveted tickets – he said he would jump on it. jbowman@durangoherald.com

Annual Snowdown event has become so popular, auditions are now required

Photos: Snowdown 2026 Fashion Do’s and Don’ts

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

About a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

The Durango Herald’s year in photos 2025

Photos: Chapman Hill fires up the snow guns

Religion Briefs

How do you understand Islam?

Boy Scouts sever ties with church

Bloodied shirt among trove of John Paul II relics

Easter services

Jesus had a wife?

Religion Briefs

This ‘tomboy’ didn’t act enough like a girl

Religion Briefs

A new, yet old way of raising money

Religion Briefs

Should there be national borders?

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